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Faculty Senate Executive Committee

 

The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, also referred to as the Faculty Senate Executive Committee or FSEC, advises the President of the Faculty Senate, meets with the University President, the Provost, and the Executive Vice President for USF Health,and their designees, and assists the President of the Faculty Senate in determining the agenda for Faculty Senate meetings.

The current membership of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee is listed below and includes the offices of President, Vice President, Secretary, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Member-at-Large, the Parliamentarian, and the Faculty Senate Council Chairs.

Officers 2025-2026

Officer Role	Incumbent
President	David Simmons CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING College of Engineering
Past President	Vacant
Vice President	(Jonathan) Scott Perry HISTORY College of Arts & Sciences
Secretary	Robin Ersing SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS College of Arts & Sciences
Sergeant-at-Arms	Jill Roberts GLOBAL ENV & GENOMIC HLTH SCI College of Public Health
Member-at-Large	Richard Manning PHILOSOPHY College of Arts & Sciences
Parliamentarian (non-voting member)	Amanda Boczar USF Libraries

 

Ex-officio Members

Council	Council Chair
Academic Planning & Budget Council	Amber Dumford LEADERSHIP, POLICY AND LIFELONG LEARNING College of Education
Committee on Committees	Jill Roberts GLOBAL ENV & GENOMIC HLTH SCI College of Public Health
Council on Educational Policy and Issues	Jarrett Gupton LEADERSHIP, POLICY AND LIFELONG LEARNING College of Education
Council on Faculty Issues	Heather Sellers ENGLISH Arts & Sciences
Council on Racial Justice	Mitzy Flores and Ambika Eranki Colleg of Nursing and Morsani College of Medicine
Council on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity	The new CRSC will elect its officers at one of its first meetings in Jan/Feb 2026.
Council on Technology for Instruction and Research	Margarita Altuna WORLD LANGUAGES College of Arts & Sciences
Council on Student Admissions	Maayan Lawental SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK College of Behavioral & Community Sciences
General Education Council	Marie Bourgeois GLOBAL ENV & GENOMIC HLTH SCI College of Public Health
Graduate Council	Vrushank Dave PATHOLOGY & CELL BIOLOGY College of Medicine
Honors and Awards Council	Sophia Han TEACHING AND LEARNING College of Education
Inter-Campus Council	Roberto Jimenez Arroyo WORLD LANGUAGES College of Arts & Sciences
Intercollege Council	(Jonathan) Scott Perry HISTORY College of Arts & Sciences
Library Council	Sheila Gobes-Ryan DEAN'S OFFICE College of Engineering
Publications Council - ending Jan. 2026	Nicole Diczenza ENGLISH College of Arts & Sciences
Research Council - ending Jan. 2026	Ganesh Halade INTERNAL MEDICINE College of Medicine
Undergraduate Council	Adriana Uruena-Agnes PSYCHOLOGY College of Arts & Sciences
USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus Faculty Council	Margarita Altuna WORLD LANGUAGES College of Arts & Sciences
USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Council	Hossam Ashour INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY College of Arts & Sciences