BERC is led by a dedicated team of students from a variety of academic disciplines around UC Berkeley.The leadership team drives every aspect of the organization, including planning events, chairing programs, communicating with the BERC membership, fundraising, and fostering constituent member groups.

The BERC Leadership Team is supported by a dedicated group of BERC Associates, who agree to volunteer 10 hours per semester or help to plan one event. Become a BERC Associate today! Let us know you are interested and be the first to hear about new opportunities for involvement with BERC.

Timeline

Each team serves for one calendar year.  Each November, student members of BERC. vote for the Co-Presidents. The new Co-Presidents then select the remaining team members, based upon a written application and interviews.

The Symposium Co-Chairs and IRECC Co-Chairs are selected off-cycle - during September and October - due to the timing of their respective events.  The timeline for 2010 BERC Leadership Team transition is below:

 2010  BERC Leadership Team ROles

While the precise leadership team roles change each year as determined by the incoming Co-Presidents, we anticipate the following positions for the 2010 Leadership Team:

• Co-Presidents (2): Manage and oversee all aspects of BERC; build the leadership team and ensure all commitments are met; interface with external stakeholders including sponsors, partners and campus entities; ensure the quality of BERC organization and its brand
• VP of Finance and Sponsorship: Create a sponsorship strategy to provide funds for BERC through current sponsors and build relationships with new ones; manage financial documentation and bank accounts
• VP of Events (2): Enable BERC members to connect through initiating and organizing a variety of small events throughout the year (e.g., brown bags, social hours, field trips, cross-school events, etc); Organize the Fall BBQ, Speaker Series, and the winter Annual Lecture (all of these are done through organizing a committee of people to help!)
• VP of Membership: Act as a resource for various membership liaisons to support outreach and membership across all schools and departments; serve as a liaison to partners and centers on campus; approve new member request; coordinate career information, course guide, and events for various disciplines on campus, and develops and manages membership database
• VP of Marketing: Act as the contact person for media inquiries and managing media relations; Keep website calendar up-to-date, manage BERC email lists, and ensure physical PR materials are available as needed
• VP of Communications: Produce the weekly BERC Newsletter; keep the BERC community connected and aware of energy – related events, speakers, and forums on and off campus
• VP of Alumni: Build the alumni network and increase alumni connections with current BERC students; work with active alumni members to plan alumni-only and alumni-student events
• Symposium Co-Chairs (3): [Selection for this position occurs in September] Plan and oversee all aspects of the UC Berkeley Energy Symposium 
• BIS Chair: Lead the consulting arm of BERC, including recruiting student consultants and clients, organizing the team structure, developing a financial model for BIS Consulting, and ensuring quality results
• SEED Chair: Lead the edcuational outreach program, including recruiting BERC students to serve as in-classroom teachers; help develop new curriculum; plan and oversee spring Energy Fair or Water Fair on campus
• IRECC Co-Chairs (2): [Selection for this position occurs in October]Plan and oversee all aspects of the Regional event for the International Renewable Energy Case Competition
• BEC Chair / LBNL Liaison: Perform outreach to the Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Divisiol work with LBNL employees and students to help recruit student employees and project participants
• School/Department Liaisons (~10): [Each liaison must be a student currently enrolled in the specific department/school] Act as the bridge between BERC and a particular department / school in order to voice ideas of all membership, educate students about BERC, gather ideas on what students want to see from BERC; coordinate career information, news, and events specific to each department / school

THE 2009 BERC Leadership Team

Co-Presidents:
Sarah Barker-Ball, Kate Toews
VP of Finance:
Cory Wiltbank
VP of Events:
Lala Wu, Brianna Wolf
VP of Membership:
Audrey Barrett
VP of Alumni:
Greg Ruth
VP of Sponsorship:
Adam Lorimer
VP of Marketing & Communications:
Laurie Reemeyer, Christopher Williams
Symposium Co-Chairs:
Matt Carrington, Suzie Shin, Jerome Fox
BERC Innovative Solutions Chair:
Jeff Olson
Cleantech to Market (C2M) Co-Chairs:
Tanja Cuk, Christy Martell
SEED Chair:
Maria Schriver
Berkeley Energy Connections Chair:
Nick Bojda
Haas School of Business Liaison:
Leo Carrillo
School of Law Liaison:
Jared Fish
Energy and Resources Group (ERG) Liaison:
Zoe Chafe
Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) Liaison:
Dipti Desai
College of Envrionmental Design (CED) Liaison:
Lindsay Baker
Physical Sciences Liaison:
Jerome Fox
Engineering Liaison:
Eli Leland
Social Sciences Liaison:
Bobak Tamaddon
College of Natural Resources Liaison:
Avery Cohn
Undergraduate Liaison:
Taj Walton