American University’s student body voted this week to elect a new executive board, including presidential, vice presidential, comptroller and secretary seats. Additionally, the body voted to fill all seats in the Student Government Senate and class councils.
Carly Castaldy, a junior in the School of Public Affairs, has been elected as the next Student Government president for the 2026-2027 year. Castaldy will succeed Jeffrie Chambers IV. Chambers has held the presidential seat since spring 2025.
A total of 1,212 students cast their ballots for the spring 2026 election, an increase from the fall 2025 elections, where 850 students voted.
The ballot also presented voters with two referendums. The first set of questions asked if the University should implement 21-plus spaces on campus, as well as if alcoholic beverages should be allowed to be served during select on-campus events. The student body voted yes on all four questions pertaining to Referendum 21-2001.
Referendum 21-002 asked students if the University should raise the academic credit limit to 18 rather than 17.99. The referendum passed with a majority of students voting yes on each of the three questions posed.
Declared winners announced their campaigns to the Office of Elections, while write-in winners were not named on the ballot but will be asked to officially accept their position.
Not all voting totals add up to 100 percent due to circumstances where students did not cast votes for every position on the ballot. The presidential seat percentage is based on the final round of rank-choice voting.
The results are listed below.
AUSG President
Carly Castadly with 54 percent of the vote.
AUSG Vice President
Sebastian Sanchez-Clavel with 54 percent of the vote.
AUSG Comptroller
Brady Sternberg with 54 percent of the vote.
AUSG Secretary
Que Riggins (write-In) with 9 percent of the vote.
CAS Senator
Shafaq Yousaf with 35 percent of the vote.
Adissa Holder with 34 percent of the vote.
Samuel Elkon with 31 percent of the vote.
Kogod Senator
Shawn Huynh (write-In) with 5 percent of the vote.
SIS Senator
Zuzu Abulu with 50 percent of the vote.
Mitchell Natale with 45 percent of the vote.
SPA Senator
Amorette Walker with 33 percent of the vote.
Will Leovy with 32 percent of the vote.
Grantham Smith with 31 percent of the vote.
SOC Senator
Kadijatu Kargbo with 96 percent of the vote.
SOE Senator
Demar Goodwin with 100 percent of the vote.
Senate-at-Large
Nico Lempieri with 44 percent of the vote.
Jahsiah Bowie with 43 percent of the vote.
Yullian Pereira with 42 percent of the vote.
Brady Miller with 41 percent of the vote.
Angelina Sankar with 41 percent of the vote.
Shaddai Haynie with 40 percent of the vote.
Wiley Schumacher with 37 percent of the vote.
Justin Greenberg with 36 percent of the vote.
Reda Ettouati with 33 percent of the vote.
Bruce O. Flanagan with 32 percent of the vote.
2027 Senator
Nate Wright with 92 percent of the vote.
2029 Senator
Raven Scott with 43 percent of the vote.
Lucas Brama with 40 percent of the vote.
CAS President
Hanim Shafi with 99 percent of the vote.
CAS Vice President
Ava Slade with 99 percent of the vote.
Kogod President
Yonus Hashimi with 100 percent of the vote.
Kogod Vice President
Saskia Truchot with 98 percent of the vote.
Kogod Treasurer
Kayla-Symone Kattah with 98 percent of the vote.
Kogod Secretary
Ava Heineken with 97 percent of the vote.
SIS President
Gabby Eleazar Wong with 95 percent of the vote.
SIS Vice President
Cathrine Volk with 95 percent of the vote.
SIS Treasurer
Amani Flener with 96 percent of the vote.
SIS Secretary
Benjamin Grey with 96 percent of the vote.
SOE President
Zack Loomis with 100 percent of the vote.
SOE Vice President
Sava Mandradjiev with 100 percent of the vote.
SPA President
Anika Lal with 96 percent of the vote.
SPA Vice President
Henry Wisniewski with 49 percent of the vote.
SPA Treasurer
Rea Singh with 58 percent of the vote.
The following positions were not filled.
CAS Treasurer and Secretary
SPA Secretary
SOC President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary
SOE Treasurer and Secretary
Kogod Senator
2028 Senator
This article was edited by Natalie Hausmann, Payton Anderson and Walker Whalen. Copy editing done by Avery Grossman.
