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Retirement and Benefit Programs Committee

Function and Meeting Information: 


Makes recommendations to the Faculty Senate on issues related to retirement and employee benefit programs and interacts with the Texas State Human Resources Office concerning implementation of various policies and issues that impact faculty..

The Retirement and Benefit Programs Committee meets three times per year in the fall semester, with a time commitment of eight hours.

 The committee comprises nine faculty, with all colleges represented, plus one Library representative

2024 - 2025 Members

College Retirement and Benefit Programs Committee

Title, Department Term Exp Chair Email
Applied Arts Elizabeth Blunk Associate Professor, Family & Consumer Science 2026 eb03@txstate.edu
Applied Arts Lidia Nuno Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology 2027 lidia.nuno@txstate.edu
Business Mikhail Sterin Assistant Professor, Accounting 2025 msterin@txstate.edu
Fine Arts and Communication Amber Hinsley Associate Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication 2025 ahinsley@txstate.edu
Health Professions Zo Ramamonjiarivelo Associate Professor, Health Administration 2027 Chair zhr3@txstate.edu
Liberal Arts Joseph Kotarba Professor, Sociology 2026 joseph.kotarba@txstate.edu
Library Mary Aycock Librarian, Alkek Library 2025 mba18@txstate.edu
Science and Engineering Carlos Felipe Gutierrez Assistant Professor of Practice, Ingram School of Engineering 2026 fgutierrez@txstat.edu
Science and Engineering Nihal Dharmasiri Associate Professor, Biology 2027 nihal@txstate.edu
Darryl Borgonah Associate Vice President, Financial Services ex officio borgonah@txstate.edu
Selma Selvera Manager, Benefits, Human Resources ex officio ss24@txstate.edu
Brett Last Chief Human Resources Officer ex officio Brett.last@txstate.edu