2005-2006 Officers

President: Kris Miller
Vice President: Celia Landgren
Vice President, Events: Joe Pylman
Vice President, Publicity: Catrina Sveum
Vice President, Membership: Peter Gioello
Treasurer: Stephanie Luck
Faculty/Administrative Liason: Dan Elliott

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Officer Bios

President
Kris Miller
Kris is pursuing a joint degree in law and public administration from Syracuse University College of Law and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He intends to graduate with a concentration in National Security and Counterterrorism Law. Kris is an editor for two journals: the Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce and the Journal of Terrorism and Security. Kris graduated magna cum laude in history from Boston University in 1999 and entered immediate active duty service in the United States Army. From 1999 to 2000, he commanded a tank platoon with the 4th Squadron, 7th US Cavalry near the demilitarized zone in the Republic of South Korea. Kris later joined the Signal Corps and led the Joint Nuclear Operations Center Platoon at the Headquarters, US European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. Some of his other jobs included company executive officer, battalion assistant operations officer, and Balkans desk officer for the US European Command communications directorate (J-6). Kris also deployed to Africa on various missions in support of the Global War in 2003. Kris is currently a Captain in the US Army Reserve and he drills with the Office of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) at European Command Headquarters in Germany.

Vice President
Celia Landgren 
Celia is a first year law student at Syracuse University College of Law. She intends to concentrate her studies in health law, and is also the Director of Alumni Relations for the SUCOL Health Law Society. Celia graduated from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia in June 2005 with a B.A. in politics and economics. At W&L, she was actively involved in Kappa Delta Sorority, College Republicans, Mock Convention, and the University-Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra. She maintains her roots in Lexington while working as a Class Agent for the Class of 2005 and visiting her fiancé who is a First Classman at Virginia Military Institute. Celia earned the Governor’s College Internship for Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. where she conducted research on state health and education policies in Annapolis, Maryland in the summer of 2005. Celia was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where she plans to return following graduation and ultimately work in hospital administration or legal counsel.

Vice President, Events
Joe Pylman
Joseph Pylman graduated in May 2004 from Cornell University, where he graduated with honors with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations. While at Cornell, Joseph was Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell Review, a campus political magazine. Additionally, at graduation, Joseph was awarded the Joel Seidman Prize for his work on his senior honors thesis, entitled, “The First Amendment in the Workplace: The Fate of the Workplace Hostile Environment Doctrine after R.A.V. v. St. Paul.” Upon graduation, Joseph was hired by the Delaware-based Collegiate Network, an organization that promotes alternative collegiate publications in academia. Joseph has also studied foreign journalism in Prague, Czech Republic during the 2004 and 2005 summers. In the fall of 2005, Joseph enrolled at the Syracuse University College of Law. Born and raised in New Hartford, New York, Joseph hopes for a successful career in employment law.

Vice President, Publicity
Catrina Sveum
Catrina is a first-year law student at Syracuse University College of Law from Tampa, Florida. She graduated cum laude from the honors program at University of Florida in 2005 with degrees in religion and political science. In 2004, Catrina decided to examine politics from the other side of the divide and took a position as an intern for MoveOn.org during the presidential election. The experience was valuable and it actually strengthened her belief in conservatism. During the summer before law school, Catrina was part of a group of 15 American students invited by the German government to investigate post-Holocaust interactions between Germans and Jews. At UF, she was active in student government and took part in the organization of several large philanthropic events. She remains passionate about philanthropy and currently serves as the Philanthropy Chair for the Sports and Entertainment Law Society at SUCOL. Catrina is interested in working in entertainment or health law after she graduates in 2008.




Treasurer
Stephanie Luck
No biographical information available at this time. 










Faculty/Administrative Liason
Dan Elliott
Dan Elliott, a native of New Haven, CT., received a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from Boston College in 2005. There, he served on the editorial board of The Heights, the school’s independent student newspaper, for two years, heading the paper’s Marketplace section and penning a column titled "Politically Speaking."
He is a 1L at Syracuse University College of Law this year and serving as the Faculty Liaison for the Federalist Society.