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Officers

GPSA's four officers, or Executive Board, are Pitt graduate students that are elected to one-year terms by their peers.The Executive Board and Provost office appoint an Administrative Assistant that is also a graduate student.

GPSA's 2009-10 Executive Board:

President Daniel Jimenez

Daniel Jimenez,

Daniel is a 5th year predoctoral fellow in the Center for Neuroscience (CNUP). He is currently concluding his dissertation research investigating how neural stem cells integrate into the adult brain. Following his time at Pitt he plans to pursue a career intersecting academic health science research and national science policy.

Daniel is available to meet with students from 10-12 on Mondays in the GPSA office and at other times by appointment.

Vice President of Committees Marguerite Matthews

Marguerite Matthews,

Marguerite is a 3rd year Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the School of Arts & Sciences. Her research focus is studying the role of dopamine in adolescence using animal models. She is involved in Pitt's A&S GSO and the Pan-African GPSU. As GPSA Vice President of Committees, Marguerite is committed to ensuring that each university-wide committee receives appropriate graduate/professional student representation and that graduate/professional students are aware of the opportunities to serve on these committees.

PJ Dillon,

PJ is a fifth year Computer Science Ph. D. student in the School of Arts & Sciences. When he's not fulfilling his VP of Communications dutes, PJ studies mobile communication is constrained networking environments. You can catch him at any of the number of GPSA events throughout the year, through email, or on Facebook.

Vice President of Finance Chan Braithwaite

Chan Braithwaite,

Chan is a JD/MBA dual degree student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Katz Graduate School of Business studying international business. He enjoys golf, basketball, volleyball and traveling. As this year's VP of Finance Chan is leading an ad hoc committee of students over the summer to analyze and improve upon the travel grant program.

Please contact Chan by email if you have any questions or comments. He is also available to meet in person by appointment.

David Givens,

Assembly Board

Graduate School Representatives

GPSA recognizes student governments from each of the schools at Pitt. These organizations receive half of the graduate student activity fee paid by their students and are represented on the GPSA Assembly Board. Please follow the individual links for more information on specific graduate student governments.

Arts & Sciences Alexandra Oliver
Kristopher Geda
Mary Hostenske
Biomedical Kim Payne
Business - Full Time Clayton Youngs
Business - Part Time Jean Zamzow
Dental Medicine Kim Masuga 
Education Lou Sabina
Engineering Dan McAdams
GSPIA Brian Bauer
Health & Rehab Sciences Lindsay Lee
Information Sciences Michael Stephan
Law Michelle Turbanic
Medicine Clayton Lewis
Nursing Kafuli Agbemenu
Pharmacy - PharmD Jennifer Bacci
Pharmacy - PhD Mark Donnelly
Public Health Theresa Fanelli
Social Work Diana Peterson

Assembly Board Groups

Assembly Board Groups are recognized student organizations who are funded annually by GPSA through the graduate student activity fee. They provide representation for their students on the GPSA Assembly Board. They provide programming open to students from across Pitt. And they provide services for their students such as transportation from the airport and help finding housing for international students as they arive in the United States. Please follow the individual links for more information on recognized graduate student organizations.

ANKUR Manik Barman
CSSA Junming Huang
GOSECA Joshua MacCarty
Pan-African GPSU Nahom Beyene
Persian Panthers Amirreza Masoumzadeh
TASA Mehmet Ali Soytas
Dec 3, 2009, 6:00pm—8:00pm
University Club, 2nd Floor Ballroom, 123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 12, 2009, 9:00am—1:00pm
Food Bank Repacking Center at theDuquesne Warehouse, 1 N Linden St,Duquesne, PA
Dec 12, 2009, 7:00pm—10:00pm
Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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