Intercollegiate Athletics Council
The Council serves as the primary advisory body to the President on varsity intercollegiate athletics. It represents all segments of the University community interested in athletics at SDSU, and make recommendations to the President about the entire intercollegiate athletic program offered by the Department of Athletics.
Subject to the President's approval, the Council develops policies that guide administration of the intercollegiate athletics program by its Director (for example, on such matters as income and expenditure budgets, grants and other financial aid to student-athletes, eligibility of student athletes, ticket distribution policies, etc.); however, the Council does not have administrative or executive capacity.
Specifics of the Council's charge are detailed in the UNIVERSITY POLICIES: Committees and Councils section of the Policy File.
This Council has a membership of 18:
- nine faculty, five appointed by the Senate and four by the President (which includes
the Faculty Athletic Representative and (potentially) one College Dean with faculty
retreat rights)
- Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs
- Vice President for Student Affairs or designee
- Vice President for University Relations and Development or designee
- two students, one appointed by the President of Associated Students and one by the Student-Athlete Advisory Council
- President of the Aztec Athletic Foundation or designee
- one alumnus
- one community representative
- one staff
In addition:
- the Chair of the Committee on Academic Resources and Planning or designee shall sit on the Budget subcommittee.
- the President or the Council Chair may invite others with special expertise to sit as nonvoting, ex-officio members.
In the event of a vacancy, the jurisdiction represented by the position shall be responsible for filling that position.
Roster / AY 2018-19
| Major Academic Unit (or Ex Officio Position) |
Name (*Senator) | Term Ends | Appt. Date | Department |
| Faculty – Open | Ulloa, Emilio | May-20 | Sep-17 | PSY |
| Faculty – Open | Gonzalez, Gabriel | May-20 | Sep-17 | MKTG |
| Faculty – Open | Maluf, Katrina* | May-20 | Nov-14 | ENS |
| Faculty – Open | Pollard, Elizabeth | May-20 | Oct-10 | HIST |
| Faculty – Open | Gombatto, Sara | May-21 | Sep-18 | ENS |
| Community Member - Presidential Appointee | Marshall, Jim | May-21 | Oct-18 | |
| Faculty – Presidential Appointee | Dock, Kristie | May-21 | Oct-18 | BUS |
| Faculty – Presidential Appointee | Harris, Frank | May-21 | Oct-18 | ARPE |
| Faculty – Presidential Appointee (NCAA Fac. Athl. Rep.) |
Papin, Patrick | — | — | SCI |
| Faculty – Presidential Appointee | Ross, Donna | May-20 | May-13 | STE |
| Staff | Melara, Kevin | May-22 | Sep-19 | SAS |
| Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs | Nickerson, Agnes Wong | — | — | BUSINESS & FINANCE |
| Vice President (Interim) for Student Affairs | Kitchen, James | — | — | STUDENT AFFAIRS |
| Interim Vice President for University Relations and Development | Vargas, Adrienne | — | — | URAD |
| Senate Chair (or designee) |
Putman, John (Chair & COIA representative) | — | — | HIST |
| Student - Student Athlete Advisory Council | Bringuel, Josh | May-20 | Oct-19 | SAAC |
| Student – AS President Appointee | Onwuka, Christian | May-20 | Sep-19 | AS |
| President of the Aztec Athletic Foundation | Locati, Ken | — | — | |
| Alumnus - Appointed by Director of Alumni Association | Spinardi, Kim | May-21 | Aug-18 | Alumni Assoc. |
| Director of Athletics (nonvoting) | Wicker, John David | — | — | ATHLETICS |
| Senior Associate Director of Athletics (nonvoting) | open | — | — | ATHLETICS |
| Executive Associate Director of Athletics (nonvoting) | Bramer, Jenny | — | — | ATHLETICS |
| Senior Associate Athletic Director of Business (nonvoting) | Lang, Chuck | — | — | ATHLETICS |
| Senior Athletic Director of Student-Athlete Academic Support Services (nonvoting) | Smitheran, Bobby | — | — | ATHLETICS |
| Senior Associate Athletic Director of Business (nonvoting) | Rice, Tim | — | — | ATHLETICS |
| Associate Athletic Directof of Compliance | Lanski, Tim | — | — | ATHLETICS |
**This Council convenes in FAC 3030, from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Meeting dates for AY 2018-19 are show below.
Fall 2018
- Tuesday, October 9
- Tuesday, November 13
Spring 2019
- Tuesday, February 13
- Tuesday, April 09