Meet Your Executive Board
National Student Organizations (NSO)
has been growing widely on campus over the years. For an organization so large,
it takes a team to help it stay organized. For this reason, the NSO executive
board was created at Johnson & Wales University. The executive board helps
NSO stay on track and keeps the student body informed by attending monthly
meetings with the NSO advisors, helping plan and organize all events and
socials within NSO, and discussing what is happening in each chapter of the
organization. While accomplishing all these tasks, the executive board also
gives feedback from students to the NSO advisors and relays information back to
the student body. NSO is an organization known for taking great strides towards
success and the students on the executive board are no different.
Hometown: Danbury, CT
High School Affiliated Chapter: DECA
JWU NSO Division: Community Action Association
JWU Major: Finance
Year: 2016
What’s your best NSO memory (high school or college)?
The best NSO memory that I have
took place at the end of freshman year when I took a trip to Australia with CAA
(Community Action Association). Taking a trip to Australia was always one of my
dreams, but I never thought that it would be possible until I joined this
organization.

Name: Elena Melekos
Hometown:
Hopatcong, NJ
High
School Affiliated Chapter: SkillsUSA
JWU NSO Division: Leadership
Academy
JWU
Major: Counseling Psychology
Year:
2016
Do you
relate you NSO knowledge or skills back into your studies in any way?
I
definitely have related every aspect of SkillsUSA into my studies. From the
professionalism, time management, to the public speaking. As a Counseling
Psychology major, being professional, keeping track and being on time are
essentials to helping your clients and yourself stay organized.
Name: Nicholas Kalas

Hometown: Mount Olive
High School Affiliated Chapter: DECA
JWU NSO Division: Competitive Events Institute
JWU Major: Business Administration
Year: 2016
Any advice to incoming or new NSO students who are looking
to get involved?
Get involved in as much as you can!
It looks great on a résumé and can open so many doors and
opportunities.
Name: Ashley Fudala
Hometown: Manchester, New Hampshire
High School Affiliated Chapter: DECA
JWU NSO Division: Communications Association
JWU Major: Sports/Event/Entertainment Management
Year: 2016
What got you to be involved with NSO (any chapter) in high
school and then carry that over to college?
In high school many of my friends were
involved with DECA and I would always hear about all of the amazing experiences
they had at competitions and conferences. This made me want to experience it
for myself. DECA played a huge part in my senior year of high school and I
wanted to continue competing and making more connections with other DECA
members so I chose to stay involved with DECA in college.