Members
Meet Our Leadership Team
President
William Rogers
William is interested in many things, chief among them being Mechanical and Aerospace Engineer, hence AeroPrinceton. William is a private pilot with 170+ hours of experience and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. William takes skills learned in entrepreneurship, community outreach, and project management to guide the advancement of AeroPrinceton.
Vice-President
Nicholas Akey
Nicholas Akey is a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Student at Princeton University. He has a long history of leadership in and out of the classroom. Nick’s extracurriculars are very enriching, having led multiple teams in creating successful rockets, being a Private Pilot with 90+ hours of experience, and serving as an Air Force ROTC member. As Vice-President, Nick takes with him skills in leadership in conjunction with hard skills, including circuitry, design, and manufacturing proficiency.
CFO
Angela Han
Angela Han is a 2x Founder and Consulting Strategist. Angela has recently further developed her expert skillset through management roles in at the Daily Princetonian’s business team, Princeton University undergraduate student government executive board, through extensive training as a Goldman Sachs apprentice, and more. At AeroPrinceton, Angela works to identify growth opportunities and data-backed strategies to raise funds and manage assets.
CCO
Clay Guthrie
Christian Clay Guthrie takes skills in Mechanical and Aerospace engineering and applies them to AeroPrinceton. Clay is highly proficient in many coding softwares and CAD softwares, constantly developing his skillset. While officially the communications officer, Clay also puts to use skills in CAD, data analysis, and engine construction in addition to coordinating a team to ensure continued social media presence and student outreach for the organization.
Media and Marketing Officer
Julián Fente
Julián Fente is a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Student at Princeton University. He has previous experience as a Process Improvement Engineering Intern at HEICO, an Aerospace technology company, where he optimized workflows, developed skills in geometric dimensioning & tolerancing, and realized quality assurance practices. Julian has recently gleaned applicable skills through being an executive officer of Princeton Game Theory Club, and through accounting & financial statement analysis.
Cheif Electrical Engineer
Joel Boon
Mechanical and aerospace engineering student at Princeton University who is interested in mechanical design, aerodynamics, and autonomous systems. Experience growing up in the US, East Africa, and the Middle East has prepared him to work well in diverse teams to tackle complex problems.
COO
Saif Bernstein
Saif Bernstein is a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering student at Princeton University and Chief Operations Officer of AeroPrinceton, where he helps lead the design and construction of a student-built aircraft. He has hands-on experience in research and industry, including prototyping metamaterial structures at Texas Tech University and working as a mechanic on heavy-duty trucks. A licensed private pilot and former high school valedictorian, Saif combines technical knowledge with real-world aviation and engineering experience.
Cheif Technical Officer
Noah Getnick
Noah Getnick is an Electrical and Computer Engineering student at Princeton University and a U.S. Navy Midshipman on a four-year Naval ROTC scholarship, with plans to commission as an Ensign in 2028. He combines technical and leadership experience, contributing to Princeton Rocketry’s avionics team while leading training and small-unit operations in ROTC. His work spans CAD-based rocket design and a computer vision project analyzing basketball gameplay. A former valedictorian and team captain, Noah brings a strong mix of engineering, leadership, and mentorship experience.
Technical Officer
Shriya Chakraborti
Shriya Chakraborti is a student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. Shriya has leadership, analysis and engineering skills from countless experiences in engineering, including application of magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thrusters, high-performance rocket launch and development, and cosmic ray observation tool development, and more at places like PrincetonU, GeorgiaIT, MIT, ClaytonSU, S.T.A.R., etc. Shriya takes this diverse skillset and applies them as AeroPrinceton’s Technical Officer.
Digital Media Officer
Fred Han
Student at Princeton University studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. Has a strong passion for computers and is a freelance ethical hacker, an avid computer builder alongside being a competitive overclocker. Currently a writer for cultists.network, a computer hardware news site with specialization in engineering deep dives, especially power supplies. Possesses many cybersecurity, computer science, data analysis and project management certificates.
