The Catholic University of America

Standing Committees

The Standing Committees of the Board of Trustees include the following:

Committee on Academic Affairs
Committee on Physical Plant
Committee on Finance
Committee on Student Life
Committee on Development

Each of these committees meets prior to the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. Membership on the committees, with the exception of the Finance Committee, is limited to Trustees of the University. Although not stipulated in the Bylaws, it has been the custom of late for each committee to accord non-voting representation to a faculty member, as well as a graduate student and an undergraduate student, who attend all but executive sessions of the committee. The faculty representatives to each committee are appointed by the Academic Senate. These committee representatives serve in addition to the three officially elected faculty representatives to the Board.

Only trustees may vote on action items, but representatives should participate in discussion. The cognizant Vice President for each administrative area of the University serves as Secretary of the standing committee related to his/her area of responsibility. One of the Trustees chairs the committee. (Memo from Vincent P. Walter, Jr., Secretary, Board of Trustees, to Thomas Mastroianni, chair, Committee on Committees and Rules, April 10, 1996.)

Faculty appointed to serve on the standing committees of the Board are as follows:

Academic Affairs:
Dr. Steven Brown, Chair, Committee on Educational Policy of the Academic Senate (2005-2008)

Development:
Dr. Andrew Abela (Assistant Professor, Business and Economics) (2006-2009)

Finance:
Professor Randall Ott, Chair, Committee on Planning and Budget of the Academic Senate (2005-2008)

Student Life:
TBA

Physical Plant:
Prof. Randall Ott (Professor and Dean, Architecture and Planning)