Finance Board

Looking for your student organization’s Finance Board liaison?

You can find it in the 2026-2027 list of Finance Board liaisons!

 

The Finance Board is part of the SGA’s legislative branch.  We are a dynamic body that allocates funds to support student organization activities. The Finance Board consists of nine voting members: six at-large Finance Board Representatives, the Finance Board Secretary, the SGA Treasurer, and the SGA Vice President for Student Organizations. Members of the Finance Board will allocate $370,000 to student organizations over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year.

Finance Board Meetings

Our meetings are open to all UMBC students and take place

every Tuesday at 5:30 PM in Commons 318 

during fall and spring semester.

The majority of work is done at our weekly meetings, in which voting members partake in extensive discussions to determine if funding particular allocation requests effectively use the student dollar. We spend significant time working with a variety of student organizations on campus and increasing transparency between SGA and student organizations.

Each Finance Board Representative has two hours a week of Office Hours where they will be available for questions. All Finance Board representatives are assigned to different clubs/organizations. You should be receiving emails from them weekly with their updated contact information and how to find them for office hours.

 

Finance Board Membership

Headshot of Shrinidhi Gokulakrishnan in front of a glass-fronted building.

Shrinidhi Gokulakrishnan

Chair of the Finance Board

Liaison for:

sgokula2@umbc.edu

Headshot of Mirna Legesse in front of a glass-fronted building.

Mirna Legesse

Vice Chair of the Finance Board

Liaison for:

mlegess2@umbc.edu

A headshot of Shanzay Fatimah in front of a campus building.
Shanzay Fatimah

Treasurer

 

A headshot of Audrey Grutzik in front of greenery.

Audrey Grutzik

Vice President for Student Organizations

audreyg1@umbc.edu

 

Headshot of Rachel Patrick in front of a glass-fronted building.
Rachel Patrick

Finance Board Secretary

r228@umbc.edu

 

Headshot of Hanifa Hassen in front of a glass-fronted building.

Hanifa Hassen

Finance Board Representative

Liaison for:

hanifah1@umbc.edu

 

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Ishan Gomber

Finance Board Representative

Liaison for:

ishang3@umbc.edu

Headshot of Sedat Sefik in front of a campus walkway.
Sedat Sefik

Finance Board Representative

Liaison for:

sedats1@umbc.edu

 

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Udoka Chimah

Finance Board Representative

Liaison for:

uchimah1@umbc.edu

 

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Zahra Nasir

Finance Board Representative

Liaison for:

zahran1@umbc.edu