Senate Members

The Faculty Senate requires 45 out of 88 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)

Executive Board Officers

Amy Naugle, President
Arts and Sciences

C. Dennis Simpson, Vice President
Health and Human Services

Sarah Summy, Immediate Past President
Education and Human Development

Osama Abudayyeh, Director
Engineering

Anthony DeFulio, Director
Arts and Sciences

Kieran Fogarty, Director
Health and Human Services

Janet Hahn, Director
Health and Human Services

Decker Hains, Director and Parliamentarian
Business

David Rudge, Director
Arts and Sciences

David Szabla, Director
Education and Human Development

Departmental Representatives

Amanda Remo (2026)
Accountancy

William Davis (2025)
Art

Joyce Kubiski (2026)
Art

Brian Jansen (2026)
Aviation Sciences

Geoffrey Lindenberg (2027)
Aviation Sciences

Todd Barkman (2026)
Biological Sciences

David Rudge (2025)
Biological Sciences

Julia Stachofsky (2026)
Business Information Systems

Alexandra Pekarovicova (2026)
Chemical and Paper Engineering

Andre Venter (2026)
Chemistry

Hexu Liu (2025)
Civil and Construction Engineering

Bryan Abendschein (2025)
Communication

Robert Makin (2027)
Computer Science

Glinda Rawls (2026)
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Jean Kimmel (2025)
Economics

D. Eric Archer (2027)
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Wayne Stitt (2025)
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Dean Johnson (2026)
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Richard Katrovas (2027)
English

Scott Slawinski (2026)
English

Sam Ramrattan (2026)
Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems

Lisa DeChano-Cook (2026)
Environment, Geography, and Sustainability

Jou-Chen Chen (2026)
Family and Consumer Sciences

Onur Arugaslan (2026)
Finance and Commercial Law

Mine Dogan Diker (2027)
Geological and Environmental Sciences

Larry Simon (2026)
History

Michael Miller (2026)
Human Performance and Health Education

Troy Place (2026)
Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management

Michelle Hrivnyak (2025)
Intercultural and Anthropological Studies

Janet Hahn (2027)
Interdisciplinary Health Programs

Marianne Swierenga (2026)
Libraries

Douglas Lepisto (2025)
Management

Thomas Scannell (2026)
Marketing

Bret Wagner (2025)
Marketing

Daniela Hernandez (2027)
Mathematics

Thayma Lutz (2025)
Mathematics

Peter Gustafson (2027)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Matthew Fries (2025)
Music

Trey Harris (2027)
Music

Elissa Allen (2027)
Nursing

Jaime Neary (2025)
Nursing

Michelle Suarez (2025)
Occupational Therapy

James Martin (2026)
Philosophy

Daryl Lawson (2027)
Physical Therapy

Andrew Zolp (2025)
Physician Assistant

Zbigniew Chajecki (2025)
Physics

Mahendra Lawoti (2025)
Political Science

Anthony DeFulio (2026) 
Psychology

Daniela Schroeter (2026)
Public Affairs and Administration

Diane Riggs (2027)
Religion and Cultures (World)

Patrick Hanlin (2025)
Sindecuse Health Center Counseling Services

Mioara Diaconu (2025)
Social Work

Vyacheslav Karpov (2027)
Sociology

Antonio Isea (2027)
Spanish

Laura Teichert (2027)
Special Education and Literacy Studies

Matthew Dumican (2027)
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Joshua Naranjo (2025)
Statistics

Marcia Fetters (2027)
Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

Jill Hermann-Wilmarth (2025)
Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

Kathryn Thomsen (2026)
Theatre and Dance

Viviane Ruellot (2027)
World Languages and Literatures

Representatives-at-Large

Osama Abudayyeh (2027)
Civil and Construction Engineering

Pnina Ari-Gur (2027)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Patrick Bennett (2027)
Mathematics

Kimberly Buchholz (2025)
Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation

Wanda Hadley (2026)
Education Leadership, Research, and Technology

Decker Hains (2025)
Management

Mustafa Mirzeler (2026)
English

Carol Weideman (2025)
Human Performance and Health Education

Andrew Wyman (2026)
Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management

Ex Officio (all past presidents are also ex officio)

Edward Montgomery 
President

Julian Vasquez Heilig 
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Timothy Broadwater, Chair
Academic and Information Technology Council

LuMarie Guth, Chair
Campus Planning and Finance Council

Marcellis Zondag, Chair
Graduate Studies Council

Bradford Dennis, Chair
International Education Council

Andre Venter, Chair
Research Policies Council

Diane Riggs, Chair
Undergraduate Studies Council

Presidential Appointees

Diane Anderson (2024)
Vice President for Student Affairs

Remzi Seker (2024)
Vice President for Research and Innovation

Jan Van Der Kley (2024)
Vice President for Business and Finance

Emeriti Representatives

John Jellies (2025)
Biological Scieces

Mary Lagerwey (2027)
Nursing

Lester Wright (2026)
Psychology

Past Presidents

Marilyn Kritzman
Communication

John Jellies
Arts and Sciences

William Rantz
Aviation

C. Dennis Simpson
School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs

Sarah Summy
Special Education and Literacy Studies

Suzan Smith-Ayers
Family and Consumer Sciences