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Traffic Appeals Board Committee

The Traffic Appeals Board consists of three boards: Tuesday Traffic Appeals Board, Wednesday Traffic Appeals Board, and Thursday Traffic Appeals Board. The boards shall arbitrate disputes arising from the Auburn Public Safety and Parking Services issuance of parking and traffic citations. The boards shall not arbitrate citations involving moving offenses (e.g., speeding, failure to display signals) which shall instead be referred to the City of Auburn court system. The boards shall fairly and consistently interpret and apply the Auburn University Traffic and Parking Regulations developed by the Traffic and Parking Committee. The boards shall not make regulations nor render engineering/policy decisions. The boards are judicial in character but are encouraged to provide input related to new regulations, or proposed changes of existing regulations, to the Traffic and Parking Committee as they feel appropriate. It is recommended that an appointee to this committee not serve on the Traffic and Parking Committee.

Membership

The Traffic Appeals Board Committee shall be composed of 11 members per Board:

  • Non-voting Chair of each board:

    • Manager of Parking Operations, or designee

  • Faculty:

    • Two faculty (staggered terms)

  • A&P:

    • One Administrative and Professional Assembly member

  • Staff:

    • One member of the Staff Council 

  • Graduate:

    • One graduate student 

    • One graduate student alternate

  • Undergraduate:

    • Two undergraduate students

    • Two undergraduate student alternates

  • Restrictions:

    • Membership composition is the same for each of the three boards.

    • Faculty should have staggered terms; students serve one-year terms.

Members

Name Department/Unit Rotation Year

Patrice Finley, Chair

Manager of Parking Operations Continuing

Brandon Clarke

A&P Representative 2026

Tommy Brown

Library 2027

Philip Lewis

Staff Representative 2027

Karen Sonik

Art and Art History 2026

Colin Parker

Alternate - Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Cooper Meckler

Alternate - Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

TBD

Alternate - Graduate Student Representative

Jameel Rucker

Graduate Student Representative 2025

Cate Herring

Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Camilla Friday

Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Name Department/Unit Rotation Year

Patrice Finley, Chair

Manager of Parking Operations Continuing

Esther Akinrinde

Alternate - Graduate Student Representative 2025

Jasey Herrington

A&P Representative 2026

Kenneth Sands

Building Science 2026

Hae Sagong

Nursing 2027

Davis Jackson

Alternate - Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Gavin Carney

Alternate - Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Jo Ann Lauraitis

Staff Representative 2026

NsongErnest Asiedu

Graduate Student Representative 2025

Gracie Sommer

Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Copeland Bowman

Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Name Department/Unit Rotation Year

Patrice Finley, Chair

Parking Operations designee Continuing

Shelby Bevan

A&P Representative 2026

Natalie Henri-Bennett

Library 2027

Joy Ogunsina

Alternate - Graduate Student Representative 2025

Lori Spradley

Library 2028

Audrey Grindle

Staff Representative 2026

Luke Gilbert-Smith

Alternate - Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Lanier Bankson

Alternate - Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Benjamin Forson

Graduate Student Representative 2025

Dorothy Verner

Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Josh Holston

Undergraduate Student Representative 2026