Bernard M. Baruch College Association

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Welcome to the Bernard M. Baruch College Association!

The Bernard M. Baruch College Association, Inc., made up of 13 Board of Directors, receives student activity fees and reviews and approves annual allocations of those fees. The main duties of the Association include ensuring the fair, equitable, and appropriate use and disbursement of student activity fees and establishment and oversight of procedures for the receipt, allocation, and expenditure of student funds. Based on student needs and program demand, the student fees are used to fund co-curricular activities, educational programming, leadership development, support services, and a variety of cultural and social events that help build school spirit and campus community.

The Association is organized under the New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Law and operates exclusively for the charitable purpose of supporting Baruch College, City University of New York as is more fully set forth in the Association’s Certificate of Incorporation. Any income which may be derived from any of its operations in pursuance of the purposes set forth in the bylaws shall not inure to the personal benefit of any member of the Board of Directors of the Association.

Student activity fee budgets are approved at meetings of the Association’s Board of Directors. Board meetings of the Association are open to the general student body and are held monthly during the fall and spring semesters only. Meetings are from 12:30pm until 2:00pm, and they take place in NVC 3-270.

For AY 2026/2027, the following meeting dates are set:

Fall 2026
Thursday, September 10
Thursday, October 8
Thursday, November 12
Thursday, December 10

Spring 2027
Thursday, February 11
Thursday, March 18
Thursday, April 15
Thursday, May 6
Tuesday, May 11

All Association meetings will be held in person on the dates and times specified above until further notice. Remote accommodations may or may not be available via Zoom. For more information on these accommodations, contact Sydacia Bunbury at Sydacia.Bunbury@baruch.cuny.edu or call 646-312-4570.

Following are the 13-member Board of Directors of the Association for academic year 2026-2027:

Board Members	Role
Damali Tolson	Chairperson – Administrator
Sydacia Bunbury	Secretary – Administrator
Monroe Russell	Treasurer – Administrator
Jamel Hudson	Faculty Representative
Jean Gaffney	Faculty Representative
Anthony Washington	Independent Representative
Nicole Pung	Independent Representative
Sanila Rahman	President, Undergraduate Student Government
Priere Antonio	Undergraduate Student Representative
Hannah Chiang	Undergraduate Student Representative
John Lim	Undergraduate Student Representative
Selena Magdaleno	Undergraduate Student Representative
Kanel Mu Kwai Chuan	President, Graduate Student Assembly
Vacant	Student Alternate
*Currently 13 voting members; 7 members required for Quorum