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 2024-25 Ashdown House Executive Committee consists of:

Hyein Na, AHEC Chair

  • As Chair, Hyein presides over the weekly AHEC meetings and acts as the primary liaison to the MIT administration and other student groups.
  • Liaises with the GSC
  • Hyein is pursuing a PhD in the Materials Science and Engineering Department.
  • Contact: hina@mit.edu

Victor Gonzalez, Officer Coordinator

  • As Officer Coordinator, Victor 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.
  • Pursuing a PhD in Operations Research
  • Contact: victorgo@mit.edu

Kenneth Gee, Treasurer

  • As Treasurer, Kenneth keeps track of the available funds, writes proposals for outside funding sources, and coordinates reimbursements for purchases made by Ashdown officers.
  • Groups or committees for which you are an AHEC liaison (if applicable)
  • Pursuing a PhD in Computational Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences in EAPS
  • Contact: kengee@mit.edu

Ryan Mei, External Affairs Coordinator

  • As External Affairs Coordinator, Ryan organizes Ashdown community projects with
    other graduate residences, the MIT Graduate Student Council, and MIT
    administration. He represents Ashdown on the GSC Housing and Community Affairs
    Committee (HCA). Ryan also works with Housing and Residential Services to run
    the room lottery.
  • Liaises with the HCA
  • Pursuing a PhD in EECS
  • Contact: rmei@mit.edu

Yanina Pankratova, Internal Affairs Coordinator

  • As Internal Affairs Coordinator, Yanina oversees elections and referendums within the house.
  • Liaises with the GSC Sustainability Committee
  • Pursuing a PhD in the Chemistry Department.
  • Contact: yanina96@mit.edu