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