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Audit Committee

Charge

The Audit Committee serves to ensure internal audit activities comply with the University of Texas System policies. The Committee is responsible for ensuring internal audit coverage for UTHealth Houston encompasses the full breadth of operations; the executive management of UTHealth Houston is aware of the audit activities and findings; the scope of audits or dissemination of information from such audits is not inhibited by any one individual; and the audit function is carried out with the highest attainable level of efficiency and professionalism.

Membership consists of the following individuals. The committee chair is appointed by the UTHealth Houston president.

Permanent Membership

Name	Title
Dr. Giuseppe Colasurdo	President – UTHealth Houston
Kevin Dillon	Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – UTHealth Houston
Dr. Latanya Love	Executive Vice President, Student Affairs & Diversity and Dean of Education, McGovern Medical School - UTHealth Houston
Dr. John Hancock	Senior Vice President of Research Strategy and Innovation and Executive Dean, McGovern Medical School - UTHealth Houston
Dr. Jagat Narula	Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer - UTHealth Houston
Dr. Kevin Morano	Senior Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs - UTHealth Houston
Andrew Casas	Senior Vice President, UTHealth Houston and Chief Operating Officer, Practice Plan
Michael Tramonte	Senior Vice President, Finance & Business Services and Chief Financial Officer– UTHealth Houston
Melissa Pifko, J.D.	Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer - UTHealth Houston
Karen Spillar, J.D.	Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer - UTHealth Houston
Amar Yousif	Vice President and Chief Information Officer – UTHealth Houston
Claudia Madrigal, J.D.	Chief Compliance Officer ad interim - UTHealth Houston
Richard Anselme	Chief Information Security Officer ad interim – UTHealth Houston

External Membership

The external membership of the audit committee consists of three individuals appointed by the UTHealth Houston president with staggered two-year terms. These terms start with the beginning of the fiscal year.

Name	Title	Term Begins	Term Ends
Robert George (Chair, UTHealth Houston Audit Committee)	Retired Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, and Faculty, McCombs Graduate School of Accounting - UT Austin	September 2018	August 2024
Ben Melson	Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	September 2018	August 2025
John Sperry	Retired Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Kelsey-Seybold	September 2018	August 2024
Dr. Joe Bridges	President, Bridges Family Petroleum, Inc.	February 2019	August 2024

MSRDP and DSRDP Members

Name	Title
Dr. Richard Andrassy	MSRDP Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Strategy - McGovern Medical School - UTHealth Houston
Dr. John A. Valenza	DSRDP Vice Chair – Board of Directors, Dean – School of Dentistry - UTHealth Houston