GWupstart Commissioners
What is the Commission?
The GWupstart Commission is made up of four to six volunteer student commissioners (one of which volunteers is selected, or is voted, to be the chair of the commission), overseen by one faculty advisor, and the Program Manager for Service and Social Innovation. Each of the commissioners review the applications based on pre-determined criteria and rubrics, and commits to the specific underlying values of both the Nashman Center and the Commission.
Each cycle, the Commission will be reviewing the project proposals after the grant deadlines to provide their project assessments, feedback and recommendations to the Nashman Center.
APPLY TO JOIN THE 2025-26 COMMISSION
The GWupstart Commission encourages and cultivates student-led social innovation by providing institutional support to individuals and organizations to carry out innovative, feasible community service programs and ideas. The Commissioner team is composed of dynamic, graduate and undergraduate students, a staff member and a faculty advisor. The student-led voluntary commission reviews and recommends innovative & action-oriented service projects (or initiatives) for funding based on the proposed plan.
The commissioners meet twice per semester virtually or in-person to review the grant applications and provide their comments and suggestions through deliberation and discussion. Commissioners also support and promote Nashman grants and programs throughout the semester.
LIST OF GWUPSTART COMMISSIONERS
GWupstart Commissioners 2025-26
Motunrayo Fatoke (Chair)
Alyssa Alvey
Diana Sanabria-Sánchez
Abigail Tucker
GWupstart Commissioners 2024-25
Namitasai Ande (Chair)
Alyssa Alvey
Motunrayo Fatoke
Abigail Tucker
Diana Sanabria-Sánchez
GWupstart Commissioners 2023-24
Shawn Bayrd (Co-Chair)
Namitasai Ande
GWupstart Commissioners 2022-23
Rubin Roy (Chair)
Shawn Bayrd
Shoshana Bittker
Cameron Cayer
Sadhana Matheswaran
Priya William
GWupstart Commissioners 2021-22
Faith Arthur (Chair)
Suraj Kandoth
Eptisam Kassim
Sadhana Matheswaran
Natasha Patel
Rubin Roy
GWupstart Commissioners 2020-21
Faith Arthur (Chair)
Gabrielle Bello
Eptisam Kassim
Natasha Patel
Rubin Roy
Julia Smith
Check out our commissioners from previous years!