The Student Government Association Representatives are elected officials who represent their college and the University.

Executive Board officers (President, Vice President, and Treasurer) are elected by the Southeast student body and serve a one year term.

The President is the spokesperson for the Southeast student body and presides over executive board meetings. The President also has the power to appoint student representatives to the Faculty Senate and numerous other University standing committees.

The Vice President of the Student Government Association serves as the President of the Senate. The vice president acts as a liaison between the Senate and the executives and also presides over all Senate meetings.

The Treasurer is the chief financial officer of the Student Government Association and presides over Funding Board.

Name Position Year Major Email
Joel Philpott President Senior Finance sgpresident@semo.edu 
Natalie Augustyn Vice President Senior Elementary Education sgvicepresident@semo.edu
Heather Hoffman Treasurer Senior Marketing Management sgtreasurer@semo.edu
Madison Thornton Secretary Senior Social Work sgsecretary@semo.edu
Brecken Styles Chief of Staff Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre sgchiefofstaff@semo.edu 
Jonah McGuire Parlimentarian Sophomore History sgparliamentarian@semo.edu
Sophie Machen University Affairs Committee Chair Senior Criminal Justice sguniversityaffairs@semo.edu
Paige Newlin Student Issues Committee Chair Sophomore Biology: Pre-Med sgstudentissues@semo.edu
Andani Ndlovu Diversity and Inclusion Chair Sophomore Biomedical Sciences: Pre-Med sgdiversity@semo.edu
Payton Gronborg Special Projects Committee Chair Junior Digital Integrated Marketing sgspecialprojects@semo.edu

Senate: Holland College of Arts and Media

Name Year Major Committee Email
Madison Abanathie Senior Multimedia Journalism Funding Board mrabanathie1s@semo.edu 
Morgan Goad Senior Vocal Performacne University Affairs mrgoad1s@semo.edu 
Romell Johnson Freshman BFA Musical Theatre Special Projects rcjohnson2s@semo.edu 
Allison Lauter Senior Multimedia Journalism Special Projects amlauter1s@semo.edu
Kayla McCain* Sophomore Public Relations; Political Science By-Law Revision kcmccain1s@semo.edu 

Senate: Harrison College of Business and Computing

Name Year Major Committee Email
Keiton Buck* Sophomore Marketing; Entrepreneurship Student Issues klbuck2s@semo.edu 
David Oliver Senior Marketing Management Funding Board dloliver3s@semo.edu 
Cletus Pippin Freshman Management Funding Board cpippin1s@semo.edu 
Shaket Regmi Freshman Computer Science Student Issues sregmi4s@semo.edu 
John Stout Senior Computer Science Funding Board jtstout1s@semo.edu 

Senate: College of Education, Health and Human Studies

Name Year Major Committee Email
Blake Miller Junior Middle School Education Special Projects bmiller2s@semo.edu  
Tanya Mugota Sophomore Nursing Diversity & Inclusion tmugota1s@semo.edu 
Daniel Smith Sophomore Pre-Physical Therapy Special Projects dsmith7s@semo.edu 
Brandon Vogt Junior Secondary Social Studies Education University Affairs bdvogt1s@semo.edu 
Makenna Wessell* Sophomore Secondary English Education Diversity & Inclusion mjwessell1s@semo.edu 
Andrew Wildhaber Sophomore Sport Management By-Law Revision ajwildhaber1s@semo.edu 

Senate: College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Name Year Major Committee Email
Nolan Briegel* Junior Corporate Communication Public Relations nabriegel1s@semo.edu 
Ally Dell Junior Corporate Communication University Affairs adell1s@semo.edu 
Savannah Henderson Sophomore Political Science Public Relations smhenderson4s@semo.edu  
Jason Steiner Sophomore Political Science Diversity & Inclusion jesteiner1s@semo.edu 
Julia Vogt Junior Historic Preservation University Affairs jrvogt2s@semo.edu 
Ryan Wilke Senior Political Science By-Law Revision rjwilke1s@semo.edu 

Senate: College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Name Year Major Committee Email
Sydney Blackmon Sophomore Pre-Physician Assistant Funding Board slblackmon2s@semo.edu 
Mary Eaton Freshman Wildlife Conservation Student Issues maeaton1s@semo.edu 
Tyler Martin Sophomore Biomedical Sciences btmartin2s@semo.edu 
Harry Meyer* Junior Emergency Preparedness By-Law Revision hwmeyer1s@semo.edu 
Sanita Tamang Freshman Microbiology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, & Biotechnology Student Issues stamang18s@semo.edu 

Senate: FIRST-YEAR SENATORS

MAJOR COMMITTEE EMAIL
Grant Breece Exceptional Child Education Special Projects gsbreece1s@semo.edu 
Bailee Cairel Psychology Public Relations bjcairel1s@semo.edu 
Layne Collier Biomedical Sciences Public Relations ldcollier1s@semo.edu 
Lydia Pobst Marketing Management University Affairs lgpobst1s@semo.edu 
Pearl Sterbinsky Biochemistry By-Law Revision pcsterbinsky1s@semo.edu 

*Denotes Senior Senator for college. 

Location
Office
University Center 414
Mailing Address
One University Plaza, MS 1800
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701