Please feel free to contact us anytime.
- General Inquires for
- External communications [if you are not an SFU faculty or student], please contact the President or Director of Communications at : csss@sfu.ca
- Only Current Executive Officers : csss-exec-current@sfu.ca
- All Current and Past Executive Officer of the past 2 years : csss-exec@sfu.ca
- Computing Science Office: csdept@sfu.ca
Note: If you wish to contact an Officer directly, see their addresses as listed below.
The CSSS is run by students who are chosen every year in a Department-wide election. They ensure the business of the Society runs smoothly, and are always available to help any fellow student in need. Any CS student can run for these positions. Every station, save Exec-at-Large, serves for an entire year.
Responsibilities for each Role can be found in the CSSS Constitution under section 4.1
Officers for Summer 2023 Term

President - Justin Yan
Start Date - 29 Apr 2023
Discord Nickname: Justin Y
Discord Username: justhelizard
Favourite Courses - CMPT 363 | CMPT 354
Languages of Choice - Python | C++
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-president-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Justin is a 4th year Computing Science and Linguistics Joint Major who sweated a little bit too hard on his courses last year but ended up having it pay off in good grades and a well-deserved break to go on co-op in the Spring semester. You may see him often at CSSS and non-CSSS events due to the nature of him tending to stay long hours on campus every day. He identifies as an Arts & Social Sciences Student due to the Linguistics side of his major and his minor in Cognitive Science too. He also lives a mere 15 minute drive or bus ride away from the Burnaby campus. If you ever run into him on campus, you might catch him trying to commit another session of CSIL isolation to push his mental limits to get the copious amounts of work done that he is required to.

Vice-President - Valerie Kistrina
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: valerie (int val πΎ)
Discord Username: int val πΎ
Favourite Courses - CMPT295 | CMPT300
Languages of Choice - C | Python
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-vp-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Valerie is a fourth year CS major and Stats minor student. She previously served as the (first!) Director of Educational Events and had so much fun that she is back to serve as VP this term! She loves sending e-mails with lots of color and emojis so keep an eye on your inbox for those! ππ If have any questions, concerns or just want to discuss anything at all, feel free to send her a message or say hi if you see her around! π

Treasurer - Gabriel Stang
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: Gabe (geb)
Discord Username: geb
Favourite Courses - CMPT 379 | CMPT 295
Languages of Choice - C | Rust?
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-treasurer-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Gabe is a 4th year computing science student who currently resides inside the matrix. He likes working on way too many world changing projects at the same time & is the current president of the game dev club. Has a... 'complicated' relationship with Rust.

Director of Resources - Sean Chan
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: josh (sean)
Discord Username: DerpyWasHere
Favourite Courses - CMPT 300 | MATH 340
Languages of Choice - C | Rust
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-dor-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Sean is a third year Computing Science major and will someday pick up an additional Math major. He can always be spotted with a latte in hand while tending to the vending machines. Feel free to approach him for anything resource-y. (pls open csil)

Director of Events - Patrick Peake
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: Patrick
Discord Username: Quicksilver
Favourite Courses - CMPT 225 | MACM 201
Languages of Choice - C | C++
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-doe-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Patrick is a 3rd year Computing Science Major. He's active on the CSSS discord so feel free to reach out if you have any questions. When not on campus he can be found watching Netflix, hiking, or driving.

Director of Education Events - Micah Baker
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: Micah
Discord Username: micah
Favourite Courses - CMPT 225 | CMPT 295
Languages of Choice - C | X86
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-doee-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Hello! My name is Micah, and I'm passionate about all things in CS. I'm particularly interested in theoretical computing science, and am pursuing a minor in Mathematics.

Assistant Director of Events - Arya Faghihy
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: Arya
Discord Username: The Main Man
Favourite Courses - CMPT 225 | CMPT 295
Languages of Choice - C | C++
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-adoe-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Hi there!
I'm Arya, I love CS and Math :)
I enjoy watching cartoons, drinking (too much) coffee and hiking while listening to insanely loud music.
I'm also the president of the Developers & Systems (DNS) Club.
I check Discord quite often so feel free to reach out to me and definitely say hi to me if you see me in an event!

Director of Communications - Isabelle Kwan
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: Isabelle π₯
Discord Username: kiwiii
Favourite Courses - CMPT 120 | MACM 101
Languages of Choice - Python | C++
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-doc-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Isabelle is a 2nd year computing science student who loves dance, video games, and making new friends! She spends most her time at school helping others with their assignments while being confused about her own. If you ever see her on campus, give her a wave! She would love to get you as a feature in her newest video :)).

Director of Multi-media - Yolanda Lam
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: π€ yolanda
Discord Username: smol_lamb
Favourite Courses - CMPT 120 | LING 309W
Languages of Choice - Python | N/A
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-domm-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Yolanda is a second-year student who might be an imposter from Linguistics. She put her CSSS honorary membership to good use and became an E@L in Spring 2022, and is now the Director of Multi-Media. Not to brag, but she is also the VP of the Linguistics Student Union. If you ever see her on campus, be careful not to trip over her!

Director of Archives - Dina Zeng
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: dina !
Discord Username: dee.nah
Favourite Courses - CMPT 295 | MACM 201
Languages of Choice - Java | C++
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-doa-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Dina is a third-year Software Systems student who got lost on her way to campus and somehow ended up at the CSSS. Recently, Dina has developed a crippling gaming addiction. However, none of her friends approve of her choice of games, namely, League of Legends and Valorant. If you ever need to find Dina for any reason, follow the "POYO!" echoing down the hallways. Poyo.

Executive at Large 1 - Jake Choi
Start Date - 19 May 2023
Discord Nickname: jake choi (shmurk)
Discord Username: shmurk
Favourite Courses - CMPT 125 | STAT 270
Languages of Choice - C | Processing
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-eal-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Jake is a 2nd year Computing Science student who plans to minor in Statistics. When he isnβt struggling with basic programming problems, he enjoys creating hip-hop beats using Garageband/FL Studio, or sharing his extensive knowledge of dinosaurs to others. On most days, he stays in the common room until late at night to study. Jake is open to meeting new people, so feel free to say hi!

Executive at Large 2 - Joyce Zhang
Start Date - 19 May 2023
Discord Nickname: Joyce (Ambel)
Discord Username: Ambedel
Favourite Courses - Tekx101 | Cmpt125
Languages of Choice - Java | C
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-eal-current@sfu.ca
Bio -
Joyce is currently a second-year CS major serving her third term as E@L. She can often be found vibing in the CS common room, searching for an outlet in the corners of the SFU Library or attempting to befriend our racoon overlords :)

Frosh Week Chair - Micah Baker
Start Date - 27 Mar 2023
Discord Nickname: Micah
Discord Username: micah
Favourite Courses - CMPT 225 | CMPT 295
Languages of Choice - C | go
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-froshchair@sfu.ca
Bio -
Hi there! My name is Micah, and I'm super passionate about all things in CS.

Systems Administrator - Jace Manshadi
Start Date - 01 May 2023
Discord Nickname: https://youtu.be/FvPbxZmZxZ8
Discord Username: modernNeo
Favourite Courses - CMPT 433 | CMPT 471
Languages of Choice - C++ | Assembly
Contact -
SFU Email: csss-sysadmin@sfu.ca
Bio -
just here to have fun with python and jenkins