Officers

Do you love the outdoors? We’re always looking for motivated, experienced Explorers to join our officers, especially as Activity Chairs. If leading trips is your jam, send us an email at explorers-officers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu.

Explorers Club Officers 2025

Emily Newman (epnewman @ andrew.cmu.edu)
President

I’m a CMU staff member and I love climbing and skiing!

Iris Winegrad (iwinegra@andrew.cmu.edu) Quartermaster

Iris is a sophomore in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. She enjoys hiking, baking, and playing volleyball, as well as anything that takes her outside.

Chris Singer (csinger2@andrew.cmu.edu) Treasurer

Chris likes going outside!

Shreyas Nanjanagud (snanjana@andrew.cmu.edu) Secretary

Shreyas is a sophomore in Math. He enjoys hiking, camping, and mountain biking. His love for the outdoors came from spending time gardening when younger.

Dan Hathcock (dhathcoc@andrew.cmu.edu)
Quartermaster

Dan is a SCS PhD student and likes climbing!

Explorers CLUB ACTIVITY CHAIRS

Abilash Subbaraman (abilash@cmu.edu)
Mountaineering Chair

I’m a PhD student in Chemical Engineering from Singapore. I enjoy rock climbing, namely lead and trad climbing. During the winter months, you can find me mountianeering and ice cllimbing. I have been an instructor in the ECP Rock School and am a director of the ECP Mountaineering School. His next big projects over the next few years are Denali and Shuksan.

Sophia Roshal (sroshal@andrew.cmu.edu)
Co-Climbing Chair
I’m a PhD student in Computer Science studying programming languages. I’ve been playing outside since I was a small child and love to climb, hike, backpack, kayak, XC ski, or basically anything at all as long as it’s outdoors. In undergrad, I was a climbing instructor for a variety of classes, including basic rock climbing, intermediate rock climbing, introduction to sport lead climbing, introduction to outdoor climbing, and introduction to outdoor anchor building. Recently, I have also acted as a co-director for the ECP rock climbing school.

Dan McGann (dmcgann@andrew.cmu.edu )
Scuba Diving Chair

Explorers Club Staff Advisor

Bowen Lee

Bowen is a CMU Materials Science and Engineering alum that returned as staff after a few years away. He's an avid climber (sport, trad, ice, and mixed), cyclist (road and MTB), and occasional scuba diver. Over the past few years Bowen has also served as director of the Explorers Club of Pittsburgh's rock climbing and mountaineering schools.