Senate Executive Committee

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 2026-2027

Ex-Officio

Name Membership/Title
Bill Rosehart [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

Appointed - Board of Governors

Name Membership/Title
Vacant Board of Governors, CAL member of Senate

Elected-Faculty

Name Faculty
John Abraham Affiliated and Federated Institutions of Waterloo (AFIW)
Carter Neal Faculty of Arts
Nadine Ibrahim Faculty of Engineering
Mark Seasons Faculty of Environment
Helen Chen Faculty of Health
Benoit Charbonneau Faculty of Mathematics
Laura Deakin Faculty of Science

Elected - Students

Name Membership/Title
Alex Lavallee Undergraduate Student
Samir Sharma Undergraduate Student
Laith Alkhawaldeh Graduate Student

Elected - Alumni

Name Membership/Title
Vikas Gupta Alumni