May 18, 2007

In an effort to help close projected budget gaps, the Budget Planning Council charged an 18-member, universitywide health benefits committee with finding ways to reduce the university's healthcare expenses by $1.5 million while keeping the employee share manageable and competitive with other institutions.

Here is the committee roster:

Chair

Jim Kemper

Faculty Senate

Phyllis Bernt

Joe Mclaughlin

Administrative Senate

Wendy Merb-Brown

Jean Witkowski

Classified Senate

Mike Yeager

Rosemary Butcher

Dawn Jenkins

AFSCME

Kim Dickerson

John Dillon

FOP

John Stabler

Michael Swearingen

At Large

Nancy Harris (Regional campuses)

Kim Valentour (WellWorks)

David Stretton (Health and Human Services)

Linda Cvetan (Counseling and Higher Education)

Human Resources

Greg Fialko

Krista Antle

Related Links:

• Health benefit changes announced
• Human Resources open enrollment Web site
  
• Health benefit/open enrollment information session schedule