Student Leaders and Faculty Advisors 2025-2026
For many years, students at Columbia Journalism School have maintained thriving student chapters of national journalism organizations as well as stand-alone groups that exist only at the school. These associations provide speakers, panel discussions and other programming of benefit to the whole J-School student body.
Membership is open to all students at Columbia Journalism School regardless of class, caste, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender or age.
Membership is restricted to currently-enrolled students at the J-School.
- Victoria Newsome, President
- Tinah Ogalo, External Relations Chair
- Michael Mitsanas, Academic Affairs Chair
- Zach Jaworski, Parliamentarian
- Peter Shea, Part-Time M.S. Program Rep
- Isabella Gaglione, Full-Time M.S. Program Rep
- Laura Laux, Full-Time M.S. Program Rep
- Destiny Jones, General Board
- Priscilla Putzer, General Board
- Daniel Vigil, General Board
- Qinghua Zhu, General Board Manager
- Adviser
- Columbia J-School Chapter
- Shirin Hakim, President
- Leena Fraihat, Vice President
- Adviser
- Columbia J-School Chapter
- Yuna Kim, President
- Rachel Zhong, Vice President
- Adviser
- Columbia J-School Chapter
- Skyler Winston, President
- Alisha Mess, Co-Vice President
- Yeyya Wane, Co-Vice President
- Adviser
- Columbia J-School Chapter
- Morelys De Los Santos Urbano, President
- Victoria Mendizabal, Vice President/Secretary
- Alonso Guillermo Vigal, Chapter Liaison
- Marcelo Juaregui-Volpe, Social Media Editor
- Advisers
- Columbia J-School Chapter
- Cleo Kromelow, Co-President
- Sacha Shaw, Co-President
- Adviser
- Columbia J-School Chapter
- Siddharth Kerjriwal, President
- Madhihaa Anis, Co-Vice President
- Areeba Fatima, Co-Vice President
- C (Christie Hoi Ching) Lee, Secretary
- Tannu Jaiin, Treasurer
- Adviser
- Columbia J-School Chapter
- Lizbeth Cortes Gutierrez, Co-President
- Brooke Witherow, Co-President
- Adviser
- Columbia J-School Chapter
- James Jamu, Co-President
- Michael Orodare, Co-President
- Adviser
- Columbia J‐School Chapter
- Karthik Vinod, President
- Sahar Sedaghat, Vice President
- Adviser
- Columbia J‐School Chapter
- Anna Lee, President
- Sofie Buckminster, Co-Vice President
- Katherine Waxman, Co-Vice President
- Adviser
- Columbia J‐School Chapter
- Grace Blendonohy, Co-President
- Sahmaya Busby, Co-President
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