Meet The Officers


Mike Vastola - Posted on 10 June 2010

Fall President

seth [dot] rau [at] tufts [dot] edu (Seth Rau) '12

International Relations and Political Science

Cincinnati, OH

 

Favorite Democrat: Brian Schweitzer

Favorite Quote: "When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." -Alexander Graham Bell

Spring President

ryan [dot] long [at] tufts [dot] edu (Ryan Long) '12

Political Science and History

Delmar, NY

 

Favorite Democrat: Franklin Roosevelt

Favorite Quote: "This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation — the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election." -Barack Obama

Vice President

bronwen [dot] raff [at] tufts [dot] edu (Bronwen Raff) '13

Community Health and Political Science

Sun Valley, ID

 

Favorite Democrat: Edward Markey

Favorite Quote: "Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant." -Julia Roberts

Treasurer

sarah [dot] hacking [at] tufts [dot] edu (Sarah Hacking) '11

Child Development and Community Health

Oreland, PA

 

Favorite Democrat: Arlen Specter

Favorite Quote: "You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do." -Henry Ford

Secretary

maxine [dot] builder [at] tufts [dot] edu (Maxine Builder) '13

International Relations and Community Health

Armonk, NY

 

Favorite Democrat: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Favorite Quote: "The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." -Christopher McCandless a.k.a. Alexander Supertramp

 

Communications Director

catherine [dot] boyle [at] tufts [dot] edu (Catherine Boyle) '13

History and Middle Eastern Studies

Arlington, VA

 

Favorite Democrat: President Andrew Jackson, FDR, Bruce Springstein, and President Barack Obama

Favorite Quote: "There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost." -Martha Graham

 

Speakers Coordinator

douglas [dot] helman [at] tufts [dot] edu (Doug Helman) '11

International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies

Martinsville, NJ

 

Favorite Democrat: Hillary Clinton

Favorite Quote: "The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn but to unlearn." -Gloria Steinem

 

Issues of the Future Symposium Coordinator

eric [dot] k [dot] peckham [at] gmail [dot] com (Eric Peckham) '13

Political Science

Wellesley, MA

 

Favorite Democrat: President John F Kennedy

Favorite Quote: "If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them." -Paul Wellstone

 

Membership (Social Director)

emily_k [dot] bartlett [at] tufts [dot] edu (Emily Bartlett) '13

Religion and Spanish major with a minor in Economics

Hamilton, MA

 

Favorite Democrat: Hillary Clinton

Favorite Quote: "Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have." -E. B. White

 

Campaigns Coordinator

megan [dot] dalton [at] gmail [dot] com (Megan Dalton) '11

Political Science

Shelton, CT

 

Favorite Democrat: Robert F. Kennedy

Favorite Quote: "There are two things in the world you never want to let people see how you make 'em: laws and sausages." -Leo McGarry (John Spencer)