Executive Council

Altaf Iqbal Mansuri

President – president@spsa.ca

The purpose of this role is to provide leadership to the organization, to ensure the voice of the membership is being represented effectively, and to provide a strong and professional face to the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Students’ Association.


Virrajsinh Gohil

VP Finance – vpfinance@spsa.ca

The VP Finance is responsible for overseeing the financial and operational aspects of the SPSA and acts as Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, the VP Finance provides guidance to members of General Council on issues regarding finances, works with the SPSA General Manager and council to develop and review the SPSA budget, and is responsible for the Annual Service Review and the Remuneration and Honorarium Committees. The VP Finance also oversees the presentation of the quarterly budget reports to the General Council.


Sudhanshu

VP Moose Jaw Campus – vpmoosejaw@spsa.ca

The role of the VP Moose Jaw Campus is primarily to work with the Moose Jaw student body on any problems, concerns or issues that they are experiencing at a campus level.

Sudhanshu also oversees the SPSA Academic Affairs Committee. The Academic Affairs Committee reviews all Saskatchewan Polytechnic academic policies, admissions processes and student access to Saskatchewan Polytechnic programming. The Committee works with the SPSA Student Advocates to understand systemic student concerns in the area of academics which is forwarded to the SPSA General Council for possible concern resolutions and developing position statements as needed.


Harishgowtham Shanmugam

VP Prince Albert Campus – vppa@spsa.ca

The role of the VP Prince Albert Campus is primarily to work with the Prince Albert student body on any problems, concerns or issues that they are experiencing at a campus level.

Harish also oversees the SPSA Student Affairs Committee. The Student Affairs Committee examines non-academic, non-governmental issues, sustainability practices at Saskatchewan Polytechnic and provides policy and position statement recommendations to the SPSA General Council. The Committee assists in developing surveys to learn about students’ advocacy needs to develop the SPSA’s yearly advocacy priorities and policies.


Vihang Sadhu

VP Regina Campus – vpregina@spsa.ca

The role of the VP Regina Campus is primarily to work with the Regina student body on any problems, concerns or issues that they are experiencing at a campus level.

Vihang oversees the External Affairs Committee which discuss issues and government policy or initiatives relating to post-secondary education at a local, provincial, or federal level and assigns responsibility for policy action or research initiatives to the members of the SPSA General Council or General Manager. Additionally, this Committee develops, participates in, and recommends to the General Council any provincial or national election awareness campaigns for the SPSA and, when necessary, assist Campus Councils in preparing for such campaigns and investigates and report to General Council of partnership opportunities, strategic organizational opportunities, and directions.


Kriztel Sayana

VP Saskatoon Campus – vpsaskatoon@spsa.ca

The role of the VP Saskatoon Campus is primarily to work with the Saskatoon student body on any problems, concerns or issues that they are experiencing at the campus level.

Kriztel also oversees the SPSA Governance Committee. This committee is responsible for forecasting significant issues, any lobbying strategies, and possible resolutions to those issues. Additionally, they review Bylaws annually and prepare any changes necessary for approval at the Annual General Meeting, review the Internal Operations Policies and the Policy Manual annually and address and prepare any recommendations for approval at Executive Council and review Governance Policies annually and address and prepare any recommendations for approval at General Council.

Moose Jaw Campus Council

Gracious Akokadike

Campus Representative

Reach out to Gracious at gracious.akokadike@spsa.ca.

Orlando Mejia

Campus Representative

Reach out to Orlando at orlando.mejia@spsa.ca.

Rajeswari Palem

Campus Representative

Reach out to Rajeswari at rajeswari.palem@spsa.ca.

Prince Albert Campus Council

Otonye Obom

Campus Representative

Reach out to Otonye at otonye.obom@spsa.ca.

Pallvi

Campus Representative

Reach out to Pallvi at pallvi@spsa.ca.

Mehakdeep Sharma

Campus Representative

Reach out to Mehakdeep Sharma at mehakdeep.sharma@spsa.ca.

Regina Campus Council

Hina Bava

Campus Representative

Reach out to Hina at hina.bava@spsa.ca.

Nikhilesh

Campus Representative

Reach out to Nikhilesh at nikhilesh@spsa.ca.

Kai Nguyen

Campus Representative

Reach out to Kai at kai.nguyen@spsa.ca.

Saskatoon Campus Council

Joshua Essel

Campus Representative

Reach out to Joshua at joshua.essel@spsa.ca.

Vacant

Campus Representative

Reach out to the VP Saskatoon for details.

Vicky Luu

Campus Representative

Reach out to Vicky at vicky.luu@spsa.ca.

Previous SPSA Executive Councils

2023-24 SPSA Executive Council

President: Steven Jose
VP Moose Jaw: Abhishek Jain
VP Prince Albert: Naresh Saroye
VP Regina: Gabriela Pozner
VP Saskatoon: Nicole Zalesak

2022-23 SPSA Executive Council

President: Deep Pandya
VP Moose Jaw: Ujjval Chavda
VP Prince Albert: Rajesh Chandran
VP Regina: Sydney Soloway
VP Saskatoon: Cecily Chartier

2021-22 SPSA Executive Council

President: Jesse White
VP Finance & Internal Operations: Wura Adekoya
VP Moose Jaw: Marina Verchenova
VP Prince Albert: Kirsten Choumont
VP Regina: Sydney Soloway
VP Saskatoon: Kaitlyn Bevan

2020-21 SPSA Executive Council

President: Jesse White
VP Finance & Internal Operations: JJ Lang
VP Moose Jaw: Marina Verchenova
VP Prince Albert: Robert “Bob” Carnahan
VP Regina: Reece Skjonsby
VP Saskatoon: Thao Pham

2019-20 SPSA Executive Council

President: Sukhjot Samra
VP Finance & Internal Operations: Jesse White
VP Moose Jaw: Rohit Vij
VP Prince Albert: Amanda Boychuk – Position Ceased Feb 20, 2020
VP Regina: Jolene Lennox
VP Saskatoon: Madison Mark

2018-19 SPSA Executive Council

President: Justin Skwark
VP Finance & Internal Operations: Chiragkumar Patel
VP Moose Jaw: Sukhjot Samra
VP Prince Albert: Anna Lueke
VP Regina: Dustin Hunt
VP Saskatoon: Dallas Burnett