Ashdown House Executive Committee (AHEC) : ahec-five@mit.edu
AHEC consists of five residents who work together to ensure the Ashdown residential life is active, engaged, safe, and supportive. Tasks include organizing annual events, liaising between residents and administrators, overseeing committees, and advocating on residents’ behalf. AHEC members are involved not only with Ashdown House, but with larger external bodies related to housing and student issues including the MIT Graduate Student Council (GSC), the Housing and Community Affairs (HCA) group, the GSC Sustainability sub-group, amongst others.
Each spring, a new AHEC group is voted in by Ashdown residents. Each officer is assigned a role in AHEC as well as a committee to oversee. There are weekly open AHEC meetings, also attended by Heads of House and any interested resident. These meetings are open to the entire Ashdown community. All residents are encouraged to attend, whether they have something to contribute or simply want to listen. Residents are also free to bring up problems or concerns at AHEC meetings. Meetings are documented by a communications officer (meeting minutes can be found here).
The 2025-26 Ashdown House Executive Committee consists of:
Mary Wan, AHEC Chair
- As Chair, Mary presides over the weekly AHEC meetings and acts as the primary liaison to the MIT administration and other student groups.
- Liaises with the GSC
- Mary is pursuing a PhD in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
- Contact: maryw08@mit.edu
Yuki Murota, Officer Coordinator
- As Officer Coordinator, Yuki hires Ashdown officers, oversees officer evaluations and assigns seniority points and continuing licenses, ensures officers have the resources they need, and helps plan officer social activities.
- Graduate Student in System Design and Management
- Contact: yumur210@mit.edu
Luke Kim, Treasurer
- As Treasurer, Luke keeps track of the available funds, writes proposals for outside funding sources, and coordinates reimbursements for purchases made by Ashdown officers.
- Pursuing a PhD in Physics
- Contact: lgmkim@mit.edu
Stamatis Stamatelopoulos, External Affairs Coordinator
- As External Affairs Coordinator, Stamatis organizes Ashdown community projects with other graduate residences, the MIT Graduate Student Council, and MIT administration. Stamatis also works with Housing and Residential Services to run the room lottery.
- Pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering
- Contact: stamatis@mit.edu
Daniel Robinson, Internal Affairs Coordinator
- As Internal Affairs Coordinator, Daniel oversees elections and referendums within the house.
- Liaises with the GSC Housing and Community Affairs Committee (HCA)
- Pursuing a PhD in the EECS Department.
- Contact: daniel_r@mit.edu