Graduate Student Association @ UCR

		President Alex Cortez Email: gsaucr@ucr.edu Office hours: Mondays 1-2 pm Friday 11-12 pm * starting Jan 14 and by appointment. Responsibilities: As your graduate student representative I am here to listen to your concerns be it academic, social, and personal. My main objective this year is to find ways of improving your "Graduate Experience" at UCR. So feel free to visit, chat, and offer your suggestions.
		Executive Vice President Gary Coyne Email: evp.gsaucr@yahoo.com Office hours: Wednesdays 12-2 pm Exception Thursday 5/8/08 from 1-3pm, May 16th 12-2pm Responsibilities: information on the UC Student Association (UCSA); GSA Elections; GSA Bylaws; or any system-wide, state or federal legislation that affects the UC and its graduate students.
		Vice President of Academic Affairs Tony Yang Email: yangt03@ucr.edu Office hours: Tuesdays 3-5 pm Responsibilities: Broadly, the VPAA is responsible for coordinating and implementing GSA academic policy campus wide. Specifically, the VPAA oversees the Academic Affairs Officers (AAOs), the International Student Affairs Officer (ISAO), mini-GSA organizations across campus, and appoints graduate student representatives to internal and external committees.

		Public Relations Officer Anne Hansen Email: Anne.Hansen@email.ucr.edu Office hours: Mondays 11-1 pm Responsibilities: GSA socials, grad bash, other events, and GSA publications
		Health Insurance Committee Chairperson Laura Bellew Email: Laura.Bellew@email.ucr.edu Office hours: TBD Responsibilities: As the GSHIP Chair I will work to ensure that UCR graduate students receive the best possible access to affordable health care. I shall work to ensure that health insurance premiums do not increase, and that benefits do not decrease.
		Finance Officer Greg Gibson Email: ggibson@engr.ucr.edu Office hours: TBD Responsibilities: The Finance Officer will serve as the liaison between the GSA President and all other members of the Graduate Student Council with regard to budgetary policy, present an overview of the budget at each monthly GSA board and council meeting, assist all campus committees that have a line-item in the current budget with fiscal policy, provide updated copies of the budget, ascertain ways to reduce fixed costs of the Association.

Appointed Officers

		Conference Travel Grant Coordinator Joe Steirer Email: gsagrant@ucr.edu Office hours: Tuesdays 1-2 p m and Thursdays 11-12 pm Responsibilities: Conference Travel Grants
		Secretary/Webmaster Irene Calizo Email: icali001@student.ucr.edu Responsibilities: Recording the minutes at GSA Executive Officer's Board meetings, recording and posting GSA Council meeting mintues on the GSA website, updating and maintaining the GSA website
		Academic Affairs Officer Division of Biomedical Sciences Eric Eikerman Email: eeike001@ucr.edu Office hours: Wednesdays 12-1 pm Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in Biomedical Sciences, meetings with the Dean of Biomedical Sciences
		Academic Affairs Officer College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Vanessa Miller Email: vanessa.miller@email.ucr.edu Office hours: Wednesdays 8-9 am Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in CHASS, meetings with the Dean of CHASS
		Academic Affairs Officer Bourns College of Engineering Henry Vu Email: hvu@engr.ucr.edu Office hours: Fridays 12-1pm Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in BCOE, meetings with the Dean of BCOE
		Academic Affairs Officer College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Susan Won Email: wons01@ucr.edu Office hours: Fridays 12-1 pm Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in CNAS, meetings with the Dean of CNAS
		Academic Affairs Officer Graduate School of Education Jeff Powell Email: jeffmpowell@gmail.com Office hours: Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in the Graduate School of Education, meetings with the Dean of the Graduate School of Education
		Academic Affairs Officer Anderson Graduate School of Management Richard Tang Email: ytang002@ucr.edu Office hours: Mondays 12-1 pm Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in the AGSM, meetings with the Dean of the AGSM
		International Student Affairs Officer Anirban Banerjee Email: anirban@cs.ucr.edu Office hours: Mondays 10-11 am Responsibilities: represent the international graduate students
		Legislative Liason Pending Email: TBD Office hours: Wednesdays 10-11 am Responsibilities: liason to state and local elected officials, assist the EVP
		Campus Organizing Director Ching-In Chen Email: echen014@student.ucr.edu Office hours: Mondays 11:05am-12:05pm Responsibilities: liason to campus community, assist the EVP