Retirement and Benefit Programs Committee : Senate Advisory Group : Texas State University

Function and Meeting Information:

Makes recommendations to the Faculty Senate on issues related to retirement and employee benefit programs and interacts with the Texas State Human Resources Office concerning implementation of various policies and issues that impact faculty..

The Retirement and Benefit Programs Committee meets three times per year in the fall semester, with a time commitment of eight hours.

The committee comprises nine faculty, with all colleges represented, plus one Library representative

2025 - 2026 Members

College	Retirement and Benefit Programs Committee	Title, Department	Term Exp	Chair	Email
Applied Arts	Elizabeth Blunk	Associate Professor, Family & Consumer Science	2026		eb03@txstate.edu
Applied Arts	Lidia Nuno	Associate Professor, Criminal Justice	2027		lidia.nuno@txstate.edu
Business	Eric Kirby	Professor, Management	2027		egkirby@txstate.edu
Fine Arts and Communication	Harry Bowers	Professor of Instruction, Journalism and Mass Com	2028		Hbowers@txstate.edu
Health Professions	Zo Ramamonjiarivelo	Associate Professor, Health Administration	2027	Chair	zhr3@txstate.edu
Liberal Arts	Joseph Kotarba	Professor, Sociology	2026		jk54@txstate.edu
Library	Kristin Van Diest	Librarian, University Libraries	2028		kvandiest@txstate.edu
Science and Engineering	Carlos Felipe Gutierrez	Assistant Prof of Practice, Ingram School of Engineering	2026		fgutierrez@txstate.edu
Science and Engineering	Nihal Dharmasiri	Associate Professor, Biology	2027		nihal@txstate.edu
	Darryl Borgonah	Associate Vice President, Financial Services	ex officio		borgonah@txstate.edu
	Selma Selvera	Manager, Benefits, Human Resources	ex officio		ss24@txstate.edu
	Brett Last	Chief Human Resources Officer	ex officio		Brett.last@txstate.edu