Executives
The LSA SG Executive Board biographies
President: Christine Schepeler
Hi! My name is Christine Schepeler and I’m a Senior from Connecticut, triple majoring in Political Science, American Culture, and Communications. I’m the 50th person on my mom’s side of the family to attend the University of Michigan. I have been on SG since the fall of my freshman year. The past two years I was the External Relations Officer and Communications Committee chair–working extensively on both internal and external communication for SG. Some of our biggest goals for the upcoming year are encouraging and promoting Campus Synergy, keeping the students informed and being transparent as a government, improving the funding application process for student groups, and increasing collaboration on campus. Some of the biggest projects I have worked on are a part of the LSA Pride Campaign, which include the LSA Senior Sendoff–a graduation event for the entire college of LSA, and a convocation event in the fall for all incoming LSA freshman. Please feel free to contact me regarding any questions about LSA Student Government as well as in regards to any collaborative opportunities on campus at cschep@umich.edu.
Vice President: Jeff Wojcik
Hey everybody, my name is Jeff Wojcik and I am 3rd year student majoring in Political Science and Organizational Studies. I am from Rochester Hills, Michigan. I mange internal Student Government’s functions, in addition to serving on several committees. I often attend AAC and Comm meetings, but frequent other committees as well. I currently am transitioning our finance documents to a digital system, in order to make our records more accessible and understandable. I also am working with faculty to increase the number of classes that count for various distribution credit to ensure LSA students have enough appropriate options availiable to complete all the components of their undergraduate study. I am always looking for new projects or issues to work on and can be contacted via email at jawojcik@umich.edu.
Treasurer: Steven Benson
Hey everyone! My name is Steven Benson and I am the Treasurer of this great organization. I am a junior from West Bloomfield, MI and I am double majoring in Political Science and Education. This is my third year on government and I have held many different positions in the past. I started off my freshman year as a representative, and then became PAC chair my first semester sophomore year and Counsel my second semester sophomore year. I am very interested and involved in Student Life Committee and Public Activities Committee. If you have any questions please feel free to email me at sbens@umich.edu. I can’t wait to meet all of you and hear all of your concerns. Thanks
Counsel: Nick Tan
Hi! My name is Nick Tan and I am a senior. I joined LSA SG freshman year as an associate representative on the Academic Affairs Committee, and successfully ran for a representative seat for two consecutive two years. I have previously served as the SAPAA Vice-Chair, where I worked closely with the Advising Center to improve freshman and sophomore academic advising, and as the Appointments Chair, where I oversaw our recruitment efforts, and created a new member packet to improve member retention. Past projects that I have worked on include creating the Peace and Social Justice Minor, and working with the Athletics Department to provide free transportation to home basketball games. Some projects that I hope to accomplish this year as Counsel include updating the bylaws to reflect our current practices, and working to improve both academic and student life on campus, including increasing student involvement in departments, and collaboration with the Athletics Department. Feel free to email me at nicktan@umich.edu if you have any questions or just want to chat!
External Relations Officer: Mark Chou
Hey guys. My name is Mark Chou. I am a sophomore from Wilmette, Illinois a northern suburb of Chicago. I am still undeclared but am considering political science. One of my responsibilities as External Relations Officer is chairing Communications committee. Outside of SG, I’m involved in the College Democrats, DoRAK, Office of New Student Programs, and 826michigan. If you ever have questions about LSA SG, Communications committee, the projects I’m working on, or just life, shoot me an e-mail at markchou@umich.edu or visit me in the SG Office (G325 Mason) during my office hour (Monday from 10-11am). Go Blue!
Academic Relations Officer: Adam McFarland
Hi! My name is Adam McFarland and I am a junior from Bay City, MI. I’m a pre-medicine student double majoring in Cultural Anthropology and Microbiology. In the past, I have worked on projects such as the LSA Graduation Event, introducing HONORS 135-type minicourses into the LSA curriculum, and currently I am working with the administration to develop an internship credit option for undeclared students. You can contact me with any questions about academics at the University or the Academic Affairs Committee. I’d love to talk to you and let you know about what we are doing on Student Government.
Secretary: Ariel Schepers
Hey guys! My name is Ariel Schepers and I’m a Senior from Chelsea, Michigan. I spent my first year at Denison University and am so happy to be out of Buckeye territory! I previously served as the vice-chair of the Public Activities Committee and currently I am the Secretary of the LSA-Student Government. I look forward to bringing more accountability to LSA-SG and making our representatives closer and more available to LSA students. I would love to hear from you with ideas, questions, life lessons or if you just want to get involved! My email is aschepe@umich.edu.
