Student Member Advisory Committee
ICSC's Student Member Advisory Committee (SMAC) is a group of select student members representative of our university connections.
Applications to join our Student Member Advisory Committee will open from March 30 – April 17, 2026.
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.
SMAC Structure & Terms
ICSC will publish the SMAC application and make selections each spring. Up to 15 students will be selected to represent their college or university on the committee, and no college or university will be represented by more than one student. A committee member’s term lasts one year, and no member may serve more than two terms on the committee.
The committee will meet throughout the academic year to provide ICSC with feedback, participate in professional development, and be a resource to other student members.
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
- Must be a rising junior, senior or graduate student
SMAC Responsibilities
- Provide feedback and guidance on the development, planning and effectiveness of student-focused programs and resources
- Offer peer-to-peer support to ICSC Student Members
- Share news about upcoming ICSC opportunities and events with members of their academic program, student organizations, and communities and on social media channels
- 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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