UT System Employee Advisory Council

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.

Mindy began working for UTMB in August of 2016 in ambulatory services as the nurse for cardiology clinic on the Angleton campus. She has worked in healthcare since 1995 with 23 years of cardiology experience ranging from EKG technician, cardiac rehab and scrub tech. Blessed is the only description she has for the experience, and opportunities she has encountered. Mindy began in healthcare as a Certified Nurses Aide and worked her way up from there by attending school at night and online until she entered nursing school in 2005. She graduated nursing school in 2007 with an associates degree and was accepted directly into an interventional cardiac and peripheral Cath lab where she worked until leaving to join UTMB.

Since working for UTMB, she has earned her BSN and certification as a CVRN-BC. Mindy loves working for a healthcare system that values education and supports the staff in their endeavors. She serves on the Ambulatory Practice Council and has joined many groups with ambulatory. She enjoys working with her team to ensure UTMB patients are receiving the best care. She feels that healthcare is a puzzle and each team member is an import piece of that puzzle. She believes that it is so important to work as a team in our earned roles while respecting each other as humans.