{"id":9,"date":"2013-09-26T09:13:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T13:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:03:34","slug":"members-officers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/team\/members-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Members and Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 &#8211; 2025 Executive Council Officers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Karolina S. Wojcik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Vice President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Quinn Tucker<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Treasurer&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Mariam Oladepo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/td><td>Evelyn Mensah<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Webmaster<\/strong><\/td><td>Behtom Adeli<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>GAU Liason<\/strong><\/td><td>Marianne Otoo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Event Coordinator<\/strong><\/td><td>Waqar Alam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Social Media Manager<\/strong><\/td><td>Evans Boateng-Boakye<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Past<\/strong> <strong>President<\/strong><\/td><td>Asta Zerue Habtemichael<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>2024 &#8211; 2025  Advisor<\/strong> &#8211;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Cara Mitnick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 &#8211; 2025 Senators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<em>-Department<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Name-<em>Department<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Victor Olaoye &#8211; <em>Biomedical and<br>Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/em><\/td><td>Sarah Behm&nbsp;&#8211;  <em>Human Development<br>and Family Science<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emily Kenyon &#8211; <em>Psychology<\/em><\/td><td><br>Manjeet Kumar Heeragowlikar &#8211; <br><em>Engineering<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nicolette Scarduzio &#8211; <em>Business<\/em><\/td><td>Akissi Nelly Aka &#8211; <em>Political Science<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Oluwatobi Opesade &#8211; <em>Neuroscience<\/em><\/td><td>Debora Bema&nbsp;&#8211; <em>Political Science<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reuben Ahonklo &#8211; <em>Computer Science<\/em><br><em> and Statistics<\/em><\/td><td>Pravin Karna&nbsp;&#8211; <em>Mechanical, Industrial, <\/em><em>and Systems Engineering<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kirk Brown &#8211; <em>Engineering<\/em><\/td><td>Rebecca Kpoor &#8211; <em>Business<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Abby Smith&nbsp;&#8211; <em>Ocean Engineering&nbsp;<\/em><\/td><td>Mary Allbee&nbsp;&#8211; <em>Library Science<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mariyam Abbas &#8211; <em>Psychology<\/em><\/td><td><br>Haitao Wang&nbsp;&#8211; <em>Feinstein College of<br>Education<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Philip Yang &#8211; <em>Oceanography<\/em><\/td><td>Priscilla Kissi-Appiah &#8211; <em>Computer and Statistical Sciences<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Taylor Elpers &#8211; <em>Oceanography<\/em><\/td><td>Tracy Santos &#8211; <em>Interdisciplinary neuroscience program<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samuel Osei Kofi Osafo &#8211; <em>Environment and Life Sciences<\/em><\/td><td>Ghazal Nessari Poortak &#8211; <em>English<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doris K. Ndassi &#8211; <em>Arts and Sciences<\/em><\/td><td>Olga Skende &#8211; <em>Biomedical and Pharmacology<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blythe Albanese &#8211; <em>Education<\/em><\/td><td>Demetrios Petrou &#8211; <em>Engineering<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mariama Fatajo &#8211; <em>Business<\/em><\/td><td>Md Abdullah AI Rumon &#8211; <em>Engineering<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Olivia Thomakos &#8211; <em>English<\/em><\/td><td>Peace Uche &#8211; <em>Biological and Environment Science<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ruth Akorli &#8211; <em>Marine Affairs<\/em><\/td><td>Shay Mckee &#8211; <em>Enivronment and Life Science<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>F R Lee McDaniel Jr &#8211; <em>Library Science<\/em><\/td><td>Natasha Granger &#8211; <em>Doctorate of Nursing Practice<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Florence Fields &#8211; <em>Biological and Life Sciences<\/em><\/td><td>Amirali Momeni &#8211; <em>Natural Resources Sciences<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ali Raoufi &#8211; <em>College of Business<\/em><\/td><td>Natakki Jones &#8211; <em>Education<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lindsay Grose &#8211; <em>Oceanography<\/em><\/td><td>Kelly Richmond &#8211; <em>Feinstein College of Education<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Catherine Tiley &#8211; <em>Feinstein College of Education<\/em><\/td><td>Terpase Gbaa &#8211; <em>Nutrition<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fred Addo &#8211; <em>Nutrition<\/em><\/td><td>Helani Singhapurage &#8211; <em>Physics<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joseph Sarfo &#8211; <em>Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/em><\/td><td>Ololade Gbadebo &#8211; <em>Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Harvey Hayes &#8211; <em>Library Sciences<\/em><\/td><td>Margaret Grady &#8211; <em>Chemistry<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Abby Smith &#8211; <em>College of Engineering<\/em><\/td><td>Rebecca Chan &#8211; <em>College of Arts &amp; Sciences<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023 &#8211; 2024 Executive Council Officers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Asta Zerue Habtemichael<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Vice President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Karolina S. Wojcik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Treasurer&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Obed Baah Amoah<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/td><td>Helani Singhapurage<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Webmaster<\/strong><\/td><td>Showrov Rahman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>GAU Liason<\/strong><\/td><td>Joseph Owusu-Sarfo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Event Coordinator<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Social Media Webmaster<\/strong><\/td><td>Abraham Otele&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Past<\/strong> <strong>President<\/strong><\/td><td>Patricia N. 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Crawford<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Vice President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Islam Dymov<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Treasurer&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Reuben Ahorklo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/td><td>Kara Li Liu<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Webmaster<\/strong><\/td><td>Showrov Rahman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>GAU Liason<\/strong><\/td><td>Obed Baah Amoah<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><kbd><strong>Event Coordinator<\/strong><\/kbd><\/td><td>Alexandra (Ally) Cuomo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Social Media Webmaster<\/strong><\/td><td>Olivia (Liv) Greene<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2022 &#8211; 2023 Senators<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Senator<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Department<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Behrooz Khalil Loo<\/td><td>Computer Science and Statistics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Karolina Wojcik<\/td><td>English<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>2022 &#8211; 2023  Advisor<\/strong> &#8211; <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Cara Mitnick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019 &#8211; 2020 Executive Council Officers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Joshua Gyllinsky (Interim)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Vice President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Treasurer&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Rachel Ansong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/td><td>Frank Martinez<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>GAU Liason<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Webmaster<\/strong><\/td><td>Gabriel De Pace<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Past President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Nick Constant<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019 &#8211; 2020 Senators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Depart<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Molly Hall<\/td><td>English<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Serap Hidir<\/td><td>English<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hailie Baton-Kirk<\/td><td>Human Development &amp; Family Studies<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">2019 &#8211; 2020 Faculty Advisor-<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Brenton DeBoef<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2018 &#8211; 2019 Executive Council Officers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Nick Constant<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Vice President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Eren Ada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Treasurer&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Jacquie Britto<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/td><td>Catherine Winters<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Webmaster<\/strong><\/td><td>Jinal Pothupitiya<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Past President&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Oleg Kazakov<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017 &#8211; 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Wojcik Vice President&nbsp; Quinn Tucker Treasurer&nbsp; Mariam Oladepo Secretary Evelyn Mensah Webmaster Behtom Adeli GAU Liason Marianne Otoo Event Coordinator Waqar Alam Social Media Manager Evans Boateng-Boakye Past President Asta Zerue Habtemichael 2024 &#8211; 2025 Advisor &#8211; Cara Mitnick 2024 &#8211; 2025 Senators Name-Department Name-Department Victor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4521,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/4521"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}