Leadership Team

The 2020-2021 Leadership Team

Co-Presidents
Kayla Miguel, PhD Student in Neurobiology
Jiexi ChenPhD Student in Cancer Biology (DGP) (Chicago Campus)

Treasurer
Jane Edgington, PhD Student in Chemical & Biological Engineering

Communications
Cristina Ceja, PhD Student in Psychology
Elsa Koninckx, PhD Student in Chemical & Biological Engineering

Service Chairs
Saya Dannis, 
Jocelyn Salvador,

Professional Development Chairs
Jyotsna Dhar
Juhi Narula

Social & Wellness Chairs
JoAnna Addy, PhD Student in Psychology (Meals with Strangers Coordinator)
Guy Elisha,
Jennifer Dibbern,
Chenghong Lin,

GWAN Blog Editor-In-Chief
Carla Patricia Reyes Flores,

Qining Wang, PhD Student in Psychology

GEARS Committee
Chair – Emmaline Lorenzo, PhD Student in Chemistry
Event Planning – Kaye Zhou, MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Workshops – Karin Yndestad
Student Presentations – Saumya Mishra

Faculty Advisor
Rebecca McMurray, Research Associate in Material Sciences & Engineering

Former Board Members

The GWAN Leadership team designs, facilitates, and evaluates all events based on feedback from GWAN participants. If you would like to become more involved with GWAN, or would like to talk to a member of the Leadership team, please email us.