GEARE Executive Board Spring 2025
Updated: Mar 11
The GEARE Executive Board is composed of passionate students dedicated to enhancing the international engineering experience at Purdue. From organizing networking events and professional development opportunities, to fostering a strong community of globally minded engineers both on and off campus, our team works behind the scenes to ensure GEARE students get the most out of their experiences.
See below an introduction to our amazing members! Check out our positions, majors, study abroad locations, and favorite memories!
Executive Board:
Sandra Bern - President
Senior in Mechanical Engineering and Spanish for the Professions
Studied in Spain
Favorite GEARE memory: My favorite GEARE memory was seeing the Parthenon and Acropolis in Athens, Greece, seeing it at night with lights from afar and the next day going atop the mountain and visiting it.
Yi Tao Sun - VP Communications
Freshman in Mechanical Engineering
Intends to study in Germany
Fun fact: I can do multiple one-arm pushups.
Cooper Niemeier - VP Development
Senior in EEE and /Spanish
Studied in Ecuador
Fun fact: I have only been to two continents and two time zones
Augustin Scherrer - VP Growth
Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering/Computer Science
Intends to study in Spain
Fun fact: I always try all the samples at Costco.
Favorite GEARE memory: Making friends with like minded people - Exploration Acres event last semester.
Communications Pillar
Camille Jorenby - Director of Digital Operations
Sophomore in ME
Intends to study in France
Fun fact: I have visited 30 National Parks in the US and plan to visit all 63!
Pranav Tallapaka - Director of Digital Operations
Sophomore in Artificial Intelligence, Minor in Applied Data Science
Intends to study in Singapore
Favorite GEARE memory: Going to exploration acres with the rest of the GEARE ambassador team.
Jingya Xu - Director of Marketing
Freshman in Electrical Engineering
Intends to study in Germany
Favorite GEARE memory: Last semester's Exploration Acres Event was really fun.
Development Pillar
Mitch Davis - Director of Recruitment
Freshman in Mechanical Engineering
Intends to study in Germany or Austria
Fun fact: I was picked to yodel on a stage in a fondue restaurant in Lucerne, Switzerland
Hattie Sparks - Director of Social Programs
Sophomore in Electrical Engineering and Spanish
Intends to study in Spain
Fun fact: I really enjoy baking and cooking recipes from around the world.
Niyan Patel - Director of Community Development
Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering and Spanish for the Professions
Intends to study in Spain
Favorite GEARE memory: The Ambassador Lego event
Growth Pillar
Eli Karpman - Director of Finance
Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering
Intends to study in Germany
Favorite GEARE memory: Any and all of the fun events GEARE Ambassadors hosts!
Kristoffer Sutantio - Director of Fundraising
Freshman in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Math
Intends to study and work in Hong Kong, Switzerland or Singapore
Favorite GEARE memory: Eating insomnia cookies with my pillar
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