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Faculty Senate Executive Committee Members 2024-2025

Executive Committee membership is as follows: the president, president-elect, and past president, as senators-at-large, secretary, chairs of Faculty Senate permanent committees, one senator from each representative unit who has been selected by the caucus of that unit, the speaker of the Student Senate or their designee, the Graduate Student Council president or their designee, and the University Support Staff president or their designee.

Committee members may be reached via their contact information below.

President   Teresa DouthitAnimal Sciences and Industry
129 Weber Hall; 532-1268; douthit@ksu.edu
President-ElectSara LulyModern Languages; K-State Honors Program
203 Leadership Studies Building, 785-532-2642; srluly@ksu.edu
Past PresidentDon Von BergenSchool of Integrated Studies
Flight Center; 785-826-2679; dvb@ksu.edu
SecretaryGraciela BerumenRecruitment and Admissions
177 Berney Family Welcome Center; 532-6318
gracie3@ksu.edu
Academic Affairs CommitteeCo-Chairs 
 Hansin BilgiliManagement
4062 Business Building, hbilgili@ksu.edu
 Joann KoubaAnimal Sciences and Industry
128 Weber Hall, 785-532-1240; jkouba@ksu.edu
Faculty Affairs CommitteeCo-Chairs 
 

Brad Cunningham

Office of Vice Provost for Student Success
101H Holton Hall; 532-6492; bradc@ksu.edu

 Brandon SavageManagement
3002 Business Building; bwsavage@ksu.edu
Justice, Equity, Diversity, Access, Inclusion, and Identity
Co-Chairs 
 Graciela BerumenRecruitment and Admissions
177 Berney Family Welcome Center; 532-6318; gracie3@ksu.edu
 Gwen SibleyK-State Libraries
Copyright and scholarly communication librarian; 1117 Mid-Campus Drive North, Hale Library; grsibley@ksu.edu
Professional Staff Affairs CommitteeCo-Chairs 
 Linda CragheadDirector of Facility Services
106 Power Plant, 785-532-1789; lindacraghead@ksu.edu
 Monica CurnuttTechnology & Aviation; Salina Finance
Kuhlman Center, 785-576-2202; mjcurnut@ksu.edu
Faculty Senate
Committee on Technology
Co-Chairs 
 Vacant

 

 Phil VardimanFood, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health
144L Lafene; 532-5568; pvardiman@ksu.edu
Faculty Senate
Committee on University Planning
Co-Chairs 
 Cassie JonesAnimal Sciences & Industry
126 Weber Hall, 532-5289; jonesc@ksu.edu
 Kimberly KramerArchitectural Engineering and Construction Science
2063 Seaton Hall, 785-532-5964; kramer@ksu.edu
Speaker of the Student SenateCarson Cuestacscuesta@ksu.edu
Graduate Student Council President
Zane Whitneyzwhitney@ksu.edu
University Support Staff Senate President or designee
Regina Crowellrcrowell@ksu.edu
AgricultureColby MoorbergAgronomy
2106 Throckmorton Hall; 532-7207; moorberg@ksu.edu
Architecture, Planning and DesignLa Barbara WigfallLandscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning
2159 Seaton Hall; 532-5961; lbjw@ksu.edu
Arts and SciencesDan HigginsChemistry; 213 CBC Building; 532-6371; higgins@ksu.edu
Business AdministrationTareque NasserFinance
3006 Business Building, 532-4375; tnasser@ksu.edu
EducationKimberly StaplesCurriculum and Instruction
006 Bluemont Hall; 532-5525 (dept); kstaples@ksu.edu
EngineeringJulia KeenArch Engineering/Construction Science
240 Seaton Hall; 532-3575; jkeen@ksu.edu
ExtensionJoel DeRoucheyAnimal Sciences and Industry
222 Weber Hall, jderouch@ksu.edu
General UniversityAndy Thompson
Alternate:
Pamela Erickson
Student Life Office; 201 Holton Hall;
532-6432; athomp@ksu.edu
Academic Advising; 337 Hale Library; perick@ksu.edu
Health and Human Sciences

Anthony Ferraro

Applied Human Sciences
312 Justin Hall; 532-5510; aferraro@ksu.edu

K-State LibrariesRyan LeimkuehlerRecords Management
508D Hale Library; 532-7466; rleimkue@ksu.edu
Technology & Aviation,
K-State Salina
Michael OetkenSchool of Integrated Studies, K-State Salina
162 Technology Center; 785-826-2646; michael@ksu.edu
Term Appointment (began Spring 2022)Mary (Bowen) Sullivan
Alternate:
Sujatha Prakash

Agricultural Economics; mjbowen@ksu.edu; 785-532-4435
Physician's Assistant Program; sujatha@ksu.edu
112 Ice Hall; 532-1566

Veterinary MedicineNicky Cassel
Alternate:  Justin Kastner
Clinical Sciences; O218 Mosier Hall; 532-4240; ncassel@vet.ksu.edu
Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology; P216 Mosier Hall; 532-4820; jkastner@ksu.edu