Board

TSM is steered by our Board of Operating Trustees in accordance with the Governing Documents.

The entry for the Texas Student Media Trust in the UT Handbook of Operating Procedures can be found here.

TSM Board Documents are available here.

Board Organization

The voting members of the Board are:

• Three Moody College of Communication students (elected by the student body)
  • Hayden Victoria (06/2025-05/2027)
  • Alexa Spar (06/2026-05/2028)
  • Salma Medina Pow (06/2026-05/2028)

• Three at-large students (elected by the student body)
  • Adam Gonzales (06/2026-05/2028)
  • (vacant)
  • Reese Saliceti (06/2026-05/2027)

• Two members of the Moody College of Communication faculty (appointed by The University of Texas at Austin President)
  • John Schwartz
    Professor of Practice, School of Journalism and Media
  • Joe Cutbirth
    Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Communication Studies

• One member of the McCombs School of Business faculty (appointed by The University of Texas at Austin President)
  • David Searle
    Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Business, Government and Society

• Two media professionals (appointed by The University of Texas at Austin President)
  • Madlin Mekelburg
    Legal Affairs Reporter, Bloomberg News
  • Nicole Pettit
    Reporter, Axios

The Ex-officio non-voting members are:

• TSM’s Director
• The student managers

The delegate non-voting members are:

• A representative of the Dean of Students Office/Vice President for Student Affairs
  • (vacant)

• A representative of the Student Government President
  • (vacant)