Meet The Representatives

Home­town: San Diego, CA

Major: Mar­riage and Fam­i­ly Ther­a­py, MS

Email: as-​president@​csuchico.​edu

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Hi, my name is Tia Saun­ders, and I’m hon­ored to serve as your Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents Pres­i­dent at Chico State! I earned my B.A. in Psy­chol­o­gy and am now pur­su­ing my Master’s in Mar­riage and Fam­i­ly Ther­a­py, with plans to become a cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­pist for chil­dren and young adults. I’m pas­sion­ate about men­tal health, stu­dent advo­ca­cy, and cre­at­ing last­ing change on cam­pus. In my free time, I enjoy hik­ing, trav­el­ing, cook­ing, watch­ing pod­casts, and read­ing books about self-mas­tery and per­son­al devel­op­ment. These hob­bies keep me ground­ed and inspire the work I do every day. As AS Pres­i­dent, my goals are to improve cam­pus resources, ensure inclu­siv­i­ty for all stu­dents, and expand access to men­tal health sup­port. I believe lead­er­ship is about lis­ten­ing, learn­ing, and tak­ing action to make our cam­pus a bet­ter place for every­one. When we empow­er stu­dent voic­es, we cre­ate real change and build a stronger, more con­nect­ed Wild­cat community.

Home­town: Sun Val­ley, CA

Major: Cul­tur­al Anthropology

Email: as-​evp@​csuchico.​edu

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Hel­lo every­one! I’m super stoked to be serv­ing as your Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent this year. My goal is to con­tin­ue to ampli­fy stu­dent voic­es, empow­er mean­ing­ful engage­ment with our cam­pus com­mu­ni­ty, and con­tin­ue to uphold the stan­dards of shared gov­er­nance. As the cam­pus des­ig­nat­ed it girl and style icon I plan to paint this town blue. I have a minia­ture dachs­hund named Toad, who is my bestest friend and dear­est ene­my. My hob­bies are ever-grow­ing, but for now I love to jug­gle, slack­line, sew, write poet­ry, and thrift! I am the co-founder of the Cool­Cat Clos­et, which is an SFAC fund­ed free clos­et for stu­dents that cir­cu­lates used cloth­ing. I am also the cur­rent title­hold­er for Miss North­ern Cal­i­for­nia, under the Miss Amer­i­ca Orga­ni­za­tion, a first-time pageant girlie. I am the cur­rent Pres­i­dent of the Anthro­po­log­i­cal Soci­ety and will be grad­u­at­ing with my BA in Cul­tur­al Anthro­pol­o­gy this Fall, with a cer­tifi­cate in Visu­al Anthro­pol­o­gy! I hope to hear from as many stu­dents as pos­si­ble this year to fur­ther under­stand what the true focus of the AS should be, so please stop by my office hours any chance you get. I can guar­an­tee you a cup of tea and live­ly con­ver­sa­tion, because I quite lit­er­al­ly live on tea, and love to chat!

Home­town: Antioch

Major: Busi­ness Mark­ing With a Pro­fes­sion Sales Certificate

Email: as-​vpbf@​csuchico.​edu

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Hel­lo, my name is Miguel Sue­ki and I am a Busi­ness Mar­ket­ing major with a Pro­fes­sion­al Sales Cer­tifi­cate. As a first-gen­er­a­tion stu­dent, I am moti­vat­ed to pave my path in the busi­ness world and even­tu­al­ly pur­sue my MBA. As the Vice Pres­i­dent of Busi­ness and Finance, I will focus on ensur­ing finan­cial suc­cess and improv­ing finan­cial trans­paren­cy with­in our stu­dents. I am ded­i­cat­ed to cre­at­ing more fund­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for stu­dents, ensur­ing they have the resources they need to succeed.I look for­ward to con­tin­u­ing to grow both pro­fes­sion­al­ly and aca­d­e­m­i­cal­ly, and I am excit­ed about mak­ing mean­ing­ful con­tri­bu­tions to the busi­ness field in the future.

Home­town: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Major: Bio­chem­istry major, biol­o­gy minor

Email: as-​vpfs@​csuchico.​edu

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Hi, I’m Aky­lai Murza­kulo­va, a senior major­ing in Bio­chem­istry. When I’m not study­ing, I enjoy yoga, read­ing clas­sics, and going for runs. As Vice Pres­i­dent of Facil­i­ties and Ser­vices, my goal is to make our cam­pus spaces more acces­si­ble, sus­tain­able, and enjoy­able for every­one. I’m excit­ed to col­lab­o­rate with stu­dents and turn their ideas into mean­ing­ful, last­ing improve­ments across our campus!

Home­town: San Diego, CA

Major: Child Devel­op­ment

Email: as-​sjec@​csuchico.​edu

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Hi! My name is Mahraya Davis! I’m pas­sion­ate about cre­at­ing inclu­sive, equi­table spaces where every­one feels seen, heard, and val­ued. Out­side of my work, I enjoy hik­ing, prac­tic­ing yoga, watch­ing movies, spend­ing time out­doors, and being with my fam​i​ly​.As the Direc­tor of Social Jus­tice and Equi­ty, my goal is to advo­cate for mar­gin­al­ized com­mu­ni­ties, uplift stu­dent voic­es, and help build a more just and com­pas­sion­ate cam­pus envi­ron­ment. I’m com­mit­ted to fos­ter­ing open dia­logue, chal­leng­ing sys­temic inequal­i­ties, and col­lab­o­rat­ing with oth­ers to dri­ve mean­ing­ful change.

Home­town: Kyoto, Japan

Major: Com­put­er Infor­ma­tion Systems

Email: as-​academicaffairs@​csuchico.​edu

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My name is Kure­ha Takaya­ma (she/​her), and I am hon­ored to serve as the AS Direc­tor of Aca­d­e­m­ic Affairs for the 2025 – 26 aca­d­e­m­ic year. I am an inter­na­tion­al stu­dent from Japan pur­su­ing a degree in Com­put­er Infor­ma­tion Sys­tems, with minors in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Stud­ies and Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion. Through this role, I hope to reduce bar­ri­ers stu­dents face and make Chico State a bet­ter place to enrich the lives of stu­dents and their families.

Home­town: Sacra­men­to, CA

Major: Polit­i­cal Sci­ence (US Politics)

Email: as-​communityaffairs@​csuchico.​edu

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Hel­lo Wild­cats! It’s an absolute hon­or to serve in this role, and I look for­ward to serv­ing YOU. As a few get-to-know-me points, I have a few fun facts to share before I get into my pri­ma­ry goals and beliefs.I am a Pisces, with Leo and Vir­go tossed in there.I love Laven­der! If you see me on cam­pus, you’ll like­ly see me head-to-toe in lavender/​purple clothes, I love the scent, the flower, and espe­cial­ly the col­or. Pur­ple is my favorite col­or, and I refuse to go a day with­out wear­ing some­thing purple.Goats are my favorite ani­mal! I love goats! Every time there’s an event with goats on cam­pus, you will most like­ly see me there, wait­ing in line to hold/​pet the goats. I even have a pur­ple hat with a goat on it!I’m also a real­ly big nerd. In my free time, I love to play Bal­dur’s Gate 3, my boyfriend and I play Mag­ic The Gath­er­ing and Dun­geons and Drag­ons, and I wear a neck­lace from Ace Attor­ney! If I were a D&D char­ac­ter, I would be a Bard. For my top artists, I lis­ten to a lot of Ace Attor­ney and Per­sona music, and Chap­pell Roan is cer­tain­ly up there! Dol­ly Par­ton and ABBA are huge faves of mine.I’m on the Chico Speech and Debate Team! Debate is my top skill on the team, and I was hon­ored to win Top Debater last aca­d­e­m­ic year!But, enough about me. I want to get to you, and how I will serve you best​.My main goals in this role are to increase trans­paren­cy, advo­ca­cy, and account­abil­i­ty. Start­ing with Trans­paren­cy, I want to ensure the cor­rect infor­ma­tion is being giv­en and that we can advo­cate for caus­es togeth­er. When issues come up, it’s cru­cial we under­stand how and where to advo­cate for them. Espe­cial­ly, we advo­cate to the peo­ple who can make said change. As a trans­par­ent motion, you will always be free to reach out to the Com­mis­sion­er of Com­mu­ni­ty Affairs email at any time, I am always hap­py to hear your concerns.Regarding Advo­ca­cy, we as stu­dents deserve a voice. One of my goals is to host Town Halls and hear your con­cerns as stu­dents. Addi­tion­al­ly, I would love to have you serve on the Com­mu­ni­ty Affairs Coun­cil. It’s cru­cial for us as stu­dents to have a voice about how our col­lege, our home, changes in the future. In these tumul­tuous polit­i­cal times, it’s imper­a­tive that we have a way to make change.Finishing with Account­abil­i­ty, in the wise words of Com­mis­sion­er White, a friend of mine, ​“We need to hold our insti­tu­tions and lead­ers to the high­est prin­ci­ples of account­abil­i­ty, trans­paren­cy, and shared gov­er­nance. We need to demand that lead­er­ship deliv­ers more than rhetoric. State­ments are not solu­tions. Vis­i­bil­i­ty is not a sub­sti­tute for action. Chico State stu­dents deserve lead­er­ship that works relent­less­ly, even obses­sive­ly, to advance their interests.”

Home­town: Oak­ley, CA

Major: Lib­er­al Stud­ies With a focus in Social Sci­ences and a Minor in Spe­cial Education

Email: as-​communityaffairs@​csuchico.​edu

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Hi, my name is Gia Mon­ti­cel­lo I am from Oak­ley, a small town fifty miles south of San Fran­cis­co. I am a cur­rent First-Gen­er­a­tion junior at Chico State, and my major is Lib­er­al Stud­ies Mul­ti-sub­ject. After grad­u­at­ing I will pur­sue a career as an ele­men­tary school teacher. As the com­mis­sion­er of leg­isla­tive affairs I am devot­ed to edu­cat­ing stu­dents about laws and leg­is­la­tion that are being made by the state and the Chan­cel­lor’s Office And as I step into this new role, I hope you all feel wel­come to come and meet or talk with me dur­ing my office hours as my posi­tion is pri­mar­i­ly to serve you all as mem­bers of the stu­dent body.

Home­town: Lin­coln, CA

Major: Micro­bi­ol­o­gy

Email: as-​sustainabilityaffairs@​csuchico.​edu

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The foun­da­tion of my world­view stems from my love for the Earth and each ele­ment of its inner work­ings. I com­mit my time to sus­tain­abil­i­ty at Chico State by push­ing for the imple­men­ta­tion of waste reduc­tion poli­cies, more com­post­ing ini­tia­tives, and inclu­sive prac­tices when it comes to alter­na­tive trans­porta­tion. Chico State is an award-win­ning insti­tu­tion for its lead­er­ship in sus­tain­able prac­tices, despite the school recent­ly remov­ing sus­tain­abil­i­ty from the fore­front of its strate­gic pri­or­i­ties. Sus­tain­able action is cru­cial for all of life on Earth, and I serve in this role to make pos­i­tive changes for the future of our uni­ver­si­ty and, sub­se­quent­ly, the liv­ing planet.

Home­town: Chico, CA

Major: Anthro­pol­o­gy (Muse­um Studies)

Email: as-​sea@​csuchico.​edu

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Hey y’all! I’m Matt, your new Com­mis­sion­er of Stu­dent Engage­ment & Advo­ca­cy! A lit­tle bit about me; I’m a Chico local, hav­ing lived in town since I was a kid. I am a huge hor­ror fan, with the first Hal­loween being my favorite scary movie. I play Dun­geons & Drag­ons and Mag­ic the Gath­er­ing with my girl­friend every week­end, so don’t be sur­prised if you find me at one of the local game shops! And I’m an Anthro­pol­o­gy Major, with a Cer­tifi­cate in Muse­um Stud​ies​.As the Com­mis­sion­er of Stu­dent Engage­ment & Advo­ca­cy, my main goal is to help you get through the door, be it to Gov­ern­ment Affairs, the Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents, or Chico State as a whole. It is my job to make sure your issues are heard, and that the right peo­ple hear what you have to say. If you have some­thing you wan­na talk about, big or small, urgent or long term, or even just to chat, my door is always open.

Home­town: Wildo­mar, CA

Major: Agri­cul­ture Sci­ence with an Option in Education

Email: as-​ag@​csuchico.​edu

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Hel­lo! My name is Chase Wei­land, and I’m excit­ed to serve as the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture Stu­dent Sen­a­tor here at Chico State. I come from Wildo­mar, a small town in South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, and I’m cur­rent­ly pur­su­ing a degree with the goal of becom­ing a high school agri­cul­ture teacher. Dur­ing my time at Chico State, I’ve had the priv­i­lege of being active­ly involved in the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture, tak­ing on var­i­ous lead­er­ship roles and advo­cat­ing for agri­cul­ture both to incom­ing stu­dents and the community.Outside of agri­cul­ture, I’m pas­sion­ate about music and have been play­ing the sax­o­phone for 9 years. I’m also pur­su­ing a music minor, which allows me to explore my love for music while com­ple­ment­ing my aca­d­e­m­ic jour­ney. Agri­cul­ture, in all its diverse forms — plants, ani­mals, and regen­er­a­tive stud­ies — tru­ly fas­ci­nates me, and I’m eager to learn more about the unique expe­ri­ences oth­ers have in this field. As sen­a­tor, my goal is to fos­ter a strong sense of com­mu­ni­ty with­in our pro­gram while cre­at­ing a wel­com­ing space where stu­dents, both inside and out­side the Col­lege of Ag, feel com­fort­able ask­ing ques­tions and learn­ing more about the world of agri­cul­ture. As I step into this role, I encour­age you to vis­it me dur­ing my office hours to share your expe­ri­ences, ask ques­tions, and let me know how I can bet­ter sup­port you. Togeth­er, we can strength­en our com­mu­ni­ty and help shape the future of agri­cul­ture at Chico State!

Home­town: Vacav­ille, CA

Major: Psy­chol­o­gy

Email: as-​bss@​csuchico.​edu

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Hi every­one! I am so excit­ed to be this year’s Behav­ioral and Social Sci­ence Sen­a­tor. I am a first gen­er­a­tion stu­dent major­ing in psy­chol­o­gy. On cam­pus, I am the Psi Chi and Psy­chol­o­gy Club Pres­i­dent and a mem­ber of the Grad­u­ate Path­way Soci­ety. I am also a BSS Future Schol­ar, A Psi Chi hon­ors and Upper Divi­sion hon­ors stu­dent. I am pas­sion­ate about men­tal health resources and afford­able, easy access. Through all of these aspects, I hope to use these skills to work with chil­dren of intel­lec­tu­al and phys­i­cal dis­abil­i­ties after grad­u­at­ing Chico State. In my posi­tion as Sen­a­tor, I hope to tru­ly advo­cate the needs of BSS with­in the Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents. I also hope to build a bridge of con­nec­tion between the Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents and the stu­dents of BSS. To pro­vide trans­paren­cy and hon­esty with­in my position.

Home­town: Ante­lope, CA

Major: Man­age­ment Infor­ma­tion Systems

Email: as-​bus@​csuchico.​edu

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Hi! My name is Andrew, I’m a MIS major that likes work­ing even though my broth­ers say I should stop. I dream of one day going to Hawaii and relax­ing on the beach! I’m cur­rent­ly a free­lance web devel­op­er that works with local com­pa­nies. In my role, I aim to strength­en the rela­tions between the Col­lege of Busi­ness clubs as well as encour­age col­lab­o­ra­tion to increase intern­ship and job oppor­tu­ni­ties avail­able to students.

Home­town: Los Ange­les, CA

Major: Jour­nal­ism and Pub­lic Rela­tions Major, Wom­en’s Stud­ies Minor

Email: as-​cme@​csuchico.​edu

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Hi every­one, I’m Joer­ly and I am so excit­ed to be your CME Sen­a­tor this upcom­ing year. I am a first-gen­er­a­tion col­lege stu­dent, major­ing in Jour­nal­ism and Pub­lic Rela­tions, with hopes of going into Sports Pub­lic Rela­tions! I grew up in South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, so Chico has been an amaz­ing change of pace for me, and I love being able to live in such an amaz­ing col­lege town. Some of my per­son­al inter­ests include writ­ing, watch­ing foot­ball, pilates, and run­ning! I cur­rent­ly serve as the Pan­hel­lenic Pres­i­dent, and am a part of Sig­ma Kap­pa. My goals through­out this posi­tion are to be your go-to advo­cate, active­ly lis­ten­ing to your needs and work­ing to make real improve­ments in our col­lege whether that’s boost­ing resources, fos­ter­ing con­nec­tions, or ensur­ing every­one’s voice is heard. I am look­ing for­ward to con­nect­ing with you all and work­ing togeth­er to make our CME col­lege the best expe­ri­ence possible!

Home­town: Mill­brae, CA

Major: Com­put­er Sci­ence Major Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Minor

Email: as-​ecc@​csuchico.​edu

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Hey every­one! My name is Justin. I love get­ting involved on cam­pus which is why I ran for this posi­tion. My hob­bies include play­ing bas­ket­ball – you can prob­a­bly find me hoop­ing at the WREC, doing sales, and work­ing on projects like web apps and cars​.My goals for my role as Sen­a­tor of EECE include get­ting more stu­dents involved in clubs. Clubs are a great way to meet life­long friends, find a com­mu­ni­ty that sup­ports and lifts some­one in reach­ing their goals, and is also a foot in the door in get­ting jobs/​internships. I also hope to bring more atten­tion to our school through spon­sor­ships of school events like a year­ly or semes­ter­ly spon­sored hackathon from indus­try lead­ers and also incor­po­rate more oppor­tu­ni­ties to link indus­try pro­fes­sion­als to Chico State stu­dents. We have a great engi­neer­ing depart­ment — we are num­ber 1 across the nation in the Nation­al Cyber League, we have a lot of alum­ni work­ing in indus­try lead­ing com­pa­nies. I think we can expand off of our suc­cess­es and dri­ve more oppor­tu­ni­ties for stu­dents through more outreach.

Home­town: Chico, CA

Major: His­to­ry

Email: as-​hfa@​csuchico.​edu

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Hel­lo! My name is Madi Sun­der­man and I am thrilled to serve as the Sen­a­tor of Human­i­ties and Fine Arts for 2025 – 2026. I was born and raised in Chico and have always want­ed to fol­low in my mother’s foot­steps by attend­ing Chico State and becom­ing an edu­ca­tor like her. I grad­u­at­ed with an asso­ciate degree in Anthro­pol­o­gy from Butte Col­lege before trans­fer­ring to Chico State to pur­sue a bach­e­lor’s in His­to­ry with a minor in Geog­ra­phy. My involve­ment on cam­pus includes being a par­tic­i­pant of the HFA Stu­dent Ambas­sador Pro­gram, His­to­ry Club, Phi Alpha Theta His­to­ry Hon­or Soci­ety, Chico Anthro­po­log­i­cal Soci­ety, Grad­u­ate Path­ways Soci­ety, and the Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Affairs Coun­cil. Some of my inter­ests include read­ing, play­ing games with my friends, watch­ing Bones or Dex­ter, and lis­ten­ing to Met­al­core bands. As sen­a­tor, I wish to unite our col­lege and rep­re­sent every depart­ment that is includ­ed; always being avail­able for stu­dents to come to me with ideas, con­cerns, or feedback.

Home­town: Del­hi, India

Major: Bio­log­i­cal Sci­ences- Cel­lu­lar and Mol­e­c­u­lar Biology

Email: as-​ns@​csuchico.​edu

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Hel­lo All, My name is Kesar Mann(pronounced Yes-sir, Ke-Sar), and I’m a senior major­ing in Bio­log­i­cal Sci­ences with an option in Cel­lu­lar and Mol­e­c­u­lar Biol­o­gy at Chico State. I’m deeply pas­sion­ate about sci­ence, com­mu­ni­ty-build­ing, and stu­dent advo­ca­cy. As the Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Nat­ur­al Sci­ences, my goal is to ampli­fy stu­dent voic­es, improve avail­abil­i­ty and access to aca­d­e­m­ic and lab resources, and fos­ter stronger con­nec­tions between stu­dents, fac­ul­ty, and the col­lege. I’m excit­ed to sup­port ini­tia­tives and ideas that pro­mote equi­ty, trans­paren­cy, and suc­cess for all stu­dents in our col­lege. Whether you are a first-time col­lege stu­dent or a pas­sion­ate sci­ence enthu­si­ast, I am here to sup­port and rep­re­sent you!! In my free time, I enjoy going for walks, vol­un­teer­ing, explor­ing nature, swim­ming and watch­ing TV. I deeply val­ue this oppor­tu­ni­ty, and I look for­ward to mak­ing a dif­fer­ence by the end of my term.Go wildcats!!