Inclusive Public Safety Advisory Committee

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

Co-Chair: Josef Sorett
Dean, Columbia College; Vice President of Undergraduate Education; Professor, Departments of Religion and African American and African Diaspora Studies

Co-Chair: Melissa Begg
Dean, Professor of Social Work & Biostatistics, Columbia School of Social Work

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: Gerald Lewis
Vice President for Public Safety

Phoebe-Sade Arnold
Director, Community Affairs

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

Sandra Bernal Garcia
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Mailman School of Public Health

Cheng Gong
Student, Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Science

Sandra Harris
Associate Vice President, Government and Community Affairs, CUIMC

Diana Hernandez
Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Department of Sociomedical Sciences​​​, Mailman School of Public Health

Maureen Lamas
Student, Mailman School of Public Health

Arden Lee
Student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Jae Joon Lee
Student, Columbia College 

Karma Lowe 
Senior Associate Dean for DEI, Enrollment and Community Engagement, 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

Stephanie Pierre
Student, School of General Studies

Ixchel Rosal
Senior Associate Vice President for Student Life, University Life

Tamesha Steward
Manager for Training and Development, Public Safety

Will Turner
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center; Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Lijia Zheng
Student, Mailman School of Public Health