Our Members
Meet Our 2023-2024 Exec Board and see our list of current National Members, Affiliate Members, and Initiates!
Lily Vild
President
Third-Year, Pre-Med
Hometown: Bainbridge, OH
Major: Neuroscience
Lily enjoys going to the gym, hanging with friends, and riding horses! Her favorite part of AED is getting to listen to the panel of health professionals and having them answer everyone's questions. It's very informative and really a great resource for pre health students. Lily is looking forward to meeting the new members and making friends.
Rudra Kamat
Vice President
Third-Year, Pre-Med
Hometown: Mason, OH
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Spanish
Rudra enjoys traveling, trying new foods, walking her dog, and painting. Her favorite part of AED is meeting new people who share the same interests as her. Rudra is looking forward to volunteering through Buckeye Tutor Team at Nationwide Children's and welcoming new members to AED!
Jay Patel
Secretary
Third-Year, Pre-Med
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Major: Health Sciences
Minor: Medical Pharmacology
Jay in his free time loves to lift, go thrifting, and go on hikes with friends. His favorite part about AED is having conversations with new members about finding their path in medicine and giving them advice that would help them out in the future. He is looking forward to making friends with everyone in the upcoming year!
2023-2024 Exec Board
Cindy Pham
Treasurer
Third-Year, Pre-PA
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Major: Health Sciences
Minor: Linguistics
Cindy loves to go to the gym, dance, cook, binge watch k-dramas, and enjoys her fair share of matcha lattes! She also loves a nice relaxing walk with friends and trying out new bakeries and restaurants. Her favorite part about AED is being able to meet and connect with so many other OSU students who share similar ambitions and passions as her. She is extremely excited to work with other pre-health students to become as successful as we all can be!
Historian
Fourth-Year, Pre-NP
Hometown: Solon, OH
Major: Psychology
Ruth loves trying new food, spending time with friends and family, and traveling. She spent this past May in Argentina! Her favorite part of AED is that it is an organization that brings together a variety of different future health professionals and the resources it provides from networking to volunteering opportunities to fun social events! Ruth is looking forward to meeting new people and working to provide more volunteering oppurtunities as service director!
Service Director
Jessica Adongo
Second-Year, Pre-Health
Hometown: Ohio
Major: Biochemistry
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Outside of AED, Jessica is involved in MUSE, DWB, PASS, and Mirrors Sophomore Honorary. Her favorite part of AED is the volunteer opportunities such as the ACS Making Strides event. She is looking forward to meeting all the new members and can't wait to see what we accomplish together this year!
Lily Cleaves
Programming Director
Second-Year, Pre-Med
Hometown: Ohio
Major: Health Sciences
Aside from studying, Lily enjoys hanging out with her friends and running! She loves AED because it's a nice escape from the stress of school and it gives her the opportunity to talk to professional in her future health career field. Lily looks forward to meeting new people with similar interests!
Ruth Johnson
Razeen Thammachack
Networking Director
Third-Year, Pre-Med
Hometown: Akron, OH
Major: Neuroscience
Outside of AED, Razeen is also involved with Nu Rho Psi, the National Honors Society of Neuroscience, an Arts and Sciences Lead Peer Mentor, Neuroscience ambassador, and a member of the OUAB! He is also a research assistant at the Godbout Lab for Neuroimmunology. Razeen is super excited to meet and get to know everyone!
Wajeeha Sohail
Social Director
Third-Year, Pre-Med
Hometown: Dublin, OH
Major: Health Science
Minor: Biology
Wajeeha loves hiking with her friends, thrifting, and traveling! Her favorite part of AED is getting to connect with the other members and learning about different pre-health tracks. Wajeeha's favorite memory from AED is getting to visit Nashville for the National Convention last year! She is looking forward to all that we will accomplish this year and the convention!
Zaarah Syed
Second-Year, Pre-Med
Fundraising Director
Hometown: India/Oman
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Zaarah enjoys karate, reading, traveling, amusement parks, binging Netflix and anime, and hanging out with her friends! Outside of AED, she is also involved in several other organizations around campus. She's looking forward to a great year and is excited to meet everyone!
Sahitya Jammula
Third-Year, Pre-Med
Co-Director of Buckeye Tutor Team
Hometown: Fairfax, VA
Major: Public Health
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Sahitya loves to draw, play video games, and take care of her plants! Her favorite part about AED is all the fun activities we do and being part of the tutor team at Nationwide Childrens. She's looking forward meeting all the new members and making new connections!
National Members
Lily Vild
Rudra Kamat
Jay Patel
Cindy Pham
Ruth Johnson
Wajeeha Sohail
Affiliate Members
(under construction)
Initiates
(under construction)