Senators

Raishell Adams, 2022-24, Budget Committee

, 2023-25, Academic Programs

Rubena Cela, 2022-2024, Fiscal Advisory Committee to the President

Patricia Cooper, 2023-25, Academic Programs, University Statutes and Senate Bylaws

Renee Creel, 2022-24, Admissions & Standards, Athletics

Heather N. Crisp, 2023-25, Student Life

Ernest Duncan, 2022-24, Cultural Diversity

Shennay Fowler, 2023-25, Sustainability

Christopher Hicks, 2023-25, Cultural Diversity

Lyshandra Holmes-Bennett, 2022-24, Planning & Development

Yves McKenzie, 2023-25, Athletics, Planning & Development

Jorge Portalatin, 2023-25, Budget, Sustainability

Amanda Puche', 2022-24, Commencement, Library

Kenee' Stephens, 2023-25, II&T

Marco Vargas, 2022-24, Faculty Affairs, Research

Per the University Statutes, Article VI, Section 1: “…on the recommendation of the Senior VP for Academic Affairs and Provost, the President may appoint eleven (11) additional faculty or officers of administration after consultation with the Executive Committee of the Senate…The additional members from the general administration or faculty shall be appointed annually.”

Serving for the 2023-24 Senate year are: 

Michael Galchinsky, Sr. Associate Provost for Academic Affairs

Carrie Manning, Associate Provost for International Initiatives (Interim)

Lisa Armistead, Dean, Graduate School

Marian Higgins, Associate Dean for Culture, Equity, and Inclusion, RCB

Mary McLaughlin, Director, Policy & Accreditation

Christy Visaggi, Senior Lecturer, Geosciences

Laura Carruth, Center for Instructional Innovation

Cirleen DeBlaere, Associate Professor, Counseling & Psychological Service

Amy Coleman, Assistant Director, Learning Technology, Learning Innovations

The following administrators serve on the University Senate by virtue of their offices:

M. Brian Blake, University President

Nicolle Parsons-Pollard, Executive VP for Academic Affairs and Provost

Tim Renick, Founding Executive Director, National Institute for Student Success

Allison Calhoun-Brown, Sr. VP for Student Success

Telly McGaha/Tabatha Michel, VP for University Advancement (Co-Interims)

Andrea Jones, VP for Public Relations and Marketing Communications

Timothy Denning, VP for Research and Economic Development

Kerry Heyward, University Attorney

Lisa P. Armistead, Dean, Graduate School

Sara Rosen, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Wade Weast, Dean, College of the Arts

Richard Phillips, Dean, J. Mack Robinson College of Business

Paul A. Alberto, Dean, College of Education and Human Development

Huanbiao Mo, Dean, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions

LaVonda Reed, Dean, College of Law

Jeff Steely, Dean, Libraries

Ann-Margaret Esnard, Dean, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (Interim)

Sarah Cook, Dean, Honors College

Rodney Lyn, Dean, School of Public Health

Cynthia Lester, Dean, Perimeter College (Interim)