Executive & Committee Members

2024 – 2025

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Gaëlle Luabeya (Chair)

Sihat Salam (Treasurer)

Shaina Jaff (Secretary)

Rebecca Whiley (Department Representative)

Anthony Ayers (Communications Director)

Symposium Committee

Sejal Dave

Fatema Nakhuda

Nhu Phuong Nguyen

Thi My Nhi Nguyen

Felicia Rajan

Ibrahim Ridany

Journal Club Committee

Alireza Kashef

Stephanie Sansone

Gagan Sidhu

Sajid Alvi

Aref Talebi

Events Committee

Eleni Diakanastasis

Connor Loupelle

Ivan Monsalvo Montiel

Sarah Pullano

Brittney Remnant

Adriano Vettese

Honours Thesis Committee

Kanwarpartap Dhindsa

Renée Gorman

Tanya Prashar

Dana Sherrard

Maryam Zarean

Dept. Biology Tenure & Promotions Committee

Marishia Agard

Jessica MacPherson

YUGSA Representatives (Councillours)

Su Kyong Lee

Jennifer Lin

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Jesse Huisken

Zoha Ahmad

Isimeme Okonofua

Ahmed Nadeem

Past Teams

2023-2024

Executive Board
Rebecca Whiley (Chair)
Sihat Salam (Treasurer)
Jie Lin (Secretary)
Gaelle Luabeya (Department Representative)
Sehaj Raina (Communications Director)

Chief Returning Officer
Jennifer Im

Symposium Committee
Saher Ahmed
Melissa Ly
Cindy Nhu Nguyen
Taegan Perez
Ibrahim Ridany
Sahib Singh Madahar

Journal Club Committee
Sajid Alvi
Kerrice Bailey
Kanwarpartap Dhindsa
Fozia Saleem
Gagan Sidhu

Events Committee
Rawan Hadi
Connor Loupelle
Brittney Remnant
Maryam Zarean Adarmanabadi

Honours Thesis Committee
Marishia Agard
Fatema Nakhuda
Srushti Patel
Stephanie Sansone
Harley Wynen 

Tenure & Promotions Committee
Marjan Moallem

YUGSA Councillours
Nargol Ghazian
Su Kyong Lee

CUPE 3903 Stewards
Hadil Elsayed
Khara Stephen

2022 - 2023

Executive Board

Shaina Jaff (Chair)
Rebecca Whiley (Treasurer)
Jennifer Seung Hee Im (Secretary)
Sara Hajari (Department Representative)
Farnaz Mansouri-Noori (Communications Director)

Chief Returning Officer

Tobi Agbede

Symposium Committee

Rachel Corridore (Co-Chair)
Giammarco Nebbioso (Co-Chair)
Su Kyong Lee
Jie Lin
Sahib Singh Madahar
Sai Sowndarya Sundaraman

Journal Club Committee

Kerrie Bailey (Co-Chair)
Gagan Sidhu (Co-Chair)
Said Alvi
Riddhi Jani
Sehaj Raina

Events Committee

Julia Arrigo (Chair)
Sejal Dave
Zeynab Kohandel
Connor Loupelle
Shirin Taghian Alamooti

Honours Thesis Committee

Aisha Abdul Rahiman (Co-Chair)
Tanya Prashar (Co-Chair)
Marishia Agard
Nina Garrett
Meghan Osborne

Tenure & Promotions Committee

Marjan Moallem
Jake O’Brien

YUGSA Councillours

Sihat Salam
Viswajit Vembukumar

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Hadil Elsayed
Nargol Ghazian

2021 - 2022

Executive Board

Theanuga Chandrapalan (Chair)
Jennifer Seung Hee Im (Treasurer)
Rebecca Whiley (Secretary)
Gabriella Gerzon (Department Representative)
Farnaz Mansouri-Noori (Communications Director)

Chief Returning Officer

Kyra Kerkhofs

Symposium Committee

Britney Picinic
Farwa Sajadi
NseAbasi NsikakAbasi Etim
Jie Lin
Zoë Hillier-Weltman
Gaelle Luabeya

Journal Club Committee

Julia Arrigo
Nora Romero Vizcarra
Jennifer Seung Hee Im
Anamika Bhattacharjee
Faizaan Qureshi

Events Committee

Nina Garrett
Saptarshi Sengupta
Sara Hajari
Aisha Adil
Marishia Agard

Honours Thesis Committee

Meghan Osborne
Aisha Abdul Rahiman
Tanya Prashar
Thomas Luong
Giammarco Nebbioso

Tenure & Promotions Committee

Marjan Moallem
Jake O’Brien

YUGSA Councillours

Tayebeh Amanpour
Fatemeh Soheili

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Nargol Ghazian
Hadil Elsayed

2020 - 2021

Executive Board

Farnaz Mansouri-Noori (Chair)
Kyra Kerkhofs (Treasurer)
Theanuga Chandrapalan (Secretary)
Gabriella Gerzon (Department Representative)
Fernand de La Selle (Communications Director)

Chief Returning Officer

Laura Newburn

Symposium Committee

Preeti Dave (Co-Chair)

Amanvir Virdi (Co-Chair)

Aisha Adil

Divya Patel

Viswajit Vembukumar

Rebecca Whiley

Journal Club Committee

Jenna Braun (Chair)
David Miller
Marjan Moallem
Malory Owen
Cindy Tran

Events Committee

Vladislava Sadetckaia (Chair)
Shaina Forman
Gaelle Nsamba Luabeya
Mostafa Sedky
Vanessa Sinagoga

Honours Thesis Committee

Tamari Chkuaseli (Chair)
Sajid Alvi
Jennifer Im
Tanya Prashar
Faizaan Qureshi

Tenure & Promotions Committee

Marjan Moallem
Jake O’Brien

YUGSA Councillours

John Nguyen
Thomas Nguyen

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Jenna Braun
Nargol Ghazian

2019 - 2020

Executive Board

Eleni Fegaras (Chair)
Mahtab Zonouzi-Marand (Treasurer)
Theanuga Chandrapalan (Secretary)
Kyra Kerkhofs (Department Representative)
Amanda Liczner (Communications Director)

Symposium Committee

Farnaz Mansouri-Noori (Chair)
Karin Snyder
David Miller
Cindy Tran
Daria Taskina
Ghazal Naeimi

Events Committee

Jennifer Seung Hee Im (Co-Chair)
Fernand de La Selle (Co-Chair)
Simona Yakobov
Emma Kite
Pankaj Puar

Honours Thesis Committee

Tanishree Tiwari (Chair)
Divya Patel
Pretti Dave
John Vinh Long Nguyen
Jennifer Chivers

YUGSA Councillours

Marjan Moallem
Ramsha Malik

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Nargol Ghazian
Gurnoor Brar

2018 - 2019

Executive Board

Eleni Fegaras (Chair)
Mahtab Zonouzi-Marand (Treasurer)
Paarisa Malek Khataei (Treasurer)
Victoria Ilic (Secretary)
Amanda Liczner (Department Representative)

Symposium Committee

Simon L’Allier (Chair)
Soma Tripanthi
Emma Kite
Jennifer Porat
Sarah Mackell
Nicholas Bragagnolo

Events Committee

Kyra Kerkhofs (Co-Chair)
Tamari Chkuaseli (Co-chair)
Arnab Shuvo
Helen Moshe
Theanuga Chandrapalan

Honours Thesis Committee

Ayaat Hassan (Chair)
Arshad Imrit
Laura Newburn
Anna Bojagora
Hasan Hamam

YUGSA Councillours

Avinash Tripanthi
Farnaz Mansouri-Noori

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Grace Tong
Marjan Moallem

Tenure & Promotions Committee

Heyam Haydar
Yara Zayed

2017 - 2018

Executive Board

Yara Zayed (Chair)
Tamari Chkuaseli (Treasurer)
Laura Newburn (Secretary)
Andrea Durant (Department Representative)

2016 - 2017

Executive Board

Jyotsna Vinayak (Co-Chair)
Paige Whyte-Fagundes (Co-Chair)
Shamira Furman (Treasurer)
Hossein Davarinejad (Secretary)

Symposium Committee

Laura Newburn (Chair)
Tamari Chkuaseli
Eleni Fegaras
Amanda Liczner
Alex Filazzola

Events Committee

Yara Zayed (Chair)
Eva DeRango-Adem
Jessica D’Angelo
Melanie Williams
Tehmeena Chaudhry

Honours Thesis Committee

Julia Gauberg (Chair)
Lidiya Misyura
Uzma Nadeem
Amanda Silverio
Kira Neller

YUGSA Councillours

Myat Ma
Reema Rahman

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Azita Saber
Ayaat Hassan
Harjot Singh Deol

Tenure & Promotions Committee

Dayana D’Amora
Mohamed Salem

2015 - 2016

Executive Board

Hossein Davarinejad (Chair)
Katrina Gaibisels (Treasurer)
Samantha Stefanoff (Secretary)
Thuc-Nghi Pham (Department Rep.)
Harabandan Arora (FGS Rep.)

Symposium Committee

Paige Whyte-Fagundes (Chair)
Cherie Brown
Ryan Siu
Kathleen Dogantzis
Varvara Gagarina

Events Committee

Yara Zayed (Chair)
Eva DeRango-Adem
James Jahng
Melanie Williams
Eizaaz Ahmed

Honours Thesis Committee

Katie Florko (Chair)
Amanda Silverio
Ana Vakiloroayaei
Anna Zimina
Kira Neller

YUGSA Councillours

Cindy Liu
Mohamed Salem

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Eizaaz Ahmed

Tenure & Promotions Committee

Brock Harpur
Jyotsna Vinayek
Dayana D’Amora
Mohamed Salem

2014 - 2015

Executive Board

Dayana D’Amora (Chair)
Katrina Gaibisels (Treasurer)
Jyotsna Vinayak (Departmet Rep.)

Tenure & Promotions Committee

Brock Harpur
Jyotsna Vinayak

Events Committee

Uzma Nadeem

Honours Thesis Committee

Brock Harpur
Nadia Tsvetkov
Uzma Nadeem
James Jahng
Tim Gabor
Adiliya Rafikova
Queenie Hu

YUGSA Councillours

Mohamed Salem
Ali Farahzad

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Miranda Chen
Shamira Furman-Davidov
Penny Ahlstrom
Samantha Stefanoff