The Executive Council is appointed by the President. Its purpose is to advise the President on policy development, management, and administration of the university. It is composed of the university's executive leadership and the deans and serves as a forum for strategic planning.
University Executive Council Membership
Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD
President
Kevin Dillon, MBA, CPA
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Brian Dean, MBA, MPH
Executive Vice President, Health Affairs
LaTanya Love, MD
Executive Vice President, Student and University Affairs
Dean of Education, McGovern Medical School
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Alejandro Aballay, PhD
Dean, MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Eric Boerwinkle, PhD
Dean, School of Public Health
John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD
Senior Vice President, Research Strategy and Innovation
Executive Dean, McGovern Medical School
Diane M. Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN
Dean, Cizik School of Nursing
Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD
Vice President, Behavioral Sciences
Dean, UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences
Executive Director, UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus
John A. Valenza, DDS
Dean, School of Dentistry
Jiajie Zhang, PhD
Dean, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
Zhiqiang An, PhD
Vice President, Drug Discovery
Richard J. Andrassy, MD
Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Strategy
Andrew Casas
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of UT Physicians
Kara Crawford
Vice President, Governmental Relations
María E. Fernández, PhD
Vice President, Population Health and Implementation Science
Scott Forbes
Senior Vice President, Governmental Relations
Kevin Foyle, MBA, CFRE
Senior Vice President, Development and Public Affairs
Rose Hochner Nelson, MBA
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications and Chief of Staff to the President
Holly M. Holmes, MD, MS
Vice President, Community Engagement
Kevin Morano, PhD
Senior Vice President, Academic and Faculty Affairs
Melissa Pifko, JD
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Karen Spillar, JD
Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer
Michael Tramonte, MBA, CPA
Senior Vice President, Finance and Business Services and Chief Financial Officer
Amar Yousif, MBA
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
