Meet our 2023-2024 Campus Chairpersons
Our Campus Chairperson cohort is an experienced group of brigaders: as a group, they have visited all partner countries, contributed to all program areas, and participated both virtually and in person.
They are available as a resource for both current and prospective volunteers. As ambassadors of Global Brigades, they are here to share their experiences, advice, and guidance with other students looking to volunteer, lead, or start a chapter.
Just a few of their favorite things about being involved with Global Brigades:
Campus Chairpersons: USA

Florida State University: Nicole Zavala vnze2001@gmail.com Major: Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
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Louisiana State University :Katy Knecht kknech4@lsu.edu Major: Chemistry
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Marquette : Gwyneth Medlock gwyneth.medlock@marquette.edu Major: Nursing
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- Human Rights
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Milwaukee School of Engineering: Brienz Ottman brienzottman@gmail.com Major: Nursing
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Milwaukee School of Engineering: Therese Carlson carlsont@msoe.edu
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North Carolina A&T State University: Morgan Peters morgannelisee@gmail.com Major: Biology pre-med with a minor in chemistry
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Northeastern University: Morgan Wong wong.mo@northeastern.edu Major: Health Sciences
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Northwestern University: Jeffrey Yuan jeffreyyuan2026.1@u.northwestern.edu Major: Biological Science
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Oklahoma State University: Aidaly Ramos Leyva aidaly.ramos@okstate.edu Major: Microbiology
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- Medical

Rutgers University :Alan Levita alanvlevita@gmail.com Major: Cognitive Science and Linguistics
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Aayod Kaul: Pennsylvania State University Major: Mechanical Engineering aayodk@gmail.com
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Saint Louis University: Kylee Corbin kylee.corbin@slu.edu Major: Health Sciences
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Texas A&M: Edward Eiche edwardaeiche@tamu.edu Major: Aerospace Engineering
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UCLA: Maggie Clark maggieeclark@g.ucla.edu Major: Integrative Biology and Physiology
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Mia Victoria Estudillo: University of California- Riverside Major: Biology mestu004@ucr.edu
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University of California, Irvine: Olivia Cooper coopero@uci.edu Major: Human Biology
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University of Colorado at Boulder: Sudikshya Bhatta subh7677@colorado.edu Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Predmed.
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University of Edinburgh: Jessica Thackeray s2160332@ed.ac.uk Major: Chemistry
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- Human Rights

University of Florida: Julia DeMott juliademott6@gmail.com Major: Health Science
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- Water

University of Houston: Danah Shuaeb d.shuaeb01@gmail.com Major: Psychology
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University of Missouri Columbia: Mehrab Jubara mtjt7f@umsystem.edu Major: Biology Pre-Medicine
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- Medical

University of Missouri-Columbia: Debora Paez Perez dpbq6@umsystem.edu Major: Nursing
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University of Oklahoma: Dave Gandhi davegandhi7@gmail.com Major: Biology (Premed) with minors in Chemistry and Psychology (recent graduate)
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University of Oklahoma: Emily Lynch emmielnn@gmail.com Major: Microbiology & Psychology
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University of Oxford: Ellie Stubley ellie.stubley6@gmail.com Law
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- Human Rights

Vanderbilt University: Akhil Nair khil.gopakumar.nair@vanderbilt.edu Major: Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, and Society
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- Medical

West Virginia University: Vanessa Mueller vlm00004@mix.wvu.edu Major: Bio Chemsistry
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Campus Chairpersons: Canada

Dalhousie: Anna Morris annamorris2002@yahoo.ca Major: Health Sciences
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Dalhousie University: Julia Saad Hossne jl982668@dal.ca Major: Biology and Psychology,
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Queen's University: Amin Hasheminia hasheminia98@gmail.com Major: Health Sciences
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University of Alberta: Mark Wong msw@ualberta.ca Major: Pharmacology
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University of Guelph: Onome Adese opearladese@gmail.com Major: Biological and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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University of Toronto: Yoorim Lee yoorim.lee@mail.utoronto.ca Major: Cell&Molecular System Biology and Human Biology, and minoring in Finnish Studies
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Waterloo Nefise: Akcakir nefise.akcakir@gmail.com rene.lobo@utoronto.ca Major: Kinesiology
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Western University Juhi Bora bora.juhi@gmail.com Major: Biochemistry with Microbiology and Immunology
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