Staff Council is an elected body that represents approximately 8300 non-bargaining professional and scientific staff members (P&S) and merit supervisory exempt/confidential staff members (MSE/C). Staff Council is composed of 55 councilors with each councilor representing either a job function or one or more organizations in the University departmental hierarchy. The council is led by the Executive committee consisting of five officers and four at-large members. Additionally, Marla Rosenblum from University HR serves the council as our administrative services coordinator.
Who's My Staff Council Representative?
Every non-bargaining staff of the University of Iowa is represented by at least two members of Staff Council - one representative based on the organization they are employed within and one or more representatives based on their job function. We encourage you to contact your representatives if you have any questions, feedback or concerns.
Councilor Roster

James Jorris, Staff Council President

Makur Jain, Staff Council President-Elect
Jackie Kleppe, Staff Council Past President

Brian Morelli, Staff Council Secretary

David Stenersen, Staff Council Budget Officer

Neda Barrett, Executive Committee Member at-large 2023-2024

Nima Chaudhary, Executive Committee Member at-large 2023-2024

Molly James, Executive Committee Member at-large 2023-2024

Ashley Peters, Executive Committee Member at-large 2023-2024


Josey Bathke, JD, MBA, ARM-P, SPHR



Maria Bruno






Richard Dvorsky







Hilary Jensen


Sarah Livesay

Sam Mitchell








Tony Senio


Mary Shumaker


Warren Staal




Jessica Welter


