Class of 2027

My priorities for the Board of Trustees:

The Board of Trustees, as Cornell University’s highest governing body, holds the responsibility of balancing operational needs with stakeholder expectations. When the interests of the students, faculty, alumni, donors, and state and federal governments contradict, the Board must find the best path for the university. Therefore, the Board’s top three priorities are meeting the needs of the students, donors, and faculty. These three legs uphold the university, and destabilization of any of the three disrupts the entire system. We saw this last year with controversy about the university’s response to foreign affairs, and this year with the graduate students union’s proposed strike. The current funding quarrels with the federal government make the role of the Board ever more apparent. 
   
If elected, I will use my position as Trustee to directly link the undergraduate students to the Board. My current participation in pre-professional, religious, and recreational clubs gives me insight into the interests of varying student organizations, as well as a network of students from every grade and college. As Trustee, I would regularly meet with club executive boards and general bodies, the Student Assembly, sports teams, greek life, and individual students, to accumulate feedback representative of the entire student body. The Board has its priorities, and we have ours. I will ensure that before the Board makes its next important decision, our perspective and wants will have been heard.

My experience:

My extracurricular commitments taught me the importance of using feedback to optimize programming and decision-making. I currently serve on the executive boards of Alpha Epsilon Delta (a pre-health honor society), Chabad (a religious organization), and Ski and Snowboard Club (a recreational club). Out of these three, Chabad’s board has worked most to incorporate feedback, using student-derived sentiments to improve the flow of weekly Shabbat dinners, increase outreach efforts, and host more community-engaging activities. As Trustee, I would efficiently deliver student feedback to the Board in hopes of similar outcomes.

In addition, my position as a research assistant in the Field and O’Brien Laboratories taught me the importance and structure of federal funding, and the dynamics between administration, faculty, and graduate students. These experiences directly relate to the Student Elected Trustee position, and would strengthen my ability to represent students in Board decisions.

My interests:

My interests drive my electives, commitments, and career aspirations. I am interested in medicine and research, driving my goal to become an MD-PhD and work as a physician scientist in pediatric medicine. I enjoy working with people and serving communities, especially where my career and personal interests intersect; this has led to my leadership positions at Chabad and Alpha Epsilon Delta. I aspire to become fluent in Spanish (as a non-native speaker) and am completing the Spanish Minor. I believe achieving multilingual fluency will improve patient care in an ever-diversifying country, and I hope my passions and work will converge to serve from all communities. 

Outside of career aspirations, I am an active member of Cornell’s Jewish community, an avid sports fan, an intermediate (but improving) skier, and I love meeting new people. These personal interests have defined and guided my Cornell experience thus far, and I hope to incorporate them into the role of Student Elected Trustee.