Current Membership
Last updated - March 2022
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Term end dates indicated in parenthesis.
Ex Officio (7)
- Chancellor - Ms. Peggy Garritty - 4-Year Term (June 2024)
- President & Vice-Chancellor - Dr. Bill Flanagan
- Provost & Vice-President (Academic) - Dr. Steven Dew
- Vice-Provost and Dean of Students - Dr. Andre Costopoulos
- Dean of Extension (Interim) - Dr. Wendy Rodgers
- Alumni Association President - Mr. Tyler Hanson (May 2024)
- Alumni Association Past President - Dr. Heather Raymond (May 2022)
Appointed (25)
From the Public by the Minister of Advanced Education (9)
- Mr. Darren Andruko - 1st 3-Year Term (July 2024)
- Mr. Dennis Banks - 1st 3-Year Term (July 2024)
- Mr. Gary Kalynchuk - 1st 3-Year Term (July 2024)
- Ms. Patricia Mackenzie - 1st 3-Year Term (July 2024)
- Mr. Chinedu Ogbonna - 1st 3-Year Term (July 2024)
- Dr. Svetlana Pavlenko - 1st 3-Year Term (July 2024)
- Ms. Christine Rapp - 2nd 3-Year Term (July 2024)
- Mr. James (Bill) Sears - 2nd 3-Year Term (July 2024)
- Mrs. Barbara Walker - 2nd 3-Year Term (July 2024)
From the Board of Governors (2)
- Mr. Sett Policicchio - 1st 3-Year Term (September 2023)
- Mr. Rakesh Saraf - 1st 3-Year Term (August 2022)
From General Faculties Council (3)
- Dr. Jason Acker - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
- Vacancy
- Vacancy
From Deans' Council (2)
- Dr. Stanford Blade, Dean - Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences - 2nd 2-year term (June 2022)
- Dr. Greta Cummings, Dean - College of Health Sciences - 2nd 2-year term (June 2022)
By the Graduate Students' Association (1)
- Mr. Peter Isesele - 1-Year Term (June 2022)
By the Students' Union (4)
- Mr. Tahmid Al Hafiz - 1-Year Term (June 2022)
- Mr. Kyle Daniel - 1-Year Term (June 2022)
- Mr. Christian Fotang - 1-Year Term (June 2022)
- Mr. Milan Regmi - 1-Year Term (June 2022)
From the non-academic staff by the Non-Academic Staff Association (2)
- Mr. David Goertzen - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Ms. Caroline Lawson - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2024)
By the Alumni Association (2)
- Mr. Rick Dowell -1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Kate Young - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
Elected by the Senate from Public Applications (30)
- Ms. Christy Ciezki - Sherwood Park - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Linda Cook - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Joan Cowling - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
- Dr. Troy Davies - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
- Mrs. Shannon Dunfield - Grande Prairie - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Mr. Cameron Franchuk - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Mr. Colin Gagnon - Peace River - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Mr. Gord Gilroy - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
- Mr. Mark Hoosein - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Rhiannon Hoyle - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
- Mr. Larry Jenkinson - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Mr. Brent Jensen - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Dr. Ange Kadima - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Dr. Masoud Khademi - Calgary - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Ms. Catherine Keill - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Ms. Nancy Manchak - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Deb Manz - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Dr. Brian McPherson - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Ms. Christina Rebus - Camrose - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Margot Ross-Graham - Edmonton - 2nd3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Mr. Winston Rossouw - Drayton Valley - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
- Mr. Dave Rumbold - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
- Dr. Heather Ryan - Tofield - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Mr. Jim Saunderson - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Dana Smith - Leduc - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
- Dr. Dunsi Strohschein - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Mr. Murray Whitby - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
- Mr. Ben Whynot - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Mr. Dan Wong - Grande Prairie - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Sharlene Yanitski - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2022)
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