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