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Excecutive Board

President (left)

Christian Guy, an honors industrial engineering student, from Clarksburg, WV has made strides as a governor by involving students in their local and national elections this year by partnering up with turbo vote. Thanks to his hard work he helped over 1,600 WVU students vote this year. His prior experience as the Co-Chair of Student Advocates for Legislative Advancement gave him the opportunity to create and present a bill to the state legislative.

Vice-President (right)

Andrea Mucino, an international business student from Morgantown, WV has worked hard as a governor this year as well. She worked hand in hand with the United Way organization and was selected as the Student Coordinator for the WVU Student United Way 2012 campaign. The WVU Student Campaign raised $30,000, $8,000 more than the previous year.

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"When elected as President and Vice President, we will work towards insuring students have the best experience while and after attending WVU. To fulfill this goal we have three main platforms; building a community atmosphere within WVU, improving safety, and starting new and positive traditions." Guy said. " T.H.E Party is eager and excited to make sure not only SGA but WVU achieves its maximum potential.

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Mohammad Amin Afshari

Board of Governor

Mohammad Amin Afshari is a junior Mechanical Engineering major from Morgantown, WV. He is a member of Student Partnership for the Advancement of Cosmic Exploration, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, and also the Muslim Student Association. He currently serves as secretary for the international club "IRASA" and also for the newly formed Project Management Club. Mohammad works as a tutor in the athletic dept. As the son of former international students Mohammad would like to be governor in order make the transition smoother for international students who come to WVU for an education. He plans to do so by increasing funding for the essential international organizations, hoping for these organizations in order to increase the number of hosted events.

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Johnny Barringer

Board of Governor

John Barringer is a Senior Mining Engineering Major from Youngstown, OH. He is a currently an active member of SME and is one of the recruitment chairs of the new Project Management Club at WVU also the fundraising chair for Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. John is planning to be a governor in order to improve University hospitality in everyday student life. One way he plans to implement this by showing the news on PRT tv's, adding Evive stations around campus, outside of classrooms and by the PRT. He would also like to do this by working to improve the music at the PRT, by way of student polling. John also plans on working on improving the student teacher communication and engagement by adding necessary TA Dorm lectures to help answer students questions.

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Molly Callaghan

Board of Governor

Molly Callaghan is from Charleston, West Virginia where she graduated from George Washington High School. Molly is a Chemical Engineering major planning to receive a Biomedical certificate. During her freshman year, Molly was elected to the Board of Governors, joined Engineering without Boarders, and became a sister of Chi Omega Fraternity. Continuing into her sophomore year, Molly is now Treasurer of Chi Omega, a member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and a Certified Green Dot Bystander. When Molly attended the Big XII Student Government Conference this fall she realized there is a lot to do to promote higher education and will coincide with other Big XII schools to do so at Capitol Hill. She will also continue her work pertaining to bullying and helping to make all students at West Virginia University feel comfortable in their environment.

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Jason Cohen

Board of Governor

Jason Cohen is a Senior majoring in Political Science and minoring in Business Administration from Raleigh, North Carolina. He was selected to represent West Virginia University at the State Capitol in Charleston as a recipient of the Frasure-Singleton Legislative Internship in 2012. He is currently a Governor on the Student Board, and represented WVU at the Big XII SGA Conference at Oklahoma University. During his first term as Governor he initiated "SGA Mobile" in hopes of increasing visibility of Student Government on campus. When re-elected, Jason plans to work with the Center for Civic Engagement and improve iServe so that students can more easily access community service opportunities

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Matt Elder

Board of Governor

Matt Elder is a freshman Marketing major from Boca Raton, Florida. He is a brother of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Matt works as an intern for the West Virginia athletics marketing office. He is seeking a position on the Board of Governors for THE Party. When elected, Matt will work to improve Freshmen student living at WVU. He wants to be able to get Redbox in the dorms as well as in the Mountain Lair. Matt also will look to improve Up All Night and make it a more attractive alternative to partying. Matt has family ties to the state of West Virginia and grew up loving the Mountaineers. He is passionate about the university and wants to do what he can to keep improving it.

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Justin Fanok

Board of Governor

Justin Fanok is a sophomore studying Civil Engineering. He graduated from Morgantown High School, where he founded the Chinese club, and was Vice President of the Juinor State of America chapter at MHS. Aside from school activities, Justin was very active in the local community. He was a member of the Greater Morgantown Area Youth Commission (GMAYC), Secretary of the Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board, and Morgantown's first youth ambassador to our beautiful sister city, Guanajuato Mexico. Justin, a language enthusiast, studies French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic as well as Chinese in his spare time. At WVU, Justin joined the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and was the former Vice President. Currently running for SGA Board of Governers, Justin has hopes to facilitate a better connection between the SGA and the student body. He hopes to create a more transparent student government, where the decisions and changes that the SGA makes are communicated effectively, in an easy to read fashion, and heard by all Mountaineers.

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Paul Garton

Board of Governor

Paul Garton was born and raised in Lewis County, West Virginia. Here at WVU he was awarded with a Foundation scholarship and is a double major in Philosophy and International Studies. Paul has been a member of the WVU marching band for three years and served as a Rank Leader in the Pride for two. He is also an active member of the nationally recognized collegiate 4-H club, and acts as Assistant Historian to WVU Extension’s Cultural Resource Specialist. Most recently, he was appointed as the sole undergraduate on the search committee for the new Dean of Libraries. When elected, Paul intends to focus on academic advising and future plans of undergraduates. These goals involve broadening students’ knowledge about opportunities available to them after receiving Bachelor degrees and helping students find career paths they will enjoy. Tied to this is his objective of requiring academic advisors to complete an online course before meeting with students. Together, these aims will create a smoother transition after graduation, leading to more successful and happier graduates of WVU.

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Daniel Harris

Dan Harris is a Political Science major from Dover, New Jersey. He transferred to West Virginia University after wrestling for a year at Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ. He joined the Sigma Chi fraternity in the spring of last year and has since become the House Manager and the Scholarship Chair. When elected to the Student Government Organization, Dan plans to put the flying WV logo outside local business so that students can use your Mountaineer card inside. This way it would allow you more options to eat on campus. The plan would essentially make your ID into more of a debit card. Local schools such as Marshall, George Washington, Pittsburgh, and more all currently use the system. The general idea is to make the Mountaineer card more important to WVU students and give them more options of where they can eat at.

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Rob Gill

Board of Governor

Robert Gill is a senior majoring in Sport Management and Exercise Physiology from Oreland, PA. At WVU Robert has been involved in volunteering at the Ronald McDonald house, he was the Club Soccer Captain and Officer and is also currently a member on the SGA Executive Board. On the Executive Board Robert has worked with the WVUPD to improve their social media presence and reach the students more quickly and efficiently. Robert plans to be on the Board Of Governor's with goals of promoting sustainability on campus. He would like to keep the strong tie between SGA and Greek life by keeping Greek clean ups downtown. Another thing he wants to do is to incorporate and require recycling to all of the fraternity's on campus. Thirdly, he would like to rekindle the relationship between the Sunnyside Up organization and the SGA. Finally, Starting this semester WVU has started utilizing a reusable to-go container in the Terrance Room created by Ozzi Enterprises. I want to see this unique system utilized in all of the eatery's that allow to-go food. A clean & green campus is a happy campus!

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Holden Hudson

Board of Governor

Holden Hudson is a junior from Annapolis, Maryland. He is majoring in the Multi Disciplinary Program. He is a brother of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, where he serves as manager of alumni relations, philanthropy and fraternal affairs. Holden's platform is to make improvements to our Student Recreational Center. Short-term goals include more hands on instruction with trainers and students to have a more efficient and student friendly atmosphere at the gym. He wants to bring in new and updated equipment. A long-term goal involves working with the staff at WellWVU in hopes of creating a rehabilitation center for students who suffer from drug and alcohol addiction so that they can be treated on campus. He wants to create a healthy atmosphere in all aspects of the campus experience.

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Liz McCormick

Board of Governor

Liz is a junior from Parkersburg, West Virginia. She is double majoring in Public Relations and Vocal Performance, and minoring in Sports Communications. When elected, Liz will bring more publicity to the downtown campus, of the programs occurring at the Creative Arts Center. Her goal is to increase student interest and involvement with the CAC. She is also working on increasing funding for student travel- since many CAC students have to pay out of pocket to travel while representing WVU. Liz is a sister of Delta Gamma sorority, where she serves as the Director of Informal Recruitment, as well as a member of Phi Sigma Theta Honor Society. She is a member of the WVU University Choir and WVU Opera Theatre.

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Joe Reidy

Board of Governor

Joe is a Junior English major from Hedgesville, West Virginia. Joe is a brother of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, where he serves as the Recording Secretary, as well as a member of the College Republicans club. He is currently a member of the WVU SGA Board of Governors. In past years Joe has served as SGA Chief of Staff and Student Intern. When elected, Joe plns to continue his work with the Registars Office. The connections he has made so far with the Registrar's office will easily allow him to continue fighting for student rights.

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Victoria Vini

Board of Governor

Victoria Vini was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and lived there until the age of 4. Her family moved to the United States and she was raised in Germantown, Maryland and lived there until she moved to Harpers Ferry, WV. During her high school career, she was involved in many activities such as the drama club, key club, and student government and voted homecoming queen by her fellow peers. She served as the president of the Academy of Biotechnology, and co-founder of the Students-Against-Destructive-Decisions club. She is currently a freshman majoring in forensic science and is a sister of the Delta Gamma sorority, where is currently serving as Director of Public Relations. She also participates in other extra curriculars such as the Forensic Investigative Science club. She is running on the Guy/ Mucino ticket and plans to reinforce the safety of all WVU students and propel the reconstruction of all sidewalks and crosswalks around campus.

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Haven Williams

Board of Governor

Haven Williams is a sophomore petroleum and natural gas engineering major from Hagerstown, MD. She is an active member of the Alpha Xi Delta women's fraternity where she serves as sisterhood chair. She is also the secretary of the National Society of Black Engineers. After living downtown her freshman year Haven was exposed to an excess of unhealthy foods offered on meal plan. She wants to make the campus more health conscious by making nutrition facts more readily available to all food establishments on campus. She also plans to improve the foods so that it will be easier for students to live a healthier lifestyle. Being a vegetarian for 7.5 years, Haven also intends to expand the options offered so students can choose from a greater variety of foods both vegetarian and non-vegetarian.

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Sara Zuccari

Board of Governor

Sara Zuccari is a Sophomore Multidisciplinary Studies major from McLean, Virginia. Sara is a member of Alpha Phi Sorority in which she held the position of Director of Formal Recruitment. When elected, Sara will work on bettering the SGA Mobile program, started this year by the current SGA board, by providing variety in location and allowing students to attend more meetings. Sara also plans on working to get students more involved around campus; whether through a student organization, club sport, or other various activity student involvement is an important aspect of Student Life here at West Virginia University

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Clark Douglas

Athletic Council

Clark Douglas is a West Virginia native, born and raised in Morgantown. He graduated in 2010 from Morgantown High School and is currently a junior marketing major in the College of Business and Economics at WVU. Clark is a brother of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, where he holds the positions of recruitment (2012-2013), chaplain, and university relations chairs (2012-2013). Clark has been a die-hard Mountaineer fan his entire life, attending hundreds of WVU games since he was born. He believes that the atmosphere at WVU sporting events has lost its luster over the years, especially to students. Having attended several Mountaineer road games, Clark has seen what visiting schools can offer. When elected to Athletic Council, he plans on restoring WVU's once special atmosphere at Mountaineer games by implementing the ideas he has gathered from other schools such as Penn State, Auburn, and LSU. Mountaineer Field and the Coliseum, specifically, need to offer students more than just a football and basketball game. WVU can easily accomplish this by increasing signage, improving the music through social media, and improving student giveaways. In conclusion, Clark is confident that he can increase student attendance at WVU sporting events as a whole.

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Hillary Wolford

Athletic Council

Hillary Wolford is a West Virginia native from Capon Bridge, WV. She graduated from Hampshire High School in 2010. She is currently a junior at West Virginia University and is studying Public Relations, Advertising, and Communication Studies. Here at WVU, she is a sister of the Sigma Kappa Sorority and currently holds the position of Social Chairman. She is also a former member of the WVU Collegiate 4-H Club and also the WVU Competitive Cheerleading Club in which she competed for two years. Hillary is seeking the position of Athletic Council and believes that the Women's Athletic teams do not receive the student support that they deserve. She would like to see more students attending WVU women's athletic events and more student support at all athletic events as well. When elected, Hillary plans to implement a rewards system for the student body that will give back to the students who take time out of their busy schedules to attend such sporting events. She also plans to extend the Mountain Line to take students to sporting events and add more card swiping systems at all athletic events to track the events students go to.