WESST Executive
President
Kasey Burgess
VP Services
Avery Edwards
VP Finance and Administration
Aida Mesgarzadeh
WESST Directors
Media & Marketing
TBD
Advocacy
Samyukhta Prasath
Corporate Relations
Tinomudaishe Gozhora
Regional Competition
Aayush Dayal
WESST Activity Managers
WEC 2024
Simran Gill
& Tim Veldhuis
EM 2024
Samyukhta Prasath
AGMR 2023
The WESST Exec
Executives and Directors
WESST elects a President and two Vice-Presidents annually at its Annual General Meeting during AGMR, with executive terms beginning with the conclusion of plenary at Executives Meeting. The President of WESST is ex officio the West Ambassador on the CFES Board of Directors.
The Directors of WESST are hired by the WESST Executive shortly before Executives Meeting, and their term starts at the same time as the Executives term.
The Chairs of each of the three annual WESST events make up the Activity Chairs of the organization, and they hold their seats for the year preceding their respective events.
In order of seniority, the three executive members are:
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President
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Vice-President Services
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Vice-President Finance
The four WESST Directors are:
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Media & Marketing Director
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Advocacy Director
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Corporate Relations Director
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Regional Competition Director
And the three Activity Chairs are:
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Chair of the Western Engineering Competition
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Chair of the WESST Executives’ Meeting
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Chair of the WESST AGM Retreat
Previous Executives
Year
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2015-2016
2014-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
President
Duncan Lamont, U of M
Regan Wilson, U of S
Shanleigh McKeown, U of S
Shanleigh McKeown, U of S
Noah Hladun, U of S
Eric Power, UVic
Alex Jokuty, UBC-O
Alex Jokuty, UBC-O
Alan Ehrenholz, UBC-V
Parampaul Nahal, UVic
Ben Marriott, U of M
Madison Myrfield, UBC-V
Daniel Nenadov, U of M
Morgan Tien, UBC-V/UNBC
Shahrzad Pedram, UBC-V
Will Fraser, UVic B
Ruiqing Ping, U of C
Keinan Hamm, UVic
Derek Sahota, SFU
Allison Hagerman, U of C
Justin Thomson, U of S
Kane Miller, UVic
VP Services
Avery Edwards, U of M
Mila Lobato de Faria, U of M
Tim Berntsen, UVic
Tim Berntsen, UVic
Sam Wells, UBC-O
Robert Ashton, U of S
Holly Denby, UBC-O
Dave Antoniak, U of C
Sarah Elder, U of A
Sarah Elder, U of A
Ranek Kiil, U of A
Steph Fulcher, UVic
Kaitlynn Meadows, U of M
Madison Myrfield, UBC-V
Claire Smith, U of A
Jordan Stosky, U of C
Shahrzad Pedram, UBC-V
Victoria Morrison, UVic
Matthew Kemp, U of S
Ashley Penna, SFU
Graham Stewart, U of M
Evan Cole, U of S
VP Finance
Aida Mesgarzadeh, U of M
Sam Diab, UBC-O
Rhys Herzberg, UBC-O
Rhys Herzberg, UBC-O
Venedict Tamondong, UBC-O
Joshua Mitchell-Dueck, U of M
Darren Gervais-Harrison, UVic
Darren Gervais-Harrison, UVic
Alex Jokuty, UBC-0
Justin Lane, UBC-V
Nic Blanchet, UBC-V
Michael Elder, UBC-V
William McEwan, UBC-V
Nicole Winstanley, UBC-V/UNBC
Morgan Tien, UBC-V/UNBC
Sean Walsh, UVic A
Jeff Gellein, UVic
Paul Selles, U of R
Brett Knox, U of S
Greg Florizone, U of S
Allison Hagerman, U of C
Matthew Bathgate, U of S