Senators & Areas
The Staff Senate has several types of senators, including area, at-large, and affinity group senators (voting), and liaison, special appointment, and emeritus participants (non-voting). All elected senators must have been at DU in a staff role for at least six months.
Senators are listed below with their term-end dates.
Area 1
- Athletics
Senators
- Josh Boone (June 2026)
- Kacie Dohrmann (June 2026)
- Angel Field (June 2025)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
Area 2
- Facilities Planning & Management
- General Counsel
- Enterprise Risk Management
Senators
- Jennifer Beach Anderson (June 2026)
- Jason Jackson (June 2026)
- William "Bill" Scott (June 2025)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
Area 3
- Advancement
- Student Affairs & Inclusive Excellence
- Chancellor's Office
- Financial Affairs
- Internal Audit
Senators
- Gloria Bokenkamp (June 2025)
- Meg Dimsa (June 2026)
- Jon Kraus (June 2026)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
Area 4
- Information Technology
- Morgridge College of Education
- Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science
- DU Agency Organizations
Senators
- Natalie Gregg (June 2025)
- Ross Logan (June 2026)
- Linda Newman (June 2026)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
Area 5
- Kennedy Mountain Campus, Wellness & Recreation
- University College
- Financial Services–Controller
- Institutional Priorities
Senators
- Melissa DeWitt (June 2025)
- Ilona Kovacs (June 2026)
- Alexandria Vasquez Parnell (June 2026)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
Area 6
- Graduate School of Social Work
- Enrollment Division
- Human Resources & Inclusive Community
- Conference & Event Services
- Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Senators
- Chico Dimas (June 2025)
- Maggie Heyduk (June 2026)
- Adela Smith (June 2025)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
Area 7
- College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
- Sturm College of Law
- University Financial Services
- Housing & Residential Education
- Office of Graduate Education
Senators
- Aleesha McDowell (June 2025)
- Detric Robinson (June 2026)
- Darlene Squires (June 2025)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
Area 8
- Daniels College of Business
- Centers & Institutes
- College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Office of Internationalization
- Registrar's Office
Senators
- Christine Hood (June 2025)
- John Maly (June 2026)
- Chad Saunders (June 2025)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
Area 9
- Ricks Center for Gifted Children
- University Libraries
- Provost's Office
- University Academic Programs
- Campus Safety
- Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Senators
- Virginia Pitts (June 2026)
- Allison Weihrauch (June 2025)
- Shelby Wones (June 2025)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
Area 10
- Fisher Early Learning Center
- University Health & Counseling Services
- Josef Korbel School for International Studies
- Graduate School of Professional Psychology
- Division of Marketing & Communications
- Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
Senators
- Abigail Girard (June 2025)
- Gergana Kostadinova Law (June 2025)
- Jon Stone (June 2026)
- Email contact (to all 3 senators)
At-large Senators
- Jackalynn Mayfield (June 2025)
- Jeremy Wu (June 2025)
- Kelley Baskins (June 2024)
- Nancy Clark (June 2024)
- Margaret Deibert (June 2024)
- Patricia Guerra (June 2024)
- Joe Ponce (June 2024)
- Stacy Said (June 2024)
- Dr. Noelle Strom (June 2024)
- Dr. Nathan Willers (June 2024)
- Kate Wyre (June 2024)
- Email contact (sends to all at-large senators)
Affinity Group Senators
- Dr. Stevie Lee (QUE)
- Katia Miller (SOCA)
Liaisons (non-voting)
- Jeff Banks, Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
- Faculty Senate representative
- Undergraduate Student Government representative
- Graduate Student Government representative
Senators Emeriti (non-voting)
- Nicole Holland (named emerita February, 2024)