Officers and Executive Board
The Staff Senate elects officers each spring to serve for the upcoming year.
Staff Senate officers, 2023-2024

President
LaTawnya Burleson
Phone: 540-231-6381
latawnya@vt.edu
Division of Information Technology (0169)

Vice President
Callan Bartel
Phone: 540-231-8688
callan9@vt.edu
VP-Finance

Secretary/Treasurer
Kari Evans
Phone: 540-231-7784
tuckere@vt.edu
Division of Human Resources (0318)
Parliamentarian
Frank Kerr
fwk95@vt.edu
Grounds
Robert Sebek, Board of Visitors

Past President
Serena Young
Phone: 540-231-9532
young7@vt.edu
University Ombuds Office (0566)
Committees, Chairs

Tamarah Smith, Chair
Phone: 540-231-7327
tjsmith@vt.edu
Office of Summer and Winter Sessions (0392)
Tasia Persson, Chair
Phone: 540-231-6779
tpersson@vt.edu
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Judy Taylor, Chair
Phone: 540-231-9595
taylor1@vt.edu
Associate Vice Provost for Academic Administration (0164)
Serena Young, Chair
Phone: 540-231-9532
young7@vt.edu
University Ombuds Office (0566)
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 non-faculty salary and non-student wage employees and to set the agenda for Staff Senate meetings.