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​GSA Officers

The Graduate Student Body elects four GSA officers every year. ​It is the duty of all GSA officers to uphold the GSA Constitution. The four elected officers make up the Appointments Board, which appoints graduate student representatives to committees. The Officers of the GSA shall be non-voting members of the Forum and shall not serve as Delegates.
Office of President
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Office of President.​

GSA President
Headshot JP Santos

Noor Nakhaei
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Pronouns: she/her/her
Major: 4th Year PhD, Computer Science
Email: ​pres@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

Responsibilities:
  • The President shall act as chief executive officer of the GSA and shall be representative of the GSA in UCLA campus affairs.
  • Calling and conducting meetings of the Cabinet & Appointments Board
  • Coordinating the work of the Cabinet and all GSA representation to UCLA campus committees
  • Recommending a budget for the GSA Central Office annually in the Spring
  • Jointly responsible with the Vice-President of Internal Affairs for Central Office expenditure

Committees:
  • Chair, Appointments Committee
  • Chair, Cabinet
  • Chair, Cost of Living (COL) Task-Force
  • Chair, Grad Equity Task-Force
  • Chair, GSA Reorganization of GSA (GRG) Task-Force
  • Member, Graduate Retention & Diversity (GRD) Task-Force
  • GSA Rep, Future-Planning Task-Force
  • GSA Rep, Mentoring and Evaluation of Graduate Academic Progress (MEGAP)

Directors of President Team.
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Headshot Isaiah Sampson
Director of Administrative Affairs

Ethan Co

administrativeaffairs@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
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Director of Communications

​-

​doc@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
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Director of Campus Relations
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Tanvi Shinkre

​relations@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
Headshot Lewis Luo
Director of Discretionary Funds

Emma Landry

​​funding@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
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Co-​Director of Graduate Events
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Swapnil Saha

​events@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
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Co-Director of Graduate Events

Nathan Chen

​relations@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
Headshot Carlisa
Co-Director of Melnitz Movies
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Alex Moore

melnitz@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu​

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Co-Director of Melnitz Movies
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D. Wilmos Paul

melnitz@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu​
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Director of Diversity, Inclusion, & Community Engagement

 Donald Zelaya

​diversity@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
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Director of Publications​
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​​pubs@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
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Director of Social Media & Web Manager

Chris Chien

​dosm@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

Office of Internal Affairs.

Vice-President of Internal Affairs
Headshot Musibau Francis Jimoh
Adejah Taylor
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Pronouns:
Major:

Email: ​vpi@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

Responsibilities:
  • Calling and conducting meetings of the Forum and the Council Presidents
  • Jointly responsible for Council expenditures with the Council Presidents
  • Jointly responsible with the President for Central Office expenditures
  • ​Chair of Graduate Resource Center Oversight Committee (GSRCOC)
  • Shall be acting President in his/her absence.

Committees:​
  • Chair, Graduate Student Resource Center Oversight Committee (GSRCOC)
  • GSA Rep, GSA Reorganization of GSA (GRG) Task-Force
  • GSA Rep, BruinGo Transit Pass Implementation Committee

GSA Forum

Directors of Internal Affairs Team.


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Director of Internal Affairs

Amaka Enueme

​dosm@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
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Director of Finance

Jessica Chen

​finance@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

Office of External Affairs.

Vice-President of External Affairs
Headshot Neda Ashtari
Ernesto Arciniga
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Pronouns: He/Him/His
​Major: Hispanic Literatures
Email: ​vpex@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
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vicechair@ucgpc.org (the email that the UCLA EVP will be using as he is also the Vice Chair of UCGPC)

Responsibilities:
  • Representing UCLA GSA to the UC Students Association, UC Graduate and Professional Council, and the system-wide Academic Senate
  • Consulting regularly with the Forum, the Cabinet, and Council Presidents
  • Liaison with UCLA Alumni Association and UAW 2865 (our union)

Committees:
  • UCLA GSA Rep, University of California Graduate and Professional Council (UCGPC)
  • UCLA GSA Rep, UC Academic Senate

Directors of External Affair Team.

Headshot Yuki Hebner
Director of Legislative Affairs

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Edith Pomposo

nationallegislative@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu
Headshot Kyle Scott
Director of Organizing/Community Partnerships

Not-Hiring

​nationalorganizing@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

Office of Academic Affairs.

Vice-President of Academic Affairs
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Pronouns:
Major:
​Email: 
​vpaa@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

Responsibilities:
  • Representing GSA to the UCLA Academic Senate
  • Appointing and coordinating GSA representation on all Academic Senate committees
  • Consulting regularly with Cabinet and the Forum
  • Serving as liaison with Graduate Division
  • ​Chairing the Graduate Writing Center Oversight Committee (GWCOC)

Committees:
  • Co-Chair, Graduate Writing Center Oversight Committee (GWCOC)
  • GSA Rep, UCLA Commons
  • GSA Rep, Academic Senate
    • Executive Board
    • Graduate Council

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