Mission
On behalf of the Student Body, Illinois Student Council advocates for the betterment of our campus community with integrity, transparency, and Illini Pride.
Why ISC?
Advocacy | Leadership | Networking | Personal & Professional Development
Members, Advisors & Support Staff
Illinois Student Council members are elected or appointed into their respective roles. Each branch consists of a unique structure. Looking to contact a member of ISC? View the listing below.
Executive Branch
Administrative Officers
Executive Branch Organizational Chart
Office Hours will be held in the ISC Suite located in the Illini Union, Suite 280 (second floor, south tower). Enter through the Quad side.
| Officer | Leader & Pronouns | Email (@illinois.edu) | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Rudy Lafave He/Him/His |
ISC-President | TBA |
| Vice President & UC-Senate Representative | Hunter Farnham He/Him/His |
ISC-VicePresident | TBA |
| Chief of Staff | Abby McGuire She/Her/Hers |
ISC-ChiefofStaff | TBA |
| Treasurer | Addey Connor She/Her/Hers |
ISC-Treasurer | TBA |
| Director of Administration | Akshaya Venkatesh She/Her/Hers |
ISC-AdministrationDirector | TBA |
| Director of Communications & Marketing | Aditi Sharma She/Her/Hers |
ISC-CommunicationsMarketingDirector | TBA |
| Director of Community & Governmental Relations | Aidan Joyce He/Him/His |
ISC-CommGovRelationsDirector | TBA |
| Director of Engagement |
Carter Evans |
ISC-EngagementDirector | TBA |
Coordinators & Liaisons
| Coordinator/Liaison | Leader & Pronouns | Email (@illinois.edu) |
|---|---|---|
| Academics Coordinator | Alan Cervantes He/Him/His |
ISC-AcademicsCoordinator |
| Alumni Relations Coordinator | Lauren Ravury She/Her/Hers |
ISC-AlumniRelationsCoordinator |
| Campus Safety Coordinator | Mia Rode She/Her/Hers |
ISC-CampusSafetyCoordinator |
| Champaign City Liaison | Theordore Kenma He/Him/His |
ISC-ChampaignCityCouncil |
| Champaign County Liaison | Manasi Tanikella She/Her/Hers |
ISC-ChampaignCountyBoard |
| Civic Engagement Coordinator | Keya Soni She/Her/Hers |
ISC-CivicEngagementCoordinator |
| Communications Coordinator | Juliana Paruolo She/Her/Hers |
ISC-CommunicationsCoordinator |
| Design Coordinator | Mike Staff He/Him/His |
ISC-DesignCoordinator |
| Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Coordinator | Rey Camas He/Him/His |
ISC-DEICoordinator |
| Environmental Sustainability Coordinator | Averhy Sanborn She/Her/Hers |
ISC-EnvironmentalSustainabilityCoordinator |
| Health & Wellbeing Coordinator | Nayanika Madhav She/Her/Hers |
ISC-HealthWellbeingCoordinator |
| ISC Leadership Initiative (ILI) Coordinator | Maleeha Zafar |
ISC-ILICoordinator |
| Marketing Coordinator | Nathan Gonzalez He/Him/His |
ISC-MarketingCoordinator |
| Programs Coordinator | Hetvi Patel She/Her/Hers |
ISC-ProgramsCoordinator |
| State & Federal Government Liaison | Michael Gergeni He/Him/His |
ISC-StateFederalRelationsCoordinator |
| Urbana City Liaison | Kenny Dolin |
ISC-UrbanaCityCouncil |
Legislative Branch
Legislative Officers
Legislative Branch Organizational Chart
Office Hours will be held in the ISC Suite located in the Illini Union, Suite 280 (second floor, south tower). Enter through the Quad side.
| Officers | Leader & Pronouns | Email (@illinois.edu) | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker & UC-Senate Representative | Sean Murphy He/Him/His |
ISC-Speaker | TBA |
| Deputy Speaker | Alex Belanger He/Him/His |
ISC-DeputySpeaker | TBA |
| Secretary | Abeeha Fajar She/Her/Hers |
ISC-Secretary | TBA |
| Parliamentarian | Isha Subramanian She/Her/Hers |
ISC-Parliamentarian | TBA |
| Chairperson Committee on Academic Affairs |
Talique Taylor He/Him/His |
ISC-AcademicAffairsCommittee | TBA |
| Chairperson Committee on Community & Governmental Relations |
Anjali Kumar She/Her/Hers |
ISC-CommGovRelationsCommittee | TBA |
| Chairperson Committee on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
Ethan Lopez He/Him/His |
ISC-DiversityEquityInclusionCommittee | TBA |
| Chairperson Committee on Environmental Sustainability |
Viktoriya Dragnevska She/Her/Hers |
ISC-EnvironmentalSustainabilityCommittee | TBA |
| Chairperson Committee on Operations |
Alex Belanger He/Him/His |
ISC-DeputySpeaker | TBA |
| Chairperson Committee on Student Experience |
Carter Cohen He/Him/His |
ISC-StudentExperienceCommittee | TBA |
Student Representatives by College & School
| Seat | Representative & Pronouns | Email (@illinois.edu) | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carle Illinois College of Medicine | Vacant |
TBA | |
| College of ACES | Viktoriya Dragnevska She/Her/Hers |
vvd3 | Environmental Sustainability |
| College of ACES | Melony Esquivel She/Her/Hers |
mesqu4 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
| College of ACES | Audrey Frost She/Her/Hers |
aefrost2 | Community & Governmental Relations |
| College of Applied Health Sciences | Carter Blount He/Him/His |
jblount3 | Academic Affairs |
| College of Applied Health Sciences | Philip DeBlasio He/Him/His |
pfd2 | Student Experience |
| College of Education |
Kaylah Washington |
kaylahw2 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
| College of Fine & Applied Arts | Ezra Landman-Feigelson He/Him/His |
eland8 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
| College of Fine & Applied Arts | Jack Vonderheide He/Him/His |
jackv5 | Operations |
| College of Law | Vacant |
TBD | |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Alex Belanger He/Him/His |
alexb8 | Operations |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Charlie Carr He/Him/His |
cmcarr4 | Community & Governmental Relations |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Carter Cohen He/Him/His |
crcohen2 | Student Experience |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Vincent Feldman He/Him/His |
vpf3 | Community & Governmental Relations |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Michelle Gornicki She/Her/Hers |
mgorn2 | Student Experience |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Anjali Kumar She/Her/Hers |
aakumar5 | Community & Governmental Relations |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Ethan Lopez He/Him/His |
elope47 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Anika Manelkar She/Her/Hers |
anikasm2 | Academic Affairs |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Mason Mendoza He/Him/His |
mmend33 | Community & Governmental Relations |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Tamana Ramkumar She/Her/Hers |
tamanar2 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Chittesh Saravanan He/Him/His |
cs134 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Talique Taylor He/Him/His |
talique2 | Academic Affairs |
| College of Media | Vacant |
TBD | |
| College of Veterinary Medicine | Vacant |
TBD | |
| Division of General Studies | Aeleen Barriga She/Her/Hers |
aeleenb2 | Student Experience |
| Division of General Studies | Patrick Holt He/Him/His |
pholt3 | Academic Affairs |
| Gies College of Business | Justin Dyser He/Him/His |
jdyser2 | Academic Affairs |
| Gies College of Business | Daniel Faibishenko |
dzf2 | Academic Affairs |
| Gies College of Business | Farwah Husain She/Her/Hers |
fhusa3 | Operations |
| Graduate College | Will Gorski He/Him/His |
wgors2 | Community & Governmental Relations |
| Graduate College | Nehal Jain She/Her/Hers |
nehalj2 | Environmental Sustainability |
| Graduate College | Sam Mohamed He/Him/His |
wesammm2 | Environmental Sustainability |
| Graduate College | Vacant |
TBD | |
| Graduate College | Vacant |
TBD | |
| Grainger College of Engineering | Bella Brizz She/Her/Hers |
bellab2 | Operations |
| Grainger College of Engineering | Noah Brody He/Him/His |
nabrody2 | Environmental Sustainability |
| Grainger College of Engineering | Gavi Campbell He/Him/His |
gcampb7 | Student Experience |
| Grainger College of Engineering | Rohan Kumar He/Him/His |
rskumar2 | Operations |
| Grainger College of Engineering | Kalil Kureishy He/Him/His |
kalilik2 | Operations |
| Grainger College of Engineering | Zainab Memon She/Her/Hers |
mzainab2 | Environmental Sustainability |
| Grainger College of Engineering | Lucas Sanson He/Him/His |
lsanson2 | Student Experience |
| Grainger College of Engineering | Joshua Vavra |
vavra3 | Environmental Sustainability |
| School of Information Sciences | Vacant |
TBD | |
| School of Social Work | Vacant |
TBD |
At-Large Committee Members
| Committee | Member & Pronoun | Email (@illinois.edu) |
|---|---|---|
| Committee on Academic Affairs | Valentina Kleckner |
jmk14 |
| Committee on Academic Affairs | Vacant |
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| Committee on Community & Governmental Relations | Imaan Zaheer She/Her/Hers |
izaheer2 |
| Committee on Community & Governmental Relations | Vacant |
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| Committee on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Silas Bradley She/Her/Hers |
kylahkb2 |
| Committee on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
Vacant |
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| Committee on Environmental Sustainability | Achint Saberwal She/Her/Hers |
asabe3 |
| Committee on Environmental Sustainability | Vacant |
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| Committee on Operations | Tom Drabik He/Him/His |
tdrabik2 |
| Committee on Operations | Drew Arnopolin |
drewa2 |
| Committee on Student Experience | Carter Wood |
cbwood3 |
| Committee on Student Experience | Maya Shadid She/Her/Hers |
mshadid2 |
Advisement & Support Team
Organization Advisors & Support Team
| Advisement | Advisor | Email (@illinois.edu) |
|---|---|---|
| Student Body President & Vice President | Alejandro (Alex) Suñé, M.S. Senior Associate Director, Student Engagement He/Him/His |
ISC-Advisor |
| Executive Administrative Officers Legislative Officers Student Representatives Committee, Academic Affairs Committee, Operations Committee, Student Experience |
Rachel Plencner |
ISC-Advisor |
| Committee, Community & Governmental Relations | Kathy Sullivan Assistant Director of Advocacy, External Relations & Communications She/Her/Hers |
sulliva |
| Committee, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | TBA | |
| Committee, Environmental Sustainability | TBA |
Administrative Support
| Name | Email (@illinois.edu) |
|---|---|
| Kimberly Morenz Office Manager She/Her/Hers |
ISC-Admin |