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Meet the CPCB GSA Governing Board!

Ombudsperson

Alex DiBiasi

3rd year
Advisor: Jim Faeder
I'm prone to doodling in class.

President

Annie Kim

3rd year
Advisor: Robin E.C. Lee
I've sent an experiment up to the International Space Station before!

Vice President

Rishal Aggarwal

3rd year
Advisor: David Koes
I know the London opening, you could already call me a Chess Grand Master.

Treasurer

Akanksha Sachan

3rd year
Advisor: Aditi Gurkar & Jishnu Das
I can tolerate up to 20x spice (tested in a ramen bar in Chinatown, SF)

BGSA Rep

Alisa Omelchenko

3rd year
Advisor: Jishnu Das
I am an ambidextrous pipetter.

CMU GSA Rep

Nick Ho

2nd year
Advisor: Eric Xing & Jian Ma
I like to yo-yo.

Student Speaker Liason

Luisa (Ellie) Escobar-Robledo

2nd year
Advisor: Keisuke Ishihara
I like to freestyle rap about the mundane things in my life when I'm bored.

Social Media Chair

Emma Flynn

2nd year
Advisor: David Koes
I love foraging for fruit.

Outreach/ Volunteer Coordinator

Caitlin Strassburg

2nd year
Advisor: Shikhar Uttam & Rachel Gottschalk
In 2022, I solved every daily NYT crossword puzzle!

Senator

Xue Er Ding

2nd year
Advisor: Jian Ma
In my free time, I enjoy rock climbing, oil painting, and petting cute cats.

Senator

Thomas Jacob

2nd year
Advisor: Shikhar Uttam & Wayne Stallaert
I once dropped my phone off Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood and it survived unbroken.

Senator

Anamarie Martinez

2nd year
Advisor: Rachel Gottschalk & Jim Faeder
I have lived in Pittsburgh my whole life.

Senator

Jane Siwek

2nd year
Advisor: Jishnu Das
I have been bitten by a snake 🐍.

Ombudsperson

Yajushi Khurana

3rd year
Advisor: Keisuke Ishihara
I can play 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' on a piccolo snare drum.

President

Caleb Ellington

4th year
Advisor: Eric Xing
Co-creator of contextualized.ml.

Vice President

Thomas Rachman

3rd year
Advisor: Oana Carja & Russel Schwartz
I can make a whistle out of my hands and play any song with it.

Treasurer

Alex Hummels

4th year
Advisor: Carlos Camacho
I have become a bouldering, bike commuting, vegan since starting my PhD.

Pitt GSA Rep

Alisa Omelchenko

2nd year
Advisor: Jishnu Das
I make a good pumpkin cheesecake.

CMU GSA Rep

Chaitanya (Chai) Srinivasan

2nd year
Advisor: Andreas Pfenning
I play the piano and clarinet.

Student Seminar Coordinator

Alistair Turcan

2nd year
Advisor: Anne Carvunis
TransRibo

Social Media Chair

Yajushi Khurana

3rd year
Advisor: Keisuke Ishihara
I can play 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' on a piccolo snare drum.

Outreach/ Volunteer Coordinator

Stephanie (Steph) Masotti

2nd year
Advisor: Nate Lord & Oana Carja
I have designed 7+ album covers for independent musicians!

Senator

Rishal Aggarwal

2nd year
Advisor: David Koes
I can moonwalk and shuffle.

Senator

Akanksha Sachan

2nd year
Advisor: Jian Ma
I can tolerate 20x spicy food also.

Senator

Annie Kim

2nd year
Advisor: Robin Lee
I can touch my elbows behind my back.

Senator

Filipp Nikitin

2nd year
Advisor: Olexandr Isayev
I am manipulated by the biggest CPCB cat 🐈.

Ombudsperson

Sophia Hu

3rd year
Advisor: Jianhua Xing
I'm a black belt in karate.

President

Monica Dayao

4th year
Advisor: Ziv Bar-Joseph
I'm building a camper van named "Mochi".

Vice President

Gabriella Gerlach

4th year
Advisor: Carlos Camacho
I ride horses.

Treasurer

Andrew (Drew) McNutt

4th year
Advisor: David Koes
I can only ride a unicycle forwards.

Pitt GSA Rep

Swapnil Keshari

2nd year
Advisor: Jishnu Das
I can shout out really loud.

CMU GSA Rep

Caleb Ellington

3rd year
Advisor: Eric Xing
I've been self-studying Mandarin for 2 years

Student Seminar Coordinator

Ian Dunn

2nd year
Advisor: David Koes
I'm an excellent cook. My apartment has two Michelin stars.

Social Media Chair

Yajushi Khurana

2nd year
Advisor: Jianhua Xing
I can play 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' on a piccolo snare drum.

Outreach/ Volunteer Coordinator

Steven Smeal

4th year
Advisor: Robin Lee
I help make educational Youtube videos for BioZone.

Senator

Shahul Alam

3rd year
Advisor: Jian Ma
I love jazz, and I've been learning jazz piano over quarantine!

Senator

Alex Hummels

3rd year
Advisor: Carlos Camacho
I am a vegan meat lover.

Senator

Thomas Rachman

2nd year
Advisor: Oana Carja and Russel Schwartz
I can make a whistle out of my hands and play any song with it.

Senator

Hanxi Xiao

2nd year
Advisor: Jishnu Das
My favorite kind of books are cook books and murder mysteries.

Ombudsperson

Roshni Bhatt

3rd year
Advisor: Jacob Durrant
I listen to more music in languages I don't speak than in languages I do.

President

Neha Cheemalavagu

4th year
Advisor: Rachel Gottschalk
I played soccer for 17 years.

Vice President

Monica Dayao

3rd year
Advisor: Ziv Bar-Joseph
I went to preschool in Tokyo.

Treasurer

Andrew (Drew) McNutt

3rd year
Advisor: David Koes
I brew my own ginger beer.

Pitt GSA Rep

Steven Smeal

3rd year
Advisor: Robin Lee
I help make educational Youtube videos for BioZone.

CMU GSA Rep

BaDoi Phan

3rd year
Advisor: Andreas Pfenning
I've traveled around the world in 80 days.

Student Seminar Coordinator

Stefan Andjelkovic

4th year
Advisor: Natasa Miskov-Zivanov
I played soccer on Parker's Piece where the modern soccer rules were first defined and applied.

Social Media Chair

Marissa Di

3rd year
Advisor: Takis Benos
I have a video playlist for cats getting baths.

Senator

Gabriella Gerlach

3rd year
Advisor: Carlos Camacho
I ride horses.

Senator

Shahul Alam

2nd year
Advisor: Jian Ma
I love jazz, and I've been learning jazz piano over quarantine!

Senator

Caleb Ellington

2nd year
Advisor: Eric Xing
Last summer I spent 10 days kayaking the Tikchik river in Alaska.

Senator

Sophia Hu

2nd year
Advisor: Jianhua Xing
I'm a black belt in karate.