
Joel Tyson, President
Program: Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Previous Degree(s): BS in Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, Biology Track at UMBC
Favorite Quote: “When it’s done, it’s done” – my mom
Ethan Post, Vice-President
Program: Historical Studies, M.A.
Hometown: Akron, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland
Previous Degree(s):B.A. in Secondary Education of Social Studies, The University of Akron.
Favorite Quote: “Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

Amy Cruz, Treasurer
Program: Master’s of Applied Sociology
Hometown: Wausau, Wisconsin
Previous Degree(s): UMBC Class of 2019 – Anthropology (B.A.) and Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies (B.A.)
Favorite Quote: “Non-cooks think it’s silly to invest two hours’ work in two minutes’ enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.” – Julia Child

Akash Vartak, Historian
Program: Ph.D. in Computer Science
Hometown: Pune, India
Previous Degree(s): B.E. in Computer Engineering; M.S. in Computer Science
Favorite Quote: “Talk is cheap. Show me the code.” – Linus Torvalds
Past Executive Boards:
2020-2021 Spring Executive Council