UIC GEO Steering Committee
The GEO Steering Committee is elected each Spring by GEO members. The Steering Committee members volunteer their time to help improve the working conditions of graduate employees at UIC.
Emily Cairncross (she/her)
Treasurer | treasurer@uicgeo.org
Emily is a 4th year Math PhD candidate studying extremal combinatorics. When not at UIC, she can be found chasing squirrels with her dog, scribbling on paper at coffee shops, and being overly competitive at board and video games alike.
Hanna Bradford-Olson (she/her)
Grievance Chair | grievance@uicgeo.org
Hanna is a third-year Pharmacology PhD candidate in the GEMS program. When not in the lab, Hanna likes to take photos and play with her dog.
Javin D'Souza (they/he)
Outreach Chair | outreach@uicgeo.org
Javin is a Disability and Human Development M.S. candidate and recently completed the Urban Higher Education M.Ed. program at UIC. They have been a proud member of GEO for three years while being a GA & TA. Now in their fourth year, with a background in culture work and program coordination, they strive to empower and unify community members as Outreach Chair. They are a lifelong resident of the city of Chicago and love playing Nintendo video games.
Kasi Woods (they/he)
Organizing Chair | organizing@uicgeo.org
Kasi is a second year PhD student and Teaching Assistant in the Sociology department. He got involved with GEO during the RA Unionization Campaign in the fall of 2023 and is focused on building out the organizing committee's capacity for mobilization. They live in Uptown with a leopard gecko named Pleko.
Caroline Hollahan (she/they)
Communications Chair | communications@uicgeo.org
Caroline is a second-year Master of Public Health student in the Department of Community Health Sciences (School of Public Health). They are a newly joined GEO member with the vote to include RAs in the union! Outside of GEO, they are a member of Radical Public Health and Chicago for Abortion Rights; their public health interest is in sexual and reproductive health equity and education. As a new Chicagoan, they can be found exploring the city and engaging with local advocacy and activism groups.