Candidates for President and Vice President
Candidates are listed in order alphabetically by last name. All students are eligible to elect president and vice president candidates. ASUW uses a ranked choice/instant runoff style of voting allowing students to rank their candidates by preference. Write-in candidates are not listed on the official ballot, but are still eligible for election pending adviser approval.
Presidential candidate: Taelor Nielsen
Major and college: College of Arts and Sciences, International Studies
Year in school: Junior
Hometown: Burley, ID
Vice presidential candidate: CeeJay Berg
Major and college: College of Business, Accounting and Economics
Year in school: Senior
Hometown: Rock Springs, WY
As President and Vice President, our priority is to the students. Student support, student resources, and student involvement are at the forefront of our campaign. If elected, we will establish an open door policy where students of all backgrounds can feel comfortable approaching us with ideas for change and collaboration. We would lead ASUW to become a more involved and inclusive program, and offer our support to marginalized and underrepresented students. Beyond this, we hope to actively reestablish resources to provide relief and recovery support for student organizations, partners, and programs. We will bolster our communication channels and continue to build out resources that are underfunded, yet vital to students. For the next year, we will work to hold the university and each other to higher standards, as we continue elevating student voices and needs.
Presidential candidate: Nataly Beacham Pedraza
Major and college: College of Agriculture, Molecular Biology
Year in school: Senior
Hometown: Winder, GA
Vice presidential candidate: Ana Ureña
Major and college: College of Arts and Sciences, Physiology
Year in school: Sophomore
Hometown: Palmdale, CA
As President and Vice President, we propose a new path towards equity across the community with hopes to integrate more student input across all backgrounds, ethnicities, and creeds and take heed to the still missing voices of underrepresented groups within the minority population of UW, expanding their representation beyond the field of academia and advocating for them. In these unprecedented times, we strive to provide a platform of unity through ASUW, supporting a safe transition as we move through this next year. Moving forward, we aim to increase accessibility of ASUW's projects and movements to the student body. Additionally, we want to create a plan to ease fostering of connections across RSO's on campus in conjunction with ASUW and provide the resources needed to build up our communities as one.
Presidential candidate: Hunter Swilling
Major and college: College of Agriculture, Molecular Biology and Physiology
Year in school: Junior
Hometown: Cheyenne, WY
Vice presidential candidate: Colter Anderson
Major and college: College of Business, Economics
Year in school: Junior
Hometown: Cheyenne, WY
As President and Vice President, we would be dedicated to improving student lives and setting up the University of Wyoming to be successful in the future. We are firmly committed to advocating for all students, especially those who are members of historically marginalized and underrepresented groups. We plan to support and strengthen the UW Foodshare Pantry to end food insecurity on campus. We will help build a better sense of community on campus by strengthening student organizations and increasing ASUW's collaboration with our programs and partners. We will make transparency a priority of our administration by making sure you know where your fee dollars are spent and fighting to make sure that UW’s upper administration is held accountable for the decisions they make that impact students. Finally, we will also work to make sure that student costs remain low, especially in light of budget cuts at the state level.