MUNFA Committees 2024-25

TO: All MUNFA Members

FROM: The MUNFA Executive Committee

DATE: October 21, 2024

SUBJECT: MUNFA Committees 2024- 25

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2024 – 2025

President (2024-2025)

Ashrafee Hossain

Business Administration

Past President (2024-2025)

Josh Lepawsky

Geography 

Vice-President External (2024-2025)

Lisa Moores

Student Counselling & Wellness Centre 

Vice-President Internal (2024-2026)

Russell Williams

Political Science

Secretary (2023-2025)

William Schipper

English

Treasurer (2024-2026)

Erin Alcock

QE II Library

Member-at-Large (2024-2025)

Gerard Curtis

Visual Arts, Grenfell

Member-at-Large (2023-2025) (Grenfell Campus)

Rachel Jekanowski

English Programme

Member-at-Large (2024-2025) 

Chris Kozak

Chemistry

Member-at-Large (2024-2025)

Nathalie Pender

French, Grenfell

Member-at-Large (2024-2025)

Sarah Thorne

English

Member-at-Large (2023-2025)

Yolande Wiersma

Biology

Term Appointed Member-at-Large (2024-2025)

TBD

 

 

NOMINATING AND BALLOTING COMMITTEE 2024-2025

Erin Alcock (QE II Library) (ex-officio)

Kirk Anderson, Education

Sébastien Rossignol, History

William Schipper, English (ex-officio)

Lisa-Jo Van Den Scott, Sociology

Vacant

 

ST. JOHN’S ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE:

Jon Church, Medicine (Co-Chair) (October 2025)

Erika Merschrod, Chemistry (Co-Chair) (October 2025)

Laleh Alisaraie, Pharmacy (October 2027)

Steve Butt, Engineering (October 2026)

Karen Dobbin-Williams, Nursing (October 2026)

Patrick Gamsby, Library (October 2026)  

Milord Nikolic, Classics (October 2026)

Lourdes Peña-Castillo, Biology/Biochemistry (2025)

Nicole Power, Sociology (October 2027)

John Sandlos, History (October 2027)

Cory Thorne, Folklore (October 2025)

 

 

GRENFELL CAMPUS  ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE:

Johnathan Pope, English (Chair) (October 2026)

John Bodner, Folklore (October 2026)

Rie Croll, Social/Cultural Studies (October 2027)

Gerard Curtis, Visual Arts (October 2025)

Paul Foley, Science & Environment (October 2026)

Nathalie Pender, French (October 2024)

Andrew Testa, Visual Arts (October 2026)

Bernard Wills, Humanities (October 2027)

 

ECONOMIC BENEFITS COMMITTEE:   

Stephen Butt, Engineering (October 2025)

Sean Cadigan, History (October 2025)

Xihua Chen, Medicine (October 2025)

Anne Graham, MLLC (October 2025)

Rebecca Law, Pharmacy (October 2025)

Josh Lepawsky, Geography (October 2024) (Exec. Rep)

Ken Snelgrove, Engineering (Retired) (Oct 2025)

Amy Wadden, MUNFA Labour Relations Officer

 

LEGAL SUPPORT FUND INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

Erin Alcock QE II Library (ex-officio) (2025)

William Schipper, English (October 2025)

 

PENSION COMMITTEE

Erin Alcock, Q.E. II Library (October 2025)

Kirk Anderson, Education (October 2025)

Stephen Butt, Engineering (October 2025)

Alec Brooks, Gender Studies (October 2026)

Xihua Chen, Medicine (October 2025)

Don Gamble, MLLC (October 2025) 

Kathy Gillett, Nursing (October 2025)

Ashrafee Hossain, Business (October 2025)

George Jenner, Earth Sciences (Retired) (October 2025)

Peggy Rauman, Nursing (October 2025)

Ken Snelgrove, Engineering (Retired) (October 2025)

Hong Wang, Math & Stats (October 2025)

Hamid Usefi, Math & Stats (October 2025) 

Amy Wadden, MUNFA Labour Relations Officer

Russell Williams, Political Science (October 2026)

 

 

SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE:

Erin Alcock QE II Library (ex-officio) (2025)

Michelle Swab, HSC Library

 

MUNFA/MUN JOINT ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES

 

UNIVERSITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE:

Stephen Butt, Engineering (October 2025)

Sean Cadigan, History (October 2025)

Xihua Chen, Medicine (October 2025) 

Anne Graham, MLLC (October 2025)

Rebecca Law, Pharmacy (October 2025)

Josh Lepawsky, Geography (October 2025) (Exec. Rep)

Ken Snelgrove, Engineering (Retired) (October 2025)

Amy Wadden, MUNFA Labour Relations Officer

 

UNIVERSITY PENSIONS COMMITTEE

Erin Alcock, Q.E. II Library (October 2025)

Kirk Anderson, Education (October 2025)

Stephen Butt, Engineering (October 2025)

Alec Brooks, Gender Studies (October 2026)

Xihua Chen, Medicine (October 2025)

Don Gamble, MLLC (October 2025) 

Kathy Gillett, Nursing (October 2025)

Ashrafee Hossain, Business (October 2025)

George Jenner, Earth Sciences (Retired) (October 2025)

Peggy Rauman, Nursing (October 2025)

Ken Snelgrove, Engineering (Retired) (October 2025)

Hong Wang, Math & Stats (October 2025)

Hamid Usefi, Math & Stats (October 2025) 

Amy Wadden, MUNFA Labour Relations Officer

Russell Williams, Political Science (October 2026)

 

 

JOINT EMPLOYMENT EQUITY COMMITTEE:

Erika Merschrod, Chemistry (October 2025)

Carolyn Walsh, Psychology (October 2025)

Helene Volkoff (October 2025)

 

 

JOINT MUNFA/MUN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE:

St. John’s Campus

Grenfell Campus

Vacant

Nathalie Pender, School of Arts & Social Science, French

 

SEXUAL HARASSMENT BOARD:

Jennifer Broadbent, Counselling (2023-2025)

Paul De Decker, Linguistics (2023-2025)