2007 Cohort Class Officers
President: Melissa Cummuso
mcommuso@hotmail.com
Mel Commuso is a second year master's student in the Student Affairs Specialization program. She received her B.A. in English, with a Women’s Studies minor from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Her student affairs background is primarily in Student Activities and Campus Life. At Cal Poly, she was co-founder and program coordinator of their LGBT Center. She also worked as a program coordinator for Cal Poly’s Women’s Center. She currently works at a law office in San Diego as a marketing director and office supervisor. She hopes to find herself working on a college campus again soon.
Vice President: Peper Anan
distantshadow44@yahoo.com
Peper is a 2nd year in the Student Affairs MA program. She received a BA in Communications with a Minor in Psychology at UCSD's Thurgood Marshall College, where she was heavily involved in the UCSD LGBT community. She is currently an active member of SDSU's queer-based sorority, Gamma Rho Lambda, and is the 1st GA for the Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities. Her interests are social justice, broadening his professional experience, and student interaction/development. Her favorite pastimes are "The Golden Girls", movies, singing, and spending time with his friends and her beautiful partner!
Secretary: Linda Vong
linda.k.vong@gmail.com
I'm a Los Angeles native who likes the great outdoors, coffee, dancing, non-breakfast foods for breakfast and traditional breakfast foods for lunch or dinner, cheesy jokes, and arts & crafts. I graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Psychology degree and a Theatre minor. After my undergraduate career, I worked for a year at UC Merced as a Student Affairs Fellow, with concurrent positions in Student Life (as the Inter-Cultural Programs Fellow) and Residential Life (as a Resident Assistant). I currently work in Academic Advising at UCSD, Sixth College.
Tre
asurer: Fatema Arefi
fatema81@gmail.com
Fatema Arefi is a second year student in the Postsecondary Educational Leadership Program here at SDSU and also works full-time in the Aztec Athletics department. Fatema received her Bachelor's Degree in Communication in May 2005 from SDSU. She's a huge sports fan, especially Basketball and Football. You can always find her on campus working or at an Athletic event (GO AZTECS!). Fatema loves laughing and making the best of what she is given. She always find herself having a good time somehow! Here is a quote that she likes to live by: "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." William James.
Reporter: Jenny Kressel
jenny_kressel@hotmail.com
Hi, my name is Jenny Kressel and I am a second year student in the Student Affairs MA program. Currently I work at the Career Services Center at UC San Diego as the Employer Events Specialist where I organize job fairs, plan employer-related events, and serve as a supervisor for our Career Peer Educator program. I graduated from the University of Oregon with a Sociology degree and an Ethnic Studies minor. During my free time, I enjoy hiking, kayaking, salsa dancing, training for triathlons or taking photos. I am proud to be from Oregon (yes, it rains a lot there) and live by my mom's motto "do at least three things a day".
Representative: Rayanne Williams
william7@mail.sdsu.edu
Hi, my name is Rayanne Williams and I am currently the Registrar at SDSU. I have entered the Educational Leadership Masters program to enrich my job and my knowledge of student affairs in higher education. My interest in student affairs began at UCSD while working in the School of Medicine. I was born here in San Diego and I have two brothers who are twins. I am an alum of SDSU and love being back on the campus. I am married to Chris Nichols from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and have 4 dog children. My husband is a hockey sports writer specializing in Fantasy Hockey. He currently can be found on Sportsnet.ca. Our dogs are Sherwood, Lucy, Stanley and Tucker. In my spare time I love to cook, read, float in my pool and travel whenever I can.