The Administrative Professional Council acts as the voice for administrative professionals across the Colorado State University campus and is composed of elected APs from 15 different areas across the University. They are eager to represent and promote the interests of APs across campus for Fiscal Year 2020.
Get to know this year’s APC executive committee, who provide leadership to the council and are focused on improving the APC experience at CSU:
Catherine Douras, Chair
What is your department and current position?
Office of Sponsored Programs, Senior Research Administrator
How many years have you worked at CSU?
8½ years
What is your favorite part about serving on the APC?
Getting to learn more about how CSU operates on a larger scale, and working with other people across the University that I would not have the opportunity to work with otherwise.
If you could visit anywhere in the world you’ve never been, where would you go?
Greece.
Tori Anderson, Vice Chair
What is your department and current position?
Soil and Crop Sciences in the College of Ag and I am a Research Associate in Wheat Breeding and Genetics
How many years have you worked at CSU?
11 years
What is your favorite part about serving on the APC?
I absolutely love the opportunity to engage with other parts of campus and learn more about how the University operates. Being able to ensure that the AP voice (including research associates) is considered in campus initiatives and to see how we can collectively work toward an improved employee experience at CSU.
Who inspires you?
My 4-year-old inspires me every day. He makes me want to be a better person, to spend my life striving to create a better life for him and empower him to be a kind, respectful and socially cognizant being. He also inspires me to enjoy all of the little things in life and to never lose the awe and wonder of it all.
Summer Shaffer, Secretary
What is your department and current position?
Senior Associate Director of Communications, Outreach and Technology at the Career Center
How many years have you worked at CSU?
11½ years
What is your favorite part about serving on the APC?
Serving all of the wonderful APs across campus
If you could visit anywhere in the world you’ve never been, where would you go?
Thailand.
Jessica Hunter, Treasurer
What is your department and current position?
I am the Research Project Manager for Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and Ecosystem Science & Sustainability academic department under the Warner College of Natural Resources.
How many years have you worked at CSU?
I am closing in on 5 years with the University.
What is your favorite part about serving on the APC?
I enjoy being able to provide input into the decisions that are being made around campus and impacting APs. I love working with the diverse group of people that I would not have otherwise been able to interact with on a professional level. I also love forming friendships with these people.
Who would you most like to swap places with for a day?
I would swap with Oprah for a day. Getting to experience a role of such accomplishment for a day would be inspiring and motivating.
