Executive & Committee Members

2026 – 2027

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Sihat Salam (Chair)

Connor Loupelle (Treasurer)

Cindy Nguyen (Secretary)

Brittney Remnant (Department Representative)

Fatema Nakhuda (Communications Director)

Symposium Committee

Farrah Sawh

Amanda Sabatino

Ethan Lopez

Marqus Odisho

Taegan Perez

Eren Yigit

Journal Club Committee

Nikan Movahedi

Celena Dell-Mendia

Thi My Nhi Nguyen

Riya Miller

Kadin Halid Rodriguez

Madeline Blanco

Events Committee

Scott Hwang

Sierra El-Masri

Sean Lazovski

Connor Sun

Parna Soleimani

Annalisa Lomangino

Honours Thesis Committee

Renée Ann Gorman

Alrishia Agard

Dana Sherrard

Tori Gosse

Ethan Chin

Dept. Biology Tenure & Promotions Committee

Marishia Agard

Jessica MacPherson

YUGSA Representatives (Councillours)

Kiana Baniasad

Jennifer Lin

CUPE 3903 Stewards

Ali A Salman Al-Timimi

Divya Shah

Ronnen Noori

Hamzah Ahmad

Past Teams

2025 - 2026

Executive Board
Sihat Salam (Chair)
Gaelle Luabeya (Treasurer)
Vacant (Secretary)
Rebecca Whiley (Department Representative)
Anthony Ayers (Communications Director)

Chief Returning Officer
Jennifer Im

Symposium Committee
Brittney Remnant (Co-chair)
Connor Loupelle (Co-chair)
Annabelle Audet
Riya Shanbhag
Georg Stefan Zoidl
Kadin Halid Rodriguez

Journal Club Committee
Fatema Nakhuda (Chair)
Nhu Phuong (Cindy) Nguyen
Riya Miller
Thi My Nhi Nguyen
Alexandre Craft

Events Committee
Sarah Pullano (Co-chair)
Ivan Monsalvo-Montiel (Co-chair)
Adriano Vettese
Elizaveta Yakubovskaya
Joudi Kanaan
Sejal Dave

Honours Thesis Committee
Dana Sherrard (Chair)
Renée Gorman
Tori Gosse
Alrishia Agard
Lewis Nguyen

Tenure & Promotions Committee
Marishia Agard
Jessica MacPherson

YUGSA Councillors
Su Kyong Lee
Jennifer Lin

CUPE 3903 Stewards
Ethan Chin
Tsaiping (Hannah) Liao
Ali Salman
Yifei Sun

2024 - 2025

Executive Board
Gaelle Luabeya (Chair)
Sihat Salam (Treasurer)
Shaina Jaff (Secretary)
Rebecca Whiley (Department Representative)
Anthony Ayers (Communications Director)

Chief Returning Officer
Jennifer Im

Symposium Committee
Nhu Phuong Nguyen (Co-chair)
Fatema Nakhuda (Co-chair)
Sejal Dave
Thi My Nhi Nguyen
Felicia Rajan
Ibrahim Ridany

Journal Club Committee
Farnaz Mansoori-Noori (Advisor)
Gagan Sidhu
Sajid Alvi
Aref Talebi
Alireza Kashef
Stephanie Sansone

Events Committee
Connor Loupelle (Co-chair)
Brittney Remnant (Co-chair)
Eleni Diakanastasis
Ivan Monsalvo Montiel
Sarah Pullano
Adriano Vettese

Honours Thesis Committee
Dana Sherrard (Chair)
Renée Gorman
Tanya Prashar
Maryam Zarean
Kanwarpartap Dhindsa

Tenure & Promotions Committee
Marishia Agard
Jessica MacPherson

YUGSA Councillors
Su Kyong Lee
Jennifer Lin

CUPE 3903 Stewards
Jesse Huisken
Zoha Ahmad
Isimeme Okonofua
Ahmed Nadeem

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
Cindy Nhu Nguyen (Chair)
Taegan Perez
Saher Ahmed
Melissa Ly
Ibrahim Ridany
Sahib Singh Madahar

Journal Club Committee
Sajid Alvi (Co-chair)
Gagan Sidhu (Co-chair)
Kerrice Bailey
Kanwarpartap Dhindsa
Fozia Saleem

Events Committee
Connor Loupelle (Co-chair)
Brittney Remnant (Co-chair)
Ivan Monsalvo-Montiel
Rawan Hadi
Maryam Zarean Adarmanabadi

Honours Thesis Committee
Marishia Agard (Co-chair)
Stephanie Sansone (Co-chair)
Fatema Nakhuda
Srushti Patel
Harley Wynen 

Tenure & Promotions Committee
Marjan Moallem
Jessica MacPherson

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)
Saijd 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