Members

Executive Board 2025-2026

  • Bhavyasri Suggula

    President

  • Elizabeth Taylor

    President

  • Sarah Grace Niemiec

    Vice President of External Affairs

  • Cary Jalali

    Vice President of Internal Affairs

  • Katie Mae Owens

    Marketing Chair

  • Lauren Ghaemmaghami

    Marketing Chair

  • Lucy Holmstrom

    Social Chair

  • Charlotte Izadi

    Social Chair

  • Lauren Forrester

    Webmaster

  • Jenifer Arias-Portillo

    Historian

  • Carina Mezheritsky

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Eve Heidenry

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Leighanna Smith

    Professional Development Chair

  • Mikayla Grady

    Professional Development Chair

  • Carly Ochgerel

    Secretary

  • Sophie Lewis

    Treasurer

  • Huma Khalid

    Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chair

  • Naomi Million

    Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chair

  • Arden Trudeau

    Outreach Chair

  • Juliana Noriega

    Outreach Chair

  • Skylar Mullins

    Director of Alumni Relations

Executive Board 2024-2025

  • Hye Pang

    President

  • Salonee Raheja

    President

  • Delaney Nystrom

    Vice President of Internal Affairs

  • Skylar Mullins

    Marketing Chair

  • Cary Jalali

    Marketing Chair

  • Bhavyasri Suggula

    Social Chair

  • Suliana Barrera

    Social Chair

  • Vaidehi Bhardwaj

    Webmaster

  • Becca Yardley

    Historian

  • Sonia Jethwani

    Vice President of External Affairs

  • Brooke Meade

    Professional Development Chair

  • Elizabeth Taylor

    Professional Development Chair

  • Arshiya Pant

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Ella Millere

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Quinn Moynihan

    Secretary

  • Kate Frier

    Treasurer

  • Ashna Shetty

    Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chair

  • Alexis Walker

    Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chair

  • Arden Trudeau

    Outreach Chair

  • Tina Ghadiri

    Outreach Chair

Executive Board 2023-2024

  • Taylor Ryder

    President

  • Maura Nacey

    Vice President of Internal Affairs

  • Delaney Nystrom

    Marketing Chair

  • Ezzie Perez

    Marketing Chair

  • Hye Pang

    Social Chair

  • Bezawit Abraha

    Social Chair

  • Skylar Mullins

    Webmaster

  • Ella Millere

    Historian

  • Asia Harford

    Vice President of External Affairs

  • Sonia Jethwani

    Professional Development Chair

  • Quinn Moynihan

    Professional Development Chair

  • Abby Leonard

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Neha Moosani

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Salonee Raheja

    Secretary

  • Kate Frier

    Treasurer

  • Charity Warren

    Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chair

  • Sayidana Escoffery

    Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chair

  • Kaitlyn Aney

    Outreach Chair

Executive Board 2022-2023

  • Alexis Foster

    President

  • Sayidana Escoffery

    Vice President of Internal Affairs

  • Elli McGovern

    Marketing Chair

  • Maura Nacey

    Social Chair

  • Charity Warren

    Social Chair

  • Catherine Miller

    Historian

  • Taylor Ryder

    Vice President of External Affairs

  • Maryann Xue

    Professional Development Chair

  • Sari Mithal

    Professional Development Chair

  • Lila Edmonds

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Neha Moosani

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Mariah Hudson

    Secretary

  • Esther Mensah

    Treasurer

  • Asia Hartford

    Outreach Chair

Executive Board 2021-2022

  • Alexis Foster

    President

  • Mary Withycombe

    President

  • Jessica Li

    Vice President of Internal Affairs

  • Elli McGovern

    Marketing Chair

  • Grace Parker

    Social Chair

  • Gabriella Hale

    Social Chair

  • Catherine Miller

    Historian

  • Hailey Yowell

    Professional Development Chair

  • Akshitha Kalavakonda

    Professional Development Chair

  • Riley Reynolds

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Neha Moosani

    Community Engagement Chair

  • Sydney Marshall

    Secretary

  • Esther Mensah

    Treasurer

  • Jamie Newton

    Outreach Chair

  • Lana Al-Saloum

    Outreach Chair

  • Cindy Tran

    Historian

  • Grace Boyle

    Webmaster

  • Connie Richards

    Webmaster

  • Kate Palatino

    Fundraising Chair

Founders

Alexis Foster, COMM ‘23

Hometown: Chesapeake, VA 

Majors: Commerce (Marketing and Management); Public Policy and Leadership Minor

Law Interests: Sports and Entertainment Law and Corporate Law

Alexis on co-founding UWL:

“I had always had an interest in law, but I really knew I wanted to pursue it when I worked under a Black woman who had just gotten her law degree. Seeing her be able to use her degree to make such a big impact in other athletes’ lives helped me realize that it would be a good way for me to pursue my love for law while helping others.

I had been involved in other pre-law clubs here at UVA my first two years, and I felt like I was entering my third year and still had not found a space where I felt community. Being in the business school and only a few Batten courses, it was hard for me to find people who related to being pre-law, so I wanted to create that community here at UVA, specifically with other women.

My advice would be to find a community that is right for you, whether that is with UWL or another CIO, and network and meet new people. Of course there are resources at the University, but I always found that the best advice has come from people who are currently going through or have recently gone through the process. 

The best part has been the people I have met through the club. I have been able to serve as a mentor to younger students, and I have also met professionals in careers I am interested in that have served as a mentor to me.”


Mary Withycombe, CLAS ‘23

Hometown: Arlington, VA

Majors: Political Philosophy, Policy, & Law and Women, Gender, & Sexuality studies; History Minor

Law Interests: Family Law, Civil Rights, Public Interest

Mary on co-founding UWL:

“I was the kid who was often either frustratedly or sincerely told ‘you should be a lawyer.’ At this point, I have been in competitive debate for far too long for this childhood suggestion to not materialize. After some personal experiences with the family law system in high school, I am intent on attempting to correct systemic failures to recognize humanity and provide efficient protection as a justice system should. I hope to translate this into legal work focused on families in crisis. 

Despite always planning on law school, I wasn't sure how to “be pre-law” my first year. Eventually, I recognized that I needed to prepare – but that I really wanted a community of women with which to relate in that process. Coincidentally, that was when Alexis reached out to me with her idea for UWL. I eagerly collaborated with her on creating this space we both had been wanting for two years.  

Like Alexis, my advice is to find community. Fellow students and law students are more relatable sources for answers to your pre-law questions. Connecting with people first will make you comfortable with seeking out the sometimes intimidating official university or law school resources down the road. Hopefully this will also alleviate your stress – law schools take students with a variety of experiences and credentials, which will be clearest to you when you actually talk to them. 

My fellow officers, UWL members, and all of our guests have taught me so much. I now know about different areas of law or practical insight that I would have never sought out. It’s been a joy to shape an organization and benefit from its functions and amazing people within its first year.”