The president of the St. Edward’s University Student Government Association resigned Thursday, citing undisclosed personal reasons.

SGA President Blanca Garcia officially stepped down from her position as president when she submitted a formal resignation to the meeting of executive senators and cabinet-level officials. She later announced her decision at Thursday’s senate meeting. Garcia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Senior Krista Heiden, who was elected vice president on Garcia’s ticket in a landslide last spring, was sworn in as president after the meeting Thursday.

“We are all sad to see Blanca leave the association and we wish her nothing but the best,” Heiden said in an SGA press release.

The resignation leaves the organization without a vice president. To fill this vacancy, SGA will hold a special campus-wide special election in the coming weeks. An exact date for this election, to be held on Collegiate Link, has not yet been set, SGA Advisor Marisa Lacey said.

SGA’s constitution, which was also approved by voters last spring, requires a candidate for vice president to have served at least two consecutive semesters in some capacity within SGA.

Until a new vice president is elected, Noah Corn, senator of the School of Humanities, will chair senate meetings in the newly-created position of president pro tempore.

Garcia wasn’t the only member of SGA to resign. Sophomore Senator Andrew Guerrero read aloud his letter of resignation at the senate meeting Thursday.

Guerrero said he decided to resign his position as sophomore class senator because he  wants to focus on PRIDE, the St. Edward’s student organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Guerrero is

“I’m sad to leave an organization that has done so many great things,” he said in his letter.

SGA will also fill the vacancy left by Guerrero’s resignation.

Editor’s Note: This article has been corrected to reflect that former SGA President Blanca Garcia attended Thursday’s senate meeting.