Executives
President | Ellie Anderson | She/Her
Ellie Anderson is the KSU President for 2025-26. The President supervises the general functioning of the Union, including the student businesses, Union committees, Orientation Week and Union employees. They organize training for and support the rest of the Executive and KSU Council, while sitting on the King’s Board of Governors and many King’s committees to represent student interests.
Ellie is in her fourth year and is double majoring in Political Science and Religious Studies (meaning she can take all the fun occult classes for her degree!) When she’s not in the union office, she can be found catching up on schoolwork in the Wardy or Oxford Taproom, cross stitching in the quad, and trying to befriend the ducks in the Public Gardens.
Financial Vice President | Olivia Chaput | She/Her
Olivia Chaput is the KSU Financial VP for 2025-20256. The FVP manages the KSU’s payments, budget, and other things related to the Union’s finances. This includes chairing the Finance Committee, which approves funding requests for ratified King’s Societies and consulting on the KSU Budget. The FVP also sits on multiple other committees, including the King’s Budget Advisory Committee and the Wardroom Advisory Committee. She is available during her office hours or anytime over email to answer any questions about the KSU budget and the way that your Union dues are being spent.
Olivia is in her second year at Kings working towards a double major degree in English and Cinema and Media Studies. She loves reading and spends her spare time doing various crafts, like book-rebinding and sewing. You can often find her hanging out in the Wardy, or around the city on a mission to ride on every Halifax Transit bus line.
Communications Vice President | Gale VanAmburg | They/Them
Gale VanAmburg is the Communications VP for the 2025-26 academic year. Responsible for managing all communications-related matters, the CVP runs KSU social media platforms, publishes KSU governance documents, writes the Union’s weekly newsletter, “This Week At King’s (TWAK), and chairs several Union committees.
Gale is currently in their third year at King’s pursuing a degree in Contemporary Studies and History. They are passionate about disability advocacy, spending too much money on coffee and cooking. If not in class or napping, you can often find them at the Wardy. Come see them during their office hours to chat, as their job title might suggest, they are big fan of communicating!
External Vice President | Iman Mannathukkaren | She/Her
Iman Mannathukkaren is the External Vice President for the 2025-2026 academic year. Iman is a second year studying Political Science, Contemporary Studies and Cinema and Media Studies. Being a racialised student, Iman is passionate about preventing students from being alienated at King’s. When not doing schoolwork, she can be found consuming media in various forms and doing Indian classical dance.
Student Life Vice President | Ella Mowbray Chriske | She/Her
Council
Board of Governor’s Rep | Erica Waugh | She/They
First Year Rep | Brenna O’Regan | She/Her
The first year representative represents all first year students and communicates back to them
what their union is doing. The first year representative also designs the FYP shirts for that year. Brenna wants to make sure that all first year students feel welcome at King’s and are able to adjust into the community. She also wants to make sure that students feel represented by the KSU and by her. Brenna is a first year FYP arts student and loves reading (which feels pretty obvious considering how much she has to read for FYP) and playing Mario video games. She can be found around the King’s campus and at the Walmart or shopping centre.
Member-at-large | Barley Burns | She/They/He
Barley Burns is the Member-at-Large for the 2025/26 year. The member-at-large represents the interests of all King’s students, sits on Finance Committee and holds a meeting with the KSU Executive once per month. Barley is doing the one-year Bachelor of Journalism program at King’s College and is a resident of Angel’s Roost residence. They have a Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management with a specialization in Development Policy from Carleton University. They own a walking tour company focused on 2SLGBTQ+ history. They love performing, going for nature walks and finding cool rocks!
Chair of the Union
Chair | Michelle Day | She/Her
Michelle Day is the Chair of the KSU for the 2025-26 academic year. The Chair facilitates meetings of the Executive and Council, and ensures that decisions follow the KSU Bylaws and procedures.
Michelle is in her 4th year and is majoring in Law, Justice, and Society with a minor in History. Michelle is also the Co-President of the Undergrad Law Society, and is a student worker in Prince Hall. Outside of class, you can find her in the learning commons or in line for Tim’s!
Exec & Council Office Hours Fall 2025
Contact information and Office hours for Exec & Council| Name | Pronouns | Role | Office Hours | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellie Anderson | She/Her | President | Monday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Tuesday and Thursday 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | president@ksu.ca |
| Iman Mannathukkaren | She/Her | External Vice President | Monday 4:30-5:30 pm , Wednesday 3:30-5:30 pm, Friday 12:00-2:00 pm | evp@ksu.ca |
| Olivia G. Chaput | She/Her | Financial Vice President | Monday & Wednesday, 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm | fvp@ksu.ca |
| Gale VanAmburg | They/Them | Communications Vice President | Tuesday, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Thursday 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm | cvp@ksu.ca |
| Ella Mowbray Chriske | She/Her | Student Life Vice President | Monday 12:00-1:00 pm & 4:30-6:30, Thursday 1:30-3:00pm | slvp@ksu.ca |
| Michelle Day | She/Her | Chair | Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | chair@ksu.ca |
| Erica Waugh | She/They | Board of Governor's Representative | Monday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | bogrep@ksu.ca |
| Brenna O'Regan | She/Her | First Year Representative | Tuesday, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | firstyearrep@ksu.ca |
| Barley Burns | They/She/He | Member-at-large | Monday, 11:00 pm - 12:00 pm | memberatlarge@ksu.ca |