Ashdown residents play a key role in dorm operations and management. The main people responsible for running the dorm are the Ashdown House Executive Committee (AHEC) and the many Ashdown officers. The election procedures for AHEC are described in the Ashdown House Constitution.

Officers: information on reimbursement procedures can be found here.

Ashdown House Executive Committee (AHEC)

AHEC consists of five residents and is elected annually in the Spring. The five positions are Chair, Treasurer, Operations Officer, Officer Coordinator and Secretary. The AHEC Chair presides over the weekly AHEC meetings and acts as the primary liaison to the MIT administration and other student groups. The Treasurer keeps track of the available funds, writes proposals for outside funding sources, and coordinates reimbursements for purchases made by Ashdown officers. The Operations Officer is responsible for running all in-house room lotteries. The Officer Coordinator maintains a list of current Ashdown officers and assigns seniority points accordingly. Finally, the Secretary is primarily responsible for taking minutes at AHEC meetings.

AHEC meets every Thursday evening in the Crafts Lounge to discuss dorm-related issues. These meetings are open to the entire Ashdown community. All residents are encouraged to attend, whether they have something to contribute or simply want to listen. Residents are also free to bring up problems or concerns at AHEC meetings. If you have something to add to the agenda, please email ahec (at) mit.edu.

The current AHEC members are:

Albert Chang Chair	Kin Yui Alice Lo Officer Coordinator	Dheera Venkatraman Operations Officer	Amanda Zangari Secretary	Brandon Luders Treasurer

Ashdown Officers

Everything Ashdown does, from caring for fish to planning dance parties to keeping the pianos in tune, is powered by our officers — residents who have volunteered their time to help out the dorm. Even though the positions have varied responsibilities, all of them are important in keeping the building running smoothly.

For their hard work, officers are rewarded with up to 3 seniority points per term. This gives them a huge advantage in our in-house lottery.

A current listing of officer positions is given below. Please contact ahec@mit.edu if any of these jobs sound appealing to you, or if you just want to help make Ashdown a better place. Additionally, feel free to suggest new officer positions that are more aligned with your interests.

Alumni and Orientation committee

Yuan Zhong

Jue Wang

Pei-Lin Chua

The alumni and orientation officers work over the summer to plan an exciting and welcoming orientation with a number of Ashdown-related events for new students in late August and early September, plan events for returning Ashdown House alumni, as well as assist the housemasters in keeping in contact with them including publishing an Alumni newsletter.
ashdown-alumni (at) mit.edu

Art Officer

Canay Ozden

Irene Chou Chen

Art Officers put up and maintain the various artwork around the dorm. They should also initiate art-related programs within the dorm, such as crafts groups and workshops.
ashdown-art (at) mit.edu

Athletics Officer

Jonathan Rameseder

Athletics Officers are responsible for organizing and overseeing all athletics-related issues in Ashdown, as well as being a liaison for other athletics-related events on campus, such as intramural sports.
ashdown-athletics (at) mit.edu

Brunch Committee

Gunjan Agarwal	Huai-Ying Hsi	Neha Gupta	Wongsakorn Chaiwanon	Sarah Shiplett
Ermin Wei	Lei Zhang	Arghavan Safavi-Naini	Jung Min Lee

The Brunch committee is responsible for organizing brunches once a month on Sunday mornings in the Hulsizer room. It is quite an adventure to prepare food on an industrial scale, such as cutting fruits, setting out baked goods, and cooking on the large griddle.
ashdown-brunch (at) mit.edu

Coffee Hour Committee

Jaisree Iyer	Yehua Wei	Liang Jie Wong	Chia-Ling Pai	Han Wang
Tsung-Yu Kao

The Coffee Hour committee organises a long tradition at Ashdown: Coffee Hour happens every Thursday night at 9pm with snacks and coffee, a great place to relax and socialize. Someone has to brew the coffee and get the snacks, though, and the Coffee Hour committee makes it happen.
ashdown-coffee (at) mit.edu

Cultural Committee

Bhaskaran Muralidharan

Yuanyuan Cui

Luka Crnic

Mengdi Wang

The cultural committee is responsible for organizing and publicizing recitals, films, and other such events in the house. The committee is also responsible for organizing trips to concerts, plays, ballet, and other art or cultural events.
ashdown-cultural (at) mit.edu

Environmental Committee

Marilena Oltmanns

The NW35 building was built to a LEED Gold standard, but we can do even more to help the environment — the environmental officers promote recycling in the building and educate residents in how to conserve resources and save energy. This is a new position, and has some flexibility in where to go with.
ashdown-environmental (at) mit.edu

Floor 1 Officer

Hunter McClelland

Floor officers voice fellow residents' concerns and interests to AHEC and serve as a residential assistant. They are also responsible for overseeing the floor common areas and the use of floor bulletin boards.
ashdown-1-officers (at) mit.edu

Floor 2 Officer

Wen-Hsuan Lee

Floor officers voice fellow residents' concerns and interests to AHEC and serve as a residential assistant. They are also responsible for overseeing the floor common areas and the use of floor bulletin boards.
ashdown-2-officers (at) mit.edu

Floor 3 Officer

Bonnie Kit Ying Lam

Floor officers voice fellow residents' concerns and interests to AHEC and serve as a residential assistant. They are also responsible for overseeing the floor common areas and the use of floor bulletin boards.
ashdown-3-officers (at) mit.edu

Floor 4 Officer

Aalap Dighe

Floor officers voice fellow residents' concerns and interests to AHEC and serve as a residential assistant. They are also responsible for overseeing the floor common areas and the use of floor bulletin boards.
ashdown-4-officers (at) mit.edu

Floor 5 Officer

Mario DeFranco

Floor officers voice fellow residents' concerns and interests to AHEC and serve as a residential assistant. They are also responsible for overseeing the floor common areas and the use of floor bulletin boards.
ashdown-5-officers (at) mit.edu

IT Committee

Tsung-Hsiang Chang

Chia-ying Lee

The IT committee is responsible for maintaining and improving the Ashdown website, and should help with the hallway displays throughout the building. The IT officers also track printer use and enforce the 100-page-per-month quota. They also stock paper and toner for Ashdown's two printers (avery and ashdown).
ashdown-it (at) mit.edu

Living Things Officer

Jingqing Zhang

Ardemis Boghossian

Ashdown has long had many more living things in it than just its residents — the fish tank in the lobby makes it a fine place to lounge and read the daily paper. They also water any plants in the common areas that may need such attention.
ashdown-living (at) mit.edu

Movie Officer

Meekyung Kim

The Movie officer updates Ashdown's movie collection, taking suggestions and using a budget to add new films, and replacing damaged existing movies.
ashdown-movie (at) mit.edu

Newsletter officer

Charles Gammal

The newsletter committee is responsible for editing and printing the monthly Ashdown newsletter.
ashdown-newsletter (at) mit.edu

Outing Committee

Jaime Pereira de Mateus Silva

Samuel Chang

The outing committee coordinates Ashdown-subsidised outings to various events and places off-campus.
ashdown-outing (at) mit.edu

Publicity Committee

Jie Sun

Pierre Fuller

The publicity committee is responsible for collecting information about and publicizing Ashdown, MIT, and off-campus events.
ashdown-publicity (at) mit.edu

Social Committee

Rui Li	Edgar Sanchez Palacios	Kevin Kung	Matt Haberland	Pedro Pinto
Matt McDaniel	Amneet Gulati	Nicole Casasnovas

The social committee organizes house-sponsored activities such as parties, barbecues, beach trips, and movie/dinner outings.
ashdown-social (at) mit.edu

TEEC Representative

Karan Mistry

The Thirsty Ear is a student-run pub in space within Ashdown. The Thirsty Ear Executive Committee (TEEC) is separate from Ashdown's house government, but it is important to ensure that the operations of the pub do not disturb the residents of the dormitory; for this purpose (and more), the Thirsty Ear liaison attends the meetings of the TEEC.
ashdown-teec (at) mit.edu