Current Membership
Last updated - November 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
- Interim Provost & Vice-President (Academic) - Dr. Verna Yiu
- Acting Vice-Provost and Dean of Students - Dr. Helen Vallianatos
- Associate Vice-President, Online and Continuing Education (Extension Senior Representative) - Ms. Jessica Butts Scott
- Alumni Association President - Mr. Tyler Hanson (May 2024)
- Alumni Association President Elect - Vacancy
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. Chris Ashdown - 1st 3-Year Term (July 2025)
- Mr. Sett Policicchio - 1st 3-Year Term (September 2023)
From General Faculties Council (3)
- Mr. Levi Flaman - 1st 1-Year Term (April 2023)
- Dr. Christopher Lupke - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- Vacancy
From Deans' Council (2)
- Dr. Shanthi Johnson, Dean - School of Public Health - 1st 2-year term (June 2024)
- Dr. Demetres Tryphonopoulos, Dean - Augustana Campus -1st 2-year term (June 2024)
By the Graduate Students' Association (1)
- Vacancy
By the Students' Union (4)
- Mr. Pedro Almeida - 1st 1-Year Term (June 2023)
- Mr. Christian Fotang - 2nd 1-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Gloria Kannumkulabil - 1st 1-Year Term (June 2023)
- Mr. Milan Regmi - 2nd 1-Year Term (June 2023)
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. Ali Damani -1st 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- Mrs. Christine Westerlund - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2025)
Elected by the Senate from Public Applications (30)
- Dr. Greg Bott - Eckville - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- 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 - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- 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 - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- Mr. Mark Hoosein - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Rhiannon Hoyle - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2025) - ON LEAVE
- 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 - Calgary - 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)
- Mr. Chris Peacocke - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- Mrs. Aisha Rauf - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- Ms. Christina Rebus - Camrose - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Margot Ross-Graham - Edmonton - 2nd3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Mr. Dave Rumbold - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- Dr. Heather Ryan - Tofield - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Mr. Jim Saunderson - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Dr. Dunsi Strohschein - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2024)
- Ms. Michele Vincent - Edmonton - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- Mr. Murray Whitby - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2025)
- Mr. Dan Wong - Grande Prairie - 1st 3-Year Term (June 2023)
- Ms. Sharlene Yanitski - Edmonton - 2nd 3-Year Term (June 2025)
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