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President
 

Ingrid Ngai

Ingrid Ngai is a senior majoring in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is excited about serving as the President of CISO this year and strengthening the relationship between CISO member organizations. It is her sincere pleasure to work with CISO member organizations and please feel free to contact her with questions.

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Vice President
 

Shivani Handa

Hi! I am Shivani Handa and I am the secretary of Council of International Student Organization. I am junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering. I am very excited to be on the CISO board and help spread the diversity throughout the campus. If you need any assistance, feel free to ask me!

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Secretary
 

Chaitanya Chopra

Hey! I am Chaitanya Chopra, Secretary of Council of Student Organizations, and also Senior in Finance. I believe that being a part of this exciting organization would strengthen our relationship with diverse community at Virginia Tech. I am also an active volunteer and held executive positions in Association for India's Development. If you have any suggestions/ feedbacks/ comments, please don't hesitate to drop me a line.

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Treasurer
 

Roshan Kundwani

Hi, my name is Roshan Kundwani, Treasurer of CISO. I am a sophomore majoring in Computer Engineering. One of the things that interests me is meeting people from different backgrounds and knowing about different cultures. Being in CISO is like an opportunity for me to learn and help people coming from all kinds of different backgrounds. Other than CISO I am also actively involved in Students Engineers Abroad Council (SEAC).

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Public Relations
 

Anuja Agnihotri

My name is Anuja Agnihotri and I'm one of the Public Relations Officers for CISO this year. I'm a junior majoring in Industrial and Systems Engineering and minoring in Business. I'm very excited about working with CISO. Since I'm in International Student myself, I think this is going to be a great opportunity for me to meet more international students and connect more with people!

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Public Relations
 

Nihar Samal

Hey people, My name is Nihar Samal. I'm one of the Public Relations Officers for CISO this year. I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and I'm excited to be on the board this year to help spread the word about the many cultural opportunites we have on campus. If you ever have any questions or suggestions feel free to contact me.

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Event Coordinator
 

Divya Khattar

Hi! My name is Divya Khattar, one of the Event coordinators of the Council of International Student Organization. I am a freshman majoring in Architecture. I am an international student, originally from India but brought up in Oman. CISO gives me the opportunity to learn about other cultures and backgrounds, more than what I have been exposed to in the past. I am looking forward to contributing my ideas and organizing events such that they will be a learning and fun filled experience for all. Feel free to email me with concerns, comments, feedback or suggestions.

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Event Coordinator
 

Vishal Gandhi

Hello! I am Vishal. I am in my second year in the Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology program. I joined CISO to meet people and cultures from across the world, and I look forward to being Event Coordinator and serving the community! Please feel free to email me with questions and suggestions.

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Webmaster
 

Gauri Chicker

Hello!! I am Gauri Chicker, the Webmaster for the Council of International Student Organization. I am a graduate student doing my MS in Building Construction Management. I have done my Bachelors in Architecture from India. CISO gives me the opportunity to reach out to people from different backgrounds and cultures. It gives me a platform to develop relationships and to do networking. I would like to make the website more user friendly and I thus look forward to your feedback. Please feel free to give me your suggestions.

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Advisor
 

Rachel Christensen

Rachel is the Coordinator at the Cranwell International Center and the co-advisor to CISO. Rachel has over 10 years of experience working in higher education settings, focusing on student services, teaching, and international/intercultural programs. Her professional experience includes teaching English courses at the Universidad Peruana Los Andes in Huancayo, Peru; coordinating programs at the Virginia Tech Women's Center; leading a study abroad program to Guadalajara, Mexico; and coordinating internships and student-initiated service projects. Rachel is working on her dissertation for her PhD in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. She enjoys reading, origami, international travel, and spending time with her family.

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Co- Advisor
 

Jennifer Quijano Sax

Jenny was born and raised in Europe and is the product of the British, American, French, and Israeli education systems. She earned her BA from Middlebury College in French and Religion and her MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Religion. At Virginia Tech, Jenny serves as the Assistant Director of the Cranwell International Center. In addition to co-advising CISO, Jenny works on immigration, orientation, counseling students, crisis intervention, cross-cultural programming and community outreach. Prior to joining Cranwell in July 2008, Jenny spent eight years at the University of Chicago working in various aspects of higher education, from communications and public relations to residential life, academic advising, and study abroad.

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