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APPROVAL OF REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS AND SUPERVISORY STRUCTURE FOR DUAL EMPLOYMENT SITUATION

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, the Virginia Conflict of Interest Act permits the dual employment of immediate family members by public institutions of higher education that would otherwise be prohibited by the Act, subject to the following conditions:

• (i) the officer or employee and the immediate family member are engaged in teaching, research, or administrative support positions at the educational institution, (ii) the governing board of the educational institution finds that it is in the best interest of the institution and the Commonwealth for such dual employment to exist, and (iii) after such finding, the board establishes and oversees the implementation of reporting relationships and a supervisory structure to ensure that the officer or employee, or the immediate family member, does not supervise, evaluate or otherwise participate in personnel decisions regarding the other; and

WHEREAS, Mary Jo Herriman and John C. Herr, who are married to each other, are both employed in the Department of Cell Biology in the School of Medicine; and

WHEREAS, Mary Jo Herriman is a Research Assistant in the Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, of which John C. Herr is Professor of Cell Biology.

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors finds it in the best interest of the University of Virginia and the Commonwealth to employ Mary Jo Herriman and John C. Herr in their positions in the Department of Cell Biology, as Research Assistant and Professor with tenure, respectively;

RESOLVED FURTHER that the reporting relationship and supervisory structure shall be as follows: (a) in Mary Jo Herriman's capacity as a member of the Department of Cell Biology, she reports directly to and is supervised by the Chair of the Department of Cell Biology, Dr. Charles J. Flickinger; and (b) regarding John C. Herr's position as Professor of Cell Biology, there is no reporting or supervisory relationship between Mary Jo Herriman and John C. Herr.