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WESST Executives

President

Tim Veldhuis

VP Services

Eric Suh

VP Finance & Administration

Aida Mesgarzadeh

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VP Advocacy

Tinomudaishe Gozhora

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WESST Directors

Media & Marketing

Kaitlyn Schaeffer

Competitions Director

Shreya Madan

Corporate Relations

Vrishank Prabhu

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WESST Activity Managers

WEC 2025

Christine Jorgenson

EM 2025

WESST Exec

AGMR 2025

​Sasha Roosen-Saba

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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:

  1. President

  2. WESST Ambassador

  3. Vice-President Services

  4. Vice-President Finance

  5. Vice-President Advocacy

  6. VP Communications

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The four WESST Directors are:

  1. Media & Marketing Director

  2. Corporate Relations Director

  3. Regional Competition Director

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And the three Activity Chairs are:

  1. Chair of the Western Engineering Competition

  2. Chair of the WESST Engineering Executives Leadership Assembly

  3. 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

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