List of 2016 SGA Candidates
by Craig Berger
Below is a list of the students who submitted applications to run for SGA positions in the April election. This list is preliminary and not final (the names listed below will be checked for eligibility and may appear differently on the ballot, including their order).
All candidates must receive a number of votes equal to at least 5% of the number of total votes cast in the election. Write-in votes are permitted in SGA elections. Candidates are currently elected by plurality, however the SGA Senate and Finance Board are currently considering changing the process by which winners are identified in the President/Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and Vice President for Student Organization contests. For Senate, the top eleven vote-getters will be elected; for Finance Board, the top five vote-getters will be elected.
The election will take place on Monday, April 18th, Tuesday, April 19th and Wednesday, April 20th.
The results will be released on Friday, April 22nd at 12:00 p.m. in the Student Organization Space on the 2nd Floor of The Commons.
All candidates will receive an e-mail message from the Election Board Chair with information about candidate information sessions, SGA Election Rules, and other important information.
President (6 candidates):
Bentley Corbett-Wilson (Running Mate: Mona Patel)
Charles Griffin (Running Mate: Alex Getachew)
Emily Melluso (Running Mate: Isabel Geisler)
Tristan Oetker (Running Mate: Pandora Wilson)
Steven Tappa (Running Mate: Robert Keim)
Calvin Tran (Running Mate: Rachel "Arkie" Katzenberger)
Executive Vice President (6 candidates):
Mona Patel (Running Mate: Bentley Corbett-Wilson)
Alex Getachew (Running Mate: Charles Griffin)
Isabel Geisler (Running Mate: Emily Melluso)
Pandora Wilson (Running Mate: Tristan Oetker)
Robert Keim (Running Mate: Steven Tappa)
Rachel "Arkie" Katzenberger (Running Mate: Calvin Tran)
Vice President for Student Organizations (4 candidates):
Joshua Massey
Ayotunde Okusolubo
Sanjum Singh
Carly Socha
Treasurer (4 candidates):
Trent Bae
Surovi Bain
Mohsin Ghazali
Jenna Schulze
Senator (18 candidates):
Kabir Ahmed
Jeremy Drew
Andres Garcia
Alban George
Gerardo Herrera-Cortes
Brianna Jackson
Lillianne Keplinger
Rebecca Kruskal
Nitya Kumaran
Evan Leiter-Mason
Sarah Lilly
Feyisanmi Ojo
Shiv Patel
Jessica Sackey
Ted Sakellariou
Collin Sullivan
Emily Thomas
Chiamaka Ugboh
Finance Board Representative (12 candidates):
Meghna Bhatt
Ralph Cyrus
Winfield Taylor
Shelbi Tippett
Mai-Han Trinh
Zuhair Riaz
Nevin Varghese
Gregory Vass
Zhiheng Wang
Gregory Watson
Shiona Wijesekara
Chien Zhou
Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.
Below is a list of the students who submitted applications to run for SGA positions in the April election. This list is preliminary and not final (the names listed below will be checked for eligibility and may appear differently on the ballot, including their order).
All candidates must receive a number of votes equal to at least 5% of the number of total votes cast in the election. Write-in votes are permitted in SGA elections. Candidates are currently elected by plurality, however the SGA Senate and Finance Board are currently considering changing the process by which winners are identified in the President/Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and Vice President for Student Organization contests. For Senate, the top eleven vote-getters will be elected; for Finance Board, the top five vote-getters will be elected.
The election will take place on Monday, April 18th, Tuesday, April 19th and Wednesday, April 20th.
The results will be released on Friday, April 22nd at 12:00 p.m. in the Student Organization Space on the 2nd Floor of The Commons.
All candidates will receive an e-mail message from the Election Board Chair with information about candidate information sessions, SGA Election Rules, and other important information.
President (6 candidates):
Bentley Corbett-Wilson (Running Mate: Mona Patel)
Charles Griffin (Running Mate: Alex Getachew)
Emily Melluso (Running Mate: Isabel Geisler)
Tristan Oetker (Running Mate: Pandora Wilson)
Steven Tappa (Running Mate: Robert Keim)
Calvin Tran (Running Mate: Rachel "Arkie" Katzenberger)
Executive Vice President (6 candidates):
Mona Patel (Running Mate: Bentley Corbett-Wilson)
Alex Getachew (Running Mate: Charles Griffin)
Isabel Geisler (Running Mate: Emily Melluso)
Pandora Wilson (Running Mate: Tristan Oetker)
Robert Keim (Running Mate: Steven Tappa)
Rachel "Arkie" Katzenberger (Running Mate: Calvin Tran)
Vice President for Student Organizations (4 candidates):
Joshua Massey
Ayotunde Okusolubo
Sanjum Singh
Carly Socha
Treasurer (4 candidates):
Trent Bae
Surovi Bain
Mohsin Ghazali
Jenna Schulze
Senator (18 candidates):
Kabir Ahmed
Jeremy Drew
Andres Garcia
Alban George
Gerardo Herrera-Cortes
Brianna Jackson
Lillianne Keplinger
Rebecca Kruskal
Nitya Kumaran
Evan Leiter-Mason
Sarah Lilly
Feyisanmi Ojo
Shiv Patel
Jessica Sackey
Ted Sakellariou
Collin Sullivan
Emily Thomas
Chiamaka Ugboh
Finance Board Representative (12 candidates):
Meghna Bhatt
Ralph Cyrus
Winfield Taylor
Shelbi Tippett
Mai-Han Trinh
Zuhair Riaz
Nevin Varghese
Gregory Vass
Zhiheng Wang
Gregory Watson
Shiona Wijesekara
Chien Zhou
Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.
Posted: March 27, 2016, 3:32 PM