Enterprise Risk Management Task Force

The Enterprise Risk Management Task Force’s mission is to implement a comprehensive enterprise risk management strategy that addresses strategic, operational, financial, and reputational risks of this integration.

Task Force Updates

Update
Date
  • Launched HSCAlert Working Group with subgroups focused on communication, program processes and workstream. Subgroups met with the vendor for the Omnilert system used on the health campus about proposed technical modifications to maximize use of the system and explore an automated opt-in process for adding mobile numbers for employees to receive texts.
  • Successfully executed Inclement Weather Business Continuity Exercise (Police Dept./Business Continuity Emergency Management (BCEM) Subgroup).
  • Compliance Working Group is implementing approved recommendations and developing roadmap for next phase of work.
  • Mandatory Reporting Working Group distributed survey to mandatory report owners across both organizations to assess current status and plans for combined reporting and will coordinate with report owners across both campuses.
Jan 2026
  • Kicked off next phase of work for Mandatory Reporting WG focused on compliance and joint reporting efforts.
  • Launched new Compliance Working Group with subgroups focused on policy harmonization and compliance training.
  • Cross Campus Incident Escalation (CCIE) WG completed initial phase of work with recommendations and inventory of next steps. Work Group is completing final confirmation and testing of cross campus incident escalation process and protocols.
  • The Legal Structure, Institutional Reporting and Compliance Initial Discovery working groups finalized charters and activated work on high priority reports under ERM.
  • The Incident Escalation and Communication working group finalized the Incident Escalation Initial Inventory of Alignment and Coordination Opportunities and Incident Escalation Guidance Matrix to ensure a combined approach to incident escalation and communication on day one.
  • In February 2025, the task force launched two new working groups: Legal Structure, Institutional Reporting and Compliance and Incident Escalation and Communication.
Sep 2025

Task Force Team

Co-Chairs
Andrea Marks
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Health Campus
Members
Heather Adkins
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Cristian Bonilla
ERM Member
Jennifer Cerecero
Executive Director, Environmental Health and Safety
Michael Charlton, PhD
Senior Vice President for Facilities and Capital Planning
Mary G. Hernandez
Senior Vice President for Administration and Operations and Chief Operating Officer
John Lazarine
Associate Vice President and Chief Audit Executive
Hailey Mullican, JD
Vice President for Legal Affairs and Chief Legal Officer
Jessica Saldivar, JD
Associate Vice President and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer
Stephanie Schoenborn
Chief of Police
Paul Tyler
Chief Audit Executive
James Weaver
Executive Director of Institutional Compliance and Risk Services
Marcus Williams
Interim Chief of Police

Working Groups

Compliance Working Group

This group’s initial discovery efforts will aim for the integrated institution to maintain the timely collection or submission of institutional data as required by third parties on Day 1. Co-chairs will launch recommended working groups for mandatory external reporting and compliance requirements, as well as near-term solutions for integrated reporting.

Leads
Mary G. Hernandez
Senior Vice President for Administration and Operations and Chief Operating Officer
Academic Campus
Jessica Saldivar, JD
Associate Vice President and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer
Health Campus
Members
Sylvia Esparza
Manager, Compliance & Risk
Angelife Pardo
Compliance Privacy Director
James Weaver
Executive Director of Institutional Compliance and Risk Services
Cross Campus Incident Escalation Working Group

The Incident Escalation and Communication Working Group is charged with documenting a coordinated law enforcement approach and incident escalation and risk mitigation structure for Day 1, including outlining a timeline for implementation. The working group will develop near-term coordination strategies for communicating with executive leadership and campus communities in cases of emergency (criminal incidents, weather events, environmental hazards, protests, etc.).

Leads
Kathryn Keeton, PhD
Vice President and Chief of Staff
Health Campus
Liz Rockstroh, EdD
Associate Vice President for Administrative Services
Academic Campus
Members
Lauren Beaver
Senior Director, Business Affairs Strategic Communications
Jennifer Cerecero
Executive Director, Environmental Health and Safety
Michael Charlton, PhD
Senior Vice President for Facilities and Capital Planning
Christi Fish
Senior Executive Director, University Communications
Cory Garcia
Manager of Business Continuity and Emergency Management
Mary G. Hernandez
Senior Vice President for Administration and Operations and Chief Operating Officer
Jennifer Horton
Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications and Media
Joe Izbrand
Associate Vice President, University Strategic Communications and External Affairs
Angel Lemmonds
Assistant Chief of Police
Thea K. Lyssy
Director, Enterprise Transformation
Jennifer Meek
Director of Communications
Annette Parker
Senior Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives
Stephanie Schoenborn
Chief of Police
Marcus Williams
Interim Chief of Police
HSC Alert (Omnilert) Systems & Processes Working Group

This group’s initial discovery efforts will aim for the integrated institution to maintain the timely collection or submission of institutional data as required by third parties on Day 1. Co-chairs will launch recommended working groups for mandatory external reporting and compliance requirements, as well as near-term solutions for integrated reporting.

Leads
Jennifer Cerecero
Executive Director, Environmental Health and Safety
Health Campus
Jennifer Horton
Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications and Media
Health Campus
Members
Dalin Bruns
Manager, Application Systems Analysis and Programming, IT Business Systems Services
Sue Duncan
Associate Registrar, Health Campus
Beth Hubbert
Project Manager-Senior, Marketing, Communications & Media
Le'Keisha Johnson
Director, Student Life
Kathryn Keeton, PhD
Vice President and Chief of Staff
Lety Laurel
Senior Director, Communications
Jennifer Meek
Director of Communications
Jared Ozuna
Manager, Application Systems Analysis and Programming, IT Business Systems Services
Liz Rockstroh, EdD
Associate Vice President for Administrative Services
Sherlie Schickedanz
Director, Information Systems/Business Systems Services
Ernest Vasquez
Assistance Vice President, HR Operations and HR Information System
Marcus Williams
Interim Chief of Police
Institutional Reporting Working Group

This group’s initial discovery efforts will aim for the integrated institution to maintain the timely collection or submission of institutional data as required by third parties on Day 1. Co-chairs will launch recommended working groups for mandatory external reporting and compliance requirements, as well as near-term solutions for integrated reporting.

Leads
Gloria Salinas, MBA
Director, Office of Institutional Research
Health Campus
Steve Wilkerson, PhD
Senior Vice Provost for Strategic Analytics and Integrated Systems
Academic Campus
Legal Structure, Institutional Reporting, and Compliance Initial Discovery Working Group

This group’s initial discovery efforts will aim for the integrated institution to maintain the timely collection or submission of institutional data as required by third parties on Day 1. Co-chairs will launch recommended working groups for mandatory external reporting and compliance requirements, as well as near-term solutions for integrated reporting.

Leads
Hailey Mullican, JD
Vice President for Legal Affairs and Chief Legal Officer
Health Campus

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