Jon Mark

Jon has been involved in Student Senate since fall of his freshman year, joining the first day and sticking with it ever since. At the time, Senate was thrilled to have a CFA person joining, as there were so few (well, none) that were currently serving. They welcomed Jon with open arms and a big heart, and he immediately felt like part of the family.

Jon started his Senate Career as a member of Finance Committee, where he began learning about the magic of Student Government's Fiscal Policy. In his sophomore year, Jon took a break from Finance Committee to serve on the Business Affairs Committee in the fall, and managed to get elected chair for the spring semester in a landslide victory in an uncontested election (pattern?). During this semester, Jon took charge of the Collegiate Readership Program, paved the road for many Campus Initiatives, and enacted a Campus Service Liaison Program to ensure Ongoing Student Auditing into CMU services (like FMS, parking, HDS, etc).

In his Junior year, Jon was Finance Committee Chairman, and led a large financial reform which included Greater Financial Accountability and transparency with senate's budget and spending, a new Expedited Allocations Process to decrease time spent in general body meetings on funding motions, New Allocation Information Forms (AIFs) that provide a richer documented picture of what senate's money is being spent on, & Improved Communication between senate and the campus service providers most often funded by special allocations. All of this work on Finance Committee and as a 2011-2012 JFC Rep grew his depth of knowledge about Stugov finances, and led to his decision to run for the SBVPF role. 

Jon is currently a senior lighting design major in the school of drama, with a minor in Business Administration. When he isn't creating the magic of theatre, or battling with Excel to fulfill his SBVPF responsibilities, chances are you'll find him with one of the other student activities he is involved with (AB Tech & SCC), playing trivia or world domination based board games, taking on projects to improve his awesome basement, exploring abandoned buildings, or really anything that leads to a ridiculous story (which he has a lot of).

Jon likes to think of himself as pretty approachable, so flag him down if you have a question or e-mail him at sbvpf@andrew.cmu.edu if he can help you in any way!

Jalen Poteat

Jalen is currently a sophomore statistics major from Kansas City, Kansas. Outside of the JFC, Jalen is involved in Student Senate and the Committee on Student Organizations. On the off chance that Jalen has free time, you can bet that he's either watching cartoons or a critically acclaimed movie.

Sohini Bianka Roy

Bianka is a senior pursuing a degree in Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering. She currently serves as the Chair of the Undergraduate Student Senate. If she’s not working on a lab or in a meeting, you can find her doing homework at the local coffee shop, trying out the “tea of the day”, while watching the football game in the corner of her eye.

Andy Minton

Andy is a senior Ethics, History and Public Policy major in the Dietrich College for Humanities and Social Sciences. He is involved with the campus community through various student organizations and student government. He currently holds the position of Poster Policy Administrator, has sat on the University Center Allocations Board and the Joint Funding Committee. When engaged in these activities Andy can often be found working on some theatre project or relaxing in the UC black chairs.

Jeffrey He

Jeffrey is currently a CIT freshman who has yet to decide whether his major is electrical and computer engineering or mechanical engineering. Some of his hobbies include photography, cooking, and socializing (why can't that be a hobby?). He is an active member of the Asian Christian Fellowship on campus and regularly attends either Pittsburgh Chinese Church or Northway Community Church on Sundays. He likes to be very organized and neat in everything he does, yet always keeps a "mush" pile for random-hard-to-organize things. He is from New York. Asians are cool.

Vlad Bouchouev

Vlad is a senor at the Dietrich College of H&SS and is an Economics & Statistics major. Vlad is originally from Russia but has lived in the United States almost all of his life. He is an avid soccer fan and even has own radio show hear on campus that covers the game. Other hobbies include skiing, politics, trading and music.

Divya Krishnan

Divya is currently a junior double-degree student in Decision Science and English Literature. She has visited 30 different countries, and returns to the familiar turf of CMU after six months at the University of Oxford. She enjoys airing her cosmopolitan views and espousing her love of all things English. In addition to her other activities, Divya is a Mudge Mentor. She is a Pittsburgh native although she hesitates to self-identify as a "yinzer."

Richard Nere

Richard is currently a graduate student at the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management. He pursued his B.A. at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA studying Political Science. Richard is also from Boston, MA and in his free time he likes to skydive.

William Elmore

William is a Junior this year, studying Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is originally from Houston, Texas, yet has enjoyed the smaller, hillier, colder, and wetter atmosphere of Pittsburgh for the past few years. Apart from JFC, William is the Undergraduate Student Senate Finance Chair as well as the president of the club water polo team. When he's not crunching numbers or competitively wrestling strangers in pools, William enjoys a high quality cup of coffee, a newspaper, and company of friends.

Brian Alderman

Brian Alderman is a senior in the BSA program with concentrations in Mathematics and Drama Production Management. He is working on a project examining the similarities in management processes for theatrical designers and software engineers. With the little spare time that is left, Brian is an active member of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, The Originals all-male a cappella group, and a number of other campus activities. Some of his hobbies include sleeping very little, singing all the time, and cooking.

Samir Koppolu

Samir is a junior chemical engineering major in the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Aside from keeping his head in the books, his body hits the stage as a bhangra dancer. His hometown is Princeton, NJ, and he enjoys relaxing with friends watching sports and movies. He has found a new talent in music mixing and is publishing remixes online. If he could have any superpower, it would be telepathy.

Niharika Ray

Niharika Ray is a sophomore in the School of Computer Science. Born in India, she's lived in 8 different places and celebrated her past 5 birthdays on a plane. When not coding her life away in Gates, she enjoys spending time with friends, watching football (both kinds), and eating. If she were an animal, she would be a tiger.

Pralav Bhansali

Pralav is a senior Decision Sciences and Business Administration double major. At CMU he has been Co-Chair for Bhnagra in the Burgh, President of Mayur SASA and Project Leader for the ENACTUS Panama Project; apart from other things. He’s is also an entrepreneur and is all for ideation, human synergy and great food. He aspires to be the best JFC Rep the world has ever seen!

Grace Heckmann

Grace Heckmann is currently pursuing a Doctorate at Carnegie Mellon University, with a focus on product design at the intersection of engineering and econometrics. Prior to graduate school, she lived in Chicago, Illinois and is originally from Dubuque, Iowa. When not building models in her lab, she enjoys sailboat racing, running and traveling.

Patrick Foley

Patrick is from Arizona, the best of the states, with the best of collegiate basketball teams. He is in his third year in the PhD program in Statistics and is studying medical imaging. Specifically, he does science. Patrick has a math degree from Harvey Mudd and a finance degree from Claremont McKenna. He enjoys political gossip.