AHEC

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 2023-24 Ashdown House Executive Committee consists of:

Zheng Dai, AHEC Chair

  • As Chair, Zheng presides over the weekly AHEC meetings and acts as the primary liaison to the MIT administration and other student groups.
  • Oversees the Events Committee
  • Liaises with the GSC
  • Zheng is pursuing a PhD in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department.
  • Contact: zhengdai@mit.edu

Yanina Pankratova, Officer Coordinator

  • As Officer Coordinator, Yanina 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.
  • Oversees the Operations Committee
  • Liaises with the GSC Sustainability Committee
  • Pursuing a PhD in the Chemistry Department.
  • Contact: yanina96@mit.edu

Wentao Cui, Treasurer

  • As Treasurer, Wentao keeps track of the available funds, writes proposals for outside funding sources, and coordinates reimbursements for purchases made by Ashdown officers.
  • Oversees the Communities Committee
  • Liaises with the GSC Housing and Community Affairs (HCA) Group
  • Wentao is pursuing a PhD in the Physics Department.
  • Contact: wcui@mit.edu

Shakul Pathak, External Affairs Coordinator

  • As External Affairs Coordinator, Shakul oversees the room lottery and interfaces with Housing and Residential Services.
  • Oversees the Operations Committee
  • Shakul is pursuing a PhD in ChemE
  • Contact: shakulp@mit.edu

Tzu-An SHENG, Internal Affairs Coordinator

  • As Internal Affairs Coordinator, Tzu-An oversees elections and referendums within the house.
  • Oversees the Coffee Hour Committee
  • Liaises with the GSC Activities Group
  • Charvi is a PhD student in the Department of Physics.
  • Contact: tasheng@mit.edu

The 2022-23 Ashdown House Executive Committee consisted of:

Akhilan Boopathy, outgoing AHEC Chair

  • Oversees the Events Committee;
  • As Chair, Akhilan presides over the weekly AHEC meetings and acts as the primary liaison to the MIT administration and other student groups;
  • Akhilan is pursuing a PhD in the EECS Department;
  • Contact: akhilan@mit.edu

Xiaowei, outgoing Treasurer

  • Oversees the Communities Committee;
  • As Treasurer, Xiaowei keeps track of the available funds, writes proposals for outside funding sources, and coordinates reimbursements for purchases made by Ashdown officers.
  • Xiaowei is pursuing a PhD in Physics;
  • Contact: xwou@mit.edu

Kim, outgoing Internal Affairs Coordinator

  • Oversees the Coffee Hour Committee;
  • As Internal Affairs Coordinator, Kim oversees elections and referendums within the house;
  • Kim is pursuing a PhD in Chemistry;
  • Contact: kim@mit.edu

Yanina Pankratova, outgoing Officer Coordinator

  • Oversees the Operations Committee;
  • As Officer Coordinator, Yanina 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;
  • Yanina is pursuing a PhD in the Chemistry Department
  • Contact: yanina96@mit.edu

Amogh Sood, outgoing External Affairs Coordinator

  • Oversees the Brunch Committee;
  • As an external affairs coordinator, Amogh oversees the room lottery and interfaces with Housing and Residential Services.
  • Amogh is pursuing a PhD in the Chemistry Department
  • Contact: amogh@mit.edu