The GPSS Executive Committee takes specific actions to address issues and concerns identified by the Senate. The Executive Committee also reviews the annual budget for the following year and approves appointments to special committees. During Summer Quarter, the Executive Committee functions as the Senate. The Committee is made up of four elected officers and Executive Senators, one representative from the ASUW, and two non-voting ex-officio members representing the faculty and administration.

Jake Faleschini is a concurrent degree student in Law and International Studies. He is in the third year of his J.D. at the School of Law and the second year of his M.A.I.S. at the Jackson School. Jake is focusing his graduate studies on international criminal law. After high school Jake spent a number of years traveling and working over seas. After returning to the US, he got a B.A. in International and Comparative Policy Studies at Reed College in Portland, Or. After college, he spent two years working for the New York State Attorney General's Office, prosecuting white collar and organized crime. While in graduate school he has clerked with the United States Attorney's Office in Seattle, the Honorable Judge Mertel, the Innocence Project Northwest Clinic, and the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. He hopes to work as a district attorney for a few years after graduating, and then go on to do international criminal prosecution and criminal law reform. Jake has been named a Next Generation Leader by the American Constitution Society, a leading progressive legal organization. Jake enjoys backpacking, snowboarding, squash, and coaching lacrosse at Lakeside Middle School.

Yutaka Jono is in his fifth year as a PhD student in The School of Music. His interests include Schenkerian theory and minimalist music. He plays classical and electric guitar, and also sings in the UW student acappella group Unleashed. He was on the Student Board of FIUTS (Foundation for International Understanding Through Students) for two years, and is excited to make use of this experience in GPSS.

He received his undergraduate double degree (Diplomacy and World Affairs, and Music) from Occidental College, and his two MA degrees (Politics and Music) from Claremont Graduate University.