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
311 Ezekiel Cullen Building
Houston, Texas 77204-2028
(832) 842-7078
(713) 743-5664 (Fax)
Equal Opportunity Services
Email: eos@uh.edu
153 Student Services Center 2
Houston, TX 77204-3020
(713) 743-8835
(713) 743-0959 (Fax)
Office of Intellectual Property Management
316 Ezekiel Cullen Building
Houston, TX 77204-2015
(713) 743-9222
(713) 743-9227 (Fax)
Office of the 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
Associate Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Legal Affairs and 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) 842-0949
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
Associate General Counsel
Eric D. Bentley
B.A., Hawaii Pacific University, 2000.
M.S.S., United States Sports Academy, 2003
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2004
E-mail: ebentley@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7082
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
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
Executive Administrative Assistant
Leslie Pruski
E-mail: lpruski@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-0949
Administrative Assistant
Guicela Salazar
B.S., University of Houston, 2012
E-mail: gsalaza3@central.uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7087
Office of Contract Administration
Associate Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Legal Affairs and Associate General Counsel
Mark R. Yzaguirre
B.A., Rice University, 1994
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1997
E-mail: myzaguirre@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-3754
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Anamaria Rubinstein-Palla
B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University, 1986
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1989
E-mail: apalla@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7094
Assistant General Counsel
Matthew Maliel
B.S., Boston University
J.D., South Texas College of Law, 2010
E-mail: mpmaliel@central.uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7093
Contracts Administrator
Donna Halton
B.S., University of Houston, 1997
E-mail: dhalton@uh.edu
Phone: (832) 842-7078
Office of Equal Opportunity Services
Assistant Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Equal Opportunity Services
Dr. Richard Anthony Baker
B.S.W., University of Texas at Austin, 1999
J.D., M.P.A., Texas Tech University, 2002
Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2010
Email: rabaker4@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-8835
Assistant Director
Brian A. Schaffer
B.A., Stony Brook University, 1980
J.D., American University Law School, 1983
LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center, 1985
Email: baschaffer@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0956
Equal Opportunity Specialist
Kimberly Frayne
B.B.A, University of Texas at Austin, 2002
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2008
Email: kcfrayne@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-8836
Administrative Assistant
Janice Horridge
Email: jhorridge@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-8835