Meet your student senators for this school year! Feel free to contact them at any time with your concerns. They are here to serve you!

Dan Sadowski
Student Body President
Email (@ drake.edu): dan.sadowski
I would like to see every idea and project brought to the Student Senate table to be thoroughly investigated and developed. While representing our constituency of the Drake student body, we will encompass the Drake mission statement in our efforts towards improvement.

Jonathan Brendemuehl
Vice President of Student Life
Email (@ drake.edu): jonathan.brendemuehl

Meghan Harr
Vice President of Student Activities
Email (@ drake.edu): mmh016
My vision for Drake is bringing lots of new and different programs to campus that people will get excited about.

Carla Olszewski
Senator-at-Large
Student Body Treasurer
Email (@ drake.edu): cmo004
As the student body treasurer, I want all Drake students to know where their student activity fees are being spent and to be comfortable with those allocations. Communication is one of my top priorities.

Ryan Michel
Senator-at-Large
Academic Affairs Committee Chair
Email (@ drake.edu): rmc008

Siva Kasinathan
Senator-at-Large
Organizational Council Co-chair
Email (@ drake.edu): sk0007

Ben Olson
Senator-at-Large
Campus Advancement Committee Chair
Email (@ drake.edu): boo001
My goals are to enhance the Drake campus through improvements in the areas of security, technology, and capital initiatives.

Kevin Kuhle
Senator-at-Large
Student Life Committee Chair
Email (@ drake.edu): kdk011
I am interested in getting students more excited about being Drake students, and making the city of Des Moines, at-large, more of a Bulldog city.

Eric Gudmundson
Senator-at-Large
Community Service Liaison
Email (@ drake.edu): erg001
I hope that with this term, we, the senate body, will be able to improve communication between ourselves and the full student body to promote more collaboration of ideas. Additionally, as the community outreach liaison, I hope to "pop" the Drake bubble and encourage more student involvement in the Drake neighborhood and in the city of Des Moines.

Christina Motilall
Senator-at-Large
First Year Interest Committee Chair
Email (@ drake.edu): crm008
My vision for Drake is to foster a fulfilling first year experience for students to build off of in future years. I hope to be an approachable resource for students to create new ideas and projects.

Daniel Alford
Senator-at-Large
Faculty Senate Liaison
Email (@ drake.edu): jda008

Tyler Boggess
Senator-at-Large
Organizational Council Co-chair
Email (@ drake.edu): trb004
I believe the biggest hurdle in improving the college experience for Drake students is funding. One of my goals is making students' and student organizations' voices heard in funding allocation processes so that a better Drake can be enjoyed by all.

Izzy Goodwin
Senator-at-Large
Public Affairs Committee Chair
Email (@ drake.edu): eag006

Betsy Litman
Journalism Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): eml011
I would like to help better define the roles of academic senators as well as increase the visability of the position. I'd like to see increased programming come out of acadmic affairs as well as more integration with faculty and staff in the A&S college.

Alissa Cunningham
Journalism Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): alc028
I want to give journalism students more opportunities to meet with potential employers. I also want to continue the J-Council as a place where students and professors can discuss the future of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Maria Campos
Education Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): mtc004
I would like to make the school of education a more visible part of the campus as well as increase the security around the school of education, being that is off campus.

Charlie Hartig
Pharmacy Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): csh002
In my role as the Pharmacy senator my vision for Drake includes the incorporation and thoughtful planning of funds and activities not only to benefit the undergraduate students but also the non-traditional pharmacy/graduate students.

Kyle Lewandowski
Business Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): kel003
I envision a more organic, representative, and approachable student government fully responsive to the needs and concerns of the student body. I hope to use my influence to ensure that a growing College of Business and Public Administration remains committed to its standard of excellence in providing first-rate educational experiences both inside and outside of the classroom.

Sora Moon
Fine Arts Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): sm0049
Lead to pass/fail grading systems regarding studio classes and make the Fine Arts School more of an independent school from the College of Arts & Sciences.

Deidre Howard
Diversity Interest Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): doh001
 

Christine Anderson
Diversity Interest Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): cna002
My vision for Drake is to create more accountable and transparent processes within Drake University

Shekinah Young
Diversity Interest Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): smy001
 

Chris Woods
Organizational Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): cdw003
 

Emily Lentz
Organizational Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): eml010
 

Josh Smith
Organizational Senator
Email (@ drake.edu): jgs008
 

Theresa Hassler
Law School Diplomat
Email (@ drake.edu): teh005
 

Sentwali Bakari
Dean of Students
Student Senate Advisor
Email (@ drake.edu): sentwali.bakari