SU Community Review Board announces new leadership, members for 2025-26
SU’s Community Review Board reviews DPS policies and conduct. It announced new leadership for 2025-26, which includes third-year law student Lindsey Oliver as chair, and School of Education professor Stefanie Pilkay as vice chair. Joe Zhao | Senior Staff Photographer
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Syracuse University’s Community Review Board released its new leadership team for the 2025-26 academic year that will review appeals and complaints about the Department of Public Safety’s conduct, according to a release.
Lindsey Oliver, a third-year student in the College of Law, was elected chair of the board, with Stefanie Pilkay, associate professor in the School of Education, elected vice chair. The board also selected its new members, along with the chairs.
The board reviews appeals regarding civilian complaints of DPS officer conduct, DPS policies and procedures, “community-facing functions” of DPS and issues annual reports of findings and recommendations to the university community, according to the release.
Oliver joined the CRB in spring 2024 and was previously vice chair. Last year, she served as a student attorney in the College of Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic and is currently an intern at the Office of the Federal Public Defender, the release states.
“The CRB has offered me, as a student, the opportunity to participate directly in meaningful policy review and reform that impacts not only myself, but also my fellow students,” Oliver said in the release.
Seven other people are members of the CRB, aiding in review processes. Members of the CRB serve on a rotating schedule and include two undergraduate students, one graduate student, one staff member, two faculty members and one administrator, according to its website.
2025-26 memberships
- Adam Hepburn, associate vice president, strategic initiatives and government engagement, works in Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Lois Agnew’s office
- Benjamin Katz, graduate student in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Rosemary Martin ’26, undergraduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences
- Christina Papaleo, learning and development specialist in the Office of People and Culture
- Cynthia Pope, associate teaching professor in Arts and Sciences
- Brandon Tamez ’27, undergraduate student in Arts and Sciences
- Tanya Williamson, assistant vice president in the OPC
An SU staff member will also join the CRB, though the role has not been filled yet.
The CRB also has consultants to advise its work, including CRB Senior Advisor Bethaida González, Expert Law Enforcement Consultant Melvin Perez and Legal Advisor Alyssa Campbell.
The CRB’s fall forum will be held later this semester with DPS safety chief Mike Bunker, according to the release.
