Emily Cuddy Candidate for Treasurer

My name is Emily Cuddy, and I am a third-year Ph.D. candidate in the Economics department. This year, I am excited to be running for Treasurer. For, while I have yet to have the pleasure of serving on the GSG Executive Board, I do bring two years of work experience at a central bank and two decade’s worth of experience balancing my own checkbook.

All joking aside, I am both prepared and, more importantly, eager to serve as your Treasurer. Perhaps it is my bias as an economist, but the prospect of maintaining a budget and distributing funds is an exciting one, insomuch as it would allow me to apply my knack for details and bookkeeping. While Princeton may lack the life-or-death budgeting drama of Washington, the fair

distribution of funds to student organizations via the GSG Events Board would be of upmost importance to me as its Chair. Know that I would take my role very seriously, ensuring not only that all events satisfy the criteria of merit for funding but also that no student organization is treated preferentially.

And yet, I have another motive for running. Three years into my (hopefully) five years at Princeton, I feel disconnected from the Graduate School at large. While this may be a unique feature of economics students—regrettably, only one student from our department has ever held office—my hunch is that I am not alone. Serving on the GSG Executive Board would allow me to engage with and to give back to the graduate community. I would relish the opportunity.