Senate Directory
61 st Administration (2024 – 2025)
Speaker of the Senate
Tav Cockrell
sgass@cougarnet.uh.edu
The Speaker of the Senate is the head of the Legislative branch. The Speaker is elected at the first Senate meeting of the administration, presides over the Senate meetings, and coordinates all Committees of the Senate.
Undergraduate at Large
Sahar El-Hoderi
selhoder@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Olivia Gerling-Perez
oigerlin@cougarnet.uh.edu
Ian Kariuki
inkariuk@cougarnet.uh.edu
Will James
wkjames@cougarnet.uh.edu
Kayla Leadon
kdleadon@cougarnet.uh.edu
Graduate at Large
Jesus Nieto
janieto3@cougarnet.uh.edu
Lidya Mussie Weldehawaryat
lweldeha@cougarnet.uh.edu
Muhammad Haseeb Mukhtar
mmukhta3@cougarnet.uh.edu
Talha Khan
tkhan6@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Architecture and Design
Tav Cockrell
tkcockre@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of the Arts
Jason Jacobs
jajacob2@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Business
Haley Salinas
hdsalina@cougarnet.uh.edu
Aniyah Hubbard
ahubbar2@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Education
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Gerald Ramirez
gramir41@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Engineering
Sarah Kasongo
okkasong@cougarnet.uh.edu
Aiden Corvisiero
ancorvis@cougarnet.uh.edu
Jordan Jones
jmjone41@cougarnet.uh.edu
Grecia Ledezma
glledezm@cougarnet.uh.edu
Anahi Ortega
alortega@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Exploratory Studies
Kashika Bhatia
kbhatia3@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Global Hospitality Leadership
Sebastian Nguyen
shnguy31@cougarnet.uh.edu
Hobby School of Public Affairs
Dulce Maria Otero
dmotero@cougarnet.uh.edu
Honors College
Mualla Guvercin
mtguverc@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Law Center
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Ivan Leonard
ikleonar@cougarnet.uh.edu
Abdullah Soliman
asoliman@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Lauren Williford
lkwillif@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Chizuru Amaefule
camaeful@cougarnet.uh.edu
Rami Toussah
jetoussa@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Medicine
D Omenge
dkomenge@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Hai An Hoang
hchoang@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
Michelle Luong
mqluong@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Nursing
Salma Zeidat
snzeida2@cougarnet.uh.edu
College of Optometry
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Pharmacy
Vacant
Senate Seat Application
College of Social Work
Vacant
Senate Seat Application