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PVM Representative Elected to Leadership Role on Purdue Management & Professional Staff Advisory Committee

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May 1, 2026

The Purdue University Management & Professional Staff Advisory Committee (MaPSAC) elected PVM representatives to new roles for 2026-27 during its meeting April 8.  Joey Woodyard, director of operations for the Purdue University Veterinary Hospital, was elected vice chair and will take office June 1. The current vice chair, Amanda Hassenplug, who serves as lead research operations administrator for the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, will become the 2026-27 chair at the same time.

In addition, Leslie Martin, Purdue Veterinary Medicine assistant dean of administration, is one of four committee members elected to serve one-year terms as nonvoting emeritus members starting June 1. A third PVM staff member serving on MaPSAC is Kelly Dold, marketing and communication manager for the ADDL and Purdue University Veterinary Hospital, whose member area on the committee includes the College of Agriculture and Cooperative Extension as well as the College of Veterinary Medicine.

MaPSAC serves as a two-way conduit between M/P staff and the administration. As such, MaPSAC serves two distinct constituencies, each with the need to hear the other and to be heard by the other. In its role as an advisory committee, MaPSAC offers management and professional staff a mechanism to voice their interests and concerns as they relate to campus affairs. 

The MaPSAC Membership and Communications Subcommittee currently is recruiting new members.  More information about MaPSAC is available on the committee website. Those interested in becoming a MaPSAC member can submit an online application through May 15.

Similarly, Purdue support staff members have the Campus Support Staff Advisory Committee (CSSAC).  The mission of CSSAC is to provide an effective means of communication between the campus support staff and the University administration, with the goal of improving the University system as a whole through engagement and dialogue, as well as by providing professional and personal development opportunities for campus support staff. Currently, two PVM staff members serve on CSSAC. They are Angela Arellano, senior administrative assistant, and Taryn Adams, administrative assistant, both in the Veterinary Technology Program Office.  More information about CSSAC is available here.

Writer(s): Kevin Doerr | pvmnews@purdue.edu

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