Faculty Senate
fort lewis college committees

2025–26 FLC Faculty Senate

President of the Faculty Senate

• David Blake (2026)

Faculty Member of the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees

• Veronika Furst (2026)

Senate Executive Committee

• David Blake, President (2026)
• Ruth Alminas, Vice President (2026)
• Di Ryter, Committees Officer (2026)
• Laura Scull, Corresponding Secretary (2026)
• Candace Nadon, Recording Secretary (2026)
• Veronika Furst, BOT Rep (2026)

Senators from Sciences (3 total)

1. Melissa Clutter, Geosciences (2026)
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 (2026)

Senators elected from Arts and Humanities (3 total)

1. Paul Kuenker, History (2028)
2. Erik Juergensmeyer, English (2028)
3. Cory Pillen, Art (2028)

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)
4. Tim Korpita, Biology (2027)
5. Erich McAlister, Math (2027)
6. Candace Nadon, English (2027)
7. Laura Scull, Math (2027)
8. Lorraine Taylor, Management (2026) – Serving as temporary replacement for sabbatical of Mika Kusar, Management (2027)
9. Mark Boespflug, Philosophy (2026)