Alex Jorgenson

First-Year Counselor · Summer 2024 · Mentor to a group of 6 incoming freshmen

• Led a group of 6 incoming freshmen through camp as their first point of connection to Texas A&M.
• Taught Aggie traditions and the history behind them, helping new students feel like part of the Aggie family before their first class.
• Gave practical advice on succeeding freshman year, from managing classes and study habits to getting involved on campus.
• Stayed their go-to guide once they arrived on campus, checking in and helping them settle into college life.

Second-Year Counselor · Summer 2025 · Freshman mentoring plus camp operations and social media

• Took on added second-year counselor responsibilities behind the scenes, helping make camp run smoothly for every freshman and counselor.
• Ran the camp’s Instagram account, creating and posting content that built excitement with incoming freshmen and kept counselors and families in the loop.
• Kept every first-year duty at the same time: leading a group of incoming freshmen, teaching traditions, and mentoring them into their first semester.
• Balancing both roles gave me my first real look at how camp operates, which set me up to lead it as Chair.

Chair · 24 counselors · 70+ freshmen

• Led a team of 24 counselors, building team culture and getting the group operationally ready for camp.
• Led mentorship and team-building for 70+ incoming freshmen, focused on inclusion, engagement, and leadership development.
• Ran camp logistics end to end, from skit scheduling and meal prep groups to merchandise orders and evacuation training, and built scheduling and photo-tracking tools to keep counselors organized.
• Wrote a personalized end-of-camp letter to every counselor.

Member · Fall 2023 – Spring 2024 · Philanthropy Committee

• Joined FADE’s Philanthropy Committee as a freshman and helped put on a 100-team charity pickleball tournament with 200+ players, raising $5,000+ for the Bryan Animal Shelter.
• Owned sponsor outreach: prospected local businesses, pitched them by email on the event and its cause, and followed up to secure donations. It was my first real taste of sales.
• Handled operations for the tournament, coordinating the logistics that kept 100 teams playing and the event running on schedule.

Staff · Summer 2024 – Spring 2025 · 66 freshmen, 16-person committee

• Helped lead FADE’s class of 66 freshmen, guiding their leadership development through the year.
• Led the Outreach & Marketing Committee of 16 freshmen, directing how FADE promoted itself and its events across campus.
• Partnered with the Philanthropy Committee, the group I started in as a member, to promote and support its fundraising events.
• Served as a point of contact with other Freshman Leadership Organizations (FLOs), coordinating communication and building relationships across groups.
• Shared responsibility for FADE’s general leadership programming, helping plan and run the activities that developed each freshman class.

Head Director · Spring 2025 – Spring 2026 · 66 freshmen, 18 staff, 4 committees

• Led the whole organization, making sure all four committees, 18 staff, and 66 freshmen were prepared, aligned, and ready to execute.
• Managed FADE’s finances, budgeting for events and programming and keeping spending on track.
• Built the recruitment calendar used to bring in the next freshman class.
• Created the full-year calendar, coordinating events and deadlines across every committee.
• Planned the spring retreat end to end, researching, scheduling, and booking the locations.