Steering Committee

The Steering Committee of the Faculty Council includes representatives from both basic science and clinical departments. The Steering Committee represents, and acts on behalf of the Faculty Council in all matters within the purview of the Faculty Council.

All actions of the Steering Committee are subject to prior or subsequent approval of the Faculty Council.  

Powers and Duties

The Steering Committee meets monthly. It ensures that an agenda for all regular and special meetings of the Faculty Council is sent to the electorate.

A full description of the Steering Committee’s powers and duties may be found in the bylaws. 

To contact the Steering Committee, please email jacobsfacultycouncil@buffalo.edu or contact any of the Steering Committee members listed below.

Membership of the Faculty Council Steering Committee 2025-2026

Ex-Officio

  • Brashear, Allison

    Allison Brashear, MD, MBA

    Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Neurology

    955 Main Street, Room 6190 Buffalo, NY 14203-1121

    Phone: 716-829-3955; Fax: 716-829-2179

    Email: deanmed@buffalo.edu

  • Kristin Stapleton.

    Kristin Stapleton, PhD

    President, Faculty Senate; Professor

    Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences

    575 Park Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260

    Phone: 716-645-5645

    Email: kstaple@buffalo.edu

Officers of the Faculty Council

  • Faculty Council President, 2025-2026

    Nowak, Norma

    Norma Nowak, PhD

    Professor

    701 Ellicott Street Room B2-293 Center of Excellence Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 716-881-8903

    Email: njnowak@buffalo.edu

  • President-Elect, 2025-2026

    Lehman, Heather

    Heather Lehman, MD, FAAAAI

    Clinical Associate Professor and Division Chief, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology

    UBMD Pediatrics Division of Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology 1001 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 716-323-0130; Fax: 716-323-0296

    Email: hkm@buffalo.edu

  • Past President, 2024-2025

    Hall, John

    John Hall, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor

    100 College Parkway Suite 260 Williamsville, NY 14221

    Phone: 716-635-0688; Fax: 716-204-9574

    Email: jhall@buffalo.edu

  • Secretary, 2025-2026

    Alexander, Jessy

    Jessy Alexander, PhD

    Research Professor

    875 Ellicott Street CTRC, 8030D Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 716-888-4852

    Email: jessyale@buffalo.edu

  • Parliamentarian, 2025-2027

    Hofmann, Wilma

    Wilma Hofmann, PhD

    Associate Professor

    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Physiology and Biophysics, Room# 4132 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203-1121

    Phone: 716-829-3290

    Email: whofmann@buffalo.edu

  • Basic Science Representative to Executive Committee, 2024-2026

    Bou Ghanem, Elsa

    Elsa Bou Ghanem, PhD

    Associate Professor

    955 Main Street, Office 55254 Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 716-829-2422; Fax: 716-829-2158

    Email: elsaboug@buffalo.edu

  • Clinical Representative to Executive Committee, 2023-2025

    Watt, Stacey

    Stacey Watt, MD, MBA, MHPE, FASA

    Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology

    1001 Main St. Suite K-3502 Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 716-323-6572; Fax: 716-842-4170

    Email: swatt@buffalo.edu

At-Large Representatives to the Faculty Council Steering Committee

2025-2026 Term

  • Melendy, Thomas

    Thomas Melendy, PhD

    Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, and Biochemistry

    5116 Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Department of Microbiology & Immunology 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203-1121

    Phone: 716-829-3789

    Email: tmelendy@buffalo.edu

  • Falls, Zackary

    Zackary Falls, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    77 Goodell Street, Suite 540 Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 716-881-8927

    Email: zmfalls@buffalo.edu

  • Edward A. Stehlik, MD

    Clinical Professor

    Medicine

    Email: stehlik@buffalo.edu