COGS 2009-2010 Executives and Staff

COGS Officers

COGS officers are elected by the COGS General Assembly. The responsibilities of this position are outlined in the Executive Committee Job Descriptions. The 2009-2010 officers are:

	President: Mandy Stahre, Epidemiology (stahre <at> umn <dot> edu)
	Executive Vice President: Charlie Billington, MD/PhD (billi020 <at> umn <dot> edu)
	Vice President for Finance: Andy Exley, Computer Science (exley <at> cs <dot> umn <dot> edu)
	Vice President for Communications: Tim Salo, Computer Science (salox049 <at> umn <dot> edu)
	Vice President for Internal Relations: Jeremy Wang, Curriculum and Instruction (wang0501 <at> umn <dot> edu)
	Vice President for External Relations: Boyd Cothran, History (cothr002 <at> umn <dot> edu)

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P & R Council Graduate Student Chairs

The Policy and Review Council graduate student chairs are elected by the COGS General Assembly. The 2009-2010 P&R Council graduate student chairs are:

Health Sciences:
Sarah Greising, Rehabilitation Science (grei0064 <at> umn <dot> edu)

Languages, Literature and Arts:
Muhammad Abdurrahman, Linguistics (abdu0128 <at> umn <dot> edu)

Education and Psychology*:
Caroline Hilk, Education Psychology (hilkx006 <at> umn <dot> edu)

Biological Sciences*:
Jeff Hall, Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology (hall1119 <at> umn <dot> edu)

Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences:
Yun Li, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering (lixxx449 <at> umn <dot> edu)

Social Sciences*:
Nelson Amaral, Marketing (amara013 <at> umn <dot> edu)

* denotes membership on the Graduate School Executive Committee for 2009-2010 as defined by the bylaws (see Section IX)

COGS Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is composed of the Executive Officers, the Policy and Review Council Chairs, and other ex-officio members as specified by the bylaws (past president, parliamentarian, committee chairs).

Past President:
Geoff Hart, Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology (hart0792 <at> umn <dot> edu)

Parliamentarian:
Devin Driscoll, Public Policy (drisc118 <at> umn <dot> edu)

Committee Chairs:
None

Graduate Student Senators

COGS Senators represent graduate students at Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) meetings and University Senate meetings. (Information about the University Senate is available both from the COGS website and from the U Senate website). COGS Student Senators for 2008-2009 are.

Charlie Billington, MD/PhD (billi020 <at> umn <dot> edu)
Devin Driscoll, Public Policy (drisc118 <at> umn <dot> edu)
Robert Gilmer, History (gilme015 <at> umn <dot> edu)
Aara Johnson, Public Affairs (joh01857 <at> umn <dot> edu)
Ben Olson, Advocacy and Political Leadership, Duluth (olso5679 <at> d <dot> umn <dot> edu)
Mandy Stahre, Epidemiology (stahre <at> umn <dot> edu)
Heather Whittington, Plant Biological Sciences (whitt092 <at> umn <dot> edu

COGS Staff

COGS is supported by a part-time administrator. The responsibilities of this position are outlined in the COGS Administrator Job Description.

Tanya Cothran, COGS Administrator (cogs <at> umn <dot> edu)