The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, also will lose a majority of its executive board members, RHA President Sarah Pomeroy said. Of the 15 current officers, 12 will not be returning to RHA in the fall, she said.

Both ASMSU and RHA will use their upcoming election season to attempt to ease the transition and fill leadership roles.

Next year’s executive board will be among the youngest ASMSU has ever had, ASMSU Director of Media Relations Samantha Artley said.

Artley said ASMSU already is working on recruiting students to fill those seats through the formation of a planned election committee that will seek qualified students from each college.

Lyman Briggs College representative Dylan Miller said he still is undecided about running for a position in this spring’s elections but wants to maintain involvement in ASMSU next year, and he said he does not think any problems will arise in the transition process.

“It would be a great honor to help in a better capacity, (but) I have to make sure I’d be good enough for one of the positions,” he said. “I’d want to see who was staying and who was leaving.”

ASMSU Associate Provost Emily Bank, a social relations and policy sophomore, said she also hopes to stay involved with ASMSU next year whether or not she has an officer position.

Bank said it is “imperative” younger representatives begin to learn from and communicate with outgoing officers this semester to prepare for new leadership.

Marino said he often has approached previous ASMSU leaders during his tenure when questions arose and welcomed next year’s student leaders to contact any of the current officers.

He said both current ASMSU representatives and members of the student body will have to work with the exiting leaders to ease the transition of new officers.

“(Members) will have a lot to learn from those officers and other representatives who are graduating,” Bank said.