Membership Structure
Membership structure from the Constitution of the North Idaho College Senate.
ARTICLE II - Membership
Section 1. The college Senate shall consist of representatives from the following constituent organizations: eight Staff Assembly members (SA), eight Faculty Assembly members (FA) and three officers from the Associated Students of North Idaho College (ASNIC).
Section 2. Senators shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of each organization’s by-laws. Each organization may seat alternates according to its by-laws. Both senators and alternates may participate in Senate discussions. However, alternates shall make motions and vote only when serving in an official capacity as senator.
ARTICLE III - Term of Office
The term of office for Faculty Assembly and Staff Assembly senators shall be for two years, beginning fall semester after their election. ASNIC senators shall serve for a term of one year.
Section 1. A college Senate member shall serve no more than two consecutive full terms.
Section 2. Half of the members of the Senate shall be elected in odd years; half, in even years.
Section 3. Alternate senators are elected for a term of one year.
Section 4. In the event of a vacancy in the college Senate, the alternate from that constituent group will serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
Section 5. In the event that an alternate cannot serve, a new alternate shall be selected by and from the original constituent group.
Executive Committee
- Chair – Julie Bailey
- Vice Chair – Casey Hallett
- Parliamentarian – Travis Hagner
- Corresponding/Recording Secretary – Katie Costanzo
- Past Chair – Matt Peterson
Faculty Senators
- Taylor Waring, Term FY2025-2027, taylor.waring@nic.edu (1st term)
- Faith Valente, Term FY2025-2027, faith.valente@nic.edu (2nd term)
- Cindy Dicken, Term FY2026-2027, cindy.dicken@nic.edu (Elected Alternate)
- Eric Demattos, Term FY2025-2027, eric.demattos@nic.edu (1st term)
- Matt Peterson, Term FY2026-2028, matt.peterson@nic.edu (2nd term)
- Casey Hallett, Term FY2026-2028, casey.hallett@nic.edu (2nd term)
- Jeremy Kingma, Term FY2026-2028, jeremy.kingma@nic.edu (2nd term)
- Travis Hagner, Term FY2026-2028, travis.hagner@nic.edu (1st term)
Alternates
- Don Kinsey, Term FY2026-2027, don.kinsey@nic.edu
- Adam Kroger, Term FY2026-2027, adam.kroger@nic.edu
Staff Senators
- John Erlendson, Term FY2026-2027, john.erlendson@nic.edu (Elected Alternate)
- Maureen Dolan, Term FY2026-2027, maureen.dolan@nic.edu (Elected Alternate)
- Steve Baum, Term FY2025-2027, steve.baum@nic.edu (1st term)
- Becky Cochran, Term FY2025-2027, becky.cochran@nic.edu (1st term)
- Julie Bailey, Term FY2026-2028, julie.bailey@nic.edu (2nd term)
- Katie Costanzo, Term FY2026-2028, katie.costanzo@nic.edu (1st term)
- Amanda Turner, Term FY2026-2028, amanda.turner@nic.edu (1st term)
- Bill Brown, Term FY2026-2028, bill.brown@nic.edu (1st term)
Alternates
- Katrina Bjorkman, Term FY2026-2027, katrina.bjorkman@nic.edu
- Stephanie Umberger, Term FY2026-2027, stephanie.umberger@nic.edu