Classified staff look to future, appoint leaders

KU classified staff elected a new slate of leaders during their Senate meeting April 13.

The executive board for fiscal year 2006 will be Kathy Jansen, procurement officer in the comptroller’s office, president; Bev Nightingale, accountant in the comptroller’s office, vice president; Linda Orr, administrative specialist in the chancellor’s office, secretary; Angel Gillaspie, administrative specialist in social welfare, treasurer; Bette Luther, accountant in Russian and East European studies, equal employment opportunity 3 representative; Mary Ann Baker, library assistant, equal employment opportunity 4 representative; Jay Barnard, instrument maker in civil, environmental and architectural engineering, equal employment opportunity 5 representative; Tim Thomasson, physical plant supervisor with Facilities Operations, equal employment opportunity 6 representative; and Pauline Sanders, custodial specialist with Facilities Operations, equal employment opportunity 7 representative.

Committee chairs are Dennis Constance, custodial supervisor with Facilities Operations, legislative affairs committee; Sanders, communications committee; Bev Koerner, administrative specialist in geography, personnel committee; Doug Carter, physical plant supervisor in housing maintenance, elections committee; and Michael Rusche, library assistant, information access and public relations committee.

University Council representatives will be Jansen, Nightingale and Baker.
The organization represents approximately 1,600 classified employees on the Lawrence campus.

For more information visit www.ku.edu/~clsenate/ or e-mail clsenate@ku.edu.