Friday, October 12th, was a significant day for members of Upsilon Pi Epsilon; in addition to a General Body Meeting, an InfoTech Workshop, and an Info Session from Google Cloud Platform, the organization held its Executive Board Elections to elect candidates for the 2019 Executive Board.
The ever-important President and Vice President races were especially close, with candidates in both elections being well-known figures with strong reputations in the UPE community. In the end, Christopher Rodriguez and Adrian Perez were elected President and Vice President respectively. Christopher will be getting promoted from his current Vice President role and taking over for Cesar Villa Garcia, who has been President of UPE for the past four years.
Many positions had multiple candidates that were all equally qualified for the job, leading to even more close races. Although some did not achieve the positions they were striving for, many of them plan to be involved in the organization as committee members and potentially run again in 2020.
Here is the complete list of all winners for elected and appointed positions in the elections for the 2019 Upsilon Pi Epsilon Executive Board:
President: Christopher Rodriguez
Executive Vice President: Adrian Perez
Vice President of Communications: Matt Taylor
Vice President of Membership: Katherine Yi
Vice President of Finance: Carlos Neira
Vice President of Logistics: William Elias
Vice President of Marketing: Shanna Sit
CSO Representative: Austin Kiesel
Public Relations Director: Nazmul Huq
Social & Digital Media Director: Kayling Wong
Webmaster: Jehf Denezaire
Historian: Natalie Whitehead
SGA Representative: Jai Jethani
MakerSpace Manager: Oscar Barbosa
Director, UPE Code: Tommy Carrascal
Director, UPE Make: TBA
Director, UPE InfoTech: Rafael Hernandez
Director, UPE Advance: Julian Alarcon
Director, UPE CS First: TBA
Director, UPE SparkDev: Mauricio Santos-Hoyos
Director, UPE MentorFIU: TBA
Director, UPE Hackers: Yasmine Abdrabo
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Clarke
Alumni Advisors: Cesar Villa Garcia & Jose Maldonado
Written by: Matt Taylor