Faculty Senate Officers

Serving Officers

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

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

Operations Officer - Justin Lemkul, Biochemistry, jalemkul@vt.edu

Past President - Joseph Merola, Chemistry, jmerola@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 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 2024-2025 are:

Faculty Senate President – Rachel Miles

Faculty Senate Vice President - Evan Lavender-Smith

Faculty Senate Operations Officer - Justin Lemkul

Faculty Senate Past President - Joseph Merola

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Jerald Walz

College of Architecture, Arts, and Design - TBD

 College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences - James Hawdon

College of Engineering - Jan Helge Bøhn

Pamplin College of Business – Jason Malone

College of Natural Resources and Environment – Carolyn Copenheaver

College of Science - Diane Agud

College of Veterinary Medicine – TBD

University Libraries - Alex Kinnaman

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine - Renée LeClair