Student Member Advisory Committee
ICSC's Student Member Advisory Committee (SMAC) is a group of select student members representative of our university connections.
SMAC members will spend the year providing ICSC with advice, insight and feedback on our student programs and resources. This is your opportunity to guide how ICSC supports the over 8,000 ICSC Student Members.
In our efforts to create a pipeline of new talent into the retail real estate industry, we need to hear from student leaders. ICSC will select an array of candidates from a pool of submitted applications each spring. Applications are closed for 2025 and will reopen Spring 2026.
SMAC Structure & Terms
ICSC will publish the application process to the general student membership. Only one (1) representative from a school will be eligible to participate in SMAC. Selections will occur each spring before ICSC LAS VEGAS. Terms to last one year and no longer than three terms. The committee will meet monthly to provide ICSC feedback.
Committee members will help guide student programming offered by the ICSC Foundation.
SMAC Eligibility
- Remain an active ICSC student member in pursuit of a degree as a full-time undergraduate or graduate student from an accredited university or college for the full academic year
- Demonstrate commitment to helping peers thrive inside and outside of the classroom as they pursue professional interests in commercial real estate with a strong interest in retail
- Submittal of an application to ICSC staff
SMAC Responsibilities
- Participate in monthly conference calls providing feedback and guidance on the development, planning and effectiveness of student-focused programs and resources
- When possible attend ICSC events in your region (ICSC will provide complimentary registration for one regional event and ICSC LAS VEGAS.)
- Assist ICSC in reaching out to academic associations and real estate groups
- Committee members are expected to share news about upcoming ICSC opportunities/events with members of their academic program/student organizations/communities
- Participate in exclusive discussions with leaders in the retail real estate industry
Aragsan Ainashe, Georgia State University
Hishaan Baskaran, Western University
Kiley Barbagallo, University of Connecticut
Ryan Bender, Marquette University
Stania Bernard, North Carolina Central University
Veeraj Chimanpure, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Masaiyah Culmer, Texas Tech University
Gin Du, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Genus Elliot, University of Maryland
Durund Elzey, Florida A&M University
Daniel Gladki, Michigan State University
Inaki Guerrero, The University of Texas at Austin
Kaisha Handa, University of Michigan
Isaac Horne, Morehouse College
Lexie Howell, Southern Methodist University
Bill Huynh, University of California, Berkeley
Sajan Jairath, University of Alberta
Destiney Johnson, Grambling
Alexander Jones, University of Colorado Boulder
Daniel Jupiter, Louisiana State University
Poojitha Kalasapati, Rutgers University
Christine Kim, Columbia Business School
Joshua Klomp, Toronto Metropolitan University
Lekhna Kumaraswamy, University of California, Los Angeles
Leon Liu, University of Toronto
Betina Lounsbury, Loyola Marymount University
Conor Lynch, University of Florida
Jason Lucas, Indiana University Bloomington
Sujith Maram, George Mason University
Jessica Meyer, Portland State University
Bo Miltenberger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Arianna Ong, California State University Sacramento
Chloe Palmer, Tulane University
Lily Papadopoulos, University of Guelph
Tina Patel, Luv Kush
Marc-Antoine Proulx, McGill University
Angela Rotondi, Fordham University
Taylor Schlickau, Florida State University
Neal Shah, Georgia Tech
Rodrigo Soler, University of San Diego
Ash Emmott St. Onge, Florida International University
John-Xavier Thornton, Jackson State University
Lily Vierkandt, University of Alabama
Logan Wrigley, The Pennsylvania State University
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