BERC Co-Presidents
copresidents-berc@berkeley.edu
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Carson Peacock BERC Co-President Haas School of Business (MBA), 2025 |
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Sarah Greenberg BERC Co-President Berkeley School of Law (JD), 2026 |
Academics Team
The Academics team is primarily responsible for planning and running MBA 294, the Clean Energy Speaker Series (CESS) course at Haas, which takes place each fall semester. Besides CESS, the team also works to build connections across the Berkeley energy and climate community, including faculty, labs, and climate change centers.
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Frederick Polak VP of Academics Haas School of Business (MBA), 2025 |
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David Bravo Director of Speaker Series (1) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Rodolfo Rodrigues da Costa Director of Speaker Series (2) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Lara Schechter Vera Director of Speaker Series (3) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Anjana Shekhar Director of Faculty Engagement Development Engineering (MDevEng), 2024 |
Events & Programs Team
The Events & Programs team manages all events and programs associated with BERC. This includes BERCshops, case competitions, and the Climate Change 101 kickoff event at the beginning of each fall semester. Events & Programs also spends time supporting the Summit, Symposium, and Membership teams.
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Varsha Ramachandra VP of Events & Programs Berkeley School of Law (JD), 2026 |
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Nikki Matz Director of Climate Change 101 (1) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Laura Sievert Director of Climate Change 101 (2) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Justine Lippens Director of Climate Change 101 (3) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Vivaan Patel Director of BERCshops (1) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (PhD), 2025 |
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Puneet Grover Director of BERCshops (2) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Ricardo Kumelys Director of Case Competition Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Riley Noel Director of New Initiatives Haas (GETT), 2024 |
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Finance Team
The Finance team oversees BERC's financial resources, which entails both budgeting and cashflow management. They also are responsible for managing the BERC debit card and club expenses. Lastly, Finance works to secure grants that supplement our sponsorships, such as GRSO funding and TGIF grants from Berkeley.
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Allison Schaaff VP Finance Haas School of Business (MBA), 2025 |
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Marketing & Analytics Team
The Marketing & Analytics team manages all of BERC’s external communications. This includes the monthly blog, the BERC website, social media channels, and general branding. The team also uses analytics to grow engagement with alumni and current students. Finally, the team helps promote the events and ongoing activities that BERC is engaged in.
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Frances Brittingham VP of Marketing & Analytics School of Information (MD), 2025 |
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Remy Freire Director of Website & Blog Haas / Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (MBA / MEng), 2025 |
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Constance Perez Director of Social Media Haas (GETT), 2024 |
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Hannah Tadros Director of Branding & Design Berkeley Law (JD), 2026 |
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Prachi Mehta Director of Event Marketing Haas (EWMBA), 2025 |
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Matt Witkin Director of Podcast Haas (MBA), 2024 |
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Membership Team
The Membership team is responsible for recruiting and engaging BERC members. This includes distributing the BERC Dispatch to our members each week, organizing social events, and collaborating with student liaisons at different graduate programs to boost BERC participation across the university. The Membership team also manages BERC's mentorship/buddy program.
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Emily Abdo VP of Membership Chemical Engineering (PhD), 2026 |
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Zadie Adams Director of Social Bonding (1) Berkeley Law (JD), 2025 |
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Peter Jorgensen Director of Social Bonding (2) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Anna Lu Director of Mentorship & Advising Berkeley Law (JD), 2025 |
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Gary Chang Director of Buddy Program Goldman (MDP), 2025 |
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Christian Brumme Director of Climate Dinners (1) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Constance Perez Director of Climate Dinners (2) Haas (GETT), 2024 |
Sponsorship & Careers Team
The Sponsorship & Careers team manages the range of sponsors that support BERC financially, which entails strengthening BERC’s sponsor portfolio, managing sponsor and alumni relations, and encouraging donations. They also work actively with BERC alumni to expand industry representation. The team also partners with Finance to secure additional grants from Berkeley, such as GRSO funding and TGIF grants.
On the careers side, the team serves as a proactive link between the BERC community and climate leaders, mentors, and companies in the Bay Area. This includes monitoring and sharing job opportunities within the BERC Slack workspace and the Dispatch, as well as planning career panels and networking events.
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Jas Schuldt VP of Sponsorships & Careers Haas School of Business (MBA), 2025 |
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Jash Padhiar Director of Corporate Development (1) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Max Bertellotti Director of Corporate Development (2) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Samuel Nahusuly Director of Corporate Development (3) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Cole Woodruff Director of Career Fairs (1) Haas / Materials Science (MBA / MEng), 2025 |
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Nadiyah Helal Director of Career Fairs (2) Civil and Environmental Engineering (MS), 2024 |
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Matt Fergerson Director of Company Treks & Programming (1) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Daniel Kriozere Director of Company Treks & Programming (2) Haas (EWMBA), 2026 |
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Michele Obermeyer Director of Company Treks & Programming (3) Haas (EWMBA), 2026 |
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Monica Cesinger Director of Company Treks & Programming (4) Biology (Postdoctoral Fellow), 2026 |
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Bill Chung Director of Alumni Relations (1) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Kyle Allen Director of Alumni Relations (2) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Emerson Reiter Director of Alumni Relations (3) Haas (Executive MBA), 2025 |
Summit Team
The Summit team coordinates and plans the largest BERC event of the year, the annual Energy Summit, which is held each spring. This two-day event includes an innovation exposition, networking events, panel discussions, keynote speakers, and more. The Summit team picks the theme, location, and structure of the event, and is responsible for working with Marketing & Analytics on promotion and outreach.
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David Bishop VP of Summit Haas School of Business (MBA), 2025 |
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Shayla Funk Director of Summit (1) Haas (EWMBA), 2025 |
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Fernando Gonzalez Director of Summit (2) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Fiona Grant Director of Summit (3) Berkeley Law (JD), 2026 |
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Grant Chou Director of Summit (4) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Luis Sante Director of Summit (5) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Joyce Chen Director of Summit (6) Transportation Engineering (PhD), 2026 |
Symposium Team
The Symposium team coordinates and plans the annual Resources Symposium, which is held each fall. This two-day event includes a career panel, networking events, panel discussions, keynote speakers, and more. The Symposium team picks the theme, location, and structure of the event, and is responsible for working with Marketing & Analytics on promotion and outreach.
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Mel Moyce VP of Symposium Goldman School of Public Policy (MPP), 2025 |
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Pooja Agarwal Director of Symposium (1) Goldman (MPP), 2025 |
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Lynda Negron Director of Symposium (2) Haas (MBA), 2025 |
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Meghan Hale Director of Symposium (3) Goldman (MPP), 2025 |
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Alex Lei Director of Symposium (4) Goldman (MPP), 2025 |
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Chelsea Hall Director of Symposium (5) Goldman (MPP), 2025 |
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