2025-2026 Executive Committee
 | President | Austin Peay State University |
|---|---|---|
 | President-Elect Dr. Sean Walker swalke47@utm.edu | University of Tennessee, Martin |
 | Past President | University Of Memphis |
 | Secretary | Austin Peay State University |
Members and Friends of TUFS
East Tennessee State University
President: Alan Stevens (stevensae2@etsu.edu)
Vice President: Kate Beatty (beattyk@etsu.edu)
Faculty Senate Past President: Ginni Blackhart (blackhar@mail.etsu.edu)
Legislative Liaison: Bridget Baird (bairdb@etsu.edu)
University of Memphis
Faculty Senate President: Jeni Loftus (jmloftus@memphis.edu)
President-Elect: Stephen Karr (sfkarr@memphis.edu)
Faculty Senate Past President: DeAnna Owens-Mosby (dgish@memphis.edu)
Legislative Liaison: Allie Jones (Allie.Jones@memphis.edu)
University of Tennessee, Martin
Faculty Senate President: Sandy Mehlhorn (smehlhor@utm.edu)
Faculty Senate Past President: Sean Walker (swalke47@utm.edu)
Legislative liaison: Carey Whitworth (carey.whitworth@tennessee.edu)
Friend of TUFS: Dan McDonough (dmcdonou@utm.edu)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Faculty Senate President: Charles Noble (cnoble@utk.edu)
President Elect: Jud Laughter (jlaught3@utk.edu)
Past President: Derek Alderman (dalderma@utk.edu)
Past Member: Bonnie Ownley (bownley@utk.edu)
Legislative liaison: Carey Whitworth (carey.whitworth@tennessee.edu)
Tennessee State University
Faculty Senate President: Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi (vtirivee@tnstate.edu)
Faculty Senate President-Elect: William Johnson (wjohnso7@tnstate.edu)
Past President: Dr. Artenzia Young-Seigler (ayoung@tnstate.edu)
Member: Guinevere Bennett (gbennett@tnstate.edu)
University of Tennessee Southern
Faculty Senate President: Melissa Ryckman (mryckman@utsouthern.edu)
Middle Tennessee State University
Faculty Senate President: Patrick McCarthy (Patrick.McCarthy@mtsu.edu)
Faculty Senate Past President: Michael Federici (Michael.federici@mtsu.edu)
Legislative Liaison (Bill.Ketron@mtsu.edu)
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Faculty Senate President: Beth Crawford (Beth-Crawford@utc.edu)
Faculty Senate President-Elect: Sarah Einstein (Sarah-Einstein@utc.edu)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Faculty Senate President: Karen J Derefinko (kderefin@uthsc.edu)
Faculty Senate Past President: Tracy McClinton (tmcclint@uthsc.edu)
Member: Yanhui Zhang (yzhang36@uthsc.edu)
Tennessee Tech University
Faculty Senate President: Kristine Craven (KCraven@tntech.edu)
TUFS Emeritus: Sandi Smith Andrews (sjsmith@tntech.edu)
Legislative Liaison: Terry Saltsman (tsaltsman@tntech.edu)
Austin Peay State University
Faculty Senate President: Brandon Di Paolo Harrison (dipaolob@apsu.edu)
TUFS President: Soma Banerjee (banerjees@apsu.edu)
TUFS Secretary: Nancy Gibson (gibsonn@apsu.edu)