UCSB Beyond Academia is planned and organized by a committee of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers across Social Sciences-Humanities-Education-Fine Arts (SHEF) and Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics (STEM) fields.

The members of the 2019 BA Organizing Committee are:

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Will Summers (Co-Chair)
Materials

Veronica Laos (Co-Chair)
Chemistry

PROGRAMMING TEAM

Virginia Collier (Co-Chair)
Materials

Steven Hu (Co-Chair)
Religious Studies

Rachel Rys
Feminist Studies

LOGISTICS TEAM

Victoria Steffes (Co-Chair)
Chemistry

Collin Holgate (Co-Chair)
Materials

FINANCE TEAM

Jiajia Zheng (Co-Chair)
Environmental Science and Management

Matt Wong (Co-Chair)
Materials

Wangzhou Wu
Materials

MARKETING TEAM

Daniel Elkin (Co-Chair)
Environmental Science and Management

Daina Tagavi (Co-Chair)
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychology

Alexandra Hendley
Sociology

SPONSORING ADVISORS

Shawn Warner-Garcia
Director of Professional Development
GRADUATE DIVISION

Arica Lubin
Associate Director
CENTER FOR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PARTNERSHIPS

Lana Smith-Hale
Graduate Career Counselor
CAREER SERVICES