GEARE Executive Board Fall 2025

The GEARE Executive Board is a team of committed students working to enrich the 

international engineering journey at Purdue. Whether it’s coordinating networking events,

creating professional development opportunities, or building a vibrant community of

globally minded engineers on campus and abroad, we strive to make every GEARE experience 

impactful and memorable.

Meet our outstanding members below - explore their roles, majors, study abroad destinations,

and a fun fact about them.

Executive Board:

Megan Earp - President

• Senior in Electrical Engineering

• Studied in Spain

• Fun Fact: I am learning to do a cartwheel.

Yitao Sun - VP Communications

• Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering

• Intends to study abroad in Germany

• Fun Fact: I was born in China, am a Singaporean Citizen, and live in New Zealand.

Niyan Patel - VP Development

• Junior in Mechanical Engineering

• Intends to study abroad in Spain

• Fun Fact: I am trying to collect all the Lego botanical collection sets.

Augustin Scherrer - VP Growth 

• Junior in Mechanical Engineering / Computer Science

• Intends to study abroad in Spain

• Fun Fact: I’ve never been to Taco Bell

Communications Pillar

Patric Benoy - Director of Public Relations

• Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering

• Intends to study abroad in Germany

• Fun Fact: I’ve visited 8 different countries.

Steven Zhai - Director of Digital Operations

• Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering

• Intends to study abroad in France

• Fun Fact: I love holding onto rocks for dear life aka bouldering.

Margie Heritage - Director of Marketing

• Junior in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering

• Intends to study abroad in Spain

• Fun Fact: I have double-jointed fingers!

  
  

Development Pillar

Frederick Seddon - Director of Recruitment

• Junior in Mechanical Engineering

• Intends to study abroad in Colombia

• Fun Fact: The first roller coaster I ever rode at 5 years old was the Beast at King’s Island.

  
  

Hattie Sparks - Director of Social Programs

• Junior in Industrial Engineering

• Intends to study in Spain

• Fun Fact: I spent my summer building homes in Rosarito, Mexico

Kelsey Heaton - Director of Community Engagement

• Junior in Civil Engineering

• Intends to study abroad in Spain

• Fun Fact: I’ve been skydiving twice!

Growth Pillar

Camille Jorenby - Director of Fundraising

• Junior in Mechanical Engineering

• Intends to study abroad in France

• Fun Fact: I have visited 30/63 US National Parks!

Kyle Tang - Director of Finance

• Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering

• Intends to study abroad in Germany

• Fun Fact: I’ve lived abroad for 15 years!