Staff Senate

Chankia Berry
Veterinary Social Worker
CVM Office of the Dean
Phone: 334-332-5430
Email:  cberry@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator – Communication Officer

Stephan Bridges
Hall Director
Housing & Residence Life
Phone: 843-992-2060
Email address: Sbridges@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Kiearra Buchannon
Assistant to the Director
Integrative Biosciences Ph.D. Program
Phone: 334-724-4550
Email : kbuchannon@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Cassandra Carlisle
Administrative Assistant
Clinical Sciences
Phone: (334)820-5170 Ext. 8405
Email: ccarlisle@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Demincia Fleming
Math Intervention Specialist
REACH / Students First
Phone: 910-470-6687
Email: dfleming@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Starra Gray
Accounts Payable Specialist ll
Accounts Payable
Phone: 334-758-1889
Email: sgray@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Lennora Joyce Pierrot
Manager, Special Collections
Library Services
Phone: 334-727-8890
Email: lpierrot@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Veronica Royal
Research III
CAENS
Phone: 702-712-7407
Email: vroyal@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Connie Taylor
Executive Assistant
Facilities Management
Phone: 334-724-4706
Email: ctaylor@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Gwenasses Toney
Procurement Analyst
Budget Office
Phone: 334-727-8516
Email: gtoney@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Lashanda Weathers
Legal Assistant
Office of General Counsel
Phone: 334-727-8872
Email: LWeathers@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Samuel White
Police Officer
TU Police Department
Phone: 404-900-8288
Email: swhite1@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Cynthia Beavers Wilson
Museums Operational Manager/Educator
Library Services - TU Legacy Museum
Phone: 334-421-4056/334-724-4485
Email: cwilson2@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2029
Membership category: Senator

Christine Berry
Office Manager
Office of the Provost
Phone: 334.727.8029
Email: cberry2@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2027
Membership category: Senator

Latesha Howard
Student Affairs Administrative Assistant
College of Veterinary Medicine
Phone: 334.727.8736
Email: lhoward@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2028
Membership category: Senator

Lakiah Clark
Program Manager
Ag and Environmental Sciences
Phone: Not provided
Email: lclark1@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2027
Membership category: Associate member

Billie Grant
Workforce Development Coordinator
TUCEP/Richard B. Stone Complex Union Springs, AL
334-657-0709
Email: Bgrant@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2027
Membership category: Associate member

Kevin Lee
Budget Manager
Bioethics/Rm 44-107E
Phone: Not provided
Email: klee2@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2027
Membership category: Associate member

Rajeev Padmanabhan Menon
Research Technician
CAENS
Phone: 952-201-9788
Email: rmenon@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2027
Membership category: Associate member

Dawn Stewart
Grants Specialist I
Office of Sponsored Programs
Phone: 334.724.4478
Email: dstewart@tuskegee.edu 
TERM ENDS: June 30, 2027
Membership category: Associate Member

Mark A. Brown, Ph.D.
Staff Senate Ex-Officio
President and CEO of Tuskegee University
Office of the President
Kresge Center
Phone: 334.727.8501

Therno Thiam, Ph.D.
Staff Senate Ex-Officio
Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Office of the Provost
Kresge Center
Phone: 334.727.8164

The Standing Committees of the Senate are:

a. Executive Committee

The committee shall consist of the President of the University, or in his/her absence a person named by the President, or, in his/her absence a person named by the President; the officers of the Senate, and the chairman of the standing committees of the Senate. The presiding officer shall be the Chairman of the Senate.

It shall prepare the agenda for the Senate meetings; assign or refer the business of the Senate to appropriate committees for consideration and report; recommend abolition, alternation or creation of abolition, alteration or creation of Senate committees and generally expedite all work of the Senate. It shall prepare an operating budget for the Senate,  which shall be forwarded to the administration.

b. Staff Personnel Committee

This committee shall concern itself primarily with  policy matters and guidelines for administrative implementation pertaining to: appointments, status and promotion of staff,  working conditions, and fringe benefits. Member shall include the Vice President for Business and Fiscal Affairs.

c. Personal Development Committee

This committee shall concern itself primarily with policy matters and guidelines relating to workshops, short courses, institutes, and other activities designed to upgrade of performance of members of the staff.

d. Newsletter Committee

This committee shall concern itself primarily with the development  of a newsletter. The newsletter should provide information about personnel currently employed at the University.

• Staff Handbook
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• Office of Human Resources
• Staff Senate Bylaws
• Staff Senate Meetings