Faculty Senate Executive Committee Members 2025-2026
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 | Sara Luly |
Director K-State Honors Pgm |
| President-Elect | Colby Moorberg |
Dept of Agronomy, Soil Science |
| Past President | Teresa Douthit | Animal Sciences and Industry; 129 Weber Hall; 532-1268; douthit@ksu.edu |
| Secretary | Marcus Kidd |
Asst Dir of Enrollment Mgmt., College of Education; 138 Bluemont Hall; 532-5578; mkidd@ksu.edu |
| Academic Affairs Committee Co-Chairs | Joann Kouba |
Animal Sciences and Industry; 128 Weber Hall, 785-532-1240; jkouba@ksu.edu |
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| Faculty Affairs Committee Co-Chairs | Brandon Savage | Management; 3002 Business Building; bwsavage@ksu.edu |
| Amir Bahadori |
Nuclear Engineering Program Director; 118 Ward Hall; 785-370-1374 (cell); bahadori@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 |
| Gwen Sibley | K-State Libraries Copyright and scholarly communication librarian; 1117 Mid-Campus Drive North; grsibley@ksu.edu |
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| Professional Staff Affairs Committee Co-Chairs | Linda Craghead | Director of Facility Services 106 Power Plant; 532-1789; lindacraghead@ksu.edu |
| Gina Nixon |
Communications & Ag Education, Business Mgr; 301 Umberger Hall; 532-1141; gnixon@ksu.edu |
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Faculty Senate |
Phil Vardiman | Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health; 144L Lafene; 532-5568; pvardiman@ksu.edu |
| Brad Cunningham | Office of Vice Provost for Student Success; 101H Holton Hall; 532-6492; bradc@ksu.edu | |
| Faculty Senate Committee on University Planning Co-Chair |
Kimberly Kramer | Architectural Engineering and Construction Science; 2063 Seaton Hall; 532-5964; kramer@ksu.edu |
| Speaker of the Student Senate | Evelynn Ediger | |
| Graduate Student Council President |
Aditya Jha |
PhD Student Civil Engineering; adityajha@ksu.edu |
| University Support Staff Senate President or designee |
Tom Fish |
Grounds Dept., Housing & Dining; 1531 Mid Campus Drive North; 532-3059; tafish@ksu.edu |
| Agriculture Caucus Chair | Cassandra Olds |
Dept of Entomology; 34A Waters Hall; 532-6232; colds@ksu.edu |
| Architecture, Planning and Design Caucus Chair | La Barbara Wigfall | Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning; 2159 Seaton Hall; 532-5961; lbjw@ksu.edu |
| Arts and Sciences Caucus Chair | Don Saucier |
Dept Psychological Sciences; 468 Bluemont Hall; 532-6881; saucier@ksu.edu |
| Business Administration Caucus Chair | Kyle Bradley |
Management; 3062 Business Bldg; kyljbrad@ksu.edu |
| Education Caucus Chair | Kimberly Staples | Curriculum and Instruction; 006 Bluemont Hall; 532-5525; kstaples@ksu.edu |
| Engineering Caucus Chair | Julia Keen | Arch Engineering/Construction Science; 240 Seaton Hall; 532-3575; jkeen@ksu.edu |
| Extension Caucus Chair | Deborah Kohl |
Program Leader Coordinator, Community Vitality; 532-5840; dkohl@ksu.edu |
| General University Caucus Chair |
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Academic Advising; 337 Hale Library; perick@ksu.edu Student Life Office; 201 Holton Hall; |
| Health and Human Sciences Caucus Chair |
Anthony Ferraro |
Applied Human Sciences; 312 Justin Hall; aferraro@ksu.edu |
| K-State Libraries Caucus Chair | Ryan Leimkuehler | Records Management; 508D Hale Library; 532-7466; rleimkue@ksu.edu |
| Technology & Aviation, K-State Salina Caucus Chair | Drew Smith |
Dept of Aviation; 785-826-2679; atsmith@k-state.edu |
| Term Appointment (began Spring 2022) Caucus Chair | Mary (Bowen) Sullivan Alternate: Sujatha Prakash |
Agricultural Economics; mjbowen@ksu.edu; 532-4435 |
| Veterinary Medicine Caucus Chair | 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 |