Meet our 2018-2019 Executive Committee!
Name: Ryan Dana
VICE CHAIR OF INCLUSION & OUTREACH
Below is a description of each of our four branches and their members:
MEMBERSHIP BRANCH
Name: Dean Lewis
Year: 3rd Year
Position: Vice Chair of Membership
Major: Economics & Psychology
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: Bonfire Rally, being able to participate in Freshman More Wood, and holding my first card stunt!
Random Fact: The best way into my heart is through the US Soccer WNT or Taylor Swift.
What I’m most excited about for this year: I’m excited about meeting new members and creating a welcoming environment for all students on the UC Berkeley campus if they choose to be a part of the Committee!
Name: Emily Duda
Year: 4th Year
Position: Director of Athletics
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: Basking in the warmth of the Spirit of California during my first Big Game Bonfire Rally! Truly a wondrous sight to behold. GO BEARS, BEAT $TANFURD!
Random Fact: I’m from the best state starting with the letter “C” … Connecticut, of course! :)
What I’m most excited about for this year: Sharing the majesty of the Cal Flags with the entirety of the UC Berkeley community!
Name: Sierra Abasolo
Year: 4th Year
Position: Director of Communications
Major: History
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: Getting to participate in the banner procession to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the University of California, Berkeley.
Random Fact: I am a transfer student.
What you’re most excited about for this year: I’m just excited to be on the Executive Committee. I think the whole year will be really fun. And I can’t wait to help out the new committee members and make sure they have a great time on the committee and at Berkeley as a whole.
Name: Jeremy Dworkin
Year: 2nd Year
Position: Director of Athletics
Major: Undeclared
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: Waving Tubby for the sproul rally and walk-up parade before the Homecoming Arizona Game!
Random Fact: I’m an identical twin!
What I’m most excited about for this year: Teaching people how to wave the flag and watching them smile while they wave during games :)
SPIRIT BRANCH
Name: Alexa Tisopulos
Year: 3rd Year
Position: Vice Chair of Rallies
Major: Public Health and Integrative Biology
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: Firing the California Victory Cannon at the Campanile to start a charity race, seeing everyone’s reactions when the 2017 Bonfire was first lit, and making friends that have become my family at Cal!
Random Fact: I am involved in Greek life at Cal! If you ever want to know what it’s like to have a foreign father, live on a Mediterranean diet, or know how accurate My Big Fat Greek Wedding actually is, hit me up!
Name: Eric Manzo
Year: 2nd Year
Position: Director of Stunts
Major: Political Science & Society and Environment
Favorite Rally Comm memory: Being a part of Freshmen More Wood during Bonfire Rally
Random Fact: I don’t have my license but I can drive a tractor (I’m from Fresno). 🤷
What I’m most excited about for this year: I’m supper excited to do a stunt show for Big Game Week!
Name: Megan Wiener
Year: 2nd Year
Position: Director of Special Events
Major: Legal Studies and Psychology
Favorite Rally Comm memory: The 8 hour drive up to Oregon with everyone singing these weird songs and telling stories of their own favorite Rally Comm memories. That weekend is when I got closer with a lot of the older members, and I had such a great time. Being in a car with Emily [Duda] (who made us stop to pee ~10 times) was definitely worth it.
Random fact: I was a cheerleader since I was 5 years old. I was on a competitive team, went to Worlds, all that until I hurt my back pretty bad and had to quit. But now, I get to experience the same fun and spirit as a part of Rally Comm!
What you’re most excited about for this year: I’m excited to be at all the rallies I plan and see how many students come out to night rallies, or alumni and families from the Berkeley community come out to noon rallies and know that I had a part in planning something that my fellow Golden Bears love.
Name: Hanna Hitchcock
Year: 2nd Year
Position: Director of Traditions
Major: Political Science and History
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: My first Midnight Singing! It was magical.
PUBLICITY BRANCH
Name: Emily Pham
Year: 3rd Year
Position: Vice Chair of Publicity
Major: Chemistry
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: My Bonfire Rally tradition is going to the top of the lawn and looking down at the amphitheater. You can see the bonfire, the Campanile, and SF in the background, so it makes for a pretty special moment. But honestly, just anytime I hang out with people from the Committee, I make new favorite memories.
Random Fact: I only wear fun socks. My favorite pair are knee-high socks with dinosaurs on them.
What you’re looking forward to most this year: Meeting new people and hopefully helping them find their home at Cal!
Name: Andrew Pierce
Year: 2nd Year
Position: Director of Mixed Media
Major: EECS
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: It is hard to pick one to be honest. I feel like every time I spend time with Rally Comm members, I make new favorite memories.
Random Fact: I’m the a huge video game nerd, but no one knows shhh.
Name: Scott McCrae
Year: 2nd Year
Position: Director of Mixed Media
Major: EECS
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: Road trip!
Random Fact: I love cooking and baking, and beat one of my friends’ moms in a “French Toast Slam-Down” — it’s one of my proudest achievements.
What I’m most excited about for this year: I’m really looking forward to working with the rest of the Publicity branch and getting to know everyone in the committee better :)
TREASURER’S BRANCH
Name: Lauren Meyers
Year: 4th Year
Position: Treasurer
Major: Cognitive Science
Favorite Rally Comm memory: Bonfire Rally – It was amazing and there was so much Cal Spirit that it warmed my heart… and my face.
Random Fact: I watched Rocket Power’s Race Across New Zealand when I was 5 years old and loved it so much that to this day, my dream vacation destination is New Zealand.
What you’re most excited about for this year: Enjoying my last year in the Student Section!
Name: Douglas Wickham
Year: 2nd Year
Position: UC Cannoneer
Major: Political Science
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: Being able to watch the entire student section from the banner cheer and run onto the field after we won a tense football game.
Random Fact: I’m also a lumberjack on the side and compete with Cal Logging Sports.
What you’re most excited about for this year: Bringing the most I can to Cannon and Cannon Crews as we look back on 150 Years of Berkeley history.
Name: Kate Montana
Year: 3rd Year
Position: UC Cannoneer
Major: Anthropology and Integrative Biology
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: Anything and everything we have done in the Greek Theatre.
Random Fact: I only eat McDonald’s hamburgers (no pickles or onions) in segments: first the dry bun, then the bun with ketchup and mustard, and finally the patty.
What you’re most excited about for this year: I am beyond thrilled to have an explosively fun year ahead helping to facilitate the firing of the California Victory Cannon by UCRC friends new and old!
Name: KC Hunt
Year: 2nd Year
Position: Director of Security
Major: Chemistry
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: I absolutely love everything to do with Big Game. All the rallies, the enthusiasm, the energy; it really made me happy to be a Golden Bear.
Random Fact: I don’t know which one to say, so I’ll just say both: I have a twin sister who goes to UCLA (the second best public university) AND I can run a 4:43 mile.
What you’re most excited about for this year: I can’t wait for football season, and now that I’m more apart of the committee, I can’t wait to participate more and spread the Spirit of California to even more people (lol idk why I sound so optimistic rn).