Meet your 2021-2022 Council
President
Mira Loock (she/her)
Year: U3
Major in MIMM, minor in Education!!
Facebook: Mira Loock
Hi friends! I’m so excited to get to meet you all and serve as your MISA President for the 2021/22 year. The role of President involves chairing MISA meetings, organizing the MIMM Gala (get hyped!!), as well as supporting all other members on council. At the core of the position is the responsibility to represent fellow MIMMers at department and faculty level meetings and representing the MIMM student body within the diverse McGill community. I am also excited to work on events and improve the student council’s role in supporting you. If you see me around, do not hesitate to say hello or send me an email at mira.loock@mail.mcgill.ca.
VP Finance
Sofiya Tsyplenkova (she/her)
Year: U3
Major in MIMM
Facebook: Sofiya Tsyplenkova
Hello everyone! I’m glad that we’ve all been (somewhat) released from the Zoom purgatory. It’s my second year as the VP Finance of MISA and I can confidently say that I got the hang of it. Mostly. As the position’s name suggests, I take care of our financial affairs like monthly audits, yearly and event budgets, day-to-day spending, unauthorized flamethrower purchases, cash deposits, payments, withdrawals, fund applications. Basically, I look at Excel sheets, send other people my Excel sheets, and fill out Excel sheets. This year, more than ever, I intend to support our council in their goal to strengthen the MIMM/IHI community through social and academic events, and establishing additional services to our students (check out the MISA Snack Bar).
VP Academic
Hahn Li
Year: U2
Major in MIMM
Facebook: Hahn Li
Hello MIMM! I can’t wait to serve as your VP Academic this year! Aside from running NTCs and organizing academic events, I’m here to make sure everything in you classes this year runs as smoothly as possible. I will be the liaison between the students and the MIMM faculty, so please don’t hesitate to contact me about any academic concerns.
VP External
Mysha Ibnat (she/her)
Year: U3
Major in MIMM with a minor in biotechnology
Facebook: Mysha Ibnat
Hey everyone!!! I cannot wait to finally meet you all outside of zoom and am very excited to serve as your VP External this year. My role is to represent MISA to other student and professional bodies outside of the Department. I am an international student who returned to Montreal after more than a year so you might see me in different parts of the campus, struggling to find my way to classes. Feel free to reach out to me in-person or by email/Messenger to discuss or suggest ideas to MISA or rant about your classes. Also, please let me know if you know of any contacts or have any ideas for sponsorship so that we can make our MISA events extra-amazing.
VP Communications
Corissa Larson (she/her)
Year: U2
Major in IHI
Facebook: Corissa Larson
Hey everyone!!! I am super excited to get to finally meet you all this year and serve as your VP of Communications. You will be hearing from me a lot this year as I will be keeping you up to date on all MISA events, sending out weekly Listervs, and working to serve as a channel of communication with the MISA council and MIMM faculty. Please make sure to give our Instagram and Facebook a follow as most of our announcements will go up there and check them regularly. Also, make sure to check out our website!! Can’t wait to meet you all.
VP Social
Brendan Flores (he/him)
Year: U3
Major in MIMM
Facebook: Brendan Flores
Hey guys! I’m excited to be your VP Social this year and to work with council in organizing some of the best events possible. I’m sure many of you are anxious to get to know each other (especially considering that some of us have only met through a screen) and I’m here to make sure you have that opportunity. If ever you have and questions/ideas about events or really anything, feel free to contact me!
VP Sustainability
Alexandra Mircescu (she/her)
Year: U3
Major in MIMM
Facebook: Alexandra Mircescu
The role of VP sustainability is multifaceted with tasks from raising funds for charities, working on new green initiatives in the department, and ensuring that the main principles of EDI are followed within MISA. Having been on council for three years now, you can reach out to me for any types of questions and I will be happy to answer. If you have any EDI concerns of sustainability proposals, make sure to contact me!
Meet the Gang
2021-2022 Council
President: Mira Loock
VP Finance: Sofiya Tsyplenkova
VP Communications: Corissa Larson
VP Academic: Hahn Li
VP Social: Brendan Flores
VP External: Mysha Ibnat
VP Sustainability: Alexandra Mircescu
U1 Reps: Gracia Yu, Vincent Duquette, Ban Sakdinan
U2 Reps: Leah Lallouz, Angela Nelson, Lauren King
U3 Reps: Stephanie Erhart, Neos Dionisopoulos, Maddy Mellett
IHI Reps: Vera Lynn, Irmak Bektas
2020-2021 Council
President: Alexandra Mircescu
VP Finance: Sofiya Tsyplenkova
VP Communications: Mira Loock
VP Academic: Narmin Nojoomi
VP Social: Nina Chang
VP External: Maryssa Iacobell
VP Sustainability: Andrea Lafleur
U1 Reps: Lauren King, Hahn Li, Corissa Larson
U2 Reps: Stephanie Erhart, Neos Dionisopoulos, Maddie Vigano
U3 Reps: Andreas Dionisopoulos, Daniela Cosevoi, Milena Kukolj
IHI Reps: Irmak Bektas, Brianna Lu
2019-2020 Council
President: Maya Scott-Lourenco
VP Finance: Amanda Downey
VP Internal: Gio Mrakade
VP Academic: Andrew Nguyen
VP Social: Iris Du
VP External: Rishav Das
U1 Reps: Alexandra Mircescu, Mira Loock, Neos Dionisopoulos
U2 Reps: Nina Chang, Narmin Nojoomi, Robert Kidd
U3 Reps: Alexander Grant, Anne Mao, Jacie Liu
IHI Reps: Colton Strong, Andreas Dionisopoulos
2018-2019 Council
President: Caroline Chu
VP Finance: Colton Strong
VP Internal: Mekayla Forrest
VP Academic: Maya Scott-Lourenco
VP Social: Morgan Gold
VP External: Jacklyne Weng
U1 Reps: Andrea Lafleur, Arundhati Nair, Andreas Dionisopolous
U2 Reps: Emina Kubat, Iris Du, Amanda Downey
U3 Reps: Jenna Cleyle, Mike Colalillo
IHI Reps: Gio Mrakade, Susan Ping
2017-2018 Council
President: Harry Kim
VP Finance: Shannon Hewgill
VP Internal: Jackson Burke
VP Academic: Jorge Luis Flores
VP Social: Nevena Veljanovic
VP External: Caroline Chu
UReps and IHI Reps: Maya Scott-Lourenco, Colton Strong, Mekayla Forrest, Morgan Gold, Jacklyne Weng, Diana Sanchez, Olivier Richer, Nevena Veljanovic, Alessya Venuta, Mike Cola, Connie Chen, Rayoun Ramendra, Jackson Burke