Meet the Senate
The VCU Staff Senate consists of full-time staff members from VCU and VCU Health who each serve a three-year term. Staff Senate seeks to have representation from all meta-units within the university.
2025-26 Executive Committee
| Role | Name | Meta-Unit | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Maya Rogers | Provost and Academic Affairs | rogersmy@vcu.edu |
| Vice-President | Stephanie Hart | Provost and Academic Affairs | slhart@vcu.edu |
| Senate Chair | Melissa Burton | Health Sciences | mhburton@vcu.edu |
| Tech Chair | Matt Yopp | Development and Alumni Relations | mdyopp@vcu.edu |
| Communications Chair | Abigail Zaremba | Finance and Budget | apzaremba@vcu.edu |
| Operations Chair | Amie Knapp | Provost and Academic Affairs | aknapp2@vcu.edu |
2025-26 Staff Senators
| Meta- Unit | Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Arts | Jessica Casey | casejr@vcu.edu |
| Arts - Qatar | Archana Kumar | kumara8@vcu.edu |
| Arts - Qatar | Omer Javed | javedo2@vcu.edu |
| Business | Evandro Moreno | morenoed@vcu.edu |
| Community Engagement | Sarah McCall | mccalls2@vcu.edu |
| Dentistry | Darlene Cole | ddjohnso@vcu.edu |
| Development and Alumni Relations | Robert Chisley | chisleyrl@vcu.edu |
| Development and Alumni Relations | Romina Gutierrez | gutierrezr@vcu.edu |
| Development and Alumni Relations | Margo Maier | maiermk@vcu.edu |
| Development and Alumni Relations | Matt Yopp | mdyopp@vcu.edu |
| Education | Laneé Prentice | prenticelj@vcu.edu |
| Engineering | Mark Meadows | mdmeadows@vcu.edu |
| Facilities Management | Tyeshia Coles | colest2@vcu.edu |
| Facilities Management | Jessica Hurley Smith | hurleysmitjv@vcu.edu |
| Facilities Management | Eileen Truax | etruax@vcu.edu |
| Finance and Budget | Nancy Brown | nebrown@vcu.edu |
| Finance and Budget | Valarie Carter | vjcarter@vcu.edu |
| Finance and Budget | Abigail Zaremba | apzaremba@vcu.edu |
| Health Professions | Cyndi Finefrock | cfinefrock@vcu.edu |
| Health Sciences | Melissa Burton | mhburton@vcu.edu |
| Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center | Aarin Alston | alstona4@vcu.edu |
| Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center | Sara Doyle | sdoyle3@vcu.edu |
| Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center | Cynthia Epps | eppsc@vcu.edu |
| Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center | Glenny Escotto | escottog@vcu.edu |
| Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center | Emily Gresock | eagresock@vcu.edu |
| Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center | Jasmine Lewis | lewisje9@vcu.edu |
| Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center | Nancy Ukheugbe | ukhuegben@vcu.edu |
| Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center | Michelle Van Scoyk | vanscoykm@vcu.edu |
| Humanities & Sciences | Aubrey Martin | martinaf2@vcu.edu |
| L.D. Wilder Govt & Pub. Affairs | Tivoli Dabney | dabneytt2@vcu.edu |
| L.D. Wilder Govt & Pub. Affairs | Rhonda Snead | sneadrm@vcu.edu |
| Medicine | Bret Brooks | brooksbm2@vcu.edu |
| Medicine | Thomas Bryan | thomas.bryan@vcuhealth.org |
| Medicine | Walter Cooper | walter.cooper@vcuhealth.org |
| Medicine | Kyle Narron | kyle.narron@vcuhealth.org |
| Medicine | Natalia O'Brien | natalia.obrien@vcuhealth.org |
| Medicine | Ann-marie Taranto | amtaranto@vcu.edu |
| Medicine | Vena Wheeler Hantke | vmcnaughton@vcu.edu |
| Nursing | Chris Schreiner | cpschreiner@vcu.edu |
| Occupational Health and Safety | Holly Dean | ehdean@vcu.edu |
| Occupational Health and Safety | Michele Olson Pancoast | olsonmr@vcu.edu |
| Pharmacy | Michelle Wise | mcwise@vcu.edu |
| Provost and Academic Affairs | Joanne Biggs | jmbiggs@vcu.edu |
| Provost and Academic Affairs | Christina Draper | cdraper2@vcu.edu |
| Provost and Academic Affairs | Stephanie Hart | slhart@vcu.edu |
| Provost and Academic Affairs | David Hayter | hayterd@vcu.edu |
| Provost and Academic Affairs | Devin Houston | houstond@vcu.edu |
| Provost and Academic Affairs | Amie Knapp | aknapp2@vcu.edu |
| Provost and Academic Affairs | Maya Rogers | rogersmy@vcu.edu |
| Public Health | Katherine Peterman | petermankb@vcu.edu |
| Student Affairs | Mikaela Barboza | barbozamc@vcu.edu |
| Student Affairs | Felicia Fowler | frfowler@vcu.edu |
| Student Enrollment Management | Aimee Selleck | selleckap@vcu.edu |
| Technology Services | Chelsea Bryan | bryanc2@vcu.edu |
| Technology Services | Houston Griffith | griffithhc@vcu.edu |
| Technology Services | Warren Mays | wemays@vcu.edu |
| VCU Health System | Floresa Banks | floresa.banks@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Jo Baumgartner | joanne.baumgartner@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Ashley Giambra | ashley.giambra@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Christina Graham | christina.graham@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Courtney Hastings | courtney.hastings@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Seneca Lofton | seneca.lofton@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Vickie Mullins | victoria.mullins@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Treva Perry | treva.perry@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Michelle Shores | michelle.shores@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Tonette Taylor | tonette.taylor@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | April Tunstall | april.tunstall@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Nikki Williams | natasha.williams@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU Health System | Sharon Wright | sharon.wright@vcuhealth.org |
| VCU PD | Stephanie Hankins | hankinss@vcu.edu |
| VP Research and Innovation | Delores Armstrong | ddarmstrong@vcu.edu |
| VP Research and Innovation | Christina Montgomery | camontgomery2@vcu.edu |