Staff Senate Members 2020 - 2021
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 |
| Staff Senate FY2021 Membership | ||||
| Name | Department | Family | Term Ends | |
| Staff Senate President: Abby Ehling |
aehling@ku.edu | Graduate Studies | Staff Senate President | 4/22 |
| Staff Senate President Elect: Tim Spencer |
timspencer@ku.edu | O'Leary SSC | Staff Senate President-Elect | 4/22 |
| Academic - 4 Senators | ||||
| Ben Herron | bherron2@ku.edu | Student Success and Support, Edwards Campus | Academic | 4/23 |
| Amber Roberts Graham | amberts@ku.edu | Graduate Studies | Academic | 4/21 |
| Liz Barton | bartonliz@ku.edu | ABS Master's Online | Public Administration and Law & Society Programs, Edwards Campus | Academic | 4/22 |
| Tiffany Learned | tlearned@ku.edu | International Student Services | Academic | 4/22 |
| Administrative - 6 Senators | ||||
| Kelly Banks | kgibhawk@ku.edu | Spencer Museum of Art | Administrative | 4/23 |
| 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 |
| *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- 9 Senators | ||||
| Cady Bush | cbush@ku.edu | Higuchi Biosciences Centers | Administrative/Management | 4/23 |
| Aaron Quisenberry | AQUIZ@ku.edu | Transportation Services | Administrative/Management | 4/23 |
| Robert Waller | rwaller@ku.edu | Budget Office | Administrative/Management | 4/23 |
| Jui-Shen Wang | j322w659@ku.edu | School of Pharmacy | Administrative/Management | 4/23 |
| Connie Jordan | cjordan10@ku.edu | O'Leary SSC | Administrative/Management | 4/21 |
| Jena Gunter | kujena@ku.edu | Inst for Policy & Social Res | 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 |
| Information Technology-4 Senators | ||||
| Elvi Freudenhammer | elvi.freudenhammer@ku.edu | Information Technology | Information Technology | 4/23 |
| 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 | ||||
| Josh La Tour | c041l866@ku.edu | FS Maintenance | 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 | ||||
| Lindsay Elliot Jorgenson | lelliott@ku.edu | Institute for Policy & Social Research | Research | 4/23 |
| Nathan Garza | nathan.garza@ku.edu | Medicinal Chemistry | Research | 4/23 |
| Jennifer Hollenbach | jraney@ku.edu | Kansas Geological Survey | Research | 4/23 |
| 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 Beneficial Catalysis | Research | 4/22 |
| Kajsa Elizabeth Mullenix | k831m691@ku.edu | Bureau of Child Research | Research | 4/22 |
| Student Services - 3 Senators | ||||
| *Bryanna Hanschu | bryanna.hanschu@ku.edu | Law | Student Services | 4/21 |
| Megan Belaire | mbelaire@ku.edu | CLAS | Student Services | 4/22 |
| Michelle Wilson | michellewilson@ku.edu | Achievement & Assessment Inst | Student Services | 4/22 |
| Support - 6 Senators | ||||
| Todd Carpenter | tcarpent@ku.edu | Public Safety | Support | 4/23 |
| Justin Runge | justinrunge@ku.edu | Marketing Communications | Support | 4/23 |
| Kim Spencer | kimspencer@ku.edu | Lied Center | Support | 4/23 |
| David Day | davidday@ku.edu | Provost Office | Support | 4/21 |
| Mary Dykmann | mdykmann@ku.edu | Business Development | Support | 4/22 |
| Brian Moss | bdmoss@ku.edu | Libraries | Support | 4/22 |
| Total Staff Senators: | 44 | |||
| *Members at-large | ||||
