This Senate Executive Committee reviews the Senate agendas, prepares a list of nominations for the committees and councils of Senate, reviews committee and council reports, and makes decisions on urgent matters on behalf of the Senate. The Committee may also request special meetings of Senate or when the agenda does not warrant a meeting of Senate may cancel the meeting.
The Secretary for the Senate Executive Committee is Ashley Day.
Membership 2025-2026
| Name | Membership / Title |
|---|---|
| Ex-Officio | |
| Vivek Goel [Chair] | President and Vice-Chancellor |
| Thomas Duever | Interim Vice-President, Academic and Provost |
| David Porreca | University of Waterloo President, Faculty Association |
| Justin Wan | Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs |
| Elected - Members | |
| Vacant | Board of Governors, CAL member of Senate |
| Elected-Faculty | |
| Laura Deakin | Faculty of Science |
| Mark Ferro | Faculty of Health |
| Nadine Ibrahim | Faculty of Engineering |
| Carol Ann MacGregor | Affiliated and Federated Institutions of Waterloo (AFIW) |
| Blake Madill | Faculty of Mathematics |
| James Skidmore | Faculty of Arts |
| Mark Seasons | Faculty of Environment |
| Elected - Students | |
| Damian Mikhail | Undergraduate Student |
| Jessica Rindlisbacher | Graduate Student |
| Rida Sayed | Undergradaute Student |
| Elected - Alumni | |
| Vikas Gupta | Alumni |