former executive boards

​See below for a list of recent CU Democrats Executive Boards. Are you an alumnus interested in getting involved with the work or membership of the Columbia Dems? Let us know!

2021-2022
PRESIDENT: MATT LEMAR '24

Vice President: Catherine Sawoski
Lead Organizer:  Emma Tucker
Lead Organizer: Jacob Schmeltz
Lead Organizer: Hanna Bloomquist
Lead Organizer: Sarah Bearden
Media Director: Maddie Isham
Treasurer: Sebastian Javadpoor
Secretary: Emily Angelino
Events Coordinator: Hannah Halberstam
Membership Director: Carmelli Leal

2021-2022
PRESIDENT: Nikita Leus-olivia '23

Vice President: Catherine Sawoski
Lead Organizer:  Matt Lemar
Lead Organizer: Jacob Schmeltz
Lead Organizer: Emily Angelino
Media Director: Eden Rowe
Treasurer: Matt Rupert
Secretary: Sadie Rochman
Events Coordinator: Peyton Allen
Membership Director: Zafir Vuiya

2020-2021
president: Sarah desouza '22

Vice President: Jillian Harrison
Lead Activist:  Crystal Foretia
Lead Activist: Nikita Leus-Oliva
Lead Activist: Lily Glaser
Media Director: Grace Didway
Stephen De Jesus
Membership Director: Sadie Klaus

2019 - 2020
President: Nada ZOhayr '21

Vice President: Alex Siegal
Lead Activist: Sofia Garcia-George
Lead Activist: Ryan Claffey
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Janine Palmer
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Maria Estrada
Media Director: Anthony Hidalgo
Treasurer: Jillian Harrison
Secretary: Stephen De Jesus
Membership Director: Jenna Madden
Events Coordinator: Fiona Laird
First-Year Representative:​ Nikita Leus-Oliva

2018 - 2019
President: Joanna Cohen '20

Vice President: Brianna Yang
Lead Activist: Denver Blevins
Lead Activist: Nada Zohayr
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Ryan Claffey
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Sofia Garcia George
Media Director: James Lebo Hunter
Treasurer: Kris Ahn
Secretary: Alexander Gonzalea-Torres
Membership Director: Davawn Hartz
Events Coordinator: Abagail Andrews (Fall) and Alex Siegal (Spring)
First-Year Representative:​ Parker Watts

2017 - 2018
​President: Shrayan Shetty '18

Vice President: Ghislaine Pages
Lead Activist: Brianna Yang
Lead Activist: Joanna Cohen
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Paige Pagona Kytzidis
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Julia Khan
Media Director: Kris Ahn
Treasurer: Maria Estrada
Secretary: Joshua Burton
Membership Director: Willa Smith
Events Coordinator: Ana De Luca Mayne
First-Year Representative:​ Denver Blevins

2016 - 2017
president: shoshana lauter '18

Vice President: Gurnoor Tucker
Lead Activist: Benjamin LaZebnik
Lead Activist: Abigail Andrews
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Annie Wensley
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Alexander González Torres
​Media Director: Ghislaine Pages
Treasurer: Monique Harmon
Secretary: Celeste Pallone
Membership Director: Joshua Burton
Events Coordinator: Caleb Halvorson (Fall) and Abagail Andrews (Spring)
First-Year Representative:​ Brianna Yang

2015 - 2016
President: Kristen Gonzalez '17

Vice President: Isabel Rothberg
Lead Activist: Allison Emmet
Lead Activist: Adjua Kai Jones
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Benjamin LaZebnik
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Abigail Andrews
​Media Director: AIex Tin
Treasurer: Daniel Burkhardt
Secretary: Partha Sharma
Membership Director: Joelle Boxer
Events Coordinator: Shoshana Lauter
First-Year Representative:​ Kiana Mendes

2014 - 2015
President: Austin Heyroth '15

Vice President: Melissa Quintana
Lead Activist: Shoshana Lauter
Lead Activist: Kristen Gonzalez
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Michael Glendinning
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Annika Freudenberger
​Media Director: Jordana Narin
Treasurer: Darius Ansari
Secretary: Isabel Rothberg
Membership Director: Partha Sharma
Events Coordinator: Jessica Swanson
First-Year Representative:​ Benjamin Swanson

2013 - 2014
President: Sejal Singh '15

Vice President: Austin Heyroth
Lead Activist: Nikita Ash
Lead Activist: Melissa Quintana
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Sarah Schutz
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Ryan Morgan
​Media Director: Swara Salih
Treasurer: David Kang
Secretary: Samantha Gilbert
Membership Director: Sarah Weinstein
Events Coordinator: Ilana Greenstein
First-Year Representative:​ Jordana Narin

2012 - 2013
President: Janine Balekdjian '13

Vice President: Evelyn Jagoda
Lead Activist: Brit Byrd
Lead Activist: Zoe Ridolfi-Starr
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Nikita Ash
Lead Activist (Elected in Fall): Marybeth Seitz-Brown
​Media Director: Austin Heyroth
Treasurer: Sejal Singh
Secretary: Samantha Gilbert
Membership Director: Ryan Morgan
Events Coordinator: Sarah Schutz
First-Year Representative:​ Sarah Weinstein
Webmaster: Swara Salih

2011 - 2012
President: Janine Balekdjian '13

​Vice President: Marilyn Robb
Lead Activist: Dylan Glendinning
Lead Activist: Marybeth Seitz-Brown
Lead Activist: Jake Goldwasser
Lead Activist: Alec Ewig
Media Director: Sarah Gitlin
Treasurer: Sid Shanker
Secretary: Danielle Blake
Membership Director: Evelyn Jagoda
Events Coordinator: Helen Kilian
First-Year Representative: ​Zoe Ridolfi-Starr