Jacqueline Thong - Vice President of Finance

Jacqueline Thong is a second-year Economics and Art History student at GS. Before returning to school, she was a dancer with a touring company in Montreal, Canada. She initially joined council in 2008 as an international student representative advocating for equality in the American Language Program for International students. From this, she learnt of the separation between the student council and the general student body they serve. In 2009, she ran for VP of Finance with the hopes of financing events that can help close this gap. With this, she expanded the Finance committee and created the GS Fund. She hopes to continue working with administrators and other councils to build a true GS community.

Daniel Lagana - Delegate at Large, Finance

Daniel Lagana arrived at Columbia University for the 2009 fall semester as a transfer student from Northern Virginia Community College – Alexandria.  He is well grounded in financial theory and practice, as a student of accountancy and finance at NVCC and also as a retail investor with over three years of experience.  Prior to attending Columbia Daniel spent six years in the US Army and since enrolling has become a member of Military Veterans of Columbia University, the Economics Society, and the General Studies Student Council.

Liz LaMarca - Comptroller

Liz LaMarca is a first year mathematics and neuroscience double major at the School of General Studies.  Before moving to New York from New Jersey, Liz attended Raritan Valley Community College in Long Branch, NJ, where she received her AFA in graphic design.  While studying there, Liz held the positions of secretary and later Vice President of her school's chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.  She loved her position there so much that she knew the GSSC would be the perfect place for her at Columbia!  She is also currently a Research Assistant in a cognitive development lab.  After graduating from Columbia, Liz hopes to attend graduate school for computational neuroscience.