One Health Strategic Advisory Council (OHSAC)

In Fall of 2015, right after arriving to CSU to lead the formation of the One Health Institute, Director Sobral engaged each of the eight CSU Deans and Director Wall of SoGES in a conversation to socialize the OHI concept and request representation for each of those units on the forming Strategic Advisory Council (OHSAC). OHSAC was formed with two main goals in mind: having representation across all colleges to inform OHI direction, strategy and development on an ongoing basis, through working with the OHI Director and to bring forth into their units the communications from OHI, serving as an “ambassador” for OHI within CSU. OHSAC was formed and started its work in November 2015 with the first goal to co-create with the Director the Partners in One Health Workshop that was delivered in January 2016.

In bringing together OHSAC, OHI Director requested of each Dean/Director the following attributes in the people proposed to serve on OHSAC: that they were “T-shaped” and not “I-shaped people”. Without much detail, I shaped people are typically deep and narrow (like an “I”) whereas T-shaped are bridge builders across I-shaped norms. Most importantly, T-shaped people are characterized by having a Problem Identification Capability, a Commitment to Problem Solving and are Passionate. Typically T-shaped people are characterized as empathetic, active listeners, and build on the work of others instead of being critical through replacement of ideas from others with their own.

In late 2017, a number of additions were made to OHSAC to represent other units of CSU as well as specific locations where CSU and OHI’s activities logically merge (e.g., CSU-Todos Santos). Below is a list of the current OHSAC members. OHI thanks each and every member for their commitment to the OHI mission.

Mica Glantz,Professor and Chair of the College of Liberal Arts

Patti Davies, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs,College of Health and Human Sciences

Dan Ganster,Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Business

Jocelyn Hittle, Director of Denver Program Development, National Western Center

Kate Huyvaert, Associate Professor of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Warner College of Natural Resources

Kim Kita, Director of Special Programs and Partnerships, Todos Santos Center

Sonia Kreidenweis, Associate Dean for Research, Walter J. Scott College of Engineering

Lorann Stallones, Professor of Psychology, College of Natural Sciences

Ashley Stokes, Assistant Vice President for Engagement and Deputy Director of Extension

Sue VandeWoude, Associate Dean for Research, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Matthew Wallenstein, Department Head, Soil and Crop Sciences

Diana Wall, Director of SoGES-SAU

Kelly Long, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs

Melissa Reynolds, Associate Dean for Research, College of Natural Sciences

Carol Foust, Department Chair Exercise Science & Health Promotion, CSU Pueblo

Mary Ontiveros, Vice President for Diversity