EAC Executive Committee

Philesha Evans is the Associate Vice President for Human Resources' Direct Entity Services. As associate vice president, Ms. Evans provides leadership and strategic direction for the following divisions.

• Correctional Managed Care
• Human Resources
• Employee Health
• Employee Injury/Illness Management
• Employee Relations
• Institutional ADA
• Leave Management

Ms. Evans has worked at UTMB her entire adult life, starting in the Transportation Department, and transferring to Human Resources in 1996. Ms. Evans has extensive knowledge and experience in all Human Resources areas and has taken on a number of roles and projects in the department. Philesha has earned a BGS and MBA from Texas Woman's University and holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources and SHRM Senior Certified Professional certifications.

Tilly Clark serves as Assistant Director for the Office of the President - Special Use Facilities, University Conferences and Events. She has served the Office of the President for her entire 30 years of service.

In the role, Ms. Clark manages and directs the operations of two historic properties and six executive conference facilities on the Galveston Campus. In addition to the business operations, she manages executive meetings, luncheons, receptions, facility tours, as well as personal and private events for UTMB's faculty, staff, students, Development Board and President's Cabinet members.

Ms. Clark's appointment includes leading the UTMB Employee Advisory Council as a Consultant. Prior to this appointment, she served as Chair for two consecutive terms and Vice-Chair for two consecutive terms. Currently, she serves on many committees across the institution.

Ms. Clark will serve as Chair of the University of Texas System Employee Advisory Council for FY2023 and served as Chair for FY2020. The council consists of a select group of representatives from each of the 13 UT institutions and UT System Administration and they work with, and on behalf of, The University of Texas System in which they meet and make recommendations to the Board of Regents regarding issues of importance to the employees of UT System.

Isaac is the Information Systems Team Leader for Academic Affairs department in School of Medicine. He has been with UTMB for 22 years. When Isaac joined UTMB in 1999, he worked for School of Nursing as a Network Support Specialist. He later moved up to become a System Analyst and Team Leader for School of Nursing Multi-Media Lab. He also served as President of Staff Assembly for UTMB School of Nursing in 2006/2007.

In his current role as Information Systems Team Leader, Isaac manages the educational technology support team for Academic Affairs. Isaac and his team provides technical support for various educational technology systems (Blackboard Learning Management System, New Innovations, Peerceptiv, Panopto Lecture Capturing System, PollEveryWhere, Evaluations Systems) used by medical students, faculty, and staff. Isaac is responsible for maintaining existing systems as well as developing new web applications for departments under SOM Academic Affairs. He also provides training for staff and/or faculty on use of educational technology tools and serves as Blackboard system administrator for School of Medicine.

Isaac received a Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Computer Information Systems from University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Yuvraj has been a Registered Respiratory Therapist for 12 years and has worked at UTMB since 2009. He is also an alumnus of the School of Health Professions at UTMB Galveston. He has been a clinical instructor for UTMB Bachelor’s degree program for Respiratory Care and has also been awarded Best Clinical Instructor. He served as a member of ECMO team at UTMB in Galveston. Member of the Advisory Committee at San Jacinto College – Respiratory Care Program. His years of service with UTMB also includes working part time at Methodist Hospital in Baytown and Downtown. He is currently the manager for Respiratory Therapy at Clear Lake Hospital. Yuvraj’s department handles all emergencies within the hospital, including Pediatrics, Neonates and Adults. He supports the Adult Critical Care committee at Clear Lake Campus. Yuvraj initiated and now serves as co-chair of the Resuscitation Committee at UTMB Clear Lake Campus.