Executive Committee
The Executive Committee represents the faculty at Meet and Confer. The committee is composed of :
Faculty Association (FA) President
FA Vice President
FA Secretary
FA Treasurer
Three elected IFO Board members from our campus
Seven Unit Representatives
The chairperson from each Faculty Association standing committee
One representative from each of the equity caucuses
Our campus representatives to each IFO standing committee or IFO equity caucus
Our campus representative to the Negotiating Team
Responsibilities: Members of the Executive Committee are to represent their specific constituency, communicating concerns, issues, actions, and decisions between the Executive Committee and their constituency. Members commonly serve on ad hoc committees in addition to their position-specific duties.
Time commitment: The Faculty Association Executive Committee and the Meet and Confer meetings occur about once per month for two hours each. Members are expected to attend both meetings if possible but may send a substitute if necessary.
2023-2024 Executive Committee members:
Sherrise Truesdale - FA President
Andy Johnson - FA Vice President
Christine Pigsley - FA Secretary
Shaheen Ahmed - FA Treasurer
Joseph Rodgers - IFO Board Representative
Beatriz Desantiago-Fjelstad - IFO Board Representative
Rama Mohapatra - IFO Board Representative
Dan Cronn-Mills – Negotiator
Shelly Brandenburger – Unit Representative AH&N
Vacant – Unit Representative Business
Rick Lybeck – Unit Representative Education
George Grubb, Amy Roisum Foley – Unit Representatives HSS
Pat Lienemann – Unit Representative Library/Athletic Coaches/Unaffiliated
Mansi Bhavsar – Unit Representative SET
Lisa Baures – Assessment and Evaluation
Amy Scheuermann – Budget
Lisa Vasquez – Common Curriculum
Elizabeth Pluskwik – Extended Education
Maria Kalyvaki, Dana Wagner – Faculty Development
Michael Thursby – Faculty Improvement and Sabbatical
Rebekah Degener, Kristie Campana – Graduate Curriculum and Academic Policy
Stephanie Thorpe – Planning
Shawna Petersen-Brown – Research
Heather McIntosh, Pat Nelson – Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy
Michael Olson – Technology Roundtable
Rama Mohapatra – IFO Government Relations Committee
Fred Slocum – IFO Government Relations Committee
Andrea (Andi) Lassiter - IFO Academic Affairs
Emily Sauter - IFO Contingent Appointments Committee - Fixed Term
John Rassieur - IFO Contingent Appointments Committee - Adjunct
Afroza Anwary - IFO Feminist Issues Committee
Kerry Diekmann - IFO LGBT+ & Issues Committee
Dawn Armfield - IFO Elections & Voting Procedures Committee
Dawn Armfield - IFO Constitutional Relations Committee
Laura Maki - Disability Campus Caucus
Alfredo Duplat - Faculty of Color Campus Caucus
Matt Connelly - LGBTQ+ Campus Caucus
Casey Duevel - Library Campus Caucus
Karen Eastman - Feminist Campus Caucus