Erik J Rogel

Erik Rogel is a Junior majoring in Economics-Political Science with a minor in Computer Science. He transferred from the Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY), where he built the foundation for his current academic path.

Before Columbia, Erik spent over a decade in operations and fulfillment leadership, mostly building and scaling early-stage companies. Across those roles he owned the financial side of operations, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and unit economics. At one startup he moved contribution margin from negative to +40 percent while cutting per-unit labor cost by 78 percent, the kind of hands-on budget and margin work he now brings to the council's finances.

Recently, he completed a federal software development internship at the National Reconnaissance Office, where alongside his work with in-orbit vehicles he took part in contract and budgeting strategy sessions to keep projects funded across fiscal calendars.

Originally from Chicago and in New York since 2013, Erik is drawn to work that is both novel and systems focused. As VP of Finance, he is focused on transparent, disciplined stewardship of GSSC's resources on behalf of the GS student body.