Graduate and Professional Student Assembly

students walk across the Arts Quad in spring

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly ensures direct and continued involvement of graduate and professional school students in the governance of non-academic affairs of the University.

The GPSA brings together Cornell’s community of graduate and professional students to address non-academic issues of common concern. Drawing upon the strengths of its diverse community, the GPSA is responsible for setting and distributing the graduate student activity fee and representatives to University committees.

The GPSA voting member body is composed of 36 voting members including delegates from each graduate division, the graduate and professional schools, and standing committee chairpersons, elected from the larger body of field representatives. Voting members must attend all GPSA meetings (twice per month) and remain sufficiently informed about issues brought before the assembly.

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Meet the Leadership

Ocean Karim

Ocean Karim

President
Nicholas Brennan

Nicholas Brennan

Executive Vice President
Andi Garcia-Ortiz

Andi Garcia-Ortiz

Vice President for Communications

Andi (she/her) is a second-year Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student in the Dr. Karl Lewis Lab. She previously served as the Communications Director for the graduate student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). She is originally from North Plains, OR, and received an Honors Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering from Oregon State University. In her free time, Andi enjoys playing competitive soccer with other Cornell graduate students.
David Axel Browne

David Axel Browne
Zander Lynch

Zander Lynch

Vice President for Operations