Faculty Senate Officers

Serving Officers

President - Joseph Merola, Chemistry, jmerola@vt.edu

Vice President - Evan Lavender-Smith, English, els@vt.edu 

Operations Officer - Rachel Miles, University Libraries, ramiles@vt.edu 

Past President - Robert Weiss, Geosciences, weiszr@vt.edu 

Cabinet

The members of the cabinet are the president, past-president, vice-president, and operations officer of the Faculty Senate, and one senator from each college and the library (typically) not represented by the officers. Senate cabinet members who are not senate officers are elected for a term of one year by caucus of the senators of the respective colleges. A senator may not be elected to the cabinet for more than two consecutive terms. 

Members of the Faculty Senate cabinet in 2023-2024 are:

Faculty Senate President – Joe Merola

Faculty Senate Vice President - Evan Lavender-Smith

Faculty Senate Operations Officer - Rachel Miles

Faculty Senate Past President - Robert Weiss

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Jerald Walz

College of Architecture, Arts, and Design - TBD

 College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences - Diane Zahm

College of Engineering - Monty Abbas

Pamplin College of Business – Jason Malone

College of Natural Resources and Environment – Randy Wynne

College of Science - Diane Agud 

College of Veterinary Medicine – Becky Funk

University Libraries - Alex Kinnaman

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine - Renee LeClair