Past Officers
The information on this page is woefully incomplete. Please contact the current communications chair 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