2025-2026 Council

Get to know more about your ESS council members

About the Team

The Engineering Students’ Society Council is a group of student volunteers dedicated to the improvement of your time at the Schulich School of Engineering. We are a diverse group of students just like you, doing our best to be leaders for the engineering community here at the UofC. Our Board of Directors consists of the ESS President, 8 portfolio executives, 9 departmental representatives elected by you, and 10 first year representatives. Alongside our commissioners, we advocate on behalf of engineering students to the school, host social and professional events, and provide an array of services aimed at making your time at Schulich enjoyable!

We can’t wait to see you around!

-The ESS Council

Executive Team

2025-2026

Ella Johnson

President

Year & Major: 5th year Mechanical Engineering and Business

I get way too excited about… ESS lore and engineering-themed patches

Most spontaneous thing I’ve done… is studied abroad

A life goal of mine is… to own a Steinway & Sons piano

Daniel Yang

VP Academic

Year & Major: 2nd year Civil

Change my mind about… a good matcha is slightly better than a good coffee. But a mid coffee is »»» a mid matcha

A life goal of mine… is to go camping in iceland

My cry in the car song… is ivy, frank ocean

Cathy Xie

VP Communications

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Mechanical

I get way too excited about… airplanes

A life goal of mine is to… see weezer irl

My cry-in-the-car song is… only in dreams by weezer

Gavin Wade

VP Corporate Relations

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Mechanical with MEED minor

I get way too excited about… My car and I will talk about it for hours

Change my mind about… Max Verstappen being the best F1 driver ever (you can’t)

Most spontaneous thing I’ve done… Getting my pilot’s license throughout the summer because I wasn’t doing much else

Mishal Chaudhry

VP External

Year & Major: 3rd Year in Mechanical Engineering

I get way too excited about… Revenge of the Sith

Change my mind about… Oscar Piastri being the best F1 driver (you can’t)

My cry-in-the-car song is… Test Drive from How To Train Your Dragon #iykyk

Zach Grappolini

VP Finance

Year & Major: 2nd Year Mechanical Engineering

I get way too excited about… snow and winter

Change my mind about… winter being the best season

This year I really want… it to snow more

Luke Zenha

VP Internal

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Electrical

I get way to excited about… music

A typical Sunday consists of… sleeping until 3pm, doom scrolling, and getting a ton of ice cream

This year I really want to… go tobogganing again (It’s been wayyyy too long)

Karna Kokame

VP Operations

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Chemical

Most spontaneous thing I’ve done… is go to Toronto on a day’s notice by myself.

My cry-in-the-car song is… “Feels” by Tory Lanez ft. Chris Brown

A life goal of mine… is to go bungee jumping.

Kirill Yereferenko

VP Student Life

Year & Major: 3rd Year - Mechanical

The one thing you should know about me is… that I love bending moment diagrams.

I get way too excited about… bending moment diagrams.

Change my mind about… how awesome bending moment diagrams are.

Commissioner Team

2025-2026

Saachi Sharma

Administration Commissioner

Year & Major: 3rd Year - Sustainable Systems

This year, I really want to… Run a 10k

Most spontaneous thing I’ve done… Is go cliff diving

My cry-in-the-car song is… Again by Fetty Wap

Muhammad Kazi

Career Fair Director

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Electrical

I get way too excited about… Lebron James

A life goal of mine is to… Eat a massive bowl of Pho

Change my mind about… Lebron being the GOAT

Savaarna Mitra

Community Relations Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Electrical

The one thing you should know about me is… I will always be down to go grab food

I get way too excited about… photobooths

This year, I really want to… go on hikes

Erin Kim

Competitions Commissioner

Year & Major: 3rd Year Software Engineering

I get way too excited about… Gaming, specifically Baldur’s Gate 3 and Expedition 33

This year I really want to… Go to an aquarium!

My cry-in-the-car song is… “Miss You” by KIM BUMSOO

Jal Patel

Competitions Commissioner

Year & Major: 2rd Year Mechanical Engineering

I get way too excited about… free food

A life goal of mine… is to climb mount everest

Change my mind about… pineapple on pizza

Noor Ali

Design Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Software

Change my mind about… Red Dead Redemption 2 being the greatest video game of all time

This year, I really want to… learn how to play volleyball

A life goal of mine is to… find a way for my cat to live longer than me

Fatima Zafar

Diversity Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Electrical

I get way too excited about… new movies and music releases

This year, I really want to… do more outside of my comfort zone

My cry-in-the-car song is… i was all over her by Salvia Palth

Kate Schuster

Engineering Dinner Co-Director

Year & Major: 2nd year Biomedical Engineering

Change my mind about… waffles » pancakes

I get way too excited about… new Taylor Swift albums

A life goal of mine… is to live in a different country

Rachel Ojo

Engineering Dinner Co-Director

Year & Major: 2nd year Chemical Engineering

The one thing you should know about me is… I love chocolate

I get way too excited about… High School Musical

Change my mind about… Mint shouldn’t be in chocolate

Lukus van Vlaanderen

Finance Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Electrical

A life goal of mine… Own a company that does something (irrelevant) but also has a speakeasy/cafe beneath it. No, I don’t want to just run a speakeasy/cafe, that’s not the point.

I get way too excited about… dancing at Ranchmens

Unusual skills… I can perfectly cook pork every single time.

Lukus van Vlaanderen

Finance Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Electrical

A life goal of mine… Own a company that does something (irrelevant) but also has a speakeasy/cafe beneath it. No, I don’t want to just run a speakeasy/cafe, that’s not the point.

I get way too excited about… dancing at Ranchmens

Unusual skills… I can perfectly cook pork every single time.

Jade Cosmilla

Graduation Director

Year & Major: 2nd year Business + Political Science

A typical Sunday consists of… waking up, mourning for Monday, eating dinner, doom scrolling and finally sleeping

I get way too excited about… opening blind boxes

Unusual Skills… I can sleep anywhere for hours on end, and I can always find the best watermelon at the grocery store guaranteed

Kambi Obodo

Professional Development Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd year Geomatics Engineering + Software minor

The one thing you should know about me is… I love musicals

I get way too excited about… Goodhost Iced Tea

A life goal of mine is… to be financially free

Manal Chaudhry

Publications Commissioner

Year & Major: 3rd Year - Mechanical

The one thing you should know about me is… I’m a hobby collector who needs to do something new every month.

This year, I really want to… touch grass more.

Change my mind about… chocolate mousse being the best dessert ever.

Cameron Bews (the one on the right)

Social Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Mechanical

I get way too excited about… Ranch Dressing

Change my mind about… Wish you were here being the best album of all time

The shower thought I had recently was… Someone out there has probably dreamt about you doing something completely random.

Kristen Powell

Social Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd Year - Electrical

This year, I really want to… make new friends in my major

A life goal of mine is… to be super rich

I get way too excited about… the hunger games movies

Nicole Volochtchik

Social Commissioner

Year & Major: 3rd Year - Mechanical

I get way too excited about… Tron 3 & Silksong coming out

This year I really want to… lock in onto the academic grind

Change my mind about… fries and ice cream being a mediocre combo

Elyse Wookey

Sponsorship Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd Year Chemical + Business

I get way too excited about… Spikeball

This year, I really want to… meet more people!

A life goal of mine… Backpack through Europe

Rabi Khan

Technology Commissioner

Year & Major: 2nd Year Software & Aerospace Engineering

My cry-in-the-car song is… Seigfried by Frank Ocean.

My life goal is to… make enough money to never work again and just work on fun projects at home.

This year I really want to… hit Challenger on League of Legends.

Abia Jahangir

Website Commissioner

Year & Major: 3rd Year - Software

The one thing you should know about me is… that I love to talk

Change my mind about… Frank Ocean being the best artist of our generation

A shower thought I recently had is that… congress should vote anonymously

First Year Representatives

2025-2026

Isabelle Dussault

One thing I get way too excited about is pretty views (all that’s in my camera other than slides)

One thing you should know about me is that I have the knees of an old man

This year I hope to do something that I’ll look back and be proud of!

Phillip Nguyen

The one thing you should know about me is that I am horribly addicted to Roblox and doomscrolling in any free time

Typical Sunday, playing Roblox

A life goal of mine is to eat a super rare fish, like a fish that was just discovered.

Phuc/Bernard Le

The one thing that you should know about me is that I love doomscrolling on Instagram Reels.

A life goal of mine is to be rich enough to never work again.

This year, I really want to grow taller.

John Paz

The one thing you should know about me is that I HATE being non-chalant. I get way too excited about cheese (even tho i’m lactose), I will see cheese and want it, I will crave cheese, I will dream about cheese. I am made of Cheese. My cry-in-the-car song is literally ANY Daniel Caesar song!!!

Sara Cosman

This year, I really want to make new friends :)

I get way too excited about Redbull. My favourite thing about Calgary is that there’s way more flavours of Redbull. It’s my comfort food. It’s the only thing you can bribe me with and the only thing that keeps me awake past 5pm.

Unusual skill: I can play the trumpet and the flugelhorn photo

Eileen Cai

The one thing you should know about me is I have an unhealthy addiction to video games

I get way too excited about rediscovering songs that I used to spam on repeat

The most spontaneous thing I’ve done pierce my ears in my bedroom with a needle from Amazon

Elle Djogović

I get way too excited about THE DENVER NUGGETS AKA THE FUTURE 2026 LARRY O’BRIEN TROPHY-HOISTERS AND NIKOLA JOKIĆ FUTURE 2026 4X MVP

This year, I really want to make my little brother come visit and attend some classes with me

A life goal of mine is to have a green cabinet and oak wood with white trim kitchen

Antonio Alapizco-Bonardel

I get way too excited about musicals and discussing why mamma mia is the best one

Change my mind about old rock being better than new rock (Spoilers: you wont)

A life goal of mine is to create a small army of puppies…

Shanaya Kailey

The one thing you should know about me is that I have a crazy sweet tooth and I will follow you anywhere if you offer me snacks or dessert!

I get way too excited about the weekend after a full week of classes

This year, I really want to find the best restaurants and cafes near the University!

Allison Hunchak

I get way too excited about carpool karaoke

My cry-in-the-car song is The View Between Villages by Noah Kahan

A life goal of mine is to spend a year travelling!