Contact Us
Office of the General Counsel311 Ezekiel Cullen Building |
Office of Contract AdministrationEmail: contractadmin@uh.edu |
Staff contacts by office:
• Office of the General Counsel • Office of Contract Administration
Office of General Counsel
Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Legal Affairsand General Counsel
Dona H. Cornell
B.A., University of Texas, 1982
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1986
E-mail: dhcornell@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-0949
Assistant to VC/VP for Legal Affairs
Leslie Pruski
E-mail: lpruski@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-0949
Associate Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Legal Affairs
and Senior Associate General Counsel
Mark R. Yzaguirre
B.A., Rice University, 1994
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1997
E-mail: myzaguirre@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-3701
Associate General Counsel
Valerie Coleman-Ferguson
B.A.W., Howard University, 1981
J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 1985
E-mail: viferguson@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7084
Associate General Counsel
Jeffrey D. Palmer
B.S., United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, 1994
J.D., University of Texas, 2000
E-mail: jdpalmer@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0836
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Jennifer E. Bloom
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1989
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1997
E-mail: jebloom@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7083
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Lindsay A. Canning
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Technology and State University, 2008
J.D., Texas Tech University, 2011
E-mail: lacanning@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-6054
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Lauri S. Ruiz
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1980
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1987
E-mail:lsruiz@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7086
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Ruth E. Shapiro
B.A., University of Rochester, 1982
J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1985
E-mail: rshapiro@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7088
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Talibah P. Young
B.A., Clark Atlanta University, 1997
J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 2000
E-mail: tyoung@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7090
Assistant General Counsel
Cecilia M. Alvarez
B.A., Rice University, 2014
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2017
E-mail:alvarez@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-6319
Legal Assistant
Eva Gray
B.A., Stetson University, 2003
M.A., Everest University, 2005
E-mail:ekgray@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-1855
Administrative Assistant
Maricela Barrientos
E-mail: mbarrientos@uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-8983
Immigration Specialist
Kate Hammons
Email: kehammons@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7085
Office Assistant
Monica Romo
Email: mlromo@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7089
Office of Contract Administration
Associate Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Legal Affairsand Senior Associate General Counsel
Mark R. Yzaguirre
B.A., Rice University, 1994
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1997
E-mail: myzaguirre@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-3701
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Shereese Mayo-Ward
B.S., George Mason University, 1997
J.D., The Catholic University of American
Columbus School of Law 2005
LL.M. in Taxation, University of Houston Law Center, 2014
LL.M. in Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources, University of Houston Law Center, 2014
Email: smayoward@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7093
Contracts Manager
Donna Halton
E-mail: dhalton@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7078