Faculty Senate Officers

Serving Officers

President - Justin Lemkul, Biochemistry, jalemkul@vt.edu

Vice President - Jim Hawdon, Sociology, hawdonj@vt.edu

Operations Officer - Alex Kinnaman, University Libraries, alexk93@vt.edu

Parliamentarian - Jerald Walz, Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education, jhwalz74@vt.edu

Past President - Rachel Miles, University Libraries, ramiles@vt.edu

Cabinet

The members of the cabinet are the president, past-president, vice-president, and operations officer of the Faculty Senate, the four commission chairs, and one senator from each college and the University Libraries (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 2025-2026 are:

Faculty Senate President – Justin Lemkul

Faculty Senate Vice President - Jim Hawdon

Faculty Senate Operations Officer - Alex Kinnaman

Faculty Senate Past President - Rachel Miles

Parliamentarian - Jerald Walz

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Rodney Gaines

College of Architecture, Arts, and Design - Chelsea Thompto

 College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences - Aaron Ansell

College of Engineering - Luke Achenie

Pamplin College of Business – Karen Schnatterly

College of Natural Resources and Environment – Dan Hindman

College of Science - Diane Agud

College of Veterinary Medicine – VACANT

University Libraries - represented by officers

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine - Renée LeClair

Commission on Faculty Affairs - Jim Hawdon

Commission on Graduate and Professional Studies & Policies - Renée LeClair

Commission on Research - Jan Helge Bøhn

Commission on Undergraduate Studies and Policies - Jim Tokuhisa

Advisor named by the Faculty Senate President - Lakshmi Miller