Catherine Wang
President
Catherine (she/her/elle) is a fourth year, U3 honours student in International Development Studies with a minor in East Asian Cultural Studies. She has been an executive of IDSSA for three years, beginning as the VP Internal in her U1 year and is incredibly excited to bring equity, representation, and connectivity to INTD students as this year's President. Her research interests include displacement, migration, and human trafficking.
Sarah Feng
VP Internal
Sarah (she/her/elle) is a second-year student majoring in International Development Studies with a double minor in Philosophy and French. She is passionate about migrant rights and education. She is also involved in the McGill Students for the Open Door Montréal and enjoys rock climbing, coaching water polo, and playing the piano! Feel free to reach out to internal.idssamcgill@gmail.com if you have any questions, concerns!
Mahnoor Zaman
VP Finance
Mahnoor is a second year, U2 student majoring in International Development with a minor in Political Science. She is currently the VP Finance for IDSSA, but also a peer tutor, and editor for Catalyst. She is also an intern at the Consulate General of Pakistan in Montreal. If every you have any queries regarding finances, please do not hesitate to email me at finace.idssamcgill@gmail.com.
Jôsi Pretto Simmons
VP Academics
Jôsi is a third year, U2 student double majoring in International Development Studies and Political Science. Jôsi is also the Mentorship and Education Lead on the Black Varsity Association, as well as a member of the McGill Figure Skating competitive team. Feel free to reach out to academic.idssamcgill@gmail.
Lavinia Auhoma
VP External
Lavinia Auhoma (she/her/elle) is a fourth year (U3) student at McGill University pursuing an Honours BA in International Development Studies with a minor in Philosophy. Beyond her academic life, Lavinia works at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in Ottawa as a Junior Policy Analyst. She is also a Youth Ambassador at Plan International Canada and have presented a speech at TEDxYouth@Toronto’s in summer 2019 about youth activism. As VP External this year, she will be your main source of all things partnerships, collaboration, and will also be running the first in-person International Development Policy Case Competition (IDPCC) since 2020! Feel free to reach out via email (external.idssamcgill@gmail.
Eleanor Radke
VP Events
Eleanor (she/her/elle) is a U2 student double majoring in International Development Studies and History. She is from Bethesda, Maryland! As VP Events she will be taking care of the coordination and creation of various IDSSA events throughout the year. If you have any questions or concerns you can contact Eleanor at events.idssamcgill@gmail.com!
Nandini Mukherjee
VP Communications
Nandini Mukherjee (she/her/elle) is a fourth year pursuing a BA in International Development with a double minor in Environment and Geography (Urban Studies). As VP Communications for the 2023-2024 school year, she will be your go-to source for anything communications related such as maintaining the listservs and Instagram and Facebook pages. Aside from school, Nandini loves going on hikes and cooking! Feel free to reach out to idssamcgill@gmail.com for comments or concerns!
Kimberly Nicholson
VP Publications
Kimberly (she/her/elle) is a fourth year, U3 student in international development and anthropology, with two minors in indigenous studies and german language. In her free time, Kimberly likes to read and hang out with friends. Her research interests include global health, climate change, gender and sexuality, and geopolitics. If you have any questions regarding Catalyst/Chyrsalis, you can contact Kimberly through publications.idssamcgill@gmail.com.