Department Leadership
Victor Sáenz -Department Chair
Office: SZB 310A
Phone: (512) 475-8585
Email: vsaenz@austin.utexas.edu
David DeMatthewss - Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) Chair
Office: SZB 310
Phone: (512) 232-2413
Email: ddematthews@austin.utexas.edu
Department Advising
Jennifer Holme - Graduate Advisor
Office: SZB 374F
Phone: (512) 475-9398
Email: jholme@austin.utexas.edu
Higher Education Leadership Advisors
Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership
Liliana Garces - Program Co-Coordinator
Office: SZB 310H
Email: liliana_garces@utexas.edu
Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership
Juan Gonzalez - Ed.D. Program Coordinator
Phone: (512) 475-8585
Email: jgonzalez@austin.utexas.edu
M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership
Beth Bukoski - Program Co-Coordinator
Office: SZB 348G
Phone: (512) 232-4418
Email: bb@austin.utexas.edu
Public School Executive Leadership Advisors
Pedro Reyes - Area Coordinator
Office: SZB 310
Phone: (512) 475-8569
Email: preyes@austin.utexas.edu
Cooperative Superintendency Program (CSP)
Rubén Olivárez - Program Head
Office: SZB 310K
Phone: (512) 475-8576
Email: rolivarez@austin.utexas.edu
Educational Policy and Planning Program (EPP)
Huriya Jabbar - Ph.D. Program Coordinator
Office: SZB 374
Email: jabbar@austin.utexas.edu
Rebecca Callahan - Master's Program Coordinator
Office: SZB 440G
Phone: (512) 471-8347
Email: callahan@prc.utexas.edu
Texas Principal Leadership Academy (TPLA)
Debra Cantu - Co-Director
Office: SZB 310N
Phone: (512) 471-6137
Email: debra.cantu@austin.utexas.edu
Terrance Greens - Co-Director
Office: SZB 310D
Email: tgreen@austin.utexas.edu
Department Staff
Zhandra Andrade - Executive Assistant
Office: SZB 348L
Phone: (512) 475-8578
Email: z.andrade@austin.utexas.edu
See Zhandra for Human Resources (Student, Staff and Faculty Appointments), Faculty Promotion and Tenure, Faculty Third-year Reviews, Staff Annual Performance, and department events.
Andrea Kehoe - Director of Student Affairs
Office: SZB 348
Phone: (512) 475-8570
Email: andrea.kehoe@austin.utexas.edu
See Andrea for graduate program coordination needs as well as outreach, admissions, recruitment, orientation, registration, and graduation activities.
Sonia Honne-Gonzalez - Senior Academic Program Coordinator
Office: SZB 310
Phone: (512) 475-8579
Email: shonne.gonzalez@austin.utexas.edu
See Sonia for Cooperative Superintendency Program and Texas Principal Leadership Academy questions.
Jacinda Herrera - Academic Program Coordinator
Office: SZB 348
Phone: (512) 475-8580
Email: j.herrera@austin.utexas.edu
See Jacinda for course scheduling, course instructor surveys, grade reporting, FaSET reporting, catalog changes, course inventory changes, and student support.
Jacquece Gray - Administrative Associate
Office: SZB 348
Phone: (512) 475-8591
Email: jacquece.gray@austin.utexas.edu
See Jacquecé for chair's travel, room reservations, facilities/repair requests, mailing, inventory, travel, purchase requests, RTAs, OOEFs, event requests (food, rooms), and general questions.
Ezra Rebollar - Assistant Accountant
Office: SZB 348H
Phone: (512) 475-8591
Email: ezrarebollar3@austin.utexas.edu
See Ezra for financial matters.