The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate, Georgetown’s student government, swore in the president and vice president-elect and confirmed the executive cabinet at a Jan. 11 meeting.
Darius Wagner (CAS ʼ27) and Nazgol Missaghi (CAS ʼ28) assumed the offices of GUSA president and vice president, respectively. The senate confirmed 11 students to positions on the executive cabinet as well as three students to positions on the GUSA Electoral Commission, which oversees and administers GUSA elections.
Wagner said he looks forward to working with the senate.
“I’m really eager to work with you all, for you all to meet our new and some returning directors — just get some work and do some fun stuff,” Wagner said at the meeting. “Also, I do hope that we can rebuild some institutional culture and morale, with more opportunities to connect outside of these rooms, both professionally and socially.”
Wagner and Missaghi won the election to the GUSA executive in October 2025 after a month-long campaign where they competed against two other tickets. They will serve through December 2026.
Their victory came amid increasing concern over federal intervention in higher education, with Wagner and Missaghi pledging to defend academic freedom and support campus activism. Throughout his second term, President Donald Trump has ramped up attacks on higher education institutions, including cutting research funding and restricting international students’ visas.
After the campaign, Wagner said his administration is responding to student concerns over the federal government’s actions.
“The student body overwhelmingly supports their freedoms, academic freedoms, their freedoms to exist as college students, their freedoms to talk about whatever they wish to on their college campus without the federal government controlling what, how and where they can learn,” Wagner told The Hoya in October 2025.
At the meeting, Wagner said he and Missaghi have been meeting with various administrative groups across the university to establish relationships and begin assessing their policy.
After Wagner and Missaghi were sworn in, the senate unanimously voted to approve Vibha Sanjay (CAS ʼ28) as the electoral commission chair, Corbin Chance (CAS ʼ28) as the electoral commission vice chair, and Heidi Sui (SFS ʼ29) as an electoral commissioner.
Chance said he will promote communication between the commission and GUSA.
“I’m committed to working on these bylaws and also making sure that we’re keeping in active communication with both the executive and the senate, and also just making sure that we’re promoting elections so everyone can vote,” Chance said at the meeting.
The senate also unanimously approved 11 students to the Wagner/Missaghi cabinet, including seven returning cabinet members from the previous administration under Ethan Henshaw (CAS ʼ26) and Wagner. Meher Jain (SFS ʼ29) will serve as the new director of diversity and community development, Caroline Bush (CAS ʼ28) as the new director of labor and financial accessibility, Veronica Arty (CAS ʼ27) to serve as the new director of student health and wellness and Anna-Sophia Peña (CAS ʼ27) to serve as the new director of Capitol Campus advocacy.
The senate confirmed Maddie Lilly (CAS ʼ27) as the treasurer, Ella Hastings (CAS ʼ27) as the operations director, Otto Dierig (CAS ʼ28) as the communications director, Anna Gale (SFS ʼ28) as the external affairs director, Amelia Snyder (SOH ʼ28) as the outreach director, Princess Diallo (MSB ʼ28) as the director of campus and social life and Natalie Gustin (SFS ʼ26) as the director of facilities, transportation and dining.
Wagner and Missaghi will also work to appoint new members to serve in executive positions within departments, which are beneath cabinet-level positions and do not require Senate confirmation. The GUSA executive will include a campus sustainability liaison, which will spearhead environmental policy; a neighborhood life liaison to monitor relationships with the communities surrounding the university; a newly reformed Georgetown Students Tenants’ Association, which supports students living off campus; and an informal advisor for international students.
Wagner said his administration will also work to connect with university graduates.
“We’ve seen three projects already, new opportunities to connect with alumni, even seeing that there formerly used to be a student governor position, and so there’s going to be greater access to the alumni network, which will be great for our organization,” Wagner said.
CORRECTION: This article was updated Jan. 15 to state that Meher Jain (SFS ʼ29) is the director of diversity and community development.
