Steering Committee
Overview: Comprised of 13 faculty members in 9 colleges, the WFN Steering Committee furthers the organization’s mission to encourage and promote the professional development of women faculty. This committee plans, promotes, and hosts formal programming and informal networking opportunities. Past events include seminars with expert speakers, social activities at the University Club, and mentoring and networking luncheons. Annual events include a spring luncheon focusing on meritorious mentoring, and a fall luncheon celebrating newly promoted women faculty.
The Steering Committee consists of representatives from each college on the Texas A&M University campus who are selected through annual elections; each member serves a rotating three-year term. There are also three at-large positions and three ex-officio positions: Dean of Faculties, Director of Women's Studies, and Chair of the Faculty Senate sub-committee on the status of women.
Anat Geva
College of Architecture
Phone: (979) 862-6580
Email: a-geva@tamu.edu
Chanam Lee
College of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
Phone: (979) 845-7046
Email: chanam@tamu.edu
Colleen Petrik
College of Geosciences, Oceanography
Phone: (979) 845-2680
Email: cpetrik@tamu.edu
Denise Woodard (Secretary)
College of Education & Human Development, Health and Kinesiology
Phone: (979) 575-1748
Email: denisewoodard@tamu.edu
Gabriela Thornton (President)
The Bush School of Government & Public Service
Email: gthornton@tamu.edu
Jia Wang
College of Education & Human Development, Educational Administration & Human Resource Development
Phone: (979) 862-7808
Email: jiawang@tamu.edu
Julie Thompson
College of Education & Human Development, Educational Psychology
Phone: (979) 845-7423
Email: jlthompson@tamu.edu
Lixian Zhong (Treasurer)
College of Pharmacy
Phone: (979) 436-0193
Email: zhong@tamu.edu
Michelle Yeoman (Website Manager)
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Phone: (979) 458-9955
Email: yeoman@tamu.edu
Nicola Ritter
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Phone: (979) 862-9175
Email: nritter@cvm.tamu.edu
Theresa Murphrey
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences; Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
Phone: (979) 458-2749
Email: t-murphrey@tamu.edu
Zofia Rybkowski
College of Architecture, Construction Science
Email: zrybkowski@arch.tamu.edu