Joined SHPE in my first semester at ERAU as a freshman. Got involved immediately — attending events, building connections, putting in the work. By the end of the semester I had earned second most points in the entire chapter, which earned me a sponsored spot to the National Convention in Anaheim. Two months in, I was Fundraising Director.

Became Fundraising Director in October 2024 — two months after joining. Started understanding the chapter's inner workings and where I could contribute most. Corporate relations kept coming up as an area with room to grow, and I started thinking about what a real system there could look like.

Attended the SHPE National Convention in Anaheim — the 50th anniversary, nearly 15,000 attendees, over 350 exhibitors. Interviewed with L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and JHUAPL at and following the convention. Saw firsthand what a chapter with a strong corporate pipeline looks like when it shows up to a room like that. Came back with a clearer picture of what ERAU SHPE's operation could be.

Became Corporate Relations Chairman in January 2025. The role had historically been a single person trying to do everything — outreach, events, relationship management, all at once, with nothing written down. I changed the architecture.

I established two directors and two subcommittees: one handling outreach, one handling events. Every person had a defined responsibility. The system was designed so that no single person's departure could take the operation down with them.

In one semester, the corporate contacts list grew by 50%. But the more important result was structural — for the first time, there was something to hand off.

In the following academic year, internal challenges within the chapter led me to step back from an active role. I attended 3–5 chapter events across the full year.

What I didn't do was stop paying attention. I stayed connected to SHPE nationally, listened to what members, former e-board, and chapter alumni were saying, and kept building a picture of what was broken and why.

Attended the SHPE National Convention in Philadelphia during the step-back year — because my investment in SHPE was never just about the chapter. The national network, the career fair, the connections built across two conventions — those belong to the mission, not the title.

Ran for Corporate Relations Chairman again in April 2026 and won. This term runs through April 2027 — a full academic year.

The goal of the first term was to build a system. The goal of this term is different: make it impossible to undo. Documentation, succession planning, institutional memory that lives in the chapter, not in a person. The corporate relations operation should run the same way whether I'm in the chair or not.

That's what permanence over personality actually means.