All VT tenure-track and tenured faculty are eligible to chair and serve on graduate student advisory committees.
For details on other eligible advisory committee members, see:
http://graduateschool.vt.edu/academics/procedural_guidelines/advisory_faculty/index.html
To search the roster of approved advisory committee members, go to:
https://secure.graduateschool.vt.edu/apf.html
To register a person on the approved list of Graduate Program Faculty and Advisory Committee Members, submit the form found at:
http://graduateschool.vt.edu/forms/academics/Grad_Progr_Fac_Addl_Members.doc