MUNFA Committees
MUNFA Executive Committee (2025-26)
| President (2025-2026) | Lisa Moores | Student Wellness & Counselling Centre |
| Past President (2025-2026) | Ashrafee Hossain | Business Administration |
| Vice-President External(2025-2026) | Erika Merschrod | Chemistry |
| Vice-President Internal (2024-2026) | Russell Williams | Political Science |
| Secretary (2025-2027) | Yolanda Wiersma | Biology |
| Treasurer (2024-2026) | Erin Alcock | Q.E II Library |
| Member-at-Large, Grenfell Campus (2025-2027) | Nathalie Pender | French, Grenfall |
| Member-at-Large (2024-2026) | Gerard Curtis | Visual Arts, Grenfell |
| Member-at-Large (2025-2026) | Janet Goosney | Q.E. II Library |
| Member-at-Large (2025-2026) | Heather McLeod | Education |
| Member-at-Large (2025-2027) | Sevtap Savas | Medicine |
| Member-at-Large (2025-2026) | Lisa-Jo van den Scott | Sociology |
| Member-at-Large, Term-Appointed (2024-2025) | Festus Ajayi | Business |
Executive Committee 2024 – 25
| Ashrafee Hossain | President | Business Administration | (2024-2025) |
| Sevtap Savas | Past President | Medicine | (2024-2025) |
| Lisa Moores | Vice-President External | Student Counselling & Wellness Centre | (2024-2025) |
| Russell Williams | Vice President Internal | Political Science | (2024-2026) |
| Erika Merschrod | Secretary | Chemistry | (2023-2025) |
| Erin Alcock | Treasurer | QE II Library | (2024-2026) |
| Gerard Curtis | Member-at-Large | Visual Arts, Grenfell | (2024-2026) |
| Rachel Jekanowski | Member-at-Large | English Programme | (2023-2025) |
| Chris Kozak | Member-at-Large | Chemistry | (2024-2025) |
| Nathalie Pender | Member-at-Large | French, Grenfell | (2024-2025) |
| Sarah Thorne | Member-at-Large | English | (2024-2025) |
| Yolande Wiersma | Member-at-Large | Biology | (2023-2025) |
| Vacant | Term Appointed Member-at-Large | (2024-2025) |
Academic Freedom & Grievance Committee (Grenfell Campus) 2024 – 25
| Johnathan Pope, English (Chair) (October 2026 | Rachel Jekanowski | English (Executive Liaison) (October 2027) |
| Rie Croll, Social/Cultural Studies (October 2027) | Gerard Curtis | Visual Arts (October 2025) |
| Vacant | Nathalie Pender | French (October 2027) |
| Andrew Testa, Visual Arts (October 2026) | Bernard Wills | Humanities (October 2027) |
| Amy Wadden (ex officio) (Labour Relations Officer) | Dale Humphries | (ex officio) (Labour Relations Coordinator) |
Communications Committee Members 2025-26
| Ash Hossain (Chair) | Business Administration |
| Erika Merschrod | Chemistry |
| Lisa Moores | Student Wellness and Counselling Centre |
| Russell Williams | Political Science |
| Sarah Thorne | English |
Academic Freedom & Grievance Committee (St. John’s Campus) 2025 – 26
| 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) | Yoland Wiersma, Biology (Executive Liaison) (October 2025) |
| Dale Humphries (Staff – MUNFA Labour Relations Coordinator) | Amy Wadden (Staff – MUNFA Labour Relations Officer) |
| Nicole Snow, Nursing (October 2028) |
Legal Support Fund Investment Advisory Committee 2025-26
| Erin Alcock QE II Library (ex-officio) (2026) | Yolanda Wiersma, Biology (October 2026) |
MUNFA Nominating and Balloting Committee (2026-2027)
| Kirk Anderson | Professor | Education |
| Janet Goosney | Librarian IV | Q.E. II Library |
| Sébastien Rossignol | Associate Professor | History |
| Michelle Swab | Librarian III | Health Sciences Library |
MUNFA Economic Benefits Committee 2025-26
| Anne Graham, MLLC (October 2027) (Chair) | Sean Cadigan, History (October 2027) |
| Ash Hossain, Business (October 2027) (Exec. Rep) | Chinelo Ezenwa, English (October2027) |
| Rebecca Law, Pharmacy (October 2027) | Heather McLoed, Education (October 2027) |
| Hamid Usefi, Math & Stats (October 2027) | Amy Wadden, MUNFA Labour Relations Officer |
MUNFA Pension Committee 2025-26
| Ash Hossain, Business (October 2026) (Chair) | Alec Brooks, Gender Studies (October 2026) |
| Kathy Gillett, Nursing (October 2025) | Hong Wang, Math & Stats (October 2026) |
| Russell Williams, Political Science (October 2026) | Erin Alcock, Q.E. II Library (October 2027) |
| Vernon Curran, Medicine (October 2027) | Peggy Rauman, Nursing (October 2025) |
| Vacant | Hong Wang, Math & Stats (October 2026) |
| Vacant | Hamid Usefi, Math & Stats (October 2026) |
| Vacant | Amy Wadden, MUNFA Labour Relations Officer |
MUNFA Scholarship Committee 2025-26
| Erin Alcock QE II Library (ex-officio) (2025) | Vacant |
Joint Committees
Joint Association/University Relations Committee (St. John’s Campus) 2021-2022
| Josh Lepawsky | Co-Chair | Geography | (2021-2022) |
| Jon Church | Medicine | (2021-2022) | |
| Ashrafee Hossain | Business | (2021-2022) |
Joint Employment Equity Committee 2024-25
| Erika Merschrod, Chemistry (October 2025) | Carolyn Walsh, Psychology (October 2025) |
| Helene Volkoff (October 2025) |
University Benefits Committee 2021 – 2022
| Rebecca Law | Pharmacy (Chair) |
| Xiuha Chen | Medicine |
| Anne Graham | MLLC |
| Krista King | Nursing |
| Eduardo Martinez-Pedroza | Math & Stats |
| William Schipper | English |
| Ken Snelgrove | Engineering |
| Amy Wadden | MUNFA Labour Relations Officer |
| vacant |
University Pensions Committee 2020 – 2021
| Erin Alcock | Library (alternate) |
| Stephen Butt | Engineering |
| Veeresh Gadag | Community Health |
| Don Gamble | Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures |
| George Jenner, | Earth Sciences (Retired) |
| William Midodzi | Medicine |
| Erin Oldford | Business Administration |
| Sudhir Saha | Business Administration (Retired) |
| Ken Snelgrove | Engineering |
| Guang Sun | Medicine |
| Hong Wang | Mathematics & Statistics |
Sexual Harassment Board 2021 – 2022
| St. John’s Campus Board Members | |
| Vicki Hallett | Gender Studies (2023) |
| Paul DeDecker | Linguistics (2023) |
| Grenfell Campus Board Members | |
| Jennifer Broadbent | Counselling and Psychological Services (2023) |
| Vacant |
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