Faculty and Staff Senates at East Tennessee State University announce new senators and members elected to officer positions. These individuals are chosen to represent their peers and provide leadership through shared governance.
Faculty Senate
Officers
Officers were elected April 20. Executive Committee Members at Large were elected Aug. 18.
- President – Mr. Stephen Hendrix
Vice President – Dr. Ginni Blackhart
Secretary – Ms. Ashley Sergiadis
COO/Treasurer – Dr. Patrick Brown
Past President – Dr. Susan Epps
Executive Committee Members at Large:
Dr. Donna Cherry
Mr. Bill Hemphill
Dr. Kason O’Neil
Dr. Alex Sargsyan
Dr. Alan Stevens
Faculty Member, Board of Trustee – Dr. Virginia Foley
Newly elected senators
College of Arts and Sciences
Isabel Gomez Sobrino
Felipe De Oliveira Fiuza
Alan Stevens
Bobby Funk
Susan Waters
Sean Hawthorne
College of Business and Technology
Shoeb Khan
Clemmer College
Ryan Nivens- Renee Rice Moran
- Chih-Che Tai
College of Nursing
Beth Ann Thompson
College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences
Saravanan Elangovan
College of Public Health
Roger Blackwell
Quillen College of Medicine
Thomas Ecay
Leigh Johnson
Michael Kruppa
Staff Senate
Officers
Officers for 2020-21:
- President – Candy Massey (Information Technology)
- Vice President – Joy Fulkerson (Student Organization Resource Center)
- Treasurer – Crystal Maupin (Biomedical Sciences)
Secretary – Tim Dills (Business Advisement) *election underway to fill position before Mr. Dills' forthcoming retirement- Member at Large – Lisa Booher (Culp Center)
- Past President – Stefanie Murphy (University Advisement)
Parliamentarian – Anthony Johnson (Online Programs)
Newly elected senators
EEOC 3 (Professional Non-Faculty)
- Chasity Drew (International Student and Scholar Services)
- Cody Greene (University Advancement)
- Barbi Ly-Worley (Family Medicine)
EEOC 4 (Clerical and Secretarial)
- Vanessa Canter (Family Medicine)
- Suzy Hooven (University Advisement)
- Veronica Roberson (Undergraduate Nursing)
EEOC 7 (Maintenance)
- Jennifer Mayberry (Public Safety)
Christie Scalf (Custodial Services)
Appointments
- Liz Thomas-Joseph (CASE) was recently appointed by the College of Arts & Sciences to serve as their representative
- EEOC 3: Cody Green (Univ. Advancement)
- EEOC 3: David Finney (Tax/Revenue Services)
Senator of the Year
- Emily Redd (Graduate Studies) was chosen by her peers as the 2019-20 Senator of the Year.