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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
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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
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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