Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is a group of elected individuals responsible for maintaining the direction of the Commerce Undergraduate Society. Formed in 2009, the Board fosters a long-term strategy and maintain this strategy and the general mission of the CUS. It currently comprises eight year representatives, a representative for the UBC Senate and two representatives to the Alma Mater Society, as well as the President and Ombudsperson, both of which also sit on the Executive Council and the former of which is the CUS’s third AMS representative. One member also doubles as the Chairperson. The Board also approves the annual CUS budget and budgetary amendments while continually evaluating all CUS activities. There are many committees within the Board responsible for maintaining and streamlining larger topics such as budgeting and policy development, all of which include members-at-large and Executives. The Vice-Presidents of the Executive Council are selected and appointed by the Board to carry out day-to-day operations of the CUS.
Board meetings occur once a month; please contact the Administrative Director at angela.li@cus.ca for more details. All members of the CUS are welcome to attend. Please see “Meetings and Minutes” for agenda information.
2017-2018
Daphne Tse
President
Michael Pratt
Commerce Student Senator and Chairperson of Board of Directors
Maddie Zapach
Ombudsperson
Simran Cheema and Julien Hart
AMS Representatives
Mattew Chiu and AJ Jha
Fourth-Year Representatives
Jacob Kim and Victor Yap
Third-Year Representatives
Angela Dai and Erwin Hsiung
Second-Year Representatives
Caryssa Kim and Sanjay Khemani
First-Year Representatives
2016-2017
Jennifer Zhen
President
Daphne Tse
Commerce Student Senator and Chairperson of Board of Directors
Taryn Jessop
Ombudsperson
Ryan Kamimura & Namdar Shafiei
AMS Representatives
Allistair Tan & Kevin Han
Fourth-Year Representatives
Matthew Chiu & Sapnil Mohanty
Third-Year Representatives
Hilton Nguyen & Evan Zhou
Second-Year Representatives
Ethan Tam & Suraj Varma
First-Year Representatives
2015-2016
Vanessa Lau
President
Tyler Tanaka
Commerce Student Senator
Juvan Huoang
Ombudsperson
Katherine Pan & Lisa Mah
AMS Representatives
Ben Gardiner & Justin Chan
Fourth-Year Representatives
Debbie Pai
Third-Year Representatives
Michael Worthington
Third-Year Representatives
Daphne Tse
Second-Year Representatives and Chairperson of Board of Directors
Ryan Crasta
Second-Year Representatives
Allison Cheng & Rita Kim
First-Year Representatives
2014-2015
Niloufar Keshmiri
President
Cole Leonoff
Commerce Student Senator and Chair
Grace Kim
Ombudsperson
Lauren Telford & Vadim Chernenko
AMS Representatives
Harpal Kandola & Julian Ertelt
Fourth-Year Representatives
Casey Chen & Murat Suyumbayev
Third-Year Representatives
Alex Lee & Christopher Heathcote-Rey
Second-Year Representatives
Rachel Chan & James Lau
First-Year Representatives
2013-2014
Sean Fleming
President
Cole Leonoff
Commerce Student Senator and Chair
Tom Tang
Ombudsperson
John Lee & Lauren Telford
AMS Representatives
Graeme Nixon & William Pigott
Fourth-Year Representatives
Tony Han & Maria Fung
Third-Year Representatives
Ben Gardiner & Mark Sha
Second-Year Representatives
Vadim Chernenko & Christopher Heathcote-Rey
First-Year Representatives
2012-2013
Jack Leung
President
Rameez Al Aghbar
Chairperson
Enzo Woo
Senator
Jasmine Jan
Ombudsperson
Michelle Ho
AMS Representative
Sara Hladun & Rameez Al Aghbar
Fourth-Year Representatives
Alexandra Lam & Sifat Hasan
Third-Year Representatives
Quinn Blunderfield & Joanna Zhu
Second-Year Representatives
Mark Sha & John Lee
First-Year Representatives
2011-2012
Johannes Rebane
President
Graham Russell
Speaker
Jack Leung
Senator
Aldora Chong
Ombudsperson
Tim Tong
AMS Representative
Klazina van den Berg & Anna Kouzovleva
Fourth-Year Representatives
Lilian Hsieh & Mandy Cheung
Third-Year Representatives
Enzo Woo & David Huynh
Second-Year Representatives
Armin Rezaiean-Asel & Emmett Lee
First-Year Representatives
2010-2011
Connor McGauley
President
Pia Ghosh
Speaker
Chad Embree
Senator
Jesse Xin
Ombudsperson
Dylan Callow
AMS Representative
Tom Dvorak & Lucas Lemanowicz & Michelle Wang
Fourth-Year Representatives
Pia Ghosh & Prina Packchigar & Michael Moll
Third-Year Representatives
Tim Tong & Moses Gatonye & Daria Panteleeva
Second-Year Representatives
Veronica Cho & Nikolay Mal’tsev & Jordan Huang
First-Year Representatives
Paulina Aksenova & Niki Babic
Executive Council Representatives
Negar Amiri & Lisa Andrews & Laura Brand
Service Council Representatives
2009-2010
Laura Silvester
President
Thato Makogolane
Speaker
Ben Cappellacci
Senator
Kelly McRae
Ombudsperson
Ekaterina Dovjenko
AMS Representative
Chad Embree & Kira Pirani & Azim Wazeer
Fourth-Year Representatives
Thato Makgolane & Paul Davidescu & Robert Li
Third-Year Representatives
Pia Ghosh & Stas Pavlov & Vincent Tse
Second-Year Representatives
Griffon Hamilton & Daniel Kong & Khalil Kassam
First-Year Representatives
Uvini Lokuge & Kristin Shearer
Executive Council Representatives
Dylan Callow & Alina Mustafina & Melissa Mills
Service Council Representatives
Tina Peng
Clubs Council Representative