Zevez
Zalay

Zevez Zalay is a 4th-year student at Rochester Institute of Technology pursuing a double major in Finance and Marketing at Saunders College of Business. They're passionate about creating opportunities for students to feel heard, make change, and help improve the academic and experimental learning experience at RIT.

In Student Government, they serve as a Committee Chair for Academics & Co-Ops in, where they address charged student PawPrints (petitions) which are affecting their academic and professional experiences. They are also involved with the Leadership Academy at Saunders as the Director of Marketing, where they are taking a data-focused approach to help reach more students that want to gain soft-skills and experience before they graduate.

Beyond campus involvement, they are the co-founder of GroupSoup™, a startup platform focused on helping people build meaningful connections through local interest-based groups while supporting small businesses and community spaces. Their experiences in entrepreneurship, and student leadership have strengthened their interest in finding practical solutions to challenges facing students and the broader RIT community.

Through Student Government, they aim to help create more experimental learning opportunities (co-ops) for students, and enhance entrepreneurial education to give more student the RIT innovative experience.