{"629661":{"#nid":"629661","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Staff Council Welcomes 8 New Members for 2020","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs its fifth year winds down, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/staffcouncil.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Staff Council\u003C\/a\u003E is looking forward to eight new faces.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOctober\u0026rsquo;s elections brought these Tech employees onto the Council to serve three-year terms beginning January 2020:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdministrative and Professional\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDavid Bamburowski, director of academic and research faculty affairs, Faculty Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAlex Gutierrez, marketing specialist, Parking and Transportation Services\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESkilled Trades\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJuan Archila, director of facilities and capital planning, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJonathan Etress, senior facilities manager, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMichael Williams, roofer, Facilities\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevelopment\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELizzie Millman, development associate, Office of Development\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EScience \u0026amp; Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERusty Taylor, research technician, College of Design\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInformation Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMir Mohammad, IT support professional, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EByron Fitch from Strategic Consulting will serve as Council chair, succeeding David Brown. Quinae Ford, administrative manager in Facilities Management, will succeed Ryan Lisk as vice chair, and Alex Gutierrez will be the new Council secretary, succeeding Tonia Valeck. The rest of the 2020 Staff Council leadership team includes:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChris Walker, assistant director of marketing, Georgia Tech Professional Education \u0026ndash; chair, Communications Committee\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWill Jimerson, director of human resources, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts \u0026ndash; chair, Compensation and Benefits Committee\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJuan Archila, director of facilities and capital planning, College of Sciences \u0026ndash; chair, Campus Physical Environment Committee\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECandice Bovian, benefits specialist, Office of Human Resources \u0026ndash; chair, Employee Engagement Committee (Bovian also serves as secretary for the USG Staff Council)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJon Hart, assistant director of campus recreation, Facilities and Operations, Campus Recreation \u0026ndash; chair, Employee Health and Well-Being\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As we embark on our sixth year as a Staff Council, it is my honor to welcome our newly elected members,\u0026rdquo; said Brown, electrician II, Facilities Management. \u0026ldquo;We have reached several milestones in our previous years and look forward to a year of high energy in successful ventures. It is also an honor to continue working with our returning members as together; each of us contributes to accomplishing new goals as others make it through the system. I appreciate everyone\u0026rsquo;s willingness to make this institution the great place we know it is.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn accordance with the Council\u0026rsquo;s bylaws, members are permitted to serve up to two consecutive terms. The following members have completed their elected service as of this month:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdministrative and Professional\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ETonia Valeck\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWansley Denis\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERudy Paratchek\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch and Science\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERyan Lisk\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESkilled Trades\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJohnny Stewart\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKyle Richardson\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInformation Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKarla Gibson\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevelopment\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EVirginia Sheppard\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the Staff Council and ways to get involved, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/staffcouncil.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Estaffcouncil.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOctober\u0026rsquo;s elections brought these Tech employees onto the Council to serve three-year terms beginning January 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"October\u2019s elections brought these Tech employees onto the Council to serve three-year terms beginning January 2020."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2019-12-04 13:26:30","changed_gmt":"2019-12-04 13:27:37","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"629662":{"id":"629662","type":"image","title":"New Staff Council Members for 2020","body":null,"created":"1575408440","gmt_created":"2019-12-03 21:27:20","changed":"1575468560","gmt_changed":"2019-12-04 14:09:20","alt":"New Staff Council Members for 2020","file":{"fid":"239784","name":"staffcouncil2020-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/staffcouncil2020-1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/staffcouncil2020-1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":178004,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/staffcouncil2020-1.jpg?itok=MxB-Mu7G"}}},"media_ids":["629662"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/staffcouncil.gatech.edu","title":"Staff Council"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167004","name":"staff council"},{"id":"167018","name":"staff"},{"id":"3423","name":"employees"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:virginia.sheppard@dev.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVirginia Sheppard\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStaff Council\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}