Class Council

Each incoming class elects its own council, whose function changes as the class progresses through its four years of medical school. Each class participates in this longstanding partnership with the administration and work to improve the medical school experience for our class and classes to come.

In addition to events planned by representatives in their individual roles, current projects of the first year class council include working with Facilities Management and Campus Services to redesignate study and social spaces to better serve students, providing structured feedback to improve the new pre-clinical curriculum for future classes, and establishing a formal Graduate Student Council with other graduate schools at Columbia University.

Class Council Resources

For a complete list of the Class Council representatives for each class year, please view the following lists by class year:

Class of 2022

Admissions Representative: Natasha Natarajan, nn2453@cumc.columbia.edu
Alumni Association Representative: Maggie Schmaedick, mjs2383@cumc.columbia.edu
Alumni Association Representative: Christian Treat, ct2761@cumc.columbia.edu
Association of American Medical Colleges Representative: Tommy Davis, tjd2143@cumc.columbia.edu
Curriculum Representative: Frankie Parisi, fnp2104@cumc.columbia.edu
Curriculum Representative: Sam Bruce, slb2218@cumc.columbia.edu
Curriculum Representative: Tommy Davis, tjd2143@cumc.columbia.edu
Dean's Advisory Committee: Jamie Aron, jaa2241@cumc.columbia.edu
Dean's Advisory Committee: Joseph Cornett, jac2430@cumc.columbia.edu
Dean's Advisory Committee: Amber Parker, amp2315@cumc.columbia.edu
Dean's Advisory Committee: Alice Daramola, amd2316@cumc.columbia.edu
Dean's Advisory Committee: Alexander Johnson, aaj2152@cumc.columbia.edu
Ethics Representative: Katherine Eiseman, kae2147@cumc.columbia.edu
VP&S Club Representative: Tyler Wen, thw2107@cumc.columbia.edu
VP&S Club Representative: Lara Karaaslan, lek2146@cumc.columbia.edu
President: Jalen Dansby, jdd2172@cumc.columbia.edu
Vice President: Peter Kentros, pak2137@cumc.columbia.edu
Wellness Committee Representatives: Saurabh Sudesh, ss5691@cumc.columbia.edu
Wellness Committee Representatives: Lisa Bonsignore-Opp, lb3192@cumc.columbia.edu
Wellness Committee Representatives: Kelsey A. Clayman, kc3105@cumc.columbia.edu

Class of 2023

Admissions Representative: Amy Hembree, aeh2215@cumc.columbia.edu
AIMS Representative: Colin Sperring, cps2155@cumc.columbia.edu
AIMS Representative: Kalvis Hornburg, kth2128@cumc.columbia.edu
Alumni Association Representative: Julia Barasch, jgb2134@cumc.columbia.edu
Alumni Association Representative: Neal Liang, nwl2119@cumc.columbia.edu
Association of American Medical Colleges Representative: Celine Schreidah, cms2369@cumc.columbia.edu
Curriculum Representatives: Jessica Ho, jzh2107@cumc.columbia.edu
Curriculum Representatives: Oliver Isik, ogi2000@cumc.columbia.edu
Curriculum Representatives: Jaques Williams, jlw2255@cumc.columbia.edu
Dean's Advisory Committee: Saundra Albers, sma2245@cumc.columbia.edu
Dean's Advisory Committee: Josh Bender, jmb2472@cumc.columbia.edu
Dean's Advisory Committee: Sanket Mehta, sm4804@cumc.columbia.edu
Eco Representative: Alex Northrup, ajn2157@cumc.columbia.edu
Ethics Representative: Mary Howard Holderness, mhh2149@cumc.columbia.edu
VP&S Club Representative: Halil Beqai, hb2639@cumc.columbia.edu
VP&S Club Representative: Sara Keshavjee, shk2176@cumc.columbia.edu
President: Danny Pohl, djp2169@cumc.columbia.edu
Vice President: Lizzie Herman, eth2119@cumc.columbia.edu
Student Health Services Representative: Jingwen Zhang, jz2651@columbia.edu
Wellness Committee Representatives: Anika Naidu, asn2141@cumc.columbia.edu
Wellness Committee Representatives: Jessie Frank, jf3302@cumc.columbia.edu
Wellness Committee Representatives: Nick Warring, naw2132@cumc.columbia.edu
Wellness Committee Representatives: Akeem Pinnock, ajp2253@cumc.columbia.edu