Senate Members
The Staff Senate is formed to facilitate greater involvement of staff (both unclassified and university support staff) in the university community, and to ensure that the opinions of staff inform the creation and implementation of university policies. Toward those ends, the Staff Senate serves as a forum for discussion among all university staff and as an advocate for staff interests with other governance bodies, the university administration, and the state Board of Regents.
The senators, each having one vote in the Senate, shall be elected by the members of the electorate. To ensure fair representation of all staff, the electorate shall be divided into eight categories representing the major divisions of work responsibilities across campus. The categorization of staff shall be accomplished by means of job families* designated by Human Resource Management.
| Category | Constituent Job Families |
| Academic | Educational Support & Delivery |
| Administrative | Administrative Support Para-Professional/Professional |
| Information Technology | Information Technology |
| Operations | Facilities Planning, Design & Operation, Skilled Trades, Campus Srvs/Service Maint. |
| Research | Research |
| Student Services | Advising, Career & Student Services |
| Support | Food Service and Dietary, Healthcare Library Services, Museum / Arts Public Affairs, Public Safety Publishing, TV, Radio & Video Production |
| Administrative/Management |
Administrative/Management |
| Michelle Ginavan Hayes | mginavan@ku.edu | Staff Senate President | April 2019 |
| Robert Waller | rawaller@ku.edu | Staff Senate President-Elect | April 2020 |
| Abby Ehling | aehling@ku.edu | Academic | April 2019 |
| Emily Gullickson | emilygullickson@ku.edu | Academic | April 2019 |
| Holly Shriner | hshriner@ku.edu | Academic | April 2020 |
| Samantha Montague | smontag@ku.edu | Academic | April 2021 |
| Eddie Munoz | emunoz@ku.edu | Administrative | April 2019 |
| Mary Murphy | memurphy@ku.edu | Administrative | April 2021 |
| Melody Henning | mhenning@ku.edu | Administrative | April 2020 |
| Melody Lawrence | melodyl@ku.edu | Administrative | April 2019 |
| Teri Chambers | tchambers@ku.edu | Administrative | April 2021 |
| Tim Spencer | timspencer@ku.edu | Administrative | April 2019 |
| Travis Arellano | tarellan@ku.edu | Administrative | April 2021 |
| Annette Delaney | adelaney@ku.edu | Administrative/Management | April 2020 |
| Connie Jordan | cjordan10@ku.edu | Administrative/Management | April 2021 |
| Jane Tuttle | jtuttle@ku.edu | Administrative/Management | April 2020 |
| Jeff Severin | jseverin@ku.edu | Administrative/Management | April 2019 |
| Jennifer Ananda | jananda@ku.edu | Administrative/Management | April 2019 |
| Jessica Webb | jessicawebb@ku.edu | Administrative/Management | April 2021 |
| Kevin Liu | gkliu@ku.edu | Administrative/Management | April 2019 |
| Lee Ann Adee | laadee@ku.edu | Administrative/Management | April 2019 |
| *Michelle Wilson | michellewilson@ku.edu | At-Large (was research) | April 2019 |
| <VACANT> | Information Technology | April 2021 | |
| Adam Braun | adam.braun@ku.edu | Information Technology | April 2020 |
| Andy Jackson | ajacks88@ku.edu | Information Technology | April 2019 |
| Greg Smith | greg.smith@ku.edu | Information Technology | April 2019 |
| Charlotte Goodman | cdj@ku.edu | Operations | April 2021 |
| Chris Wallace | ewallace@ku.edu | Operations | April 2019 |
| Clint Johnston | cleatiss@ku.edu | Operations | April 2020 |
| Peggy Robinson | peggyrob@ku.edu | Operations | April 2019 |
| Richard Stephens | richarddstephens@ku.edu | Operations | April 2019 |
| Denys Brand | denys.brand@ku.edu | Research | April 2020 |
| Jenny Flinders | jflinders@ku.edu | Research | April 2019 |
| Katherine Merriweather | k882m602@ku.edu | Research | April 2021 |
| Ranu Pal | ranupal@ku.edu | Research | April 2020 |
| Tanya Spacek | tanya.spacek@ku.edu | Research | April 2021 |
| John Nelson-Hronek | nelsonhronek@ku.edu | Student Services | April 2021 |
| Michael Chavez | machavez@ku.edu | Student Services | April 2019 |
| Angela Andres | andresa@ku.edu | Support | April 2019 |
| David Day | davidday@ku.edu | Support | April 2021 |
| Emily Beran | emilyberan@ku.edu | Support | April 2021 |
| Kimberly Spencer | kimspencer@ku.edu | Support | April 2020 |
| Melody Stratton | melodystratton@ku.edu | Support | April 2019 |
| Todd Carpenter | tcarpent@ku.edu | Support | April 2020 |
** Member at large
