Administration

Department Leadership

Photo of Victor Saenz Victor Sáenz -Department Chair

Office: SZB 310A
Phone: (512) 475-8585
Email: vsaenz@austin.utexas.edu

Pedro Reyes - Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) Chair

Office: SZB 310
Phone: (512) 475-8569
Email: preyes@austin.utexas.edu

Department Advising

Photo of Jennifer HOlme 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

Photo of Liliana Garces Liliana Garces - Program Co-Coordinator

Office: SZB 310H
Email: liliana_garces@utexas.edu

Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership

Photo of Juan Gonzalez 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)

Photo of Ruben Olivarez Rubén Olivárez - Program Head

Office: SZB 310K
Phone: (512) 475-8576
Email: rolivarez@austin.utexas.edu

Educational Policy and Planning Program (EPP)

Photo of Hurija Jabbar Huriya Jabbar - Ph.D. Program Coordinator

Office: SZB 374
Email: jabbar@austin.utexas.edu

Photo of Rebecca Callahan Rebecca Callahan - Master's Program Coordinator

Office: SZB 440G
Phone: (512) 471-8347
Email: callahan@prc.utexas.edu

Texas Principal Leadership Academy (TPLA)

Photo of David E. DeMatthews David E. DeMatthews - Program Head

Office: SZB 310J
Phone: (512) 232-2413
Email: ddematthews@austin.utexas.edu

Department Staff

Photo of Zhandra Andrade 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.

Esther Orsborn - Accountant II
Office: SZB 348H
Phone: (512) 471-4384
Email: esther.orsborn@austin.utexas.edu

See Esther for accounting, budget, and financial matters.

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.