President's Cabinet

The President’s Cabinet was formed by the 2008-2009 Student Body President (Jared Itkowitz) and Student Body Vice President (Pooja Godbole). It has been formally added as a bylaw to the Constitution of the Student Body of Carnegie Mellon.

The purpose of this cabinet, in short, is to enable the Student Body Executives to get more of their goals accomplished in their one year term. Any activities-fee paying undergraduate or graduate student who is not a member of the Student Senate or the Graduate Student Assembly is eligible to apply to serve on the President’s Cabinet.  Beyond weekly meetings, the President’s Cabinet will assist the Student Body President and Vice-President in an effort to enhance the Carnegie Mellon student experience through policy revision and creation, campus events, and community discussions.

Chief of Staff

Rutwik Parikh

• Junior Computation Finance
• From Piscataway, NJ

The role of the Chief of Staff is to oversee the day-to-day operations and administration of the President's Cabinet.  This includes identifying and tracking the progress of initiatives and projects of the Executive Branch. The Chief of Staff also uses their wide skill set to work on a variety of individual projects that span across all cabinet roles.

Rutwik can be contacted at rrparikh@andrew.cmu.edu  

Application Engineer

Carlos Diaz-Pardon

The application engineer is responsible for the continued operation of and improvements to the BudgetTracker, OrgTracker and Elections applications on Student Government's website. 

Carlos can be reached at: stugov-cto@lists.andrew.cmu.edu.

Administration Relation Officer

Andrew Schwartz

• Freshman in Information Systems and Economics
• From New York, NY

The role of the administration relations officer is to work on projects related to services and policies administered by the administration. In addition, the officer is responsible for maintaing contact with a variety of administrators. In doing so, the administration will stay up to date on the projects being completed by the cabinet and the cabinet will be aware of the updates within the adminstration.

Andrew can be contacted at andrew@cmu.edu

Community Builder Officer

David Isenburgh

• Freshman in Physics and Computer Science

The Community Building Officer is responsible for all projects related to campus wide events. In addition, the officer is responsible for projects that bring together different groups of students that typically do not have the opportunity to interact with eachother

David can be contacted at dki@andrew.cmu.edu

 

Constitutional Advisor

Stephen Tjader

The Constitutional Advisor is the member of the President's Cabinet that keeps the Student Body Constitution in good order, provides insight to the legislative bodies about relevant regulations, and advises the StuGov Executive Branch on matters relating to the Student Body Constitution and its bylaws.

According to the President's Cabinet Bylaws, the Constitutional Advisor is to:

• Keep the Carnegie Mellon University Student Body Constitution, along with its associated bylaws and policies, and records of all amendments, in good order;
• Attend all Student Senate and Graduate Student Assembly meetings to provide insight and information about relevant regulations contained within the Carnegie Mellon University Student Body Constitution and its associated bylaws and policies;
• Advise the Student Government Executive Branch, as needed, on matters relating to the Carnegie Mellon University Student Body Constitution and its associated bylaws and policies.

Logistics and Coordination Officer

Ranika Kejriwal

• Junior Electrical and Computer Enginerr
• From Charlotte, NC

The Logistics Coordination Officer is responsible for working with a variety of campu organizations to compile and centralize a list of events on campus. In addition, the officer is responsible for working with a variety of task forces to increase the ease and ability of holding events on campus.

Ranika can be contacted at rkejriwa@andrew.cmu.edu

Public Relations Officers

Stacey Lu

• Senior in Art

Jason Paul

• Junior in Buisness with a minor in Innovation Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
• From Yardly, PA

The Public Relations Officers takes on the role of recording and advertising the achievements of the President's Cabinet, maintains relationships with various media sources on campus, and raises awareness about the Executive Branch of Student Government.

• The PR Officers fulfills the responsibilities set forth by the President's Cabinet Bylaws:
• Record the achievements of the President's cabinet;
• Promote achievements of the Executive Branch;
• Maintain a relationship with, and issue press releases to, the various media sources in the Carnegie Mellon community;
• Raise awareness of the Executive Branch of Student Government.