Victoria Pittard - President

Contact Victoria: csus-president@cs.mcgill.ca

Victoria is a U3+ Computer Science & Biology student from New York. As President, she is always happy to hear your suggestions and concerns, and is responsible for overseeing all the ways that CSUS helps the McGill computer science community. Outside of CSUS, Victoria is involved with the OSD mentorship program and McGill BioDesign. She enjoys drawing, watching bad television, and drinking far too much coffee. Please feel free to reach out at any time, or come say hi if you see her around campus!

Leanne Young - VP Academic

Contact Leanne: csus-vpacademic@cs.mcgill.ca

Leanne is a U3 Computer Science & Biology student from Toronto, Ontario. As VP Academic, she is responsible for all educational and curricular concerns in CS, and is here to help advocate for your academic rights. Her main goal is to improve your academic experience at McGill by expanding educational resources available to students, providing more opportunities in exploring research in intersecting fields, and most importantly, listening to you. If you ever have any questions or concerns about courses, professors, your CS program, or any other general questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to reach out to her.

Marco Caniglia - VP Internal

Contact Marco: csus-vpinternal@cs.mcgill.ca

Marco is a U2 student majoring in Software Engineering with an Entrepreneurship minor. Born and raised in Montreal, Marco enjoys playing ice hockey and basketball, spending time in the great outdoors, and biking around the city. As VP Internal, he organizes the semesterly clothing sale, the Industry Mentorship Program, and is constantly thinking of new ways to share his excitement with growing the Computer Science community at McGill.

 

Kailong Li - VP Communications

Contact Kailong: csus-vpcoms@cs.mcgill.ca

Kailong is a U2 student from Montreal majoring in Software Engineering. As this year’s VP of Communications, he’s in charge of sending out the weekly Listserv newsletter and managing all CSUS social media channels. In his spare time, he enjoys discovering new lo-fi playlists on Spotify to study/code to, watching lots of YouTube & Netflix, and going for the occasional hike.

Yuzhou Yan - VP Administration

Contact Yuzhou: csus-vpadmin@cs.mcgill.ca

Yuzhou is a U3 Linguistics and Computer Science student. He is from Zhengzhou, China and used to study in Singapore. As the VP Administration, he does, of course, administrative stuff, such as keeping records, minutes, and an eye on the MVP of every CSUS meeting. When he is not enjoying a fantastic time at Trottier, he is likely hiking, reading about maps, history and languages, or taking just one more turn in Civilization.

Melissa Dunn - VP Finance

Contact Melissa: csus-vpfinance@cs.mcgill.ca

Melissa is a U3+ Computer Science and Psyc student from Montreal. She will be serving as VP Finance this year where she will be responsible mainly for the CSUS budget. When she's not studying she is probably cooking, gaming, or grabbing coffee. Feel free to reach out to her with any questions or concerns you may have!

 

Alvin Chen - VP Events

Contact Alvin: csus-vpevents@cs.mcgill.ca

Alvin is a U2 student from New Jersey majoring in Computer Science. As VP events, he is looking forward to planning festivities this upcoming school year. Outside of school you can find him snatching ankles at the gym or working on becoming the greatest home cook.

Xiao Yang - VP Events

Contact Xiao: csus-vpevents@cs.mcgill.ca

Xiao is a U2 student majoring in Computer Science from Beijing. As VP events, Xiao will be working with Alvin on the planning of CSUS activities that are accessible, inclusive, and fun for the computer science community. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, going to the gym, and eating good food. If you ever have any questions or concerns, feel free to email her.

Charlie Hardy - VP Science

Contact Charlie: csus-vpscience@cs.mcgill.ca

Charlie is a U4 student majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. He is from the very small town of Epping, New Hampshire. Charlie is the CSUS VP Science whose main task is to represent the interests of Computer Science students to the General Council of SUS. While he isn't coding, you can find Charlie as the president of Soulstice a Cappella, McGill's Finest a Cappella group. If you have any questions about SUS, feel free to email him.

 

Kelly Ma - VP Arts

Contact Kelly: csus-vparts@cs.mcgill.ca

Kelly (she/her) is a U3 student from Vancouver studying Computer Science and Italian Studies. Her main role is to represent the interests of CS students at AUS Council and to foster a sense of community. Usually, you can find her cooking up a storm in the kitchen or eating/snacking. She has transferred programs 4 times and speaks 4 languages, too!

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Jessica Liu - VP External

Contact Jessica: csus-vpexternal@cs.mcgill.ca

Jessica is a U3 Computer Science student in the Faculty of Science. Born and raised in Ottawa, she loves creating digital art, trying out new spicy noodle restaurants and making sure everyone knows she’s technically almost 5’2”. As VP External, she is your link to endless opportunities with organizations on and off campus, so feel free to reach out to her if you have anything you’d like to bring up!

Justine Gehring - VP Helpdesk (Fall 2020)

Contact Justine: helpdeskcsus@gmail.com

Justine is a U3+ Computer Science Major with a minor in Psychology. She is Co-VP Helpdesk for the Fall Semester with her amazing colleagues Nikoo and Darien. She enjoys tutoring, cooking while the show Friends plays in the background, finding forgotten money in her pocket, and drinking free coffee (it just taste better like that). If you have any comments/questions regarding the Helpdesk, or if you have any podcast recommendation (always on the hunt for a new good show), you can reach out to her.

 

Nikoo Sarraf - VP Helpdesk

Contact Nikoo: helpdeskcsus@gmail.com

Nikoo is a U3 student from Clarksville, Maryland who is double majoring in Computer Science and Hispanic Studies. As VP Helpdesk, she runs the Helpdesk with her Co-VPs Justine and Darien. When she’s not tutoring or coding, you can find her listening to podcasts, cooking & watching Bones with her roommate, or singing with her a cappella group, Tonal Ecstasy. Please reach out to her if you have any questions about Helpdesk!

Darien Hong - VP Helpdesk

Contact Darien: helpdeskcsus@gmail.com

Darien is a U2 Computer Science student from Toronto who will act as the VP Helpdesk with Nikoo and Justine. She is super excited to help grow this initiative and be part of an amazing team. When she’s not tutoring or coding, you can find her cooking up a storm in the kitchen or taking nice long walks around the city. Please feel free to reach out and message her with any questions regarding the Helpdesk, school, life, advice (literally, anything!) - she’d love to chat, so don’t be a stranger!

Anahita Mohapatra - Equity Commissioner

Contact Anahita: csus-equity@cs.mcgill.ca

Anahita Mohapatra is a fourth-year Computer Science Major with Minors in Gender, Sexuality, Feminist and Social Justice Studies, and Interdisciplinary Life Sciences. As Equity Commissioner, she ensures that students have equal access to resources, information, and opportunities within CSUS. In her free time, she enjoys rewatching the same 5 SNL skits repeatedly, spiraling into Wikipedia vortexes, and talking about Christopher Nolan movies while none of her friends pay attention. If you have any suggestions on how to make CSUS more accessible or if you have any ideas for Equity Tech Talks, feel free to reach out to her.

 

Ishika Obeegadoo - Mental Health Commissioner

Contact Ishika: csus-mentalhealth@cs.mcgill.ca

Ishika is a U2 Cognitive Science student in the CS stream. As Mental Health Commissioner, she strives to organize events and initiatives to support your mental health. Feel free to reach out with any ideas for fun activities you would like to see happen! If you’re ever feeling overwhelmed or just want to speak with someone who understands the struggles of being in CS you’re welcome to shoot her an email or say hi on campus! When not in class or at the library, she will most likely be binging a new show on Netflix, writing, or looking for new music (always open to music recommendations).

Saida Jaime - CS/Physics Representative

Contact Saida: csus-csphysrep@cs.mcgill.ca

Saida is a U3 Physics and Computer Science student. As Computer Science/Physics representative, they plan to organize events for people in the major as well as help people if they have questions about it. In their free time, they enjoy reading, watching YouTube videos, or just hanging out with friends. If you have any questions about the major, you can reach out to them.

Justin Hong- CS/Biology Representative

Contact Justin: csus-csbiorep@cs.mcgill.ca

Justin is a U3 student majoring in Computer Science and Biology. He is from Oakville and serves as the CS/Bio representative. He ensures that CS/Bio students have equal access to CSUS services and events cater to CS/Bio students as well. He plans to collaborate with other groups to organize CS/bio related events and make them known to the community. If there are ideas or want advice on courses, the program, or related topics, feel free to reach out! In his spare time, he pretends to know how to tinker watches and play piano and drums.

 

Doris Tian - Software Engineer Representative

Contact Doris: csus-serep@cs.mcgill.ca

Doris is a U1 Software Engineering and History student. As a West Coast Vancouverite, she hates the rain but otherwise loves the great outdoors. Her other passion is food: she spends most of her free time hunting down new eats in Montreal or agonizing over what to cook for dinner. As the Software Engineering Rep, she organizes events and creates program guides for software engineering students in both Arts and Science. She's also part of McWiCS! Don't hesitate to reach out with questions about CS vs SE, opportunities for women in CS, or debates over which spice is most superior.

Victor Wang - U1 Representative

Contact Victor: victor.wang2@mail.mcgill.ca

Victor is a U1 Computer Science and English student in the Faculty of Arts, and he is thrilled to be the U1 representative this year! In his free time, Victor loves to do graphic design, sing with his A Cappella group and second family, Effusion A Cappella, and he always appreciates a solid slice-of-life anime rec. If you ever have any questions or simply want to chat, please do not hesitate to reach out to him on Discord or Insta (victorxwang)!