After enduring a long and stressful election cycle, the achievement of victory and pride often outshines the looming threat of oncoming work. 
Once Ellie Herndon, Jodee Crane, Zac Sibbitt and Carson McFatridge were elected to the Executive Council of the Student Association, that luxury was no longer an option. Immediately following their victory, their work began to create the remainder of an executive board that will affect every facet of campus in the upcoming year.
These positions run the Student Association in ways that have an impact on the entire student body. In years past, matters such as the changing of the student activity fee, the new ticket system for SA elections and many other campaigns and events are things that the SA executive council worked on.
There are five appointed positions in the executive council, all dealing with different sides of the Student Association and its actions and changes on campus. 
Fajr Hicks, a junior political science major, will serve as Executive Chief of Staff.
As Chief of Staff, Hicks will ensure that all runs smoothly in SA and will be the second in command of SA’s cabinet, a branch of SA that deals with all things from programs to events on campus. Hicks is otherwise involved in New Maroon Camp, Involvement Ambassadors and the Pre-Law Society. 
Brannan Tisdale will serve as Director of Policy. He is a sophomore geosciences major from Saraland, Alabama. As Director of Policy, he will serve as the primary liaison between students, faculty and administration in all matters regarding students and campus. 
Tisdale also leads a pod of policy members on the Student Association Cabinet to research and create change on campus. Tisdale shared his thoughts on what the executive council could do this year. 
“This exec’s unique backgrounds and understandings of what it means to be a Bulldog will help us create impactful, meaningful and relevant change on campus,” Tisdale said.
Katie Bee, a sophomore double majoring in marketing and supply chain, will serve as Director of Marketing.
As Director of Marketing, Bee will design, create and maintain all social media platforms and the image of the Student Association. Bee expressed her feelings about the upcoming year.
“I am so excited to remind students why Mississippi State is their home and show them how loved they are on this campus,” Bee said.
Connie Wade is a sophomore majoring in biochemistry. She will serve as the Deputy Chief of Staff for this year. 
In this position, Wade will work with Freshman Reach to gain experience in student government. Freshman Reach works on all things from policy to programming, and Wade will do a little bit of everything with them. 
“My goal is to make all students know that they not only have a place on this campus but also in student government,” Wade said. 
The Director of Programming is Fisher Iseminger. She is a junior majoring in aerospace engineering with an industrial engineering minor. She is involved with New Maroon Camp, Roadrunners and Chi Omega Sorority. 
As Director of Programming, Iseminger will work with a pod of SA Cabinet programming members to host events on campus that cultivate a sense of community by getting students to engage with each other. 
The appointed members of the SA Executive Council will be behind the scenes for a lot of what happens on campus for the next year. Everything from getting tables and chairs outside of buildings, to big campaigns, to events where students are able to swing a bat into an out of commission car will all be organized by members of the council.
The transition ends this week, and the new executive council will take the reins of the next term of Student Association. 

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Secretary Carson McFatridge was elected by the student body to the Student Association Executive Council February 2023.