This week, the ASSU executives released their winter quarter spending report, which catalogued a surge in Haiti relief donations, expenses from U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu’s appearance last month and officer salaries for the executives’ 22-person cabinet.

ASSU President David Gobaud, a coterminal student in computer science, put his salary “on hold” earlier this year and took no paycheck in February or March, according to online records. Vice President Andy Parker ’11 was paid $1,766.22 between Feb. 1 and March 1.

Top-paid cabinet members during that period were Marketing Co-Chairs Cisco Riordan ‘11 and Vincent Chen ’12 ($450 each); Undergraduate Health and Wellness Co-Chair Jen Hawkins ’11 ($450); Graduate Health and Wellness Chair William Slikker, a medical student ($407.13); Graduate Social Chair Hariharan Vijay, a management science and engineering student ($356.25); and Sustainability Co-Chairs Sonali Chopra ’11 and Leslie Cachola ’11 ($356.25 each).

Chief of staff Bennett Hauser ‘10 was paid $570.

Cabinet salaries between Feb. 1 and March 1 totaled $6,815.88.

$4,057.82 in donations related to ASSU-organized Haiti relief efforts were recorded in February and March.
Expenditures related to U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu’s appearance in March came to $11,115.42. Co-sponsorships from various University departments, programs and offices were listed at $14,486.

Co-sponsorships for the April 17 “FutureFest,” which is scheduled to feature speaker Van Jones, total $21,616 so far, Gobaud said.

Vijay was reimbursed for $1,561.43 in March for expenses related to the ASSU-sponsored spring break trip to Las Vegas.

-Elizabeth Titus