The University Steering Committee consists of the following members: The Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Faculty Senate, the Exempt Staff Senate, the Nonexempt Staff Senate, the Graduate Student Association, as well as the President and Speaker of the Student Government Association, the Chair of the Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee, and the President of UMBC, ex officio. Each academic year, the members elect a Chair and Vice Chair.
Committee Members Summer 2026

Cael Mulcahy, Chair, University Steering Committee
President, Exempt Staff Senate
Director of Operations, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Crocetta Argento
Vice President, Nonexempt Staff Senate
Executive Administrative Assistant, Division of Research and Creative Achievement

Ahmet Kaan Aydin
President, Graduate Student Association

Robert J. Bennett
Chair, Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee
Part-time Lecturer, English

Donna Cazeau
President, Student Government Association

Kennedy Davis
Vice President, Graduate Student Association

Ally Hepp
Vice President, Exempt Staff Senate
IT Project Manager, Division of Information Technology

Jennifer Mata-McMahon
President, Faculty Senate
Professor, Education

Kevin Omland
Vice President, Faculty Senate
Professor, Biological Sciences

John Roemer
President, Nonexempt Staff Senate
Business Services Specialist, Visual Arts

Arisbeth Valencia
Summer Speaker of the Senate, Student Government Association