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Officers and Executive Board

The Staff Senate elects officers each spring to serve for the upcoming year.

2025-2026 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.

Staff Senate Officers, 2025-2026

LaTawnya Burleson

President
Amber Hagan
Phone: 540-231-1820
ahagan20@vt.edu
Office for Civil Rights Compliance and Prevention Education

Amber Hagan, Vice President

Vice President
Gabe Petry
Phone: 540-231-6708
Gmpetry@vt.edu

Student Affairs, Dining Services, Owens Food Court At Owens Hall

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Secretary/Treasurer
Jasmine Boyd
Phone: 540-231-7119
jasminer@vt.edu

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

photo of Parliamentarian, Frank Kerr

Parliamentarian
Clay Crumpler
crump91@vt.edu

Facilities Systems and Maintenance

Robert Sebek, Board of Visitors

Serena Young headshot

Past President
LaTawnya Burleson
Phone: 540-231-6381
latawnya@vt.edu

Division of Information Technology

Committees, Chairs

photo of communications chair, Denise Crawford

Kayla D. Robertson, Co-Chair/Sophia Minor, Co-Chair
Phone: 540-526-2642 (Kayla)/ 540 526 2586 (Sophia)
kaylaed@vt.edu (Kayla)/ sophiam@vt.edu (Sophia)

School of Medicine

Gabe Petry

Sophia Minor, Co-Chair/LaTawnya Burleson, Co-Chair
Phone: 540-526-2586 (Sophia)/540-231-6381 (LaTawnya)
sophiam@vt.edu (Sophia)  / latawnya@vt.edu (LaTawnya)
School of Medicine/Division of Information Technology

Jasmine Boyd, Chair
Phone: 540-231-7119

jasminer@vt.edu

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

photo of McComas Leadership Seminar Planning Chair, Nikki Gland-Turpin

Nikki Gland-Turpin, Chair
Phone: 540-231-2190
ngturpin@vt.edu
Advancement

Amber Robinson headshot

Gabe Petry
Phone: 540-231-6708

gmpetry@vt.edu

Student Affairs, Dining Services, Owens Food Court at Owens Hall


 

To see a current list of Staff Senators & open vacancies, please click the link below which will direct you to the document that will be updated regularly.

If you have any questions regarding the list of vacancies, please contact Jasmine Boyd (jasminer@vt.edu)

Staff Senators & Vacancies