AGS Executive Board
Zoë Miller-Vedam, President
Responsibilities
- Setting the vision for AGS and with the help of the executive board
- Planning the short and long term strategic, operational and organizational goals for AGS
- Serve as the Chief Executive Officer of AGS. Chairing all meetings and deliberations of the AGS Council
- Building and sustaining vital relationships with campus partners on all matters pertaining to graduate students
- Recognizing graduate student needs and working with campus administration to fulfill those needs
- Facilitate the creation and continuation of AGS Programs and Events
- Developing the annual AGS Budget. Oversee the distribution and expenditure of funds depending on project needs
- Along with VP Finance, spearhead fundraising efforts for AGS from both on campus and external business community to fuel increased programming serving all graduate students
Bio
Zoë Miller-Vedam is doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. She received her BA in Political Science from McGill University and an L.L.M in International Human Rights Law from the University of Leicester in the UK. Her research areas of interest at UCI are immigration, gender and reproductive health. Specifically, her research focuses on how immigration legal status shapes access to maternal and reproductive healthcare in the US, UK and Canada. As AGS President, Zoë is committed to serving the needs of graduate students, strengthening the graduate student community, and building a more inclusive and equitable UCI.
Contact
president@ags.uci.edu
Amelia Roskin-Frazee, VP of Internal Affairs
Responsibilities
- Represent graduate and professional student interests to all on-campus entities that affect students’ needs and rights, such as the Coordinated Governance Group, Student Health Insurance Advisory Committee, and Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Campus Climate and Inclusion
- Chair the Internal Committee, which advocates on behalf of graduate students
- Liaise with other student groups, such as the International Student Committee, ASUCI (Associated Students of UCI), AMS (Associated Medical Students), MSA (Merage Students Association), PVRC and VRC (Palo Verde and Verano Residents Councils)
- With the President, serve as a primary advocate on issues of campus housing, health care, parking, mental health, and campus climate
- Coordinate programs related to Internal Affairs
Bio
Amelia Roskin-Frazee is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. She received her BA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Columbia University. Her research focuses on how the intersection of gender, race, and sexuality affect sex crime policing in the United States. When not doing work for AGS, she can be found shouting into megaphones, playing steel drums, or contemplating how strange it feels to write about herself in the third person.
Contact
vpinternal@ags.uci.edu
Rebecca Angela Ruiz, VP of External Affairs
Responsibilities
- Chair the External Committee which advocates at the systemwide and national levels on behalf of UCI graduate students
- Maintain relationships with local, state, and national legislators representing UCI Students
- Educate students on issues affecting graduate education at the local and national level
- Lobby on behalf of UCI students at our local offices as well as Capitol Hill
Bio
Contact
vpexternal@ags.uci.edu
Celina Yang, VP of Financial Affairs
Responsibilities
- The Vice President of Finance provides oversight and allocates AGS resources in various graduate and professional student funding requests for travel, projects, and finance programs.
- They oversees the finance committee and represents graduate students on fees and referendums at the executive level.
- This position works closely with the Pub Advisory Board (PAB), Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC), the AGS Core Committee and AGS General Council.
Bio
Contact
vpfinance@ags.uci.edu
Christine Head, VP of Social Affairs
Responsibilities
- Work with the Social Committee to bring social and cultural events and programming to the graduate and professional student community
- Oversee efforts to bring a wide variety of programming to students, including but not limited to hiking and outdoors activities, the Explore event series, the Happy Grad Project, family-friendly events, and more
- Represent graduate student’ interests and needs on planning committees for campus-wide events like Graduate Student Orientation
- Plan outreach programs and events that support graduate students’ health and well-being, academic success, and social lives
Bio
Contact
vpsocial@ags.uci.edu
Daniel C. Tracht, VP of Administrative Affairs
Responsibilities
- Work with the Communications Committee and the Campus Communications Director to ensure important issues and information are brought to the graduate community
- Appoint graduate student representatives to external committees like UCI’s Academic Senate
- Ensure transparency by keeping Council attendance and representation records
- Manage AGS’ documentation including legislation, meeting agendas and minutes, governing documents, meeting calendar and website
- When necessary, Chair a Constitution Revision Committee
- Work with the Professional Development Committee and Symposium Co-Chair to put on events for all graduate students that enhance knowledge of soft skills and professional knowledge of graduate students
Bio
Daniel C. Tracht is in the Economics PhD program, has served on AGS Council since Fall 2021, and has served as the Vice President of Administrative Affairs since Fall 2022.