Contact Us
Office of the General Counsel
311 Ezekiel Cullen Building
Houston, Texas 77204-2028
(832) 842- 0949
(713) 743-0948(Fax)
Office of Contract Administration
Email: contractadmin@uh.edu
311 Ezekiel Cullen Building
Houston, Texas 77204-2028
(832) 842-7078
Staff contacts by office:
Office of General Counsel
Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Legal Affairs
and 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 Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Legal Affairs
and General Counsel
Donna Halton, CTCD, CTCM
B.S., University of Houston
M.S., University of Houston
E-mail: dhalton@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
Deputy 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
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
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
Associate 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
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Margot T. Rosson
B.A., Boston College, 2008
J.D., South Texas College of Law, 2012
E-mail: mtrosson@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-0948
Senior Assistant General Counsel
VACANT
Senior Assistant General Counsel/Healthcare Counsel
Allison Long
B.A., Louisiana State University
J.D., Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
E-mail: atlong2@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-6816
Legal Assistant
Johanna Valenzuela
B.A., University of Houston Downtown, 2023
E-mail: jvalenzuela2@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-1855
Immigration Specialist
Casmin Hicks
B.S., University of Houston, 2000
M.S., Texas A&M University, 2007
E-mail: cghicks@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7085
Office of Contract Administration
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
Assistant General Counsel
Nick Bergman
B.A., Texas State University, 2014
J.D., South Texas College Law School, 2017
E-mail: nbergman@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-9279
Contracts Manager
Gillian Bautista
B.A., University of Houston, 2013
M.S., University of Houston, 2019
E-mail: contractadmin@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7078