2025-2026 Executive Board (Tenth Invitational)

A photo of Richard Zhuang
Year: Junior (2027)
Studies: Computational Biology, Computer Science
Favorite SOUP Memory: Reuniting with my high school team at SOUP and handing out medals to them
Soup of Choice: Miso Soup

Richard Zhuang
Co-President

A photo of Jake Konigsberg
Year: Junior (2027)
Studies: Biology
Favorite SOUP Memory: Organizing socials for the board and the club
Soup of Choice: Ramen

Jake Konigsberg
Co-President

A photo of Mahreen Ahmed
Year: Senior (2026)
Studies: Health & Societies, Biology
Favorite SOUP Memory: Chinatown dinner with the board
Soup of Choice: French onion

Mahreen Ahmed
VP Operations

A photo of Claire Kang
Year: Sophomore (2028)
Studies: Chemistry, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Favorite SOUP Memory: Eating Chipotle on the floor while grading tests during last year's competition.
Soup of Choice: Any noodle soups

Claire Kang
VP Finance

A photo of Vidhi Patel
Year: Sophomore (2028)
Studies: Neuroscience, English
Favorite SOUP Memory:
Soup of Choice:

Vidhi Patel
Tournament Volunteer Coordinator

A photo of Cynthia Dong
Year: Senior (2026)
Studies: Bioengineering
Favorite SOUP Memory: Chipotle on tournament day and taking everyone's picture
Soup of Choice: Tomato Bisque

Cynthia Dong
VP Marketing

A photo of Anushka Gandhi
Year: Senior (2026)
Studies: Bioengineering
Favorite SOUP Memory: Towers with Amanda and Kithya last year
Soup of Choice: Tomato Soup

Anushka Gandhi
Urban Initiative Coordinator

A photo of Amanda Chen
Year: Junior (2027)
Studies: Biology
Favorite SOUP Memory: Late night setting up for builds and running between the engineering buildings the night before before my first SOUP tournament 2 years ago
Soup of Choice: Seafood Tofu Soup

Amanda Chen
Urban Initiative Coordinator

A photo of Siddharth Chitta
Year: Senior (2026)
Studies: Biology
Favorite SOUP Memory: Walking over 25K steps solely in DRL at last year's tournament
Soup of Choice: Minestrone

Siddharth Chitta
Biology Director

A photo of Arjun Sharma
Year: Sophomore (2028)
Studies: Chemistry, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Favorite SOUP Memory: Testing out our lab procedure as a Chem Lab ES last year! I had a lot of fun with my co-writers and the experience was a testament to the atmosphere of camaraderie that we’d cultivated throughout the semester.
Soup of Choice: Tom Yum

Arjun Sharma
Chemistry Director

A photo of Ray Ma
Year: Junior (2027)
Studies: Neuroscience
Favorite SOUP Memory:
Soup of Choice:

Ray Ma
Builds Director

A photo of Jeremy Chung
Year: Sophomore (2028)
Studies: Electrical Engineering
Favorite SOUP Memory: Arguing with high school kids about a scale
Soup of Choice: Beef noodle soup

Jeremy Chung
Builds Director

A photo of Manas Choure
Year: Senior (2026)
Studies: Physics, Economics
Favorite SOUP Memory: Winning a medal at SOUP in 2020 when I was a sophomore in high school
Soup of Choice: Minestrone

Manas Choure
Earth and Space Science Director

A photo of Pedram Bayat
Year: Junior (2027)
Studies: Bioengineering
Favorite SOUP Memory: Handing out medals during awards
Soup of Choice: A Persian soup called ash reshteh!

Pedram Bayat
Nature of Science Director

A photo of Arav Nangia
Year: Senior (2026)
Studies: Biochemistry
Favorite SOUP Memory: Trying Panera's tomato soup for the first time
Soup of Choice: Tom Yum

Arav Nangia
Social Chair


Past Executive Boards

2023-2024 (Nonth Invitational)

  • Arav Nangia - Co-President/Tournament Co-Director
  • Manas Choure - Co-President/Tournament Co-Director
  • Tyler Turek - VP Finance
  • Mahreen Ahmed - VP Operations
  • Cynthia Dong - VP Marketing
  • Richard Zhuang - Tournament Volunteer Coordinator
  • Randy Cai - Urban Initiative Coordinator
  • Jake Konigsberg - Urban Initiative Coordinator
  • Siddharth Chitta - Biology Director
  • Ray Ma - Builds Director
  • Julia Gauffreau - Chemistry Director
  • Pedram Bayat - Nature of Science Director

    • 2023-2024 (Eighth Invitational)

  • Aurora Yuan - Co-President/Tournament Co-Director
  • Teodora Dragic - Co-President/Tournament Co-Director
  • Tyler Turek - VP Finance
  • Arav Nangia - VP Operations
  • Charis Gao - Tournament Volunteer Coordinator
  • Seamus Wang - Technology Chair
  • Jacqueline Chan - Social Chair
  • Cynthia Dong - Urban Initiative Coordinator
  • Joseph Dong - Biology Director
  • Xiangyu Chen - Builds Director
  • Jimmy Bianchi - Chemistry Director
  • Samuel Lee - Nature of Science Director

    • 2022-2023 (Seventh Invitational)

  • Jackson Powell - Co-President/Tournament Co-Director
  • Jacqueline Chan - Co-President/Tournament Co-Director
  • Aurora Yuan - VP Finance
  • Teodora Dragic - VP Operations
  • Shivani Nellore - VP Communications
  • Yi-An Hsieh - VP Marketing
  • Shobhit Prasad - Tournament Volunteer Coordinator, Urban Initiative Coordinator
  • Belinda Xi - Social Chair, Technology Chair
  • Savan Patel - Social Chair
  • Sarah Kane - Urban Initiative Coordinator
  • Joseph Dong - Biology Director
  • Xiangyu Chen - Builds Director
  • Charis Ma - Chemistry Director
  • Samuel Lee - Nature of Science Director


    • 2021-2022 (Sixth Invitational)

  • Savan Patel - President/Tournament Director
  • Jackson Powell - VP Finance
  • Jacqueline Chan - VP Operations
  • Shivani Nellore - VP Communications
  • Yi-An Hsieh - VP Marketing, Social Chair
  • Christina Kim - Urban Initiative Chair
  • Brain Lee - Urban Initiative Chair
  • Zachary Stotz - Biology Director
  • David Lang - Chemistry Director
  • Belinda Xi - Technology Director