"I've held various leadership positions in the Gamers' Guild for almost as long as I've been at this school. Most notably, I've been voted to be the Club Treasurer for six separate semesters, as I've repeatedly shown my ability to spend the budget that the SGA grants us effectively. Under my leadership, I've almost singlehandedly grown our budget from $0 to $4000, and I've never left more than a dollar unspent, regardless of how much we're given. I plan to bring this experience to the Student Treasury as a whole to ensure that RSOs get as much money as possible, so we don't have to return it to upper administration at the end of each term. I'm also very active in the current Student Treasury Discord server, often helping other club officers before board members can do so themselves. Harley's even commended me on a couple of points since my long experience as a club treasurer ensures that my answers are almost always correct."

"I plan to use a plan I developed as a teaching assistant, which is to go over everyone's packets twice. During the first pass, I will go over everyone's packets with the rest of the treasury board, and we will make all our initial notes, comments, and a rough idea for budget allotment. The amount the club has spent relative to the total request will also be considered, as it has in previous years. After all clubs have been covered the first time, we should have a rough idea of how much each club deserves, and as such, we'll be prepared for our second pass.

During this second pass, we'll make any necessary adjustments to our notes and will decide on a final amount for each club to receive - hopefully one that's close to what was requested. Though this process can be a bit slow, as it requires going over budgets twice, I plan to work whatever overtime is necessary to make sure responses come back as quickly as possible. I believe this process is the best way to ensure everyone receives a fair amount, as it makes sure everyone has a chance to be considered before anything is set in stone."

"I believe risk management regarding the Treasury involves ensuring SGA funds are spent responsibly - both by clubs and by us in the executive suite. Clubs have strict guidelines for how to spend the money they're granted. For example, it can't be spent on food or personal items that don't stay with the organization. I feel that part of my responsibility as Treasurer is to make sure that funds aren't spent this way, both externally by clubs and internally by us.

If elected as Treasurer, I plan to ensure we are held to the same standards as clubs to avoid misuse of the funds we receive. It's not right that we are "allowed" to do anything when the same thing would be denied to anyone else. This is one of the benefits of keeping my open-door policy; if anyone has any suspicions of wrongdoing, they can come directly to me about it to ensure the problem is dealt with quickly and effectively."

"To me, the SGA is supposed to be a community of people who want to help students. It's meant to be a beacon of leadership and a role model for the student body. I feel like it's lost that identity in recent years - though they have undoubtedly done a lot of good for the students through new initiatives such as the shuttle program, it's easy to overlook SGA as a whole since they rarely communicate with the student body they govern. Ever since COVID, the only student council member I've been able to identify is the Treasurer, and that's only because I have to interact with them as a club treasurer myself.

Ideally, after being voted as the overall Student Treasurer, I'd like to remedy this as best I can in the position I'm given. I believe that monthly town halls, as well as a more direct line of communication between myself and students, would be an effective way to make myself known to the student body. My open-door policy helps with this, so if anyone just wants to come in to chat, they're more than welcome to.

I also plan to retain my position as a lab instructor during my time as treasurer. After all, there's no better way to stay involved with the students you govern than to stand in front of their classroom and help them learn about physics."