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Paige Knowles: Co-Chair pknowle2@jhu.edu Paige is a senior from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. She will graduate in May 2009 with a major in International Relations and a minor in Spanish Language and Hispanic Culture. She has been a devout member and leader of Vision XChange since her freshman year. Paige loves contributing to an organization that not only has hard-working, influential, and dedicated members, but demonstrates that the youth of today - of Hopkins - have the ability to spread awareness and foster global change. With her astute sense of fashion, Paige previously headed the position of ambiance chair creating entertaining and eye-catching settings for all Vision XChange events. She also assists with graphics and designs for advertising V/X events. Along with Vision Xchange she is a Jackie Robinson Scholar, a member of Phi Mu Fraternity, and Hopkins Girl's Club Basketball. |
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Nadia Khan: Fundraising Chair nkhan9@jhu.edu Nadia Khan is a junior majoring in International Relations. She has many experiences in dealing with finances of various organizations on campus. She was the Middle East Programming Chair and Finance Chair for the Foreign Affairs Symposium. She has also been involved in the Muslim Students Association on campus, the Refugee Youth Project and the JHU inter-faith council. Outside of campus, she has interned at Senator Ben Cardin’s office, the Institute on Religion and Public Policy and Karamah- Muslim Women Lawyers for human rights. In her free time, Nadia likes to hang out with family and friends, cozy up on her couch and warm her feet by the heater. |
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Sam Jockel: Logistical Co-Chair sjockel1@jhu.edu Sam is a sophomore majoring in International Studies. As part of his junior year, he'll be studying abroad at Oxford University and participating in the Aitchison Fellowship in Washington, DC. For the past two years, he's been the Logistics Committee Co-Chair for Vision XChange. He is also a staff writer for JHU Politik and has interned for Congressman Inslee and Senator Clinton's offices. In his free time, Sam enjoys reading, teaching tennis and having fun. |
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Trisha Chakraborty: Logistical Co-Chair tchakraborty@jhu.edu Trisha is a sophomore majoring in International Studies and Economics. She in interested in finance and will be interning for JPMorgan this summer. She joined Vision XChange as a freshman, and though she'll be abroad her junior year at the London School of Economics, hopes to come back as a senior because of the high energy, cause-driven events V|X brings to campus. Trisha is also involved in MAPP, Hopkins Bengali Organization, Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, and Model UN. She enjoys exploring Baltimore's numerous restaurants and niches; it's not as bad as she first thought! Check out metromix.baltimore.com if you haven't yet! |
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Greig Richmond: Recruitment Co-Chair grichmo1@jhu.edu Grieg has been an active member of Vision XChange these past two years, organizing joint programs with V|X and his fraternity Pike. Last year, Pike and V|X co-sponsored an event for Ghanaian children. Greig is a Materials Science Engineering Major class of '09. He is from Guyana- the Caribbean – but his family now lives in Delaware. He loves to play soccer and he always tries to have a good time. |
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Lena Denis: Public Relations Co-Chair denis11@jhu.edu Lena Denis is a sophomore double-majoring in anthropology and history of art. She is Brazilian-American and currently lives in Atlanta, and she loves finding ways to combine her passion for all things artistic with her passion for social and environmental justice. As well as being a member of Vision Xchange, you can find her around campus running a food recovery operation she co-founded called the Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins, working her beloved student job at MSE Library, reporting for the Johns Hopkins News-Letter, researching for her Wilson Fellow projects, developing a sustainability education initiative with former Provost Kristina Johnson, tutoring Baltimore's self-proclaimed coolest 10-year-old at the Waverly Public Library, and bumming around local restaurants to spend time with her great loves: good friends and good food. |
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Thalia Staikos: Public Relations Co-Chair estaiko1@jhu.edu Thalia is a freshman from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, majoring in International Relations. She is of Greek origin and her heritage is a huge part of her life. She is also a figure skater and reporter for her hometown’s newspaper. She loves to travel, learn about different cultures, shop, and hang out with my friends and family. She is hoping to enter into a career involving politics and law in the future. |
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Lize Bon-Homme: Public Relations Co-Chair lbonhom1@jhu.edu Lize Bon-Homme is in the class of 2011 and came to Hopkins from the Dominican Republic, but was born in Maryland. She has danced for a while now, and at Hopkins She is a part of S.L.A.M and she sings with VIVAZ. She is also kind of obsessed with Latin dance. Samba and salsa are her favorite. Eating is her favorite hobby. Besides that she loves to help those in need and loves being a VX member! With her charm, eloquence and beauty, she is the perfect representative of a V|X PR Chair. |
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Catherine Eagen: Recruitment Chair ceagan2@jhu.edu Catherine is from Martinsville, New Jersey and is a freshman at Hopkins pursuing a major in political science and a minor in entrepreneurship and management. She is interested in international issues, and found that Vision XChange is a great way tomake a difference. She loves to travel to countries such as Kenya, Egypt, Peru, and China. She also volunteers frequently on and off campus. |
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Salmah Y. Rizvi: Co-Founder and Chair salmah.y.rizvi@gmail.com Salmah is a senior at the Johns Hopkins University, double-majoring in International Relations and Anthropology and minoring in Business and Entrepreneurship. Salmah co-founded V|X in order to create a mechanism for entertaining, opportunistic events while spreading awareness of various international and domestic issues. As a Truman Scholar, Salmah has interned with Department of Defense, the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. She has traveled extensively as a student ambassador, teaching International Humanitarian Law. She loves to cook, dance, play monopoly, listen to hip-hop music and hang out with her friends and family all the time! |
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Ashley Jaramillo: Community Service Chair ajarami2@jhu.edu Ashley Jaramillo is a junior at the Johns Hopkins University, majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Anthropology. As Community Service Chair, Ashley's passion has been reaching out to those who need it most. Ashley was born in Santa Fe, NM and ever since she can remember she has been working to make her community better. She currently is an intern for a non-profit where she is able to work with middle and high-school kids in and out of the classroom, as well as homeless shelters, rehabilitation centers, soup kitchens and more. She is highly involved in Hopkin's groups and was recently awarded a leadership scholarship nominated by President Brody. She is a huge Phoenix Suns fan, loves to cook and travel! |
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Aru Sahni: Technology Master arusahni@gmail.com Aru is a senior Computer Science major from Pittsburgh, PA. In his free time he enjoys listening to music, rooting for his Steelers, telling off-color jokes, training in the martial arts (he's a second degree black belt), and, according to Googlism.com, Aru is designed to provide 750 tons of refrigeration. Aru maintains this gorgeous website and he'd like to thank everyone for supporting Vision XChange's events! |
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Shruti Mathur ‘06: Co-Founder Shruti Mathur graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relation and a minor in Business and Entrepreneurship Management. While at Hopkins, Shruti co-founded Vision XChange, hoping to combat the social apathy on the JHU campus. She is currently working in New York City as a leader in a variety of organizations including Press TV, Sahara One TV, Red Cross, and IMG World (Fashion Magazine). Shruti enjoys getting lost in New York city and hanging out with her little brothers. |
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Brian Kares ‘06: Recruitment Chair Brian Kares graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. While at Hopkins, Brian was instrumental in arranging the Shots for Shots Basketball tournaments. He is currently in Washington D.C. pursuing his Masters Degree in Applied Economics. While in DC, he has also worked at nonprofit organizations including One Economy. In his free time, Brian enjoys cooking vegetarian food and sweet-talking the ladies. |
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Adrienne Baksh ‘06: Fundraising Coordinator Adrienne Baksh graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and she minored in Spanish. She loves learning about different cultures and travelling to different countries. While at Hopkins, she went on a number of trips including one to Argentina. She is originally from Chicago but now resides in Washington DC. Last year, she completed her Masters in Tumor Biology from Georgetown University. She is currently working as a Legal Secretary with Shook, Harder and Bacon. Adrienne is an AMAZING dancer! |
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Sajeda Kermally ‘07: Recruitment Chair Sajeda Kermally graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French while being pre-med and minoring in Business. Sajeda was known on campus for her charm, beauty and grace while being recruitment chair. Sajeda also has an amazing voice and was the leader of Kranti- Indian Accapella group here at Hopkins. After graduation, Sajeda moved back to Canada to be with her family. She is a part-time teacher at Bayhill’s Educational Center and a full-time employee at Harley Davidson! She hopes to return to the DC area soon. |
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Nabiha Syed ’07: Public Relations Ambassador Nabiha Syed graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Anthropology. While at Hopkins, she loved planning campaign strategies for V|X events and researching various causes. Aside from V|X, she has published a number of academic pieces regarding microfinance with Grameen Bank, Hudood ordinances in Pakistan and family law in Malaysia. She is currently a first year student at Yale Law School in New Haven. Nabiha loves to read and think about fashionable outfits in her free time. |
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Nikeeta Khetan ’08: Founding Member, Logistical Consultant Nikki is a senior at Johns Hopkins University double majoring in Economics and Political Science. She manages logistics and is the CSC correspondant for Vision XChange. In addition to her role in VX, Nikki is also Senior Career Assistant at the JHU Career Center. In her free time, she enjoys playing the flute, running, watching television, relaxing with friends, and cooking when she has free time. |