Meet our 2018-2019 Executive Committee!
CHAIR
Name: Ryan Dana
VICE CHAIR OF COMMUNITY 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: Claire Robbins
Year: 3rd Year
Position: Vice Chair of Publicity
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology/Data Science
Favorite Rally Comm Memory: Cable car rally through San Francisco!
Random Fact: I can touch my tongue to my nose.
What you’re looking forward to most this year: I am most excited to spread Cal spirit to the incoming classes!
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).