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 Douthit | Animal Sciences and Industry 129 Weber Hall; 532-1268; douthit@ksu.edu |
| President-Elect | Sara Luly | Modern Languages; K-State Honors Program 203 Leadership Studies Building, 785-532-2642; srluly@ksu.edu |
| Past President | Don Von Bergen | School of Integrated Studies Flight Center; 785-826-2679; dvb@ksu.edu |
| Secretary | Graciela Berumen | Recruitment and Admissions 177 Berney Family Welcome Center; 532-6318 gracie3@ksu.edu |
| Academic Affairs Committee | Co-Chairs | |
| Hansin Bilgili | Management 4062 Business Building, hbilgili@ksu.edu |
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| Joann Kouba | Animal Sciences and Industry 128 Weber Hall, 785-532-1240; jkouba@ksu.edu |
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| Faculty Affairs Committee | Co-Chairs | |
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Brad Cunningham |
Office of Vice Provost for Student Success |
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| Brandon Savage | Management 3002 Business Building; bwsavage@ksu.edu |
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| Justice, Equity, Diversity, Access, Inclusion, and Identity |
Co-Chairs | |
| Graciela Berumen | Recruitment and Admissions 177 Berney Family Welcome Center; 532-6318; gracie3@ksu.edu |
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| Gwen Sibley | K-State Libraries Copyright and scholarly communication librarian; 1117 Mid-Campus Drive North, Hale Library; grsibley@ksu.edu |
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| Professional Staff Affairs Committee | Co-Chairs | |
| Linda Craghead | Director of Facility Services 106 Power Plant, 785-532-1789; lindacraghead@ksu.edu |
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| Monica Curnutt | Technology & Aviation; Salina Finance Kuhlman Center, 785-576-2202; mjcurnut@ksu.edu |
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| Faculty Senate Committee on Technology |
Co-Chairs | |
| Abbey Nutsch |
Food Science Program, 216D Call Hall; 785-532-4549, anutsch@ksu.edu |
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| Phil Vardiman | Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health 144L Lafene; 532-5568; pvardiman@ksu.edu |
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| Faculty Senate Committee on University Planning |
Co-Chairs | |
| Cassie Jones | Animal Sciences & Industry 126 Weber Hall, 532-5289; jonesc@ksu.edu |
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| Kimberly Kramer | Architectural Engineering and Construction Science 2063 Seaton Hall, 785-532-5964; kramer@ksu.edu |
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| Speaker of the Student Senate | Carson Cuesta | cscuesta@ksu.edu |
| Graduate Student Council President |
Zane Whitney | zwhitney@ksu.edu |
| University Support Staff Senate President or designee |
Kimm Dennis | kimms@ksu.edu |
| Agriculture | Colby Moorberg | Agronomy 2106 Throckmorton Hall; 532-7207; moorberg@ksu.edu |
| Architecture, Planning and Design | La Barbara Wigfall | Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning 2159 Seaton Hall; 532-5961; lbjw@ksu.edu |
| Arts and Sciences | Dan Higgins | Chemistry; 213 CBC Building; 532-6371; higgins@ksu.edu |
| Business Administration | Tareque Nasser | Finance 3006 Business Building, 532-4375; tnasser@ksu.edu |
| Education | Kimberly Staples | Curriculum and Instruction 006 Bluemont Hall; 532-5525 (dept); kstaples@ksu.edu |
| Engineering | Julia Keen | Arch Engineering/Construction Science 240 Seaton Hall; 532-3575; jkeen@ksu.edu |
| Extension | Joel DeRouchey | Animal Sciences and Industry 222 Weber Hall, jderouch@ksu.edu |
| General University | Andy 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 |
| K-State Libraries | Ryan Leimkuehler | Records Management 508D Hale Library; 532-7466; rleimkue@ksu.edu |
| Technology & Aviation, K-State Salina |
Michael Oetken | School 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 |
| Veterinary Medicine | Nicky 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 |