Eeshaan Chaudhuri

Brooks School of Public Policy

Public Policy

Class of 2027

Student Assembly Leadership is broken. 
   
This past year’s president campaigned on the idea that she wouldn’t run again. After winning, she promised "meal swipes at Trillium" and "a bi-weekly newsletter". The Meal Swipes are a lie, and students received fewer than 10 newsletters throughout the year. The current vice president took seven months to run a New Member Education meeting and can’t point to a single policy change he has authored over his years on Assembly. 

I’m running for President because I want to bring change: 

I’ve already: 
   
Expanded the Meals 2 Go program, Allocated $70,000+ towards public infrastructure, and taught numerous other members how to write resolutions; a responsibility tossed aside by our current leaders. 
   
That’s also why I’m committing to delivering:
   
A Codified Student Academic Bill of Rights that guarantees things like access to final exam grades and better information about classes when pre-enrolling, Easier avenues of funding for pre-professional development opportunities, more student agency in dining hall menus, stronger & transparent communication across all assembly activities, and so much more! For my full list of election promises and platform, visit voteeshaan.com

Zora deRham

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Agricultural Sciences

Class of 2027

I’m Zora, an Ag student in CALS, and I’m the daughter of a refugee and a farmer. I spend one out of every three minutes of my day working to make our lives at Cornell better, and I want to keep up that work. I have appropriated over $500k to enhance student programming like winter lights on Ho Plaza. This year has been among the most productive in the Student Assembly’s history and I delivered on my promise to not raise your Student Activity Fee.

In the future, I want to expand access to financial support like the Summer Experience Grant and develop a new professional development fund. Just like I bridged Cornell Health and the Assembly for the development of health initiatives, I will ensure the future Code of Conduct review process will include much more student power.

Nothing matters more to me than honoring your voice and your needs in every room I enter, on and off campus. During my current term, I’ve lobbied in DC for grant funding, Albany for improved campus infrastructure, and across Cornell for everything from free laundry to new student-centered spaces. When speaking to the Board of Trustees, I’ve worked tirelessly to reinstate students’ legislative authority and will work to see administration bend to our input.

Christian Flournoy

College of Human Ecology

Human Biology, Health & Society

Class of 2027

My name is Christian Flournoy, and I am running to be President of Cornell’s Student Assembly. Since coming to Cornell, my work on the Student Assembly has focused on student advocacy and the amplification of student voices, which has enabled more frequent communication of students’ ideas, concerns, and questions directly to our administration. Having served as Freshman Rep, Undergraduate Rep At-Large, Vice President of DEI, and currently as Executive Vice President, my knowledge of administrative processes has grown significantly, and I’ve learned the policies needed to address students' mental health, financial, and community engagement issues.
   
As President, I will continue to focus on increasing the transparency of Assembly procedures, including the lifecycle of resolutions and referendum proceedings, improving the clarity and evaluation standards of our Special Project Funding guidelines, and prioritizing student advocacy as a pillar for the entire Assembly. I will work to foster a cultural shift within the Assembly—one that emphasizes collaboration, responsiveness, and shared responsibility—ushering in a foundation for respectful disagreement and common-ground solutions.
   
As Cornellians, we are one.