Meet the 2025-26 Student Government Association Board

This spring, IWP students elected officers for the 2025-26 Student Government Association Board. The officers began their duties on May 17 and will continue until Commencement in May 2026.

Kiley Pittman (President)

Kiley Pittman is an M.A. candidate pursuing a degree in Statecraft and National Security Affairs with a specialization in Intelligence. She completed her undergraduate program at Southern Methodist University in May 2024 with a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Journalism, along with minors in Chinese and International Studies. Kiley is also a 2025 Rumsfeld Foundation Graduate Fellow. Kiley is honored to serve as the Student Government President and looks forward to serving the IWP community.

Haiqal Ruslan (Vice President)

Haiqal Syereef Ruslan is an M.A. candidate pursuing a degree in Statecraft and International Affairs. Haiqal also graduated from Elon University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

Luke Payne (Director of Communications)

Luke Payne is an M.A. candidate in Statecraft and National Security Affairs with a specialization in intelligence. His interests include transnational organized crime, counterintelligence, and terrorism.

Kalin Greene (Director of Finance)

Kalin Greene is an M.A. candidate within IWP’s Strategic Intelligence Studies program. His research interests include understanding cognitive-linguistic dissonances between the United States and non-Anglophone nations, investigating dissensions between interests, and suggesting resolutions to these cognitive-political disparities. Kalin hopes his research interests could further foster a career within public diplomacy, particularly within Eastern-European relations.

Jacob Spencer (Director of Events)

Jacob Spencer is a second-year student of intelligence at IWP. He previously studied history at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and spent 9 months teaching English as a foreign language in Uzbekistan. He is primarily interested in Russia and the post-Soviet sphere, as well as internet-based disinformation, foreign influence campaigns against the United States and NATO, and cyber threats in the private sector. Jacob is also an avid student of foreign languages, a pianist, creative writer, and dilettante mead brewer.