Welcome to the new GAGE Executive Council! For the next calendar year, these Executive Council officers will work to organize and represent graduate student workers, implement our contract and COVID-19 side agreements, and ensure that we have an equal partnership in decisions that shape our future and the future of Georgetown University.
You can read the full description of duties for each Executive Council position and the biographies of each officer on our website: www.wearegage.org/executive-council.
President: Daniel Solomon, Government PhD candidate
“As President, I look forward to deepening our organizing power among hourly Master’s workers, expanding our efforts to educate members about our contract rights, and broadening our organizing and solidarity activism around racial and climate justice issues. These efforts will ensure that we’re well-positioned to demand an ambitious new contract in 2023.”
Vice President: Dominick Cooper, Philosophy PhD student
“I affirm that effective organizing only happens when all grad workers at Georgetown are engaged with one another, within and across departments, and are ready to act in solidarity with one another, to protect and further promote the conditions of our working lives and communities that allow us all to thrive.”
Treasurer: Genevieve Hayman, Philosophy PhD candidate
“I believe that through the collective voice of graduate workers advocating for each other’s safety and security, we can make a tangible impact in the lives of all graduate student workers at Georgetown.”
Secretary: Jeffrey Tsoi, JD/Philosophy PhD student
“My vision for GAGE is to continue defending the rights of graduate workers and students, representing their diverse voice, and building an inclusive space for all. As part of the executive council, I wish to remind international graduate workers and students through my role that we are as much a part of the Georgetown community as local students - no amount of visa restriction should tell you otherwise.”
Grievance Officer: Vaughn Shirey, Biology PhD candidate
“I am excited to leverage the grievance committee to hold the university accountable through actively monitoring university implementation of all contract elements and assist in establishing a network of emotional first aid, mutual aid, and reconciliation resources for workers impacted by contract violation or other workplace issues.”
Lead Organizer for the Natural and Biomedical Sciences: Jeremy Canfield, Physics PhD student
“As Lead Organizer, I view myself not as a leader, but a representative. I seek to serve as a lens to focus the view of labor justice and the spirit of graduate workers at Georgetown into the best organizing possible to achieve a more just, more life-affirming, more fulfilling workplace, Georgetown community, and world.”
Lead Organizer for Graduate Student Assistants Serving in Hourly Positions: Matthew Ring, Data Science for Public Policy Masters student
“We structure our lives around work, but unions like GAGE let us structure work around our lives. My vision for GAGE is of a broad, sustainable coalition of workers that is member-centric, develops a culture of solidarity, and holds Georgetown to its ideal of cura personalis.”