Associated Students of the University of Missouri
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Officers
President
Connor Everhart
ASUM President Connor Everhart is a Senior majoring in Political Science, Economics, and Finance, with minors in Constitutional Democracy and Defensive and Strategic Studies. He also serves as the President of the University of Missouri Economics Society and supervises economics tutoring as a member of the University Tiger Tutors. He works for the College of Arts and Sciences as a Peer Navigator.
Fun fact: He hunts invasive pythons in Florida every year.
Vice President
Nicole Zorzi
ASUM Vice President Nicole Zorzi is a Senior majoring in Political Science and minoring in Italian. She is also the Vice President of Membership and Recruitment for A&S Student Council and a part of the Griffiths Leadership Society.
Fun fact: She has traveled since she was six months old and her first flight was to Vegas.
Chief of Staff
Parker Ezell
Parker is a Senior studying Constitutional Democracy and Political Science. He has been involved in MSA as Policy Coordinator and was a member of the Kinder Institute’s Washington DC Summer Scholars program.
Undergraduate Representative
Jackson Jacobson
He currently is an at-large senator and vice-chair of the Campus Affairs committee for Missouri Students Association, and he is also active in the Political Science Club. A fun fact about Jackson is that his favorite tv show is The West Wing.
Graduate Representative
Wendy Adjeley Adjei
Wendy is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of Missouri, specializing in Health and Crisis Communication. Her research examines patient–provider communication. She investigates culturally sensitive communication with focus in the NICU. At Mizzou, she teaches Public Speaking and serves as the Legislative Affairs Committee Director for the Graduate Professional Council, where she supports student advocacy and campus engagement.
Director of Finance
Jaxon Morris
ASUM Director of Finance Jaxon Morris is a senior majoring in Statistics and Mathematics with an emphasis in actuarial science and a minor in psychology. He also works on the Mizzou Stripes program doing data analysis.
Fun fact: He enjoys looking for new, interesting movies and albums
Director of Communications
Henry Birkmeier
Henry Birkmeier is a freshman pursuing a double major in Political Science and Constitutional Democracy. Henry also serves on the Honors College Student Council and is a member of the ASH Scholars State Politics undergraduate research team.
Fun fact: My first and only trip out of the country was to Latvia.
Director of Programming
Kylie Schmerbach
ASUM’s Director of Programming, Kylie Schmerbach, is a Senior majoring in Constitutional Democracy and Public Administration & Policy, with minors in Political Science and History. She is currently an Ambassador for the Kinder Institute, a member of the Missouri Student Foundation, and the Griffiths Leadership Society for Women. She is also on the 4+1 Accelerated Master’s of Public Affairs track through the Truman School at Mizzou.
Fun fact: She was in the Louvre when the Mona Lisa was pied in 2022.