Campus Planning and Finance Council Members

MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the council can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VI: Councils, Sec. 1

The CPFC requires 10 out of 17 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member)

Council officers

Geoffrey Lindenberg, Chair

Lynne Heasley, Vice Chair

LuMarie Guth, Secretary

Ex Officio member

John Jellies
Faculty Senate Executive Board

Permanent members

David Dakin
Director, Campus Facility Development

Colleen Scarff
Executive Director, Associate Vice President for Business and Finance

Jan Van Der Kley
Vice President for Business and Finance

Elected members

Todd Barkman (2026)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)

Cheryl Bauman-Bruey (2026)
Fine Arts

Betty Dennis (2025)
Health and Human Services

Brett Geier (2025)
Education and Human Development

LuMarie Guth (2024)
Unaffiliated Unit (University Libraries)

Lynne Heasley (2024)
Arts and Sciences (Interdisciplinary Programs)

Mohammad Daneshvar Kakhki (2025)
Business

Valerian Kwigizile (2024)
Engineering and Applied Sciences

Geoffrey Lindenberg (2026)
Aviation

Vacant (2025)
Arts and Sciences (Humanities)

Student members 

Tyler Smith
Undergraduate student

Melissa Cattane
Graduate student

Advisory members 

*Christopher Cheatham
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Budget and Operations

*Tony Proudfoot
Vice President for Marketing and Strategic Communication

*Jeff Spoelstra
Director, Office of Sustainability