Officers and Executive Board
The Staff Senate elects officers each spring to serve for the upcoming year.
Staff Senate officers, 2023-2024
![LaTawnya Burleson LaTawnya Burleson](/content/staffsenate_vt_edu/en/officers/_jcr_content/content/vtmultitab_1829791772/vt-items_0/vtmulticolumn_copy/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_530909.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
President
LaTawnya Burleson
Phone: 540-231-6381
latawnya@vt.edu
Division of Information Technology (0169)
![Callan Bartel headshot](/content/staffsenate_vt_edu/en/officers/_jcr_content/content/vtmultitab_1829791772/vt-items_1/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Vice President
Callan Bartel
Phone: 540-231-8688
callan9@vt.edu
VP-Finance
![Kari Evans les](/content/staffsenate_vt_edu/en/officers/_jcr_content/content/vtmultitab_1829791772/vt-items_2/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Secretary/Treasurer
Kari Evans
Phone: 540-231-7784
tuckere@vt.edu
Division of Human Resources (0318)
![photo of Parliamentarian, Frank Kerr](/content/staffsenate_vt_edu/en/officers/_jcr_content/content/vtmultitab_1829791772/vt-items_3/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpeg)
Parliamentarian
Frank Kerr
fwk95@vt.edu
Grounds
Robert Sebek, Board of Visitors
![Serena Young headshot](/content/staffsenate_vt_edu/en/officers/_jcr_content/content/vtmultitab_1829791772/vt-items_4/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.png)
Past President
Serena Young
Phone: 540-231-9532
young7@vt.edu
University Ombuds Office (0566)
Committees, Chairs
![photo of communications chair, Denise Crawford](/content/staffsenate_vt_edu/en/officers/_jcr_content/content/vtmultitab/vt-items_0/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Denise Crawford, Chair
Phone: 540-231-3852
kdenise@vt.edu
Division of Human Resources
Tasia Persson, Chair
Phone: 540-231-6779
tpersson@vt.edu
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
![Amy Ingram photo of elections and nominations chair, Amy Ingram](/content/staffsenate_vt_edu/en/officers/_jcr_content/content/vtmultitab/vt-items_2/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Amy Ingram, Chair
Phone: 540-231-3066
amyli11@vt.edu
School of Education (0302)
![photo of McComas Leadership Seminar Planning Chair, Nikki Gland-Turpin](/content/staffsenate_vt_edu/en/officers/_jcr_content/content/vtmultitab/vt-items_3/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Nikki Gland-Turpin, Chair
Phone: 540-231-2190
ngturpin@vt.edu
Advancement
![Amber Robinson headshot](/content/staffsenate_vt_edu/en/officers/_jcr_content/content/vtmultitab/vt-items_4/vtmulticolumn_copy/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Amber Robinson, Chair
Phone: 540-231-7515
hamber08@vt.edu
Dean of Science (0405)
2023-2024 Executive Board (senate officers and committee chairs)
The Executive Board of the senate meets monthly to discuss items of importance to all classified and university staff and non-student wage employees and to set the agenda for Staff Senate meetings.