Meet the Team

Learn more about our officers and advisors!

Minor(s)

Business Administration

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 351

Favorite Hobbies:

Dancing, traveling, baking, eating ✈️😋

Vaishnavi Vidyasagar

Chair

  • She/Her/Hers
  • Senior
  • Computer Science

Minor(s)

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 421

Favorite Hobbies:

Lifting weights 🏋️‍♂️, listening to new music 🎶, handing out w/ friends 😊

Ali Jaffery

Vice Chair

  • He/Him/His
  • Junior
  • Computer Science

Minor(s)

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 351

Favorite Hobbies:

reading, taking walks, spotify, exploring cool places 😎

Antonia Kwan

Education Director

  • She/Her/Hers
  • Sophomore
  • Computer Science

Minor(s)

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 311

Favorite Hobbies:

Climbing, Gaming, and Baking

Daniel Ballesteros

Education Director

  • He/Him/His
  • Sophomore
  • Computer Science

Minor(s)

Business Administration

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE332

Favorite Hobbies:

Snowboarding, Gaming

Emma Lee

Graphics Director

  • She/Her/Hers
  • Senior
  • Computer Science

Minor(s)

Business Administration

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 311

Favorite Hobbies:

snowboarding, baking, and badminton!

Sophia Zhang

Public Relations Director

  • Him
  • Sophomore
  • Computer Science

Minor(s)

Entrepreneurship

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 311

Favorite Hobbies:

Travelling, Baking, Dance, Listening to Music

Ananya Tripathi

External Relations Director

  • She/Her/Hers
  • Sophomore
  • Computer Engineering

Minor(s)

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 331

Favorite Hobbies

Watching movies

Hugh Gramelspacher

Snack Overflow Director

  • He/Him/His
  • Senior
  • Computer Science & History

Minor(s)

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 452

Favorite Hobbies:

Cooking, Basketball

Justin Huang

Social Events Coordinator

  • He/Him/His
  • Sophomore
  • Computer Science

Minor(s)

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 311

Favorite Hobbies:

Tennis 🎾

Sean Benoit

Social Events Coordinator

  • He/Him/His
  • Sophomore
  • Computer Science

Minor(s)

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 351

Favorite hobbies:

hiking, collecting artsy postcards, reading articles

Lucy He

Treasurer

  • She/Her/Hers
  • Sophomore
  • Computer Science

Minor(s)

Business Administration

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 332

Favorite Hobbies:

Watching the Seahawks, Listening to music

Aarav Talati

Media Director

  • He/Him/His
  • Sophomore
  • Computer Science

Minor(s):

Business

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 457

Favorite Hobbies:

Art

Brian Yu

Associate Officer

  • he/him
  • June 2026
  • Computer Science

Minor(s):

Entrepreneurship

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 123

Favorite Hobbies:

dancing, listening to music, and trying new restaurants 😁

Aditi Dewangan

Associate Officer

  • she/her
  • June 2029
  • Computer Science

Minor(s):

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 123

Favorite Hobbies:

late night drives, listening to music

Menaka Aron

Associate Officer

  • she/her
  • June 2028
  • Computer Science

Minor(s):

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 311

Favorite Hobbies:

Soccer, Biking, Cooking

Shiven Friedeman

Associate Officer

  • he/him
  • June 2028
  • Computer Science

Minor(s):

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 123 🎉

Favorite Hobbies:

Pickleball / Painting / Baking

Falisha Amir

Associate Officer

  • she/her
  • June 2029
  • Computer Science

Minor(s):

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 143

Favorite Hobbies:

Watching Netflix, gaming, fishing

Shaurya Pathania

Associate Officer

  • he/him
  • June 2029
  • Computer Science

Minor(s):

Business

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 311 😈

Favorite Hobbies:

Volleyball/soccer, playing the ukelele and designing clothes!

Xander Terry

Associate Officer

  • he/him
  • June 2028
  • Computer Science

Minor(s):

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 143

Favorite Hobbies:

Soccer, Graphic Design, Cooking

Dhruv Avadhanam

Associate Officer

  • he/him
  • June 2029
  • Computer Science

Minor(s):

N/A

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 311

Favorite Hobbies:

Running, biking, guitar, thrifting, cafe hopping

Anya Li

Associate Officer

  • she/her
  • June 2028
  • Computer Science

My position outside of COM2:

I am an assistant teaching professor in the Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, focusing on courses on databases and data science.

My favorite UW CSE class:

Databases! (CSE 344/414, CSE 444)

Favorite Hobbies:

music, golf, rock climbing

Ryan Maas

Staff Advisor

  • He/Him/His
  • Assistant Teaching Professor

Minor(s):

Business Administration

My favorite UW CSE class:

CSE 452

Favorite Hobbies:

Reading and cafe hopping ☕️

Mahima Uliyar

Student Advisor

  • she/her/hers
  • Senior
  • Computer Science