Data Management Council - Membership Roster

Council Leadership 
Chief Data Management Officer/Chair - Marc Turner, Assistant Vice President, Institutional Research 
Deputy Data Management Officer/Co-Chair - Carolina Benavides, Data Management Analyst, Institutional Research 
Lead Technical Officer - TBN
Lead Functional Officer - TBN

Lead Data Stewards 
Academic Affairs, Academic Units - Matt Brooks 
Athletics - Bryan Dean 
Finance and Support Services - Marcus Bryant 
Information Technology  - Whitten Smart 
Marketing and Communications  -  Sarah Alvarez 
Research  - Yongxia Xia 
Round Rock Campus -  Amy Wong 
Student Success -  Cindy Justice 
TXST Global - Lydia Placzek 
University Advancement - Sarah Sims 
Office of the President - Marc Turner 
 

Ex Officio 
Daniel Owen, Chief Information Security Officer, Information Security Office 
Kristine Toma, Records Management Officer, University Libraries 
Bobby Mason, Chief Compliance Officer, Institutional Compliance and Ethics 
Tami Rice, TSUS Chief Data Officer, Institutional Research 
 

Academic Affairs, Academic Units 
Chair – Matt Brooks 
Technical Data Steward –  
Functional Data Steward – 

Academic Affairs, Administrative Units 
Chair – TBN
Technical Data Steward –  
Functional Data Steward – 

Athletics 
Chair – Bryan Dean 
Technical Data Steward –  
Functional Data Steward – 

Finance and Support Services 
Chair – Marcus Bryant 
Technical Data Steward –  
Functional Data Steward – 

Information Technology 
Chair – Whitten Smart 
Technical Data Steward –  
Functional Data Steward – 

Marketing and Communications 
Chair –  Sarah Alvarez 
Technical Data Steward –  
Functional Data Steward – 

Student Success 
Chair –  Cindy Justice 
Technical Data Steward –  
Functional Data Steward – 

TXST Global 
Chair –  Lydia Placzek 
Technical Data Steward –  
Functional Data Steward – 

University Advancement 
Chair – Sarah Sims 
Technical Data Steward –  Maria Wasley-Valdez 
Functional Data Steward –  Shalena Stelzig

Office of the President 
Chair –  Marc Turner 
Technical Data Steward –  Kate Proff 
Functional Data Steward –  Richard Batey

Last update: 09/28/2023