Allies In Action elects new executive board
Allies in Action, a group who focuses on raising awareness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and questioning community, held elections Tuesday night.
Twelve people attended the meeting, a number current president and senior Monica Wolff said was twice the size of the usual turnout.
Six officer positions were open for elections, and within each, the candidate or candidates ran unopposed.
Next semester’s co-presidents will be sophomores Jeff Cook and Ben Vigil. Junior Trevor Maness was elected as vice president and treasurer will be junior John Ruppert.
Junior Nimali Siriwardana will take over as secretary. Juniors Bill Weismiller and Amanda Heisey will lead the social chair position.
The public relations position went to sophomore Jasmine Cross. Freshman Alfred Cox was elected as the group’s webmaster. Junior Michelle Hagopian will be the member-at-large, a new position future co-president Cook described as a spokesperson for group members to the executive board.
Group members brainstormed events for next semester and agreed to repeat the Symbolic Removal of the Flags ceremony that took place last year. Allies in Action will also travel to the University of Wisconsin on Feb. 19 through 21 for the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference.
Meetings for next semester will take place Tuesdays at 6 p.m. in room 308 of the Arts & Science building. The last Allies in Action meeting take place next Tuesday at 7 p.m. in room 308 of the Arts & Science Building.