Past Officers

The information on this page, especially in the earlier years, is unfortunately incomplete. Please contact the current Executive Board if you have any updates or corrections.

Fall 1978 (Founding Year)

Chair: Chris Fynsk
E-Board: Mark Kornbluh; Barb Lacum; Rick Lockwood

1980-1981: GRO Executive Board

Chair: Mark Kornbluh
Secretary: Kathy Ogren
Treasurer: Robin Becker

1981-1982: GRO Executive Board

GRO Guide Editor: Kathy Ogren

1991-1992: GRO Executive Board

Chairs: Patrick Hagopian & Greg Fieldson

1996-1997: GRO Executive Board

Co-Chairs: Julia Curry & Manish Sinha
Office Coordinator: Jonathan Gelbord
Newsletter Editor: Kelly Schrum
Treasurer: Cory Heyman
Athletic Coordinator: Sharma Hendel
Entertainment Coordinator: Dani Amzel
Secretary: Umang Anand

1999-2000: GRO Executive Board

Co-Chair: Anthony Stapon
Treasurer: Michael Paraskewich
Newsletter Editor: Christopher Gardner

2000-2001: GRO Executive Board

Chair: Anthony Stapon
Co-Chair: Michael Paraskewich
Secretary: Claudia Ketchmer
Treasurer: Ciprian Tutu
Grad News Editor: Mary Berk
Office Coordinator: Shelly Brett-Major

2001-2002: GRO Executive Board

Chair: Mary Berk
Co-Chair: Allison Surtees
Treasurer: Ciprian Tutu
Secretary: Michael Krebs
Insurance Man: Daniel Bain
Grad News Editor: Alexis Lewis
Sports Rep.: Eugenio Culurciello
Entertainment Coordinator: Adam Schneider

2002-2003: GRO Executive Board

Grad News Editor: Annemarie Catania

2003-2004: GRO Executive Board

Grad News Editor: Adam Ruben

2004-2005: GRO Executive Board

Chair: Ali O. Ustun
Co-Chair: Jennifer Roth
Treasurer: Lu Zhang
Secretary: Carl Robert Keyes
Endowment Chair: Hussein Aluie
Health Insurance Chair: Tanzina Mirza
Social Coordinator: Steffen Reinhold
General Assistant: Lu Zhang
Sports Coordinator: Puneet Bajpai
Grad News Editor: Adam Ruben
Legislative Concerns Chair: Mike Proulx
Web Designer: Amanda Jane Lind

2005-2006: GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair: Chris Long
Co-Chair: Ben Tilghman
Treasurer: Lu Zhang
Secretary: Eddie Kolla
Grad News Editor: Adam Ruben
Health Insurance Chair: Thomas Owens
Diversity/Academic Policy Coordinator: James Williams
Social Coordinator: Steffen Reinhold
Assistant Social Coordinator: David Liu
Officer Emerita: Jennifer Roth
Endowment Chair: Ali O. Ustun
Legislative Chair: Janet Effler
Sports Coordinator: Puneet Bajpai
Website Maintainer: John Baber

GRO Committee Chairs / Project Leaders

GPSA Week: Lu Zhang
GRO Guide: Caline Karam
International Students: Jennifer Roth
Mentoring: Ali O. Ustun
Non-Resident Students: Jennifer Roth
Orientation: Tanzina Labonte

University Committee Representatives

Library: Brenda Hedrick

2006-2007: GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair: Neena Mahadev
Co-Chair: Eric Perlman
Treasurer: Thomas Owens
Secretary: Brenda Hedrick
Grad News Editor: Anne Flannery
Health Insurance Coordinator: Thomas Owens
Diversity/Academic Policy Coordinator: John Matsui
Social Coordinator: Michael Lanci
Social Coordinator: Heather Lucas
Ex-Officio: Chris Long
Ex-Officio: Ben Tilghman
Endowment-Chair: Duncan Sinclair
Legislative Chair: Nancy Van Prooyen
Sports-Coordinator: Joshua Lefkowitz
Safety/Security-Chair: Jun Wang
Environmental Concerns: Peter McPhee
Website Maintainer: John Baber

University Committee Representatives

Library: Brenda Hedrick

2007-2008: GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair: John Matsui
Co-Chair: vacant
Treasurer: Thomas Owens
Secretary: Rachel S. Core
Grad News Editor: Jason Labonte
Grad News Assistant Editor: Chad Spiegel
Diversity/Community Relations: Lu Zhang
Health-Coordinator: Tulley Long
Academic Policy-Coordinator: Sunil Vaswani
Social Coordinator: Nancy Van Prooyen
Social Coordinator: Yug Varma
Ex-Officio: Eric Perlman
Ex-Officio: Neena Mahadev
Endowment Chair: Duncan Sinclair
Housing-Chair: Craig Hollander
Legislative Chair: Heather Lucas
Safety/Security Chair: Adam Maskevich
Environmental Concerns: Eric Harley
Website Maintainer: John Baber

University Committee Representatives

Library: Brenda Hedrick
Graduate Student Portal Developer & Editor: Brenda Hedrick

2008-2009: GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair: Duncan Sinclair
Co-Chair: Brenda Hedrick
Treasurer: Younes Nouri
Secretary: Rachel S. Core
Grad News Editor: Jason Labonte
Diversity Coordinator: Martin Carrion
Health Insurance Coordinator: Tulley Long
Academic Policy Coordinator: Brian Tilley
Social Chair: Craig Bettenhausen
Social Chair: Luke Arbogast
Alumni & Development-Chair: Boris Buia
Alumni & Development-Chair: Marieke Wilson
Legislative Chair: Eric Perlman
Safety/Security Chair: Adam Maskevich
Environmental Concerns: Edward Berg
Summer Sports Coordinator: Joe Cutrone
Housing Chair: Kelly Duke Bryant
Website Maintainer: John Baber

University Committee Representatives

Library: Brenda Hedrick, Duncan Sinclair, Fabian Bauwens

2009-2010: GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair: Fabian Bauwens
Co-Chair: John Matsui
Treasurer: Younes Nouri
Secretary: Ryan Edel
Diversity Coordinator: Justice Bruursema
Financial Concerns Chair: Brian Tilley
Security Chair: Adam Maskevich
Health Concerns Chair: Tulley Long
Legislative-Chair: Rachel S. Core
Social Chair: Craig Bettenhausen
Social-Chair: Luke Arbogast
Alumni & Development-Chair: Duncan Sinclair
Alumni & Development-Chair: Marieke Wilson
Environmental Concerns: John Rowley
Communications Chair: Manu Madhav
Web Maintainer: Eric Perlman
Grad News Editor: Jason Labonte
Housing Chair: Sumedh Risbud

2010-2011: GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair: Manu Madhav
Co-Chair: Zachary Dugan
Treasurer: Younes Nouri
Secretary: Josué F. Martínez Hardigree
Diversity Coordinator: Reza Behrouzi
Financial Concerns Chair: Patrick Fessenbecker
Security Chair: Craig Bettenhausen
Health Concerns Chair: Megan Mayerle
Legislative Chair: Fabian Bauwens
Social Chair: Nathan Kopf
Social Chair: Sarah Gee
Alumni & Development Chair: Duncan Sinclair
Alumni & Development Chair: Amy Sheeran
Environmental Concerns: Michelle Rozo
Communications Chair: Eric Perlman
GRO Guide Editor: Justice Bruursema
Grad News Editor: Dan Peterson
Housing Chair: Sumedh Risbud

GRO Committee Chairs / Project Leaders

GPSA Week: Anushka Singh

University Committee Representatives

Doctor of Philosophy Board: Fabian Bauwens
Homewood Graduate Board: Josué F. Martínez Hardigree & Duncan Sinclair
Student Health Insurance Committee: Megan Mayerle
Student Health Advisory Committee: Megan Mayerle

2011-2012: GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair: Josué F. Martínez Hardigree
Co-Chair: John Matsui
Treasurer: Emine Merve Kaya
Secretary: Haluk Noyan Tokgozoglu
Diversity Coordinator: Ehsan Variani
Financial Concerns Chair: Patrick Fessenbecker
Security Chair: Pranay Kasat
Health Concerns Chair: Victoria Hohenstein
Research-Chair: Reza Behrouzi
Legislative Chair: Sahar Soleimanifard
Social Chair: Anushka Singh
Social Chair: Pranay Kasat, Prshant Batra
Alumni & Development Chair: Yuanming Suo
Environmental Concerns: Steve Berman
Communications Chair: Manu Madhav
GRO Guide Editor: Justice Bruursema
Grad News Editor: Murat Bilgel, Sudarshan Ramenahalli
Housing Chair: Nishikant Deshmukh

GRO Committee Chairs / Project Leaders

GPSA Week: Alexandria Russell
Graduate Socialization Initiative: Josué F. Martínez Hardigree & John Matsui

University Committee Representatives

Doctor of Philosophy Board: John Matsui, Fabian Bauwens
Student Life, Residential & Retail Advisory Group: Josué F. Martínez Hardigree
Diversity Task Force: Ehsan Variani, Fabian Bauwens
Student Health Insurance Committee: Victoria Hohenstein
Student Health Advisory Committee: Victoria Hohenstein

2013-2014: GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair:Dominik Gothe
Co-Chair: Alan Lu
Treasurer:Garret Ma
Secretary:Haluk Noyan Tokgozoglu
Diversity Coordinator:Ehsan Variani
Financial Concerns Chair:Patrick Fessenbecker
Security Chair:Robert Ireland
Health Concerns Chair:Linda Braun
Research-Chair:Boqun Wangi
Legislative Chair:Katy Bradford
Social Chair:Christina Garman, Andrew Levitt
Alumni & Development Chair: Becky Fallon
Environmental Concerns: Troy Tower (for the first half of the year, vacant after his resignation)
Communications Chair:Ian Miers
GRO Guide Chair: Manu Madhav
Housing Chair: Kel Guerin

2014-2015 GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair:Alan Lu
Co-Chair:Lauren Judy
Treasurer:Garret Ma
Secretary:Haluk Noyan Tokgozoglu
Health Concerns Chair:Linda Braun
Administrative & Funding Chair:Grace Kim
Social Chair:Christina Garman, Ian Miers
Alumni & Development Chair:Kel Guerin
Communications Chair:Gabriel Deards
Student Concerns & Advocacy Chair:Dominik Gothe,Tamara Golan
GRO Guide Chair: Becky Fallon

2015-2016 GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair:Becky Fallon
Co-Chair: Dotun Opasina
Treasurer:Grace Kim/Shoumyo Majumdar
Secretary:Linda Braun
Health Concerns Chair: Sohini Mahapatra
Administrative & Funding Chair:Sean Klein
Social Chair: Christina Garman & Ian Miers
Alumni & Development Chair:Kitty Xu
Communications Chair: Ravikrishnan Jayakumar
Advocacy Chair: Valeriya Gaysinskaya & Nate Tran
GRO Guide Chair: Shourya Burman
Social Liason Chair: Parth Deshpande
Wellness Chair: Kamal Musah
Finance Concerns Chair: Melinda Yau
Family Concerns Chair: Lars Peterson

2018-2019 GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Chair: Aidan Crank
Co-Chair: Prateek Bhatnagar
Secretary: Eugenia Volkova
Treasurer: Swetha Kumar
Administrative & Funding Chair: Jaime Martinez Grundman
Communications Chair: (Vacant)
Parliamentarian & Legacy Chair: Shane Arlington
GRO Guide Chair: (Vacant)
Advocacy Chairs: Lauren Mushro & Michael P. Busch
Health Concerns Chair: Benj Shapiro
Wellness Chair: Sai Akanksha Punuganti
Security Concerns Chair: Stephanie Saxton
Professional Development Chair: Gabriela Rodal
Social Chairs: Elmer Zapata-Mercado & Elliot Wainwright
Intercampus Chair: Vasileios Papaioannou

2019-2020 GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Co-Chair: Eugenia Volkova
Co-Chair: Elliot Wainwright
Secretary: Shane Arlington
Treasurer: Swetha Kumar
Administrative & Funding Chair: Jaime Martinez Grundman
Communications Chair: Wangui Mbuguiro
Welcome & Guide Chair: Daniel T. McClurkin
Advocacy Co-Chair (Summer-Fall 2019): Lauren Mushro
Advocacy Co-Chair (Summer 2019): Joanna Behrman
Advocacy Co-Chair (Fall 2019-Spring 2020): Timothy Nickels
Advocacy Co-Chair (Spring 2020): Adeshola Lawal
Security Concerns Chair: Stephanie Saxton
Professional Development Chair: Weichen “Dora” Liao
Graduate Involvement Chair (Summer – Fall 2019): Tara Ghazi
Graduate Involvement Chair (Spring 2020): Sebastian Link Chaparro
Social Co-Chair: Jack Magann
Social Co-Chair: Pranav Mehta
Intercampus Coordinator: Vittorio Loprinzo
Health Concerns Chair: Benj Shapiro
Wellness Coordinator: Parijat Banerjee

2020-2021 GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Co-Chair: Shane Arlington
Co-Chair: Conor Bean
Secretary: Eugenia Volkova
Treasurer (Summer – Fall 2020): Swetha Kumar
Treasurer (Fall 2020 – onwards): Isaiah Chen
Administrative & Funding Chair: Stephan Kemper
Communications Chair: Wangui Mbuguiro
Welcome & Guide Chair (Summer 2020): Vittorio Loprinzo
Advocacy Co-Chair (Summer – Winter 2020): Katiana Kontolani
Advocacy Co-Chair: Yuri Chia
Advocacy Co-Chair (Spring 2021): Briana Whitehead
COVID-19 Concerns Chair: Maya Monroe
Graduate Involvement Chair: Ona Ambrozaite
Social Co-Chair: Alexander Helms
Social Co-Chair (Summer – Fall 2020): Jessica Flores
Social Co-Chair (Winter 2020 – Spring 2021): Ece Özdemir
Intercampus Chair: Tatsat Banerjee
Health & Wellness Chair: Vishal Yadav
E-Sports League Coordinator: Vittorio Loprinzo
E-Sports League Assistant Coordinator (Spring 2021): Fangchen Zhu
Health & Wellness Coordinator (Spring 2021): Rashi Sultania

2021-2022 GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Co-Chair: Ona Ambrozaite

Co-Chair(Spring 2022): Isaiah Chen

Co-Chair (Summer-Fall 2021): Alex Helms

Secretary: Esther Xu

Treasurer (Summer-Spring 2022): Isaiah Chen

Treasurer (Spring 2022): Michael Wilkinson

Administrative & Funding Chair: Tatsat Banerjee

Communications Chair: Nick Zhang

Welcome & Guide Chair (Summer 2021): Vittorio Loprinzo

Advocacy Co-Chair: Dani Bautista

Advocacy Co-Chair: Briana Whitehead

COVID-19 Concerns Chair: Ajita Kandula

Graduate Involvement Chair (Summer-Fall 2021): Joseph Choy

Graduate Involvement Chair (Spring 2022): Heramb Gupta

Social Co-Chair (Summer-Fall 2021): Rashi Sultania

Social Co-Chair(Spring 2022): Alakarthika Ulaganathan

Social Co-Chair( Fall 2021-Spring 2022: Vinay Mahajan

Social Co-Chair(Summer 2021): Thomas Glover

Intercampus Chair: Louise Chen

Health & Wellness Chair: Amoh Tontoh

Diversity Chair: Divya Kumar

E-Sports League Coordinator: Vittorio Loprinzo

2022-2023 GRO Executive Board & Steering Committee

Co-Chair(Fall 2022): Vinay Mahajan

Co-Chair(Spring 2022): Ali Siddiqui

Co-Chair: Michael Wilkinson

Secretary (Fall 2022): Karen Yang

Secretary (Spring 2023): Harini Ragu

Treasurer: Esther Xu

Administrative & Funding Chair (Fall 2022): KeFan Zhuo

Administrative & Funding Chair (Spring 2023): Mihir Adhikari

Communications Chair: Nick Zhang

Advocacy Co-Chair (Fall 2022): Nicole Chen

Advocacy Co-Chair (Fall 2022): Caroline Maria John

Advocacy Co-Chair (Spring 2023): Richa Vinodkumar Saboo

Advocacy Co-Chair (Spring 2023): Husna Shahid

Graduate Involvement Chair: Heramb Gupta

Social Co-Chair: Tram Nguyen

Social Co-Chair (Spring 2023): Karen Yang

Social Co-Chair(Fall 2022): Alakarthika Ulaganathan

Intercampus Chair: Louise Chen

Health & Wellness Chair (Fall 2022): Ales Varabyou

Health & Wellness Chair (Spring 2023): Bianca Corpuz

Diversity Chair: Soupy Behera

Intercampus Coordinator: Will Watkins

Welcome & Guide Coordinator (Summer 2022): Lizzy Wilkinson

Summer Sport Coordinator (Summer 2022): Emi Lou Mondragon

2023-2024 GRO Executive Board

Co-Chairs: Michael Wilkinson, Lakshmi Chanemougam

Secretary: Caroline Myers

Treasurer: Esther Xu

Administrative & Funding Chair: Mihir Adhikari

Communications Chair: Kaashvi Pruthi

Advocacy Chair (Spring 2024): Arman Farazdaghi

Professional Development Chair: Alice Amitrano

Graduate Involvement Chair (Fall 2023): Gabriel Kressin Palacios

Graduate Involvement Chair (Spring 2024): Ayoyemi Oladimeji

Social Co-Chairs: Tram Nguyen, Kevin Fernando

Intercampus Chair: Satvik Kethireddy

Health & Wellness Chair: Qiong Cao

Security Concerns Chair: Yu Yang

Intercampus Coordinator: Will Watkins

Orientation Coordinator: Hanusha Durisety

Summer Sports Coordinator: Emi Lou Mondragon

2024-2025 GRO Executive Board

Co-chair: Arman Farazdaghi & Caroline Myers

Secretary: Ayoyemi Toheeb Oladimeji

Treasurer: William Watkins

Administration & Funding Chair (Spring 2025): Peter Olatunji

Communications Chair: Sammy Tavassoli

Advocacy Chair: Shubham Patil

Professional Development Chair (Spring 2025): Omotayo Adekunie Adenugba

Security Concerns Chair: Donovan Vincent Jr.

Health & Wellness Chair: Patricia Nwoga

Social Co Chairs: Satvik Kethireddy & Tram Nguyen

Graduate Involvement Chair: Samee Saiyed

Intercampus Chair: Diego Almodiel

Orientation Coordinator: Tram Nguyen

Summer Sports Coordinator (Summer 2025): Eli Lou Mondragon

Administrative & Funding Chair (Fall 2024): Michael Wilkinson

Professional Development Chair (Fall 2024): Moksh Shukla