Faculty Senate Executive Committee Members 2023-2024
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 | Don Von Bergen | School of Integrated Studies Flight Center; 785-826-2679; dvb@ksu.edu |
| President-Elect | Teresa Douthit | Animal Sciences and Industry 129 Weber Hall; 532-1268; douthit@ksu.edu |
| Past President | Don Saucier | Psychological Sciences 411 Bluemont Hall; 532-6881; saucier@ksu.edu |
| Secretary | Graciela Berumen | Recruitment and Admissions 177 Berney Family Welcome Center; 532-6318 gracie3@ksu.edu |
| Academic Affairs Committee | Co-Chairs | |
| Andy Bennett | Math 138 Cardwell Hall, 532-0559; bennett@ksu.edu | |
| Brandon Kliewer | School of Leadership Studies 257 Leadership Studies; 532-6085; bkliewer@ksu.edu | |
| Faculty Affairs Committee | Co-Chairs | |
Brad Cunningham | Office of Vice Provost for Student Success | |
| Tareque Nasser | Finance 3006 Business Bldg, 532-4375; tnasser@ksu.edu | |
| Justice, Equity, Diversity, Access, Inclusion, and Identity | Co-Chairs | |
| Graciela Berumen | Recruitment and Admissions 177 Berney Family Welcome Center; 532-6318; gracie3@ksu.edu | |
| Pamela Erickson | K-State Global Campus 010 Anderson Hall; 532-5575; perick@ksu.edu | |
| Professional Staff Affairs Committee | Co-Chairs | |
| Monica Curnutt | Technology & Aviation; Salina Finance Kuhlman Center, 785-576-2202; mjcurnut@ksu.edu | |
| Renee Gates | Libraries' Information Services & Technology 414 Hale Library, 532-7862; regates@ksu.edu | |
| Faculty Senate Committee on Technology | Co-Chairs | |
| Michael Raine | Business Administration | |
| Phil Vardiman | Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health 144L Lafene; 532-5568; pvardiman@ksu.edu | |
| Faculty Senate Committee on University Planning | Co-Chairs | |
| Cassie Jones | Animal Sciences & Industry 126 Weber Hall, 532-5289; jonesc@ksu.edu | |
| Marianne Korten | Math 208 Cardwell Hall, 532-0567; mkorten@ksu.edu | |
| Speaker of the Student Senate | Kate Thomas | katybeth77@ksu.edu |
| Graduate Student Council President | Kortnee Van Nest | korvandonge@ksu.edu |
| University Support Staff Senate President or designee | Regina Crowell | rcrowell@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 | Terry Mason | Accounting 2147 Business Building; 532-3390; twmason@ksu.edu |
| Education | Andy Wefald | School of Leadership Studies 257 Leadership Studies; 532-6085; wefald@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 | Student Life Office; 201 Holton Hall; 532-6432; athomp@ksu.edu |
| Health and Human Sciences | Jared Durtschi | 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 | Agricultural Economics; mjbowen@ksu.edu; 785-532-4435 |
| Veterinary Medicine | Tom Schermerhorn or Mary Lynn Higginbotham | Clinical Sciences; O218 Mosier Hall; 532-5690; tscherme@ksu.edu Clinical Sciences; Q216 Mosier Hall; 532-5690; higginml@ksu.edu |
