President - Evelyn Yatckoske

Evelyn is a first year PhD student developing miniaturized optoelectronics and biophotonics systems for the study of neural circuits. She is co-advised by Tay Netoff and Gordon Smith. In her free time, she enjoys practicing her musical instruments, playing tabletop role-playing games, baking, and skateboarding. Evelyn joined GWBME because she is passionate about fostering a sense of community and support among underrepresented groups in STEM. This being her second year on the board; she is excited to expand the programming offered by GWBME to support this goal.

VP of Professional Development - Sarah Langlois

Sarah is a second year PhD student developing ophthalmology devices. She is co-advised by Dr. Arthur Erdman and Dr. Matt Johnson. She enjoys playing pickleball, intramural softball, and volleyball, as well as, gardening, trying new foods, and puzzles! Sarah joined GWBME because she is passionate about helping others flourish both professionally and socially. As it is her first year on the board, she is excited to make connections with other people in the department. 

VP of Professional Development - Leah Truskinovsky

VP of Community Outreach - Meghan Griffin

Meghan is a fourth year PhD student studying cardiac tissue engineering in Mike McAlpine's lab. When she's not on campus, you can find her reading a book, cooking, hiking in a Minnesota state park, or riding her horse. Meghan joined GWBME because she is passionate about volunteering and enjoys cultivating relationships with community members. The mentoring program is her favorite part of GWBME - she would encourage people to check it out!

VP of Communications - Lauren Li

Lauren is a third year PhD student studying glioblastoma progression in David Odde’s lab. She enjoys baking, tasting desserts, and dancing. Lauren joined GWBME because she wants to help with organizing events and promoting connections between BME graduate students, especially between women engineers. As the co-VP of Communications, this year she is looking forward to explore and organize more social event as well as the mentoring program for GWBME.

VP of Communications - JoJo Speredelozzi

JoJo is a second year PhD student studying auditory processing and novel hearing aid devices in the SONIC Lab. She is advised by Dr. Hubert Lim. In her free time, she enjoys going to concerts, playing board games, reading sci-fi, and playing video games. JoJo joined GWBME because she had a great time at the GWBME events of last year, and wanted to help to continue building a community through planning awesome social, professional, and outreach events for members of our department. This is her first year on the board, so she is excited to help out with organization and event planning while also making connections within the community.