Campus Accommodation Advisory Council
The Campus Accommodations Advisory Council is charged with reviewing systemic accessibility concerns as raised by campus audits, council members and members and guests of the University community in an effort to maintain a welcoming and accessible physical environment for individuals of all abilities. This charge encompasses not only campus physical accessibility, but also other accommodations such as lactation spaces and all-gender restrooms.
Through its representative and diverse membership, the council embodies a comprehensive perspective for developing recommendations to the University’s senior leadership to address and solve the identified accessibility issues. The responsibilities of the council include:
- Prioritizing resolution of campus needs with consideration of allocated resources
- Advancing identified accessibility issues and determining if the issues are best addressed by the council or if the issues should be routed to a specific campus office
- Coordinate resolutions with identified appropriate units
Council Members
- Babak Bakhtiari, Associate General Counsel
- Sarah Brown, Director of the Women’s Center
- Ashley Ann Carlson, Senior Budget Analyst
- Michael Chin, Associate General Counsel
- Laura Conway, Associate Director of ADA Compliance
- Daniel Durack, Associate Vice President of Budget and Planning
- Laura Farr, Director of State and Local Relations
- Luke Figora, Vice President for Operations
- Mark Francis, Associate Provost for Administration, Finance and Facilities
- Tracy Gioia-Walker, Senior Human Resources Business Partner
- Bonnie Humphrey, Director of Design
- Jake Julia, Vice Provost for Administration and Chief of Staff
- Leslie Kirchler-Owen, Director of Academic Facilities Planning
- Jennifer Kunde, Interim Special Assistant to the President for Government Relations
- George Langford, Assistant Dean of Facilities and Information Technology
- Michelle Manno, Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
- Jeremy Schenk, Associate Vice President for Operations and Services
- Jill Sieben-Schneider, Associate Dean of Students and Director of AccessibleNU
- Angelica Viramontes, Dependent Care Specialist
- Carrie Jo West, Senior Director of Facilities Capital Planning