Legislative Affairs Committee (LAC)

Develop an annual faculty legislative agenda in general consultation with, but independent of other constituencies on this campus;
Serve as the liaison with the faculty on all legislative matters and report to the Faculty Senate on a regular basis regarding all actions contemplated or required in executing its responsibilities;
Publish (in timely fashion) information regarding legislative issues;
Disseminate information on upcoming elections and referenda that pertain to issues affecting the welfare of public higher education;
Promote the faculty legislative agenda with the legislative and executive branches of the state government;
Will not engage in partisan politics of any kind, nor take stands on issues unrelated to the welfare of public higher education.

Member	Department	College	Term Ends	Term #
Marybeth Beller (Chair)	Liaison	FS	2026
Burnis Morris	Journalism & Mass Communication	CAM	2025	1
James McIntosh	Industrial and Systems Engineering	CECS	2028	2
Thomas Klein	Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundations	COEPD	2027	2
Alysha Nichols	Social Work	COHP	2025	1
Tim Burbery (Recording Secretary)	English	COLA	2025	1
Judy Fan	Mathematics and Physics	COS	2028	1
Casey Baker	Accountancy & Legal Environment	COB	2025	2
Eva Patton-Tackett	Internal Medicine	SOM	2027	1
Elizabeth Taylor	Pharmacy Practice	SOP	2028	1
Heather Lauer	University Libraries	ULIB	2027	2

Appointed Students, Nonvoting Members

Quinlin Sollars	SGA Representative	Student
TO BE APPOINTED	SGA Representative	Grad Student

Sara Payne Scarbro	President’s Legislative Liaison
Amine Oudghiri-Otmani	Advisory Council of Faculty
Robin Riner	Faculty Representative to the MU Board of Governors
Tom Hisiro	South Charleston At-Large Representative
Carol Hurula	Classified Staff Council Representative