The new cabinet of Georgetown University Student Association President and Vice President Trevor Tezel (SFS ‘15) and Omika Jikara (SFS ‘15) was approved on Sunday by the GUSA Senate. In changes from the previous year’s cabinet, Tezel and Jikaria added a new Student Advocate position, a Multicultural Council, and a Committee for Disability Affairs to the executive.
According to Tezel and Jikaria, who solicited applications for the cabinet through Facebook, cabinet members were chosen based on their relationships with administrators and the time commitment they would be able to dedicate to GUSA.
The executive has not finalized the members of the Multicultural Council. Its creation was a key component of their election platform. According to Tezel and Jikaria, however, it has already begun “advocating [to] the University administration … [for] issues such as our lack of ethnic studies offerings.”
Julia Hubbell (COL ‘15), member of Georgetown Solidarity Committee, was appointed as Student Advocate. Hubbell is currently organizing a publicity campaign for GUSA office hours, which she hopes to use to answer individuals’ questions on employment and internship practices.
The executive has also not solidified the Committee for Disability Affairs and stated they are still discussing its creation with administrators. They chose to remove the Secretary of D.C. Relations position and decided it would be “appropriate” for its responsibilities to be served by an undersecretary to the Secretary of Neighborhood Relations.
The new cabinet includes Dan Silkman (COL ‘15), Thomas Lloyd (SFS ‘15), and Ben Weiss (COL ‘15), all three of whom ran against Tezel and Jikaria for the executive. Silkman will serve as What’s a Hoya Coordinator and Director of Programming, Lloyd as What’s a Hoya Coordinator, and Weiss as Senior Advisor. According to Tezel and Jikaria, the other election candidates “wanted to pursue other ways of giving back to Georgetown.”
