Senior Class Officers
Kartik TyagiPosition: 2022-2023 Senior Class President
Status: Incoming
Hometown: Cary, NC
Bio: Pursuing a degree in BSPH Health Policy and Management, Kartik understands how taxing these past few years have been and looks forward to a senior year that celebrates the success, achievement, and accomplishments of each member of our graduating class. Kartik hopes to keep at heart these very themes in leading senior class marshals, organizing giving and senior campaigns, interfacing with the General Alumni Association, and executing senior-specific events and programming. Kartik shares some insights that led him to this role.
“Good leaders lead, but great leaders serve.” It is this motto that has propelled both his work and my drive–within and outside of the Executive Branch. Kartik’s passion for empowering and uplifting student voices across the Carolina community has inspired his service to the Undergraduate Executive Branch and to the Student Body this past year.
“I am thankful to have had the opportunity to develop these passions in serving as Assistant Coordinator for Harvard Medical School’s Global COVID-19 Response Technical Support Group, as a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians’ America Needs More Family Doctors Collective Impact Initiative, as an Alumni Policy Ambassador for NAF: Be Future Ready, and as International President-Elect for HOSA-Future Health Professionals, Inc.”
Fun Fact: Kartik has been a vegetarian his whole life! You’ll find him trying out new, delicious vegetarian recipes!
Keisha SolankiPosition: 2022-2023 Senior Class Vice President
Status: Incoming
Hometown: Cary, NC
Bio: Pursuing a degree in Statistics and Economics with a Minor in Business. “As we look towards our final year at Carolina, I wanted to find a place in which I could help give the Class of 2023 a meaningful culmination to our undergraduate careers. The unparalleled resilience demonstrated by the Class of 2023 has inspired me time and time again to be a better student, friend, and Tar Heel. I’m looking forward to meeting and deeply connecting with members of the Senior Class. I am also excited to work alongside our Senior Marshals to bring together and give back to our community in our final year at UNC.”
Fun Fact: I lived in Switzerland for 6 years!
Juan Castro
Position: 2021-2022 Senior Class President
Status: Outgoing
Hometown: High Point, NC
Bio: Hello everyone, my name is Juan Castro and I am proud to have served as the President of the Class of 2022! I am a New York native but I call High Point, NC my home. I am a first-generation college student double majoring in Psychology and Sociology with a minor in Medical Anthropology. Soy orgullosamente Latino, with Guatemalan and Salvadoran roots. I am looking forward to serving the Class of 2022 and culminating our time at UNC unified and excited for what the future holds for us all.
Fun Fact: I hate avocados (I ate 6 avocados for a fundraiser challenge and I still do not like them)!
Position: Outgoing Senior Class Vice President
Status: Outgoing
Bio: Charlie hopes to pursue a career in public lands/natural resource management. His passions and hobbies include hiking, camping, road trips, state and national parks, indie folk rock, his dog (named Ranger), and spending time with friends and strangers.