Fall 2023 Officers
Nergis Noorie, President
Contact: saspresident.sdsu@gmail.com
Nergis is in her fourth year as an Accounting major and originally transferred from Mesa community college last Fall. She’s been a part of SAS for one year and has been serving as an officer consecutively for 2 semesters, currently serving as President. She recently interned at BDO as a tax intern this past Summer of 2023. She is eager to push her career forward in hopes to earn her CPA licensure as well as landing a full-time position at an accredited accounting firm. She originally joined SAS in hopes to meet and network with professionals as well as like minded students. Outside of school, she enjoys going to festivals and working out. Her favorite types of music include edm and indie rock. Her favorite artists include: The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala, Asap Rocky, Getter, and Chris Lake. In her own words, “Life is what you make of it. So make it a good time”.
Gabriel Silva, Executive Vice President
Contact: saspreselect.sdsu@gmail.com
Gabriel is a senior year accounting major from Mozambique and Portugal. This is his third year in SAS and was Vice President of Communications last semester. Gabriel recently completed an internship in Mozambique for an investment company as an accounting intern.
Gabriel is a massive football fan (soccer in the US). His favorite teams are Barcelona and Chelsea and his favorite player is Lionel Messi. He also likes to play soccer in his free time with friends and family. Barcelona is on top of his traveling bucket list and wants to visit the Camp Nou (Barcelona stadium).
His favorite place on campus is Campanile Walkway as he likes to cruise down it and the turtle pond as a perfect study spot.
Nicole Escolano, Vice President of Membership
Contact: sasmembership.sdsu@gmail.com
Nicole is an accounting major. She currently holds the position of VP of Membership. With a clear goal of becoming an accountant, she is excited about the opportunity to meet new people and create valuable connections. As she delves into her sophomore year, she is eager to embrace new challenges and contribute her insights to the dynamic field of accounting.
Rida Abdel-Mageed, Vice President of Finance
Contact: sasfinance.sdsu@gmail.com
Rida Abdel-Mageed is a fourth year Accounting student. This past 2023 tax season, he had a tax internship at Duffy Kruspodin. Rida first joined SAS as a member in the spring semester of 2022, but became significantly more active within the organization in the following semester, where he became a co-director of membership, joined the Internal Audit Committee, participated in the Mentorship program and the mock interview program. During the Fall 2022 semester, Rida benefited from his time spent at SAS and was able to further his professional development and expand his network. So, he ran, and was elected, for the VP of membership for the Spring semester of 2023 and during his time spent as VP of membership he was able to become even more involved with SAS. This semester, Rida is excited to be the VP of Finance. Outside of SAS, Rida enjoys playing strategy games, collecting pens, and journaling. Rida is also a member of the Muslim Students Association, and the Middle Eastern and North African Student Union.
Jessica Alter, Vice President of Internal Audit
Jess is entering her fourth year as an accounting major with a minor in statistics. This is her fourth semester in SAS, where she was previously a director and now continues her role as VP of Internal Audit. She just completed an assurance internship with Moss Adams and now serves as Moss Adams’ campus ambassador. She is excited to be joining the firm full-time in 2025.
Outside of school, she loves going to the beach, hot yoga, and cooking/trying new restaurants. She also loves listening to music and going to concerts. So far, she’s been to five concerts and is going to see Kali Uchis, as well as Playboi Carti in the fall.
Holland Ericson, Vice President of Activities
Contact: sasvpactivities.sdsu@gmail.com
Holland Ericson is a fourth-year accounting major from the Bay Area and this will be her third semester in SAS. She just wrapped up a summer audit internship at Deloitte in San Francisco and will start full-time there Fall of 2024. She is beginning to study for the CPA and wants to take it as soon as she can. In addition to SAS, Holland is a dedicated member of Alpha Phi. In her free time she enjoys cooking, reading, and being outdoors. She loves country music and going to country concerts. This summer she went to three and is currently planning more. She is excited for the coming year in SAS.
Tatiana Krikunova, Vice President of Communications
Contact: sascommunications.sdsu@gmail.com
Grace Chen, Vice President of Professional Development
Contact: sasprofdev.sdsu@gmail.com
Grace is a second year accounting student at SDSU. Her goal is to hopefully apply for an internship by the end of the school year. After graduation, she plans on getting her CPA license. She joined SAS Spring 2023 and got involved by becoming the director of Professional Development.In her free time, she enjoys watching tv shows and playing video games with her friends. She wants to travel a lot, especially countries in Asia.
Fall 2022 Officers
Kareem Salti, President
Contact: saspresident.sdsu@gmail.com
Kareem is a fourth year Accounting major with a minor in Finance and Information Systems. This past summer, he had the opportunity to complete an Audit internship at KPMG in their San Diego office. He plans to get his CPA after graduating in Spring 2023.
After transferring to SDSU in Fall 2021, Kareem joined SAS and served in the Internal Audit Committee. His experience within the committee allowed him to learn about what goes on behind the scenes and what needs to be improved moving forward. He found his time at SAS to be transformative not only because he got to meet so many great people, but also because it allowed him to grow his network, develop his leadership skills, and grow personally and professionally. In Spring 2022, Kareem ran for the Executive Vice President position and was in charge of running the Mock Interview and Mentorship programs, and representing SAS in the College of Business Council meetings.
As President, he is in charge of planning Meet the Firms, overseeing the executive board, planning meetings, fostering relationships with the campus community and with professionals, and representing the organization. Outside of SAS, Kareem likes to go to the beach, surf, and skateboard. He was also involved in Beta Alpha Psi as their VP of Internal Audit and in Associated Students through the First Year Leadership Initiative Program.
Bryce Busby, Executive Vice President
Contact: saspreselect.sdsu@gmail.com
Bryce Busby is a third year Accounting student and is excited to be interning with RSM in Summer 2023.
Bryce first became involved with SAS during Fall 2021. The following semester, he served as the Vice President of Professional Development and gained valuable insight into the Accounting field. There, he also created lasting connections with both peers and professionals. This semester, Bryce is excited to be the Executive Vice President.
In addition to SAS, Bryce is also an ISA for School of Accountancy. In this position, he helps students understand the material covered in managerial accounting as well as provide a support system for any concerns a student may have. As for Bryce’s interests, he really enjoys professional football and roots for the Minnesota Vikings. Boating and water sports are hobbies he enjoys too. He is very family oriented and loves to be active in any way he can.
Andres Maldonado, Vice President of Membership
Contact: sasmembership.sdsu@gmail.com
Andres is a second year undergraduate SDSU student on campus. His major is accounting and his goal is to hopefully apply for an accounting internship by the end of this school year.
This is his second semester being a part of SAS! Last spring, he joined SAS and got involved by joining the Internal Audit Committee! The Internal Audit Committee for SAS was responsible for interviewing for past officers.
Currently, his favorite musical artists is OneRepublic and The Script. He really love the songs from both groups because they’re very catchy to listen to! His favorite sports teams are the Golden State Warriors, New York Giants, and San Diego Padres. Hopefully, the Padres can make a run for it at the playoffs this year! One of his hidden talents is playing the Clarinet. He played the Clarinet for about four years. He consider myself both an early bird and night owl because some days, he have the dedication to wake up early, while other days he likes watching movies very late at night too. And his favorite campus restaurant at SDSU is Subway because he like sandwiches.
Jordan Riedel, Vice President of Finance
Contact: sasfinance.sdsu@gmail.com
Jordan is a third year accounting student who plans on pursuing the BMACC program and graduating in the Spring of 2025. He plans on recruiting this year for an internship position in the summer of 2023. After graduation, he plans on working in audit at a public accounting firm and obtaining his CPA license.
He first joined SAS in the fall of 2021, and was able to meet many accounting professionals and other accounting students. He also had the opportunity of being the VP of Internal Audit last semester, and now holds the VP of Finance position.
In his free time, he likes to watch TV shows and play video games with his friends. He also really likes to go on early morning hikes and loves trying different kinds of food. He also worked two internships recently, one as a tax intern at a local income tax firm, and another as a finance and accounting intern at a bank.
Narmen Marcus, Vice President of Internal Audit
Contact: sasvpreporting.sdsu@gmail.com
Narmen Marcus is going into her senior year at SDSU. She is majoring in Accounting and minoring in Business Management. She currently works at a family owned firm in Santee as an Accounting Associate. She just recently finished her audit internship with KPMG and she got offered a full time position for next year, so she is looking forward to that. She plans to work in the audit field after graduating and also getting her CPA.
She has been in SAS from August 2021 as a member; in January 2022 she was on the board as the SAS Director of Membership and now as of August 2022 she will be SAS Director of Internal Audit.
She loves to read, run for exercise, and watch FRIENDS!
Sarah Toma, Vice President of Activities
Contact: sasvpactivities.sdsu@gmail.com
Sarah Toma is a fourth year accounting major from San Diego. She has been in SAS for three semesters now. Her accounting experience comes from her last job at Flores Financial and an internship for tax at Lavine Lofgren Morris & Engelberg, a CPA firm she found through Meet the Firms and SAS. Her prior leadership experience comes from high school clubs and extracurriculars. A fun fact about her is that she is terrified of snakes, spiders, and any insect of that nature. She really enjoys traveling and she wants to travel to Europe some day.
Her favorite Holiday is Christmas as it is a time where her whole family comes together. She enjoys Christmas because everyone’s usually so festive. During winter and around Christmas time she usually enjoys watching Christmas movies, her all time favorite being Elf. She also enjoys looking at the beautiful Christmas lights and all the shows. She likes to go to Sea World especially because of the events they have.
Her hobbies outside of school include going out- a lot. She is very outgoing and adventurous. She likes exploring new places, meeting new people, and trying new things. She will usually be found either at the beach or on a mountain. She loves to hike but when she is not hiking, she is either trying new restaurants, or when she is at home she enjoys watching Netflix and cooking as she has a food obsession. Her favorite food is either sushi or pasta but she likes every food and cannot decide on only one. She likes all different kinds of food ranging from Mexican, Middle Eastern, Asian, Chinese, Italian etc. She makes whatever comes to mind and if she doesn’t feel like making it, she goes out and eats.
Gabriel Silva, Vice President of Communications
Contact: sascommunications.sdsu@gmail.com
Gabriel is a third year accounting major from Mozambique and Portugal. This is his second semester in SAS and was Director of Communications last semester. Gabriel recently completed and internship in Mozambique for an investment company as an accounting intern. He plans on taking the BMACC program and after graduating, wants to travel before settling down.
Gabriel is a massive football fan (soccer in the US). His favorite teams are Barcelona and Chelsea and his favorite player is Lionel Messi. He also likes to play soccer in his free time with friends and family. Barcelona is on top of his traveling bucket list and wants to visit the Camp Nou (Barcelona stadium).
His favorite place on campus is Campanile Walkway as he likes to cruise down it and the turtle pond as a perfect study spot.
Riley Hoofard, Vice President of Professional Development
Contact: sasprofdev.sdsu@gmail.com
Riley Hoofard is entering her third year as an Accounting major with minors in Spanish and Interdisciplinary Studies as part of the honors college. She just completed her first tax internship with Crowe LLP over the summer at the Sacramento office and she really enjoyed it. She plans to stick with tax and has a summer 2023 internship planned with PwC. On campus she works as an accounts receivable assistant for AS and has also done tutoring for ACCTG 201 and 202. After she graduates in 2024, she wants to take time off between May and October to travel and pass the CPA before starting a job full-time.
She joined SAS in Spring 2022 as the director of her current position, so this is only her second semester. In the same semester she joined, she did the whole recruiting process with seven firms. It was a little overwhelming for her to go from knowing nothing about the firms to choosing an internship within a couple of months, but now she wants to help other students through the same thing.
Outside of school she loves baking, cooking, and anything creative. She likes to thrift, exercise, and spend time outside as well. She volunteers at the SD Humane Society, and has been involved with shelters/cat rescue for many years now. Lastly, in the spring she plans to study abroad in Spain and hopes to travel around Europe while she’s there.
Spring 2022 Officers
Left to right: Jordan Riedel (Internal Audit), Thanh Dung Ha (Finance), Natalie Soriano (Communications), Kareem Salti (Executive Vice President), Sarah Toma (Activities), Narmen Marcus (Membership), and Bryce Busby (Professional Development). Not pictured: Makayla Solis (President).
Fall 2021 Officers
Left to right: Keano Lugue (Professional Development), Makayla Solis (President Elect), Vivian Chau (Communications), Wendy Nguyen (Membership), Natalie Soriano (Internal Audit), Paula Teruya (Activities), Lauren Ho (President), and Naief Aldhafairi (Finance).
Spring 2021 Officers
Michael Liu, President
Lauren Ho, Executive Vice President
Naief Aldhafairi, Vice President of Membership
Ashlie Wakatani, Vice President of Finance
Makayla Solis, Vice President of Internal Audit
Annie Connors, Vice President of Activities
Vanessa Leal, Vice President of Communications
Shayla Hoang, Vice President of Professional Development
Fall 2020 Officers
Andrew Forsythe, President
Michael Liu, Executive VP
Vanessa Leal, Membership
Payton Kyne, Finance
Sunny Situ, Internal Audit
Makayla Solis, Activities
Lauren Ho, Communications
Claire Wu, Professional Development
Spring 2020 Officers
Top row, left to right: Lauren Ho (Communications), Sunny Situ (Membership), Michael Liu (Finance), Andrew Forsythe (President Elect)
Bottom row, left to right: Leanne Do (Activities), Yuan Chen (Internal Audit), Cameron Bronner (Professional Development), Meghan Valdivia (President)
Fall 2019 Officers
Left to right: Michael Liu (Internal Audit), Andrew Forsythe (Professional Development), Cameron Bronner (Finance), Chris Perdio (President), Meghan Valdivia (President Elect), Faith Goh (Communications), Yuan Chen (Activities), and Renee Hobson (Membership).
Spring 2019 Officers
Top row, left to right: Andrew Forsythe (Membership), Amanda Curé (Internal Audit), Meghan Valdivia (Finance), Ximena Campos (Professional Development), and Jadene Juanitas (Communications).
Bottom row, left to right: Chris Perdio (President Elect), Amber Ho (President), and Cameron Bronner (Activities).
Fall 2018 Officers
Left to right: Lani Woods (Finance), Drew Wheeler (Professional Development), Jadene Juanitas (Internal Audit), Yolanda Songvilay (President), Amber Ho (President Elect), Meghan Valdivia (Membership), Julia Mobasser (Activities), and Kathie Tu (Communications).
Spring 2018 Officers
Top row, left to right: Justin Hasting (Finance), Alex Purcell (Activities), Drew Wheeler (Professional Development), and David Yanke (President).
Bottom row, left to right: Yolanda Songvilay (President Elect), Simone Leibowitz (Membership), Catherine Fire (Internal Audit), and Amber Ho (Communications).
Fall 2017 Officers
Top row, left to right: Sharona Tolu (Communications), Beth Salinas (President), Brittany Herr (Professional Development), Simone Leibowitz (Membership), and Samara Shinsato (Internal Audit).
Bottom row, left to right: Alex Purcell (Activities), David Yanke (President Elect), and Stephen Linn (Finance).