Officers

Do you love the outdoors? We’re always looking for motivated, experienced Explorers to join our officers, especially as Activity Chairs. If leading trips is your jam, send us an email at explorers-officers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu.

Explorers Club Officers

Julie Olsen (julieolsen@cmu.edu)
President

Julie is a senior in Civil Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy. She enjoys hiking and running and has recently started bouldering. Her favorite hikes have been through the Grand Canyon and Carrauntoohil in Ireland!

Aria Wang (yuanw3@andrew.cmu.edu)
Vice President

Aria is a graduate student in the joint PhD program in neural computation and machine learning. She is into climbing/bouldering, backpacking and skiing. She started backpacking back in her hometown China, where she went on months-long trips through Yunnan and Tibet. Her other favorite trips include backpacking through Zion, Patagonia and Nepal. 

Jake Sherwindt (jsherwin@andrew.cmu.edu)
Secretary

Jake is a Junior majoring in Business Analytics with a minor in Hispanic Studies. He enjoys backpacking, hiking, rock climbing, and surfing. Jake is patiently (ish) waiting for someone to build a wave pool in Pittsburgh.

Julie Olsen (jaolsen@andrew.cmu.edu)
Treasurer

Julie is a senior in Civil Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy. She enjoys hiking, running, and just being outdoors.

Jay Kunselman (jskunsel@andrew.cmu.edu)
Quartermaster

Jay is a junior in Material Science and Engineering. He enjoys road and mountain biking, backpacking, running, fly fishing, and anything else he can do outside.

Explorers CLUB ACTIVITY CHAIRS

Abilash Subbaraman (abilash@cmu.edu)
Co-Climbing Chair

Abilash is a GOOD PhD student at Chemical Engineering from Singapore. He enjoys rock climbing and hopes to get into trad climbing soon. You can also find him mountianeering and ice cllimbing in the cold winter months. His next big projects over the next few years are Mt Rainier, Snake Dike and Mt Denali.

Sophia Roshal (sroshal@andrew.cmu.edu)
Co-Climbing Chair

I’m a PhD student in Computer Science studying programming languages. I’ve been playing outside since I was a small child and love to climb, hike, backpack, kayak, XC ski, or basically anything at all as long as it’s outdoors. In undergrad, I was a climbing instructor for a variety of classes, including basic rock climbing, intermediate rock climbing, introduction to sport lead climbing, introduction to outdoor climbing, and introduction to outdoor anchor building. I’m currently in the process of learning how to trad lead. Hit me up if you ever want to climb :)

Dan McGann (danmcgann@cmu.edu )
Scuba Diving Chair

Dan is a PhD student studying robotics from Upstate New York. While he loves his research, he also loves NOT researching and instead SCUBA Diving, skiing, hiking, biking, running, climbing and doing anything else that gets him away from his computer.

Derek Yuan (dereky@andrew.cmu.edu)

Hiking Chair

Derek is a sophomore studying Artificial Intelligence from New Jersey who loves all things hiking and kayaking. He enjoys exploring what the East Coast has to offer, from Maine to Florida, though the Canadian Rockies will always be among his favorites.

Explorers Club Staff Advisor

Vincent Zeng (hvincent@cmu.edu)

Vincent (DC '09) has been an on/off Explorers Club member since 2005; they are an enthusiastic all-season bicycle commuter, semi-casual rock climber, and really enjoy a good long punishing hike. They've also dabbled in surfing, stand-up paddleboarding, kayaking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and recently picked up trail running. During the fall/spring semesters, they manage the CFA Photography facilities in Margaret Morrison, reserving summers for long-haul backpacking and motorcycle touring.