Meet the Team

Our organization is composed of an executive board and a general body. Our general body members are those who have or are currently undergoing the new member education program. After the program is complete, they may apply for the dynamic roles on the board.

Executive Board

President — Nicolas Torres

ILR ’26 | Minor: Business
Hometown
Houston, TX
Campus Involvements
Research Assistant for Myron C. Taylor Professor and Chair of Business Law Department at Cornell Law School; Co Editor-in-Chief at the Cornell Undergraduate Law & Society Review; Finance Teaching Assistant; Co-Founder and DEI Chair of Pickleball Club

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Vice President — Travis Zhou

Hotel '27 | Minor: Real Estate
Hometown
Little Rock, AR
Campus Involvements
Cornell Tradition Fellowship, Cornell Real Estate Club, Mann Library Student Assistant

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New Member Education Chair — Ben Heidbreder

AEM ’26 | Finance/Business
Analytics Concentration | Math
Hometown
Albany, NY
Campus Involvements
Research Assistant in Private Equity and Venture Capital at Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management; Teacher at Cornell Piano Society

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V.P. of New Member Education — Riley Kramer

Hotel ’27 | Minor: Law & Society
Hometown
Chicago, IL
Campus Involvements
SWIB ELP Associate; Accounting Teaching Assistant; Course Administrative Assistant; Moot Court Member

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V.P. of New Member Education — Jason Cho

Hotel ’27
Hometown
Johns Creek, GA
Campus Involvements
President of Cornell Pickleball Club; Impact Investing at Cornell; Cornell Real Estate Club

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V.P. of Legal Education — Talia Cherry

ILR '28
Hometown
West Chester, PA
Campus Involvements
Cornell Undergraduate Moot Court; ILR Women’s Caucus

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Co-Recruitment Chair — Tom Botts ’26

Hotel ’26
Hometown
New York, NY
Campus Involvements
East Hill Flying Club; Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity

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Co-Recruitment Chair — Morgan Kachmar

ILR ’26
Hometown
Boyertown, PA
Campus Involvements
Tatkon Peer Leader at Tatkon Center for New Students; Co-President of Cornell Club Gymnastics; CU Social Team; ILR Women’s Caucus; Society for Human Resource Management

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V.P. of Recruitment — Kevin Alayo

Hotel ’26
Hometown
Seattle, WA
Campus Involvements
Cornell Meinig Scholars; Cornell Hedge Fund; Delta Chi Fraternity

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V.P. of Recruitment — Saniya Kalra

Hotel '27 | Minor: Real Estate
Hometown
Buffalo, NY
Campus Involvements
Hotel Ezra Cornell (History Assistant Director); Cornell Global Business Club, Cornell Private Equity Club (Co VP Recruitment); Hotel Mentorship Program (Mentor); Cornell Real Estate Club (Mentorship & Advanced Real Estate Program); Society for Women in Business (Asset Management Team)

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V.P. of Recruitment — Ryan Katkin

ORIE '27
Hometown
Newport Beach, CA
Campus Involvements
Pi Sigma Epsilon Professional Fraternity; Delta Chi Social Fraternity

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V.P. of Recruitment — Constance Sharp

English and Economics '28
Hometown
Lyme, CT
Campus Involvements
Cornell Hedge Fund; Women’s Polo

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Secretary — Amelia Okulewicz

Hotel ’26
Hometown
Maywood, NJ
Campus Involvements
Dean’s Student Advisory Board; VP of The American Hotel and Lodging Association; Co-President of Small Claims Information Service; Finance Teaching Assistant; Business Writing Teaching Assistant

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V.P. of Public Relations — Victoria Peterson

Hotel ’26
Hometown
Chatham, MA
Campus Involvements
Cornell Tradition Fellow

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D.E.I. Chair — Bella Samtani

Hotel ’26
Hometown
Honolulu, HI
Campus Involvements
Society for Women in Business; Statler Bell Person’ Asian American Intervarsity

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Technology Chair — Shao Stassen

Computer Science ’26
Hometown
Hartford, CT
Campus Involvements
Combat Robotics @ Cornell; Cornell Meinig Scholars

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Social Chair — Ava Cuomo

Hotel ’26
Hometown
Old Tappan, NJ
Campus Involvements
American Hotel Lodging Association; Taekwondo Club; Cornell Student Hotel Mentor

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