Raquel de Souza, VP Communication
I am a LL.M Thesis candidate at McGill and for this year I will serve as GLSA´s Vice-President Communications. The duties of VP Communications are varied and wide reaching but my main responsibilities include preparing agendas, publishing notifications and supporting activities of other members of the Executive Board. Please feel free to contact me at raquel.desouza@mail.mcgill.ca for any concerns, suggestions or recommendations. I will be more than willing to help.
Michael Dodge, VP Academic
Michael Dodge hails from Long Beach, Mississippi, USA. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, Mississippi. While at the University, Michael worked as a research assistant and intern for the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law (Center). After earning his J.D., Michael was called to the Bar of Mississippi, after which he returned to the Center to work as the Assistant Research Counsel. Desiring to continue his education in aviation and space law, Michael applied for, and was accepted to, studies at the McGill University Faculty of Law, where he now studies for an LL.M. in aviation and space law with the Institute of Air and Space Law. Michael was awarded the Boeing Fellowship for Air and Space Law, and uses the award to enable his studies. He is specifically interested in studying the legal aspects of positioning, navigation, and timing satellites (PNT), with an emphasis on the interactions between the U.S. GPS system, and the nascent European Community Galileo system.
Ondrej Fabrici, VP Finance
My name is Ondrej Fabrici. In the academic year of 2009/10, I am acting as GLSA’s Vice-President for Finance and Internal Affairs. As a member of GLSA’s Executive Board, pursuant to GLSA’s Constitution, my primary responsibilities consist of drafting the Association’s annual budget and financial statement, and keeping records of the Association’s accounts and expenditures. My other responsibilities involve representing graduate students on the Faculty Committee for Graduate Studies and co-organizing social and cultural events for GLSA members.
Prior to joining the McGill Institute of Air and Space Law in September 2009 as a graduate student, I worked at different positions within the civil aviation in my native country of Slovakia and in Montreal, Canada. I am a graduate of the Commenius University’s Faculty of Law in Bratislava, Slovakia. If you have any questions concerning the GLSA’s agenda and activities, please, do not hesitate to contact me at: ondrej.fabrici@mail.mcgill.ca
Past Executives:
2008-2009:
Samantha Jones, President & External Officer
Rachel Pachoud, VP Finance & Internal (and co-acting VP communications as of end of August 2009)
Alexander Yiu, VP Communications (until end of August 2009)
Marc Glynn, VP Academic & University Affairs (and co-acting VP communications as of end of August 2009)
2007-2008:
Mohammad Nsour: President (until April 2008)
Eric Pollanen: VP External ( President as of May 2008)
Diane Howard: VP Internal
Bucshra Jalabi: Secretary
Carlos Fuentes: VP University Affairs
Mark Glynn: Associate Member
Olivia Yves: Associate Member
2006-2007:
Mohammad Nsour: President
Karan Singh: Vice President
Clement Smadja: Internal Officer
Daniel Sing: External Officer
2005-2006:
Raja Batacharya: President
Farah Malek-Bacouche Vice President
Gaëlle Missire: : VP External
Archa Saran: VP Internal