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Meet the Team

Current Officers

Gina Errico

Co-Chairperson

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Elsa Jos

Co-Chairperson

 

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Gloria Jin

Media Relations Officer

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Kathryn (Kat) Beheshti

Past Co-Chairperson

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Upcoming Officers

Select the following link for the latest information on section elections and incoming officers.

Officer Roles

Click here for descriptions of each officers’ role (including appointed and elected officer positions).

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Section Co-founders

Clarisse Hart (bio), Holly Menninger (bio), Bethann Garramon Merkle (bio), Molly Mehling (bio), Chris Chreese (bio)

Past Officers

  • 2023-2024: Kathryn Beheshti (co-chairperson; bio), Gina Errico (co-chairperson; bio), Kelsey Fisher (secretary; bio), Gloria Jin (social media intern; bio), Katherine Hannibal (past chairperson; bio), Meghan Zulian (past chairperson; bio)
  • 2021-2022: Katherine Hannibal (co-chairperson), Meghan Zulian (co-chairperson), Kelsey Fisher (secretary), Kathryn Beheshti (chairperson elect), Gina Errico (social media officer), Elizabeth Cook (past chairperson; bio)
  • 2020-2021: Bob Newman (chairperson); Skylar Bayer (secretary), Elizabeth Cook (chairperson-elect), Kirsten Schwarz (past chairperson), Ajisha Alwin (liaison to student section), Linh Anh Cat (liaison to policy section; bio)
  • 2019-2020: Kirsten Schwarz (chairperson), Skylar Bayer (secretary), Bob Newman (chairperson-elect), Annaliese Hettinger (past chairperson; bio), Linh Anh Cat (liaison to policy section), Emily Whalen (liaison to student section; bio)
  • 2018-2019: Annaliese Hettinger (chairperson), Jennifer Purrenhage (secretary; bio), Kirsten Schwarz (chairperson-elect), Bethann Garramon Merkle (past chairperson; bio), Skylar Bayer (liaison to policy section), Emily Whalen (liaison to student section)
  • 2017-2018: Bethann Garramon Merkle (chairperson; webmaster), Jennifer Purrenhage (secretary), Annaliese Hettinger (chairperson-elect), Kika Tuff (past chairperson; bio)
  • 2016-2017: Kika Tuff (chairperson), Annaliese Hettinger (secretary), Bethann Garramon Merkle (chairperson-elect; webmaster), Holly Menninger (past chairperson)
  • 2014-2016: Holly Menninger (chairperson; bio), Clarisse Hart (secretary; bio), Bethann Garramon Merkle (webmaster)