The Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and Gender-Inclusive Greek Council elected new officers, who will start their year-long terms of office in the spring.
Kalie Marsicano ’17 was elected as the new Panhell president, James Burton ’17 will be the new IFC president, and Yasmeen Erritouni ’17 will head the GIGC.
Burton, from Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, will replace current president Sam Macomber ’16, also from Beta. Macomber became president after the originally elected president Chase Gilmore ’16 resigned the position following the derecognition of his fraternity, Alpha Delta, last April. Macomber was originally elected as treasurer.
In an email statement, Burton wrote that he would like to see the IFC play a more significant role in bringing visibility to the philanthropy and service work of fraternity members.
The new IFC council will be comprised of vice president Matthew Kim ’17 from Psi Upsilon fraternity, treasurer Nick Pruthi ’17 from Phi Delta Alpha fraternity, secretary Chase Shipp ’17 from Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, service chair Adam Philie ’17 of Theta Delta Chi fraternity, programming chair Kevin Neilson ’17 from Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity, recruitment chair Zach Tannenbaum ’17 from Bones Gate fraternity and public relations and outreach chair Andrew Carothers ’17 from Sig Ep.
All those eligible for IFC position were notified about vacancies and were given information on the election process. The presidents of IFC fraternities then reached out to their houses and submitted nominations to the IFC. The fraternity presidents and the outgoing IFC then discussed the candidates and voted on them before the Feb. 18 elections.
In an email statement, Macomber wrote that a strong group of candidates applied this year. He said that the new council will help create a stronger Greek system and safer campus.
Marsicano, from Sigma Delta sorority, will take over from current Panhell president Jordyn Turner ’16 from Kappa Delta Epsilon. Marsicano said that the council has not met yet to determine the goals for the coming year. She noted that the general goals of every council are to increase the financial accessibility of the Greek system and to increase safety by preventing and responding to sexual assault.
Marsicano became interested in running for Panhell president after she served as summer president of the council.
“I got a little bit of the experience and decided it was something I was interested in continuing,” she said.
Panhell’s new council will be made up of vice president of operations Lauren Huff ’17 from Alpha Phi sorority, vice presidents of recruitment Alexis Wallace ’17 from Alpha Phi and Meredith Nissenbaum ’17 from KDE, vice president of finance Clara Wang ’17 from Alpha Xi Delta sorority, vice president of public relations Maria Howe ’18 from KDE, vice presidents of policy and research Jade McLaughlin ’17 from Kappa Delta sorority and Kira Farris ’17 from Chi Delta sorority, vice presidents of community and outreach Nicole Simineri ’17 from Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority and Ayanda Heita ’18 from Sigma Delt.
Applications for Panhell were blitzed out to campus and applicants were then interviewed by the council. Panhell received 27 applicantions, current vice president of operations Kate Healy ’16 said. Candidates applied to the board generally, though they could note preferences they had for certain positions. The week following interviews, the council prepared a slate of candidates that were then approved by a majority of the eight Panhellenic sorority presidents this past Sunday.
Erritouni, from Alpha Theta gender-inclusive fraternity, will replace current president Veri di Suvero ’16, also from Alpha Theta. The new vice president will be Francine Mejia ’18, also from Alpha Theta.
Erritouni said her main responsibility will be creating community among all three gender-inclusive houses and keeping them together as one group. Erritouni will also act as a spokesperson for the gender-inclusive houses.
As vice president, Mejia will be responsible for setting up events to promote the gender inclusive houses and gender inclusion, mentioning ideas such as a trivia night open to the campus and a movie night.
“I’m still learning about the position from the old VP but I definitely want to do a lot more events,” Mejia said.
However, the GIGC will be affected by the February suspension of the Tabard for three terms, which will decrease the gender-inclusive fraternity budget.
“The gender-inclusive houses all share a budget, so with one less house there’s a lower budget to work with and it limits the stuff that we can do,” Mejia said.
Erritouni also commented on the recent suspension of the Tabard for three terms.
“The bottom line is keeping the other houses afloat, as well as getting Tabard back on its feet,” Erritouni said. “I imagine Tabard will be involved more with its own house dealing with those issues than I will be as the GIGC president but I’m happy and willing to help.”
Burton wrote that he does not forsee the IFC being affected by the derecognition of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
The new treasurer of the GIGC will be Radheshwar Arora ’18 from Phi Tau. The new Secretary will be Abigail Chen ’17 from Alpha Theta.
Elections for the GIGC were held in early February, with the outgoing board voting on the candidates.
The Greek Leadership Council will accept applications until this Friday at midnight via resume drop. The GLC will pass a final slate of next year’s leadership on March 7.
Kalie Marsicano ’17 is a former member of The Dartmouth staff.
Nichole Simerini ’17 is a member of The Dartmouth staff.
