NEU Alumni Staff
Spring 25′ Semester
President
Spencer Rode is a 4th year Communications and Media Studies combined major. He joined BD because he believes listening to one another and having respectful discussions has the power to change troublesome socio-political dynamics for the better.
Head of Editorial
Rachel Umansky-Castro is a third-year Criminal Justice and Journalism major with a minor in International Affairs. She joined BD because she loves the idea of listening to each others’ opinions instead of arguing. She gets to leave the room feeling heard and taking away a new perspective she may have never thought of.
Head of Design
Edea Neal
Scheduling Coordinator
Jared Haime
Spring 24′ Semester
President
Masha Yakubovich is a third-year Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) Major with a minor in Mindfulness. She has always really enjoyed listening to people and understanding what has shaped their individual opinions. She also values learning from each other and experience as a way of doing so. For those reasons, she loves how BD creates a space that unites opinions and honors disagreements, while still rooted in empathy and humanity.
Spring 23′ Semester
Head of Podcasting
Amedeo Hasson is a fourth-year economics and finance major. He’s from New York, NY, and loves to create content ranging from videos to music. He has previously worked with the New York City Council and completed his most recent co-op at the Boston Consulting Group. He joined Bipartisan Disagreement because he wants to contribute to more legitimate and respectful discourse beyond Twitter.
Fall 22′ Semester
President/Co-Founder
Ben Nigrin is a fifth-year criminal justice and political science major with minors in journalism and political communications. He is an avid Boston sports fan, having been born in the city of “dirty water,” and enjoys keeping up with U.S. politics. Ben helped found Bipartisan Disagreement to repair the broken dialogue between those who disagree and to create a space where ideas, not labels, matter most.
Head of Design/
Co-Founder
Gwen Egan is from Lafayette, CO, and is a third-year journalism and interaction design major. She is passionate about environmentalism, earth-tone colors, and the Dunkin app. Gwen helped found Bipartisan Disagreement to help repair the damage political polarization has done to common civility and collective truth.
Head of Editorial
Emma Fox is a fourth-year journalism and political science major. She grew up across the world, ranging from both coasts of the U.S. to Australia. Emma is excited to contribute to an organization that promotes a diverse range of perspectives and facilitates productive political conversations.
Scheduling Coordinator
Will Huftalen is a fifth-year student studying economics and finance. He’s originally from Syracuse, NY, and loves to ski. Will was inspired to join Bipartisan Disagreement due to frustration with the spread of cancel culture. He hopes to change this by raising awareness of new perspectives within the organization.
Treasurer
Cooper Hoffman is a fifth-year finance major from Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He loves skiing, baseball, and being on the water. While he enjoys talking about politics, Cooper has always wished discussions could be more civil and less emotional, which is a goal he had in mind when joining Bipartisan Disagreement.
Social Media Manager
Justin Lin is a fifth-year civil engineering major from Orange County, California. He is passionate about transportation and could talk you to death about trains and planes for hours. He joined Bipartisan Disagreement because he is passionate about his opinions and enjoys that the club allows people with different viewpoints to explain their beliefs without the echo chamber that some political discussions can come to.