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 manages BERC's database for energy- and resource-related course offerings and works to build connections across the Berkeley Energy 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 team manages all events and programs associated with BERC. This includes BERCshops, Speaker Series, Treks, Cleantech Pitch Competitions, Hackathons, and, most notably, the Energy & Resources 101 kickoff at the beginning of the semester. This role is expansive and often supports the other teams, particularly with Summit, Symposium, and Membership.
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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 manages BERCs significant budget. This involves budgeting and cashflow management. They also are responsible for managing the BERC debit card and expenses. Finance also works to secure other grants, such as GRSO funding and TGIF grants.
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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 managing the monthly blog, the website, social media, and design. It also includes looking at analytics and improving engagement/growth with alumni and current students. The Marketing team helps promote 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 is through the BERC Dispatch that is sent out weekly to our listserv, organizing Happy Hours and bonding events, and collaborating with student liaisons at different graduate programs to increase overall participation at UC Berkeley. The VP also manages the mentorship 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 team manages the range of sponsors that support BERC financially. VPs work to strengthen BERC’s portfolio of sponsors, manage sponsor/alumni relations, and encourage donation count/size. They also are working with BERC alumni to expand industry representation. Sponsorship also works to secure other grants, such as GRSO funding and TGIF grants.
The Careers 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 with the BERC Slack & Listservs, as well as developing a career repository, and 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 Energy Summit team coordinates and plans the largest BERC event of the year - the two day Energy Summit. The annual event includes an innovation exposition, networking events, panel discussions, keynote speakers, and more! VPs pick the theme, location, and structure of the event, and are responsible for all marketing and outreach efforts.
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David Bishop VP of Summitt 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 Resource Symposium team coordinates and plans the annual two-day Fall Resources Symposium. The two-day event includes a career panel, networking events, panel discussions, keynote speakers, and more! VPs pick the theme, location, and structure of the event, and are responsible for all marketing and outreach efforts.
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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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