
WESST Executives
President
Tim Veldhuis
VP Services
Eric Suh
VP Finance & Administration
Aida Mesgarzadeh

VP Advocacy
Tinomudaishe Gozhora



WESST Directors
Media & Marketing
Kaitlyn Schaeffer
Competitions Director
Shreya Madan
Corporate Relations
Vrishank Prabhu



WESST Activity Managers
WEC 2025
Christine Jorgenson
EM 2025
WESST Exec
AGMR 2025
​Sasha Roosen-Saba



Executives and Directors
WESST elects a President, Ambassador, and 3 Vice-Presidents annually at its Annual General Meeting during LEADS, with executive terms beginning with the conclusion of plenary at EELA. The WESST Ambassador is on the CFES Board of Directors.
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The Directors of WESST are hired by the WESST Executive shortly before EELA, and their term starts at the same time as the Executives term.
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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.
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In order of seniority, the 5 executive members are:
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President
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WESST Ambassador
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Vice-President Services
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Vice-President Finance
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Vice-President Advocacy
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VP Communications
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The four WESST Directors are:
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Media & Marketing Director
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Corporate Relations Director
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Regional Competition Director
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And the three Activity Chairs are:
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Chair of the Western Engineering Competition
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Chair of the WESST Engineering Executives Leadership Assembly
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Chair of the WESST Leadership in Engineering Advocacy Development Summit
Previous Executives
Year
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2023-2024
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
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Kasey Burgess
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
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
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VP Finance
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Aida Mesgarzadeh, U of M
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