Meet the Steering Committee!

Sam Durocher is a senior from Michigan majoring in Environment and Sustainability and minoring in Entomology. She has always had a fascination for insects, but joined the Bee Club while taking the Honey Bees course last fall. She is passionate about conservation and is excited to help teach others about the importance of bees and other insects!

Daniel Sorokin, a computer science student at Cornell, joined the Bee Club during his first semester. His journey with beekeeping began in his freshman year of high school over COVID, quickly escalating into a fervent passion. Daniel has gained extensive experience through working at an apiary, maintaining hives at home, and teaching a high school class on beekeeping. He is enthusiastic about introducing others to the fascinating world of beekeeping and warmly invites everyone to join the Bee Club!

Emma Acri is a junior in CALS, double majoring in Environment and Sustainability (with a concentration in marine and freshwater biology) and Communication. Her love for bees started in her freshman year of high school after doing a research project on the importance of native plants and native bees. Her favorite bee is, of course, the bumble bee! 

Jocelyn Nashtatik is a sophomore in CALS, majoring in Animal Science (Pre-Vet Concentration), and is from Long Island, NY. She has been passionate about bees since high school, and as former president of her high school's environmental club, she made bee conservation a main focus! She can't wait for this semester's events!

Corbin Breeden is a sophomore from California studying Environment & Sustainability. He became interested in bees after helping out with some beekeeping at home. He was excited to join the Bee Club after a fun adventure with the Bee Club to a local honey house. He can't wait to share the awesomeness of bees with everyone!

Elijah Martinez is a junior from San Antonio majoring in animal science (pre-vet) and minoring in horticulture. He was first introduced to gardening at a very young age by his grandma, so he has grown up around bees and has yet to be stung! He is really excited to be a part of Beeboard and all the events!

Olivia Yang is a freshman majoring in Biological Sciences from Chapel Hill, NC. In high school, she started raising her own beehives and helping maintain her school's beehives. She is excited to continue learning about bees and contributing to the beekeeping community through Bee Club!  

Luca Zgurzynski is a first year Pre-Vet student from Pittsburgh, PA, majoring in animal science. On his family's farm, he helps maintain over 20 bee hives including his own. The honey produced from these hives is sold locally throughout Luca's community. He is super excited to be apart of the steering committee, and is excited to spread bee awareness around campus!

Elias is a freshman in the College of Engineering! He joined Bee Club to deepen his interest in bees and environmental sustainability and to gain hands-on experience with the student hives. His beekeeping background includes a full year with Astor Apiaries, a summer with City Growers, and two years with the Hudson River Apiary Society. He has also participated in research with Rutgers WINLAB and the Cornell CEI Lab.

Steering Committee

Solomon is a freshman in Environment and Sustainability. He is from NYC, and he joined Bee Club because of his love for honey making and learning more about bees. His favorite bees are honey bees!