The Executive Branch
Student Body President's Cabinet
Meeting Time: Alternating Sundays at 6:00 PM
Dena Bunnel
denab@k-state.edu
Chief of Staff
The Chief of Staff attends Student Senate meetings, coordinates the activities of Cabinet, chairs Cabinet meetings, serves as an advisor to Cabinet members, conducts communication between the Student Body President, Vice President, and Cabinet members.
Abdulrahman Althukari
thukair@k-state.edu
International Affairs Director
The International Affairs Director represents the interests and concerns of international students to the Student Body President, Vice President, and Cabinet. Special focus should be on working with University Administration, the International Programs office, and the International Student Center to increase International relations. The director will also work and attend International Coordinating Council meetings and International student groups, to ensure International student concerns are being appropriately represented.
Kyle Merklin
kyle34@k-state.edu
Local Affairs Director
The City Relations Director represents the interests and concerns of the KSU SGA to local officials and serves as an ex-officio member of the SGA Governmental Relations committee. The City Relations Director will attend city commission and other local meetings as needed.
Ariel Anib
ariel957@k-state.edu
Multicultural Affairs Director
The Multicultural Affairs Director represents the interests and concerns of students from diverse populations to the Student Body President, Vice President, and Cabinet. They will serve as a key liaison between multicultural student organizations and the office of Diversity and Dual Career Development, to the President and Vice President. The director will also serve as a member on the SGA Joint Committee on Diversity, as well as the Diversity Programming Council.
Kate Bormann
kbormann@k-state.edu
Public Relations Director
The Public Relations Director fosters public relations, and enhances the distribution of information for the Executive Branch. A key focus will be in formulating communication strategies between the Student Body President, Vice President, Student Senate, and the Student Body, which may include weekly newspaper articles and radio addresses. This director is an ex-officio member of the Public Relations committee under the legislative branch, and is required to attend these meetings weekly.
Joseph Klug
joseph5@k-state.edu
Residence Hall Liaison
The Residence Hall Liaison reports to the ARH meetings and SGA to share concerns and present issues to the Student Body President, Vice President, and Cabinet on behalf of students that reside in university housing.
Brian Koester
bkoester@k-state.edu
Salina Relations Director
The K-State Manhattan-Salina Relations Liaison attends each respective campus Student Senate meeting. They keep both campuses up-to-date on the issues being discussed and informing the Student Body President, Vice President, and Cabinet about current events.
Jessica Bradford
jbrad@k-state.edu
State Relations Director
The State Relations Director represents the interests and concerns of the KSU SGA to state officials, serves as an ex-officio member of the SGA Senate Governmental Relations committee. The director is instrumental in organizing State Higher Education Day, Cats in the Capital, and Big XII on the Hill in Washington D.C. The Director also attends both the Board of Regents and the Student Advisory Committee meetings, monthly with the Student Body President and Vice President.
Reed Pankratz
rpank@k-state.edu
Student Affairs Director
The Student Affairs Director will address the concerns and issues of the Student Body President and Vice President as detailed in their campaign platform. Coordination of student focus groups, concerning platform ideas that are being solved on campus will be chaired by the Student Affairs Director. They will also be responsible for addressing and seeking out solutions regarding individual student concerns as they are presented to the Student Body President, Vice President, or Cabinet members.
Ashley Joerger
ajoerger@k-state.edu
Student Safety Director
The Student Safety Director is responsible for programming designed to increase the safety of students, both on and off-campus. They will work with campus officials, local businesses and community partners to accomplish a safer campus and community environment.
Zack Pistora
zackp@k-state.edu
Student Director of Sustainability
The Student Director of Sustainability studies and recommends utilization of resources and development opportunities to ensure a more sustainable future for K-State. They will work with student organizations to represent the views of students to the Student Body President, Vice President and University Administrators.
Matt Ebert
mebert@k-state.edu
Technology Director
The Technology Director represents the interests and concerns of students on technology services to KSU SGA and University Administration. They will serve on technology task forces on issues ranging from ISIS, Zimbra and others.