Keoni Vega

-Elected by the class three years in a row

-Leading a council of sixty members

-Managing a 5 figure class-wide budget
-Communicating and meeting constantly with University Administration to provide input and support

-Head of all class-wide communication
-Dealing weekly with the Class of 2026 executive board
-Planning and hosting events, such as our record-breaking First Year Formal with 1700 attendees

-1 of 7 students selected nationwide for a two-year fellowship with Campus Compact

-Will work directly on student activism and civic engagement

-Campus Compact is the nation's oldest and largest collegiate organization dedicated to student engagement in leadership

-Direct intern for the head of a federal agency

-Set up and prepared for high-profile meetings, such as ones with the Prime Minister of Mongolia

-Worked extensively with the President and Chair's executive secretary on memos, security clearances, and the Chair's daily briefing book

-Organizing candidate forums

-Updating high school civic education lesson plans

-Assisting with ambassador events

-Working on events with Bernie Sanders, Liz Cheney, and more

-Working with the 2024 Biden/Harris presidential campaign to start the Students for Biden chapter at the University of Virginia

-Will work with key stakeholders like University Democrats, Students Demand Action, Planned Parenthood Generation Action, and more

-1 of 2 students serving on the President's VPSA search committee

-Involved in a highly confidential search to fill one of the top roles at UVA

-Participated in hours of candidate interviews and research

-Worked on finalist walk through programming and interviews

-Apart of UVAs new Institute for Democracy, led by President Obama's former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes

-Provide feedback to the Congressman and his staff regarding social media and his presence with younger generations

-Update the Congressman on topical issues within Generation Z

-Meeting with the Congressman and his staff

-Led a team of six fellows
-Overseeing fellows in policy projects, phone banking, and team meetings
-Organizing virtual team meetings and hosting them
-Conducting policy research and phone banking

-Voting on legislation

-Proposing and writing legislation

-Dealing with a multi-hundred thousand dollar budget

-Approving new student-led organizations