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 |
| Name | Department | Family | Term Ends | |
| Staff Senate President: Robert Waller |
rawaller@ku.edu | Budget Office | Staff Senate President-Elect | 4/20 |
| Staff Senate Presdent Elect: Abby Ehling |
aehling@ku.edu | Graduate Studies | Academic | 4/22 |
| Academic - 4 Senators | ||||
| Holly Shriner | hshriner@ku.edu | Graduate Studies | Academic | 4/20 |
| Samantha Montague | smontag@ku.edu | CLAS | Academic | 4/21 |
| Justin Johnson | justin.johnson@ku.edu | Physics and Astronomy | Academic | 4/22 |
| Tiffany Learned | tlearned@ku.edu | International Student Services | Academic | 4/22 |
| Administrative - 7 Senators | ||||
| Melody Henning | mhenning@ku.edu | Ctr for Online & Distance Lrn | Administrative | 4/20 |
| Mary Murphy | memurphy@ku.edu | Ctr for Online & Distance Lrn | Administrative | 4/21 |
| Teri Chambers | tchambers@ku.edu | Acad Achieve & Access Ctr-AAAC | Administrative | 4/21 |
| Travis Arellano | tarellan@ku.edu | Business Administration | Administrative | 4/21 |
| *Susan Shaw | scshaw@ku.edu | Parking & Transit | Member At Large (Administrative) | 4/20 |
| *Elissa Stewart | erstewart@ku.edu | Eaton Hall SSC | Member At Large (Administrative) | 4/21 |
| Leslie Wilson, A | leslieqilson@ku.edu | Undergraduate Advising Center | Administrative | 4/22 |
| Administrative/Management- 8 Senators | ||||
| Annette Delaney | adelaney@ku.edu | Kansas Geological Survey | Administrative/Management | 4/20 |
| Jane Tuttle | jtuttle@ku.edu | Student Affairs | Administrative/Management | 4/20 |
| Connie Jordan | cjordan10@ku.edu | O'Leary SSC | Administrative/Management | 4/21 |
| Jessica Webb | jessicawebb@ku.edu | Human Resources | Administrative/Management | 4/21 |
| Jessica Chilcoat | thornjes@ku.edu | Strong Hall SSC | Administrative/Management | 4/22 |
| Michelle Ginavan Hayes | mginavan@ku.edu | Eaton Hall SSC | Administrative/Management | 4/22 |
| Jeff Severin | jseverin@ku.edu | Center for Sustainability | Administrative/Management | 4/22 |
| Tim Spencer | SPENCE37@ku.edu | Eaton Hall SSC | Administrative/Management | 4/22 |
| Information Technology-4 Senators | ||||
| Adam Braun | adam.braun@ku.edu | Information Technology | Information Technology | 4/20 |
| Matthew Deakyne | mdeakyne@ku.edu | Information Technology | Information Technology | 4/22 |
| Rick Evanhoe | RPE@ku.edu | Information Technology | Information Technology | 4/22 |
| Lisa Hallberg | hallberg@ku.edu | Life Span Institute | Information Technology | 4/22 |
| Operations-5 Senators | ||||
| Charlotte Goodman | cdj@ku.edu | FS Custodial | Operations | 4/21 |
| Jessica Brown | jjbrown@ku.edu | Facility Services | Operations | 4/22 |
| Jeremy Chance | jmchance@ku.edu | Recreation Services | Operations | 4/22 |
| Steve Conway | s913c000@ku.edu | Facility Services | Operations | 4/22 |
| Chris Wallace | ewallace@ku.edu | Public Safety | Operations | 4/22 |
| Research - 7 Senators | ||||
| Ranu Pal | ranupal@ku.edu | Higuchi Biosciences Center | Research | 4/20 |
| Katherine Merriweather | k882m602@ku.edu | Achievement & Assessment Inst | Research | 4/21 |
| Tanya Spacek | tanya.spacek@ku.edu | Achievement & Assessment Inst | Research | 4/21 |
| Kevin Liu | gkliu@ku.edu | Graduate Affairs | Research | 4/22 |
| Azure Pellegrino | azure.pellegrino@ku.edu | SES & STEM | Research | 4/22 |
| Christopher Lyon | lyon@ku.edu | Ctr Enviro Benefical Catalysis | Research | 4/22 |
| Kajsa Elizabeth Mullenix | kmullenix@ku.edu | Bureau of Child Research | Research | 4/22 |
| Student Services - 3 Senators | ||||
| John Nelson-Hronek | nelsonhronek@ku.edu | Undergraduate Advising Ctr. | Student Services | 4/21 |
| Megan Belaire, Academic Advisor, | mbelaire@ku.edu | CLAS | Student Services | 4/22 |
| Michelle Wilson, Student Program | michellewilson@ku.edu | Achievement & Assessment Inst | Student Services | 4/22 |
| Support - 6 Senators | ||||
| Kimberly Spencer | kimspencer@ku.edu | Lied Center | Support | 4/20 |
| Todd Carpenter | tcarpent@ku.edu | Office Public Saftey | Support | 4/20 |
| David Day | davidday@ku.edu | Provost Office | Support | 4/21 |
| Angela Andres | andresa@ku.edu | Libraries | Support | 4/22 |
| Mary Dykmann | mdykmann@ku.edu | Business Development | Support | 4/22 |
| Brian Moss | bdmoss@ku.edu | Libraries | Support | 4/22 |
