Meet Your Representatives
Department Chairs and Representatives
The Department Representatives and Chairs of the 2023-24 school year.
Chair - Nadia Hironaka (nhironaka@mica.edu)
Savannah Halen (shalen@mica.edu)
Lara Schneidawind (lschneidawind@mica.edu)
Chair - Timmy Aziz (Taziz@mica.edu)
Chair - Jenny Carson (Jcarson@mica.edu)
Chair - David East (Deast@mica.edu)
Ollie Olivia (aolivia@mica.edu)
Karizma Baker-Upshaw (kbakerupshaw@mica.edu)
Chair - Vacant
Ecosystem, Sustainability,
and Justice
Chair - Vacant
Chair - Kristine Woods (Kwoods@mica.edu)
Kyaira Mitchell (kmitchell01@mica.edu)
Elise Adamson (eadamson@mica.edu)
Sophia Klimkowski Arango (sklinkowskiarango@mica.edu)
Chair - Erin Johnson (Ejohnson@mica.edu)
Imani Humphreys-Torres (ihumphreystorres@mica.edu)
First Year Experience
Chair - Sam Sheffield (ssheffield@mica.edu)
Trixie Gardner (dgardner02@mica.edu)
Chair - Renee Rendine (rrendine@mica.edu)
Terry Pisano (spisano@mica.edu)
Graphic Design
Chair - Kristian Bjornard (kbjornard@mica.edu)
Aidan McCord (adenoidjoker@gmail.com)
Kiren Balakrishnan (kbalakrishnan@mica.edu)
Derick Tseng (dtseng@mica.edu)
Yiming(Lilah) Ma (yma@mica.edu)
Chair - Alan Orr (dorr@mica.edu)
Chair - Shadra Strickland (sstrickland@mica.edu)
Gabrielle Cote-Nielsen (gcotenielsen01@mica.edu)
Miki Sanchez (msanchez05@mica.edu)
Chair - Benjamin Luzzatto (bluzzatto@mica.edu)
Austin Chia (achia@mica.edu)
Chair - Lauren Adams (ladams02@mica.edu)
Chair - Jay Gould (jgould@mica.edu)
Seth Fields (sfields@mica.edu)
Chair - Karl Williamson (Kwilliamson@mica.edu)
Chair - Robert Tillman (rtillman@mica.edu)
SVA Committees
Our representatives advocating for the best student life experience.