Executive Board
Executive Board and Branch Directors
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Zoë Taylor-Ploog
Executive Director
Zoë is a fourth year student at the University of California, Berkeley majoring in Legal Studies with minors in Public Policy and African American Studies. Her interests include understanding how the law impacts marginalized communities. More importantly, Zoë is interested on how public policy can promote equality.
Ariana Seniuk
Ariana is serving current
Executive Director. She is a fourth year student at Boston University majoring Environmental Analysis and Policy with a minor in French. She joined the Sycamore Institute as the Division editor for Energy and Environment at the BU branch following her interests for sustainability and environmental justice. She enthusiastically wants to grow the Sycamore Institute to continue it's reputation of being an interdisciplinary organization for National Security.
Dylan Warren
Dylan is a rising junior at NYU majoring in Public Policy with minors in Management and Economics. He joined Sycamore this past year as a Fellow and Editor and have really enjoyed being part of this organization. He now serves as the National Editor in Chief.
Cameron Roberts
Cameron is the current deputy National Director for The Sycamore Institute. She is a rising junior at NYU majoring in Global Liberal Studies and minoring in French. She joined Sycamore as NYU’s Branch Director, contributing peices in Politics, Rights, and Development. She is excited to serve as the Deputy Executive Director and looks forward to watching Sycamore grow across more college campuses.
Ninya Khabush
Ninya is a senior at George Mason University, majoring in Government and International Politics and minoring in Chinese. She joined the Sycamore Institute in 2022, and served as Treasurer for GMU’s branch. Now she works as the Chief of Staff for the organization.
Ethan Burk
Ethan Burk is a junior at GMU pursuing a Business major with a concentration in Business Analytics and a minor in Intelligence Studies. He started writing for sycamore in August 2023, with an interest in national cyber security. Now he serves as National Podcast Director.