Faculty Senate
fort lewis college committees

2026–27 FLC Faculty Senate

President of the Faculty Senate

• Erik Juergensmeyer (2027)

Faculty Member of the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees

• Veronika Furst (2027)

Senate Executive Committee

• Erik Juergensmeyer, President (2027)
• Michael Valdez, Vice President (2027)
• Di Ryter, Committees Officer (2027)
• Jen Lowell, Corresponding Secretary (2027)
• Candace Nadon, Recording Secretary (2027)
• Veronika Furst, BOT Rep (2027)

Senators from Sciences (3 total)

1. Nora Fluke, Public Health (2029)
2. Joanna Casey, Physics and Engineering (2027)
3. Jen Lowell, Public Health (2027)

Senators from Interdisciplinary and Social Sciences (3 total)

1. Ruth Alminas, Political Science (2027)
2. Kaitlin Mattos, Environment and Sustainability (2027)
3. Marnie Thomson, Anthropology (2029)

Senators elected from Arts and Humanities (3 total)

1. Paul Kuenker, History (2028)
2. Cory Pillen, Art and Design (2028)
3. Richard Silvers, Performing Arts-Music (2029)

Senators elected from the Katz School of Business (2 total)

1. Paul Clay, Management (2028)
2. Michael Valdez, Management (2027)

Senator elected from the School of Education (1 total)

1. Di Ryter, Teacher Education (2027)

Senators elected from full-time, non-tenure-track faculty (2 total)

1. Aaron Ball, Adventure Education (2028)
2. Addyson Santese, English (2028)

Senators elected at Large (9 total)

1. Leonardo Alvarado, Political Science (2028)
2. Jeff McFarlane, Chemistry (2028)
3. Kenny Miller, Chemistry (2028) on sabbatical
4. Tim Korpita, Biology (2027)
5. Erich McAlister, Mathematics (2027)
6. Candace Nadon, English (2027)
7. Laura Scull, Mathematics (2027)
8. Mika Kusar, Management (2027)
9. Douglas Ober, History (2029)