The FIU Student Alumni Association recently held elections for executive board members. The Executive Board is responsible for hosting events and programs to benefit you, our SAA members!  Be sure to send them an email with suggestions of events, programs and ideas you would like to see them implement.

 Kandys Temes, President | president.fiusaa@gmail.com
Kandys is a Hospitality & Tourism Event Planning and Management Major and is a Carnival Gold Scholar scholarship recipient.  She is an active member of the Student Programming Council and the Business Club.  She has participated in Panther Camp and Academy of Leaders and hopes to one day start a scholarship of her own so she too can give back to the university.

Marsha Ashworth, Vice President of Ambassadors | fiusaa.ambassadors@gmail.com
Marsha is a Human Resources major, an active member of the Honors College, very involved in a variety of philanthropic efforts both on campus through Phi Theta Kappa as well as at her church through car washes, trunk or treat events, horses for the handicap and more. One of her goals as a new ambassador is to help make the transition for transfer students a little more smooth as she recently transferred from Broward College.

Cordette Vanzant, Vice President of the SAA | fiusaa.vpstudentalumni@gmail.com
Cordette is a psychology major at FIU, an active Honors College student with a strong sense of family. A past Broward College Ambassador, Cordette brings with him a strong background in Fashion after living in New York for several years and studying fashion. He hopes to bring his warmth, helpfulness and spirit of being a motivator to the program.

Emely Sanchez, Vice President of Traditions | fiusaa.traditions@gmail.com
Emely a senior majoring in Criminal Justice.  She recently joined Greek Life as a member of Alpha Chi Omega as a founding sister.

Jordan Thompson, Vice President of Membership & Recruitment | fiusaa.membership@gmail.com
Jordan is a biological science major and education minor. He is a freshman who recently served on the Homecoming Council and currently serves as a Student Government Intern. He is committed to social activism, most recently serving as the District Chair for the county wide “No Texting While Driving” Campaign.

Sofia Taveras,  Vice President of Programming | fiusaa.programming@gmail.com
Sofia is an international business major.  She is an active member of the Student Programming Council and recently joined Greek Life by being a founding sister of Alpha Chi Omega.  Sofia is passionate about working with children and specifically would like to see the Ambassadors work with children in some project.

Irech Colon, Director of Communications | fiusaa.communications@gmail.com
Irech is a Journalism Major with a minor in Business.  She is actively involved with the Beacon, Delta Epsilon Iota and volunteers with Unicef.  Irech is a strong advocate for women’s issues and would like to one day start a non-profit for women.

Amanda Cantillo, Secretary | fiusaa.secretary@gmail.com
Amanda is a Hospitality Management major, specifically on the Event Planning Track, Amanda is an active member of the Greek system as a sister of Phi Mu, a past Silver Knight recipient due to her near to 500 hours of service work to the homeless of our community. Amanda also serves as an intern in the Office of Alumni Relations.

For general information or if you have a question, please email us at SAA@fiu.edu.