2024-2025 Leadership
Executive Cabinet
The Executive Cabinet are the senior officers of SGA made up of the President, Executive Vice President, Divisional Vice Presidents, and Executive Directors.
Matthew Coughlin, Student Body President
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Matt is a fourth year mechanical engineering major with a minor in math from Sharon, Massachusetts.
His main goals for the upcoming school year are expanding collaboration with administrators and the student body, the globalization of student advocacy and student government, as well as enhancing SGA-wide efficiency.
Outside of SGA, Matt can be found skiing, hiking, or at the club AeroNU.
In his role as Student Body President, he is responsible for chairing the Executive Cabinet and acting as a liaison between SGA and the Student Body. If you have questions about SGA or want to get more information on how to get involved, feel free to reach out at sgaPresident@northeastern.edu!
Cassidy Donogue, Executive Vice President
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Cassidy is a third year political science major with minors in both rhetoric and psychology from Long Island, New York.
Her primary goals for the next year are developing SGA's internal communication pathways, implementing project tracking across SGA to make its work more transparent and easy to get involved with, as well as continuing to foster SGA's connections across the student groups and Northeastern's administration.
Outside of SGA, Cassidy is involved in the Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority, Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, and NUDANCO.
As Executive Vice President, she facilitates collaboration between the the main divisions of SGA as well as supporting the Association with long-term planning, new initiatives, outreach, and advocacy. If you want to connect with SGA's leadership, talk about campus projects you want to connect with SGA on, or have questions on getting involved with SGA, feel free to reach out at sgaEVP@northeastern.edu!
Jamira Collins, Speaker of the Senate
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Jamira is a third year psychology major with a minor in africana studies from Baltimore, Maryland.
Her aim for next year is to explore Boston, bring more mental health programming to campus, and to graduate.
Outside of SGA, Jamira is involved in various organizations including Northeastern's Caribbean Students' Org (CSO), National Society of Leadership Success, National Society of Black Women in Medicine, Big Sister Boston, and B.E.S.T. You Programming (Coming Soon).
As Speaker of the Senate, she is responsible for chairing Senate, overseeing Senate operations, Senator education, recruitment, and managing proactive Senate-facing initiatives. Distinguishing Senate as its own division is aimed to increase Senate engagement, retention, and productivity while fulfilling the goal of representing all student voices in SGA’s voting body! If you need assistance with tasks or just want to chat, feel free to reach out at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu!
Valentina Haro, VP for Operational Affairs
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Valentina is a third year business administration major with a concentration in finance & accounting from Enola, Pennsylvania.
Her aims for the next year is to modernize the SGA website, improve internal communications, and establish a clearer structure within the Operational Affairs division.
Outside of SGA, Valentina is involved in Beta Alpha Psi and is also a TA for Accounting.
As VP for Operational Affairs, she oversees internal association operations and works to support both senate and SGA leadership in their logistical success. Her responsibilities include managing association finances, maintaining the roster, coordinating room bookings, updating governing docs, and overseeing senator applications and audits. If you are interested in learning about SGA finances/budget, room bookings, senate logistics, or anything regarding how SGA operates, feel free reach out at sgaOperations@northeastern.edu!
Devyani Anand, VP for Academic Affairs
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Devyani is a third year cell and molecular biology major from New York City, New York.
Her goals for the upcoming school year include more transparency in academic programs abroad, collaboration within all colleges and programs, and more involvement within senate.
Devyani has previously served as a Senator and as a Faculty Senate Representative.
If you want to discuss or have any questions regarding Northeastern academic affairs, reach out at sgaAcademicAffairs@northeastern.edu!
Julian Herzing-Burkard, VP for Campus Affairs
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Julian is a third year international business major with a concentration in social innovation as well as a minor in environmental studies from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
His aims for the next year are connecting with other relevant student orgs on initiatives, continuing to create change through prioritizing actionable projects and communicating current initiatives to the student body.
Outside of SGA, Julian is a member of the Husky Environmental Action Team (HEAT) and a proud intramural soccer team manager. He is confident he will get them to the top of the league next season.
As VP for Campus Affairs, he works with Northeastern administrators across various departments to advocate on behalf of the student body on issues related to student resources. If you want to chat about anything and everything related to improving our campus experience like dining, housing, recreation, sustainability, campus spaces, transportation, etc., don’t hesitate to reach out at sgaCampusAffairs@northeastern.edu!
Misha Ankudovych, VP for Student Success
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Misha is a third year data science and economics major from Amityville, New York.
His goals for the next school year include connecting with more students through events, strenghtening collaboration for global students, as well as creating more initiatives relating to physical health.
Outside of SGA, Misha is a leader of the NUDoghouse Hockey Student Section, and has gone to almost every Huskies hockey game in the state of Massachusetts (and some even further!). He is also a Husky Ambassador tour guide and a volunteer suicide hotline counselor.
As VP for Student Success, he is responsible for advocating student concerns regarding campus engagement and student wellbeing by working on projects related to mental and physical wellness, social integration, athletics, the arts, campus culture, school spirit, and more! To chat about anything related to global experiences, engagement on campus, health, and wellness, feel free to reach out at sgaStudentSuccess@northeastern.edu.
Olivia Oestreicher, VP for External Affairs
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Olivia is a fourth year political science and communication studies major from Shirley, Massachusetts.
Her goals for the upcoming year are professionalizing media/communications, creating fun & engaging events, and humanizing SGA.
Outside of SGA, Olivia is a member of Tri Sigma Sorority, NU Choral Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, PRSSA, as well as a Presidential Ambassador and CSSH Ambassador.
As VP for External Affairs, she deals with all aspects of external outreach for the Student Government Association, specifically in bridging the gap between the student body and student government. If you have any questions or ideas about communications, events, outreach, or media feel free to reach out to at sgaExternalAffairs@northeastern.edu.
Christly Bright-Agindotan, VP for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Christly is a fourth year business administration major with minors in both law and public policy & human services. She is originally from Maryland.
Her goals for the next year are to institutionalize an internal DEI checklist, promote data driven diversification of SGA, and increase availability of DEI resources for student organizations.
Outside of SGA, Christly is the President of Sisters in Solidarity as well as the Director of Internal Affairs of the Black Pre-Law Association.
As VP for DEI, she works on making Northeastern a more welcoming and inclusive place for all students, uplifting student concerns and ideas, and collaborating with the cultural resource centers on campus. For DEI programming initiatives, equity concerns, or DEI workshops, feel free to reach out at sgaDEI@northeastern.edu!
DYlan Lee, Vice President for Student Involvement
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Dylan is a third year data science and economics major from San Francisco, California.
His goals for the upcoming year are to create a sustainable clubs council to help clubs find solutions to their problems, bring ALL student organization constitutions in compliance with SGA policy, and to work with the Finance Board to help foster a better understanding of fiscal policies in new student organizations.
Dylan’s past positions include being a Senator and the Director of Student Organization Governance.
As the VP for Student Involvement, he works closely with the Center for Student Involvement and many other Northeastern administrators to support the 400+ student organizations with official recognition, resources, governance, and conflict resolution. If you have any questions or concerns with the operations or governance of a club, any questions about starting a club, or would like to connect to resources to help your student organization thrive, reach out at sgaStudentInvolvement@northeastern.edu!
Alex Leblang, Executive Director of Club Finance
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Alex is a fourth year business major. He is originally from San Francisco, California.
He is looking forward to working on more organization outreach as well as developing more standard procedures internally with the board.
Alex’s past experience in SGA includes being a member of the Finance Board and a Senator.
As Executive Director of Club Finance he oversees the Finance Board and all of its operations. For questions regarding club financing or budgeting, email sgaFinanceBoard@northeastern.edu.
Kate Mittelhauser, Executive Director of Elections
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Kate is a third year political science and international affairs major with minors in both Spanish and environmental studies from San Jose, California.
Her goals for the upcoming year are to run a respectful, smooth SGA direct election and to work with other branches of SGA to improve Senate and the global SGA dynamic.
Outside of SGA, Kate is involved with NU|ACES and, through them, volunteers at the National Braille Press.
As the Executive Director of Elections, she oversees the student body election and referenda and ensures that that the Direct Elections Manual is followed throughout process. She also helps advocate for general voting interests of Northeastern students. If you want to run for President or EVP, create a referenda (survey question) for the student body, have an interest in joining the board, want to participate in the election day watch-party, or just wanna chat, reach out at sgaElections@northeastern.edu!
Gabrielle Starling, Parliamentarian
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Gabrielle is a fourth year criminal justice & political science major from Westwood, Massachusetts.
Her goals for next year include developing a centralized OAB manual to bring more structure to decision-making and clarify procedure for appeals as well as OAB's role & actions, enhancing OAB's transparency through improved external recruitment and facilitation of relevant discussions, as well as working with the Speaker to increase the Senate's knowledge of and comfort with using Robert's Rules of Order.
Gabrielle’s past experience in SGA includes being an Operational Appeals Board Justice.
As Parliamentarian she oversees the OAB board and all appeals that go through it. If you have questions about filing an OAB appeal, the OAB decision-making process and appeal status, the OAB manual or are interested in becoming involved with OAB, reach out at sgaOAB@northeastern.edu.