Executive Team

President

Mikkayla Ellsworth-Reid

Mikkayla Ellsworth-Reid (she/her) is in her fifth and final year in the Sustainable Design Engineering program at UPEI and is the ACES 2024-2025 President. This is Mikkayla's fourth year being involved with ACES, having served on both the Commissioner team as the Bilingualism Commissioner and on the Executive team as VP of Communications and VP of Services and she is excited and honoured to get to spend her last year as President. In the role, she is enthusiastic about building external connections to benefit ACES members and facilitating engaging collaborations between member schools. When she is not working on school or ACES, Mikkayla enjoys horror movies, reading, and watercolour painting. Feel free to contact her at president@aces-cega.ca with any questions or concerns, or if you want to chat; she is always available and happy to talk!

As President, Mikkayla is responsible for:

  • Be ACES's official representative and spokesperson to all other students and professional and industry associations. Be a signing authority on all ACES bank accounts.

  • Maintain constant communication with the Atlantic Ambassador of the CFES regarding Atlantic-specific matters.

  • Ensure that ACES is represented at the Atlantic Engineering Competition.

  • Maintain all official documents of the organization and transition these documents to the incoming Executive.

Atlantic Ambassador

Camilla Drost

Camilla Drost (she/her/Elle) is a fifth-year Chemical Engineering student at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Camilla has been involved in her Engineering Society since her first year and got exposed to ACES this past year, first as the UNBF VP of Finance and then as the UNBF VP of External. She fell in love with ACES and is so excited to help Atlantic schools connect on a regional and national level, especially with many national conferences hosted in the beautiful Atlantic region! Camilla is super musical and loves to play guitar outside of school. 

As Atlantic Ambassador, Camilla is responsible for:

  • Representing ACES to the CFES’ Board of Directors

  • Communicating with and keeping all ACES members up to date on issues and information from the CFES

  • Wearing the ACES Sou’ Wester

  • Wearing and guarding Two Chainz at national conferences.

VP Communications

Thao Nguyen Phuong Bui

Thao Nguyen Phuong Bui(she/her) is in her fourth year of Sustainable Design Engineering at UPEI and acting as the Vice President of Communications for ACES for 2024-2025. She is looking forward to attending the AGM, AEC and ELS as a part of the ACES executive.

As VP of Communications, Thao is responsible for:

  • Compiling and distributing ACES newsletters to provide updates

  • Maintaining and ensuring regular activity on ACES social media and communication platforms

  • Be responsible for the design and timely delivery of revenue-generating media and

    merchandise

  • Overseeing the IT Commissioners and ensuring that their mandates are met

VP Finance

Nyah Lupick

Nyah Lupick (she/her/Elle) is a third-year electrical engineering student at Dalhousie University. She was previously involved with ACES as an IT Commissioner last year and is super pumped to be the VP of Finance this year. She looks forward to creating excellent new merchandise and raising awareness of ACES. Nyah enjoys reading, crocheting, watching anime, and wandering the Halifax waterfront outside of school. A fun fact about Nyah is that she stores all of her money as gold bars (though no one has been able to confirm this…).

As VP of Finance, Nyah is responsible for:

  • Collecting and managing all membership fees and monies of ACES

  • Developing the annual ACES operating budget and keeping accurate records of all financial transactions

  • Actively seeking corporate sponsorship

  • Ensuring proper recording of conference finances

VP Engagement

Kristen North

Kristen North (she/her) is in her fifth year of Chemical Engineering with a certificate in Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University - Sexton Campus and is the VP of Engagement of ACES for the 2024-2025 year. As VP of Engagement, she looks forward to working with member societies to get their students more involved with ACES and promote the growth of ACES as an organization. She hopes to facilitate communication and avocation between member societies and promote events between schools and within the organization. Apart from ACES, Kristen is VP of Sponsorship on the CFES organizing committee for CEC 2025. If you have any questions or ideas on engagement promotion and advocacy within ACES, you can contact Kristen.

As VP of Engagement, Kristen is responsible for:

  • Promoting and initiating networking and inter-society communication for member societies

  • Ensuring that small school societies engage with ACES

  • Overseeing the Small School Engagement Commissioners

VP Services

Nichole Baya

Nichole (she/her) is a 5th year Chemical Engineering student at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Nichole has been involved and held different positions in various clubs and societies at UNB. She started her involvement with ACES as an EDI Commissioner last year and is excited to return to ACES as VP of Services. Nichole looks forward to supporting ACES and using her knowledge and experiences to provide successful ACES Activities to the membership. Outside of ACES, Nichole is also the VPX for UNBF. She enjoys watching binge-worthy TV shows, crocheting, and baking. If you have any recipes, Nichole would appreciate them and would like to try them!

As VP of Services, Nichole is responsible for:

  • Providing and overseeing the development of professional and educational resources and services for members

  • Overseeing the planning of AEC, ELS, and AGM

  • Keeping a record of the ACES conference planning rotation

Commissioners

We’re hiring! Apply here: 2024-25 ACES Commissioner Application

Chair

Chair Commissioner Responsibilities include:

  • Chair all General Meetings of ACES and meetings which include the ACES Executive, Commissioners, and Activity Chairs

  • Prepare and deliver General Assembly introduction sessions at AGM and ELS

  • Prepare and distribute the preliminary and final agenda for all General Meeting

  • Maintain the ACES mandate tracker and ensure that it is available to all members

Bilingualism Commissioner

Bilingualism Commissioner Responsibilities include:

  • Manage communication between ACES and U de M.

  • Support the AEC Organizing Committee with the translation of materials.

  • Translate ACES documents and social media content.

IT Commissioner

IT Commissioner Responsibilities include:

  • Maintaining and updating the ACES website and social media platforms

  • Ensuring that relevant information can be easily accessed on the ACES Member Share Drive, and on the ACES website

  • Any other duties relating to the electronic infrastructure of ACES

EDB Commissioner

EDB Commissioner Responsibilities include:

  • Ensure each new ACES executive and commissioner undergo EDB training

  • Promote allyship and regular engagement with social issues

  • Engage with Activity Chairs to ensure the Activities are inclusive

Diploma School Commissioner

Diploma School Commissioner Responsibilities include:

  • Maintaining points of contact between ACES and the small schools

  • Holding bi-monthly meetings to assist and assess challenges within engineering societies

  • Creating and organizing transition documents for small school engineering societies