Provisional Faculty Senate Executive Committee

Following the decision by the Board of Trustees in June to reconstitute the University Senate to a Faculty Senate, as of July 1, 2024, the provost is leading a Provisional Faculty Senate Executive Committee (Provisional FSEC) until a new Faculty Senate is seated. 

The Provisional FSEC consists of 22 members: 19 faculty members, the two elected faculty Trustees and the provost. Following the Board’s decision in June, the provost asked each of the deans to nominate faculty members from their colleges and areas — the faculty chosen to serve on the Provisional FSEC are an integral part of creating the future Faculty Senate at UK. 

The Provisional FSEC will establish the rules and procedures of the Faculty Senate with elections for Faculty Senators to be held no later than Oct. 31, 2024. Those elected will take office no later than Nov. 30, 2024.

In this period before the Faculty Senate is seated, the Provisional FSEC is continuing the important work shaping the new shared governance structure at the University.

• Robert DiPaola, Chair
• Erin Abner, College of Public Health 
• Becky Alley, College of Fine Arts 
• Hubie Ballard, Faculty Trustee 
• Emily Bergeron, College of Design 
• Martha Biddle, College of Nursing 
• Benjamin Commerford, Gatton College of Business and Economics 
• Patricia Freeman, College of Pharmacy 
• Sarah Hall, College of Medicine 
• Stephanie Henderson, Libraries 
• Melissa Henke, College of Law 
• Vanessa Jackson, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment 
• Aubrey Jones, College of Social Work 
• Joneen Lowman, College of Health Sciences 
• Kathleen Montgomery, Graduate School 
• Justin Nichols, College of Education 
• Kelly Pennell, Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering 
• Nazmus Sakib, Lewis Honors College 
• Hollie Swanson, Faculty Trustee 
• Jessalyn Vallade, College of Communication and Information 
• D. Stephen Voss, College of Arts and Sciences 
• Alfred Wiemann, College of Dentistry