Officers

2026 SMSA Officers  

Rongrong Zhang
President
MS in Marketing Analytics Candidate 
rzhang88@umd.edu

Malay Patel 
Executive Vice President of Operations
MS in Business Analytics Candidate 
mpatel01@umd.edu

Ayusha Rana 
Executive Vice President of Administration 
MS in Accounting Candidate
arana124@umd.edu

Aditi Pokharkar 
VP of Finance 
Master of Finance Candidate
aditi03@umd.edu

Idris Kaka 
VP of Marketing & Communications 
MS in Business Analytics Candidate 
ikaka@umd.edu

Kushaal Pelluru Lakshminarasimhan 
VP of Community and Professional Development
MS in Information Systems Candidate
kushaal@umd.edu

Varnika Bethireddy 
VP of Student Affairs
MS in Business Analytics Candidate
varnikab@umd.edu

Jennifer Mbuton
VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
MS in Business Analytics Candidate
jmbuton@umd.edu

Contact SMSA at: smith-club-smsa@umd.edu