Charge of the Inclusive Public Safety Advisory Committee
The Inclusive Public Safety Advisory Committee’s charge is to provide guidance to Public Safety on how to enhance their practices and policies and further foster an inclusive and equitable campus community. The Committee will meet with Public Safety representatives to discuss issues of importance to the Columbia community and make recommendations that support inclusion and belonging on Columbia’s campuses. Public Safety will work in partnership with the Advisory Committee to obtain information about campus sentiment and also share relevant intended policy and practice changes to ensure that they are in alignment with the University’s stated commitments to safety and anti-racism.
Members of the Inclusive Public Safety Advisory Committee
Chair: Josef Sorett
Professor and Chair, Department of Religion; Professor, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Ex-Officio: Dennis Mitchell
Executive Vice President for University Life; Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement; Professor of Dental Medicine, CUMC
Ex-Officio: Donna Fenn
Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
Ex-Officio: Deidre Fuchs
Interim Vice President, Department of Public Safety
Sergio Butron
Student, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Valeria Contreras
Student, School of the Arts, Student Affairs Committee
Jorge Farina
Executive Director, IT and Projects, Department of Public Safety
Flores Forbes
Associate Vice President, Community Affairs; Adjunct Associate Professor of Law
Sandra Bernal Garcia
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Mailman School of Public Health
Diana Hernandez
Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
Nicholas Hughes
Plaza Program Coordinator, CUMC Government and Community Affairs
Soujanya Jammalamadaka
Student, Mailman School of Public Health
Colby King
Student, Columbia College, Senate Diversity Commission
Arden Lee
Student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Karma Lowe
Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Columbia School of Social Work
Courtney Manning
Student, School of International and Public Affairs
Patrick Oakley
Director, Morningside Operations, Department of Public Safety
Matthew Patashnick
Associate Dean for Student and Family Support, Columbia College/School of Engineering and Applied Science
Radhika Patel
Vice President for Strategy and Operations, University Life
Stephanie Pierre
Student, School of General Studies
Will Turner
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center; Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Meeting Minutes
Read the most recent meeting minutes from the Inclusive Public Safety Advisory Committee here.