Meet The Representatives

Home­town: Liv­er­more, CA

Major: Eco­nom­ics

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Social Media: @therealPOTAS on Twitter

Hi Wild­cats, my name is Dun­can Young and I am your Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents Pres­i­dent! I am a fourth-year Eco­nom­ics stu­dent from Liv­er­more, CA. I have spent my col­lege career con­nect­ing with our com­mu­ni­ty through FYE where, after two years of help­ing out, I even­tu­al­ly was pro­mot­ed to coor­di­nate the Con­nec­tion Cours­es Pro­gram in the Fall of 2020. I real­ly found my place at the uni­ver­si­ty with the Chico State Row­ing­Club where I served as Trea­sur­er for my Sopho­more year and Pres­i­dent for my Junior year. The Row­ing Club has been huge­ly impact­ful on my phys­i­cal and men­tal health and led me to find my best friends and room­mates; I high­ly rec­om­mend you join it or anoth­er sports orga­ni­za­tion on cam­pus! My goal as Pres­i­dent is to empow­er stu­dents to speak out on issues that are impor­tant to them and lever­age our stu­dent body’s pas­sion to cre­ate real change on cam­pus and in our com­mu­ni­ty. I under­stand the new hard­ships we will face this year in tran­si­tion­ing back to cam­pus and I look for­ward to lead­ing our clubs and stu­dent orga­ni­za­tion in the return to nor­mal­i­ty. I enjoy help­ing peo­ple out and con­nect­ing peo­ple and their ideas with the resources to act upon them, so please do not hes­i­tate to reach out! I am look­ing for­ward to serv­ing you and this cam­pus com­mu­ni­ty this year!

Home­town: Alturas, CA

Major: His­to­ry and Eng­lish Education

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Hey Wild­cats! I’m Taryn Burns and I’m so excit­ed to serve as your Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent! I’m enter­ing my fourth year at Chico as a dou­ble major in His­to­ry and Eng­lish Edu­ca­tion. My goal is to become a teacher at a small high school to teach either (or both) sub­jects. My goal as your EVP is to take on offi­cer-to-stu­dent com­mu­ni­ca­tion to make sure our stu­dents know what is going on in Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents and how it can impact them. I also want to advo­cate for stu­dent well­ness, oppor­tu­ni­ty, com­mu­ni­ty, and suc­cess. I also plan on hav­ing hard con­ver­sa­tions about what real­ly mat­ters to Chico stu­dents and tak­ing respon­si­bil­i­ty for stu­dent wel­fare. On-cam­pus, I’ve served as your sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Human­i­ties and Fine Arts and on the Leg­isla­tive Affairs coun­cil. I also work at Well­cat Pre­ven­tion where I work with stu­dents regard­ing drug and alco­hol issues. I want to hear from YOU Wild­cats about what you need. Please feel free to reach out and I will help you in any way that I can!

Home­town: Mid­dle­ton, CA

Major: Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion – Finance

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What’s up Wild­cats! My name is Austin Lapic, and I am so excit­ed to be your Vice Pres­i­dent of Busi­ness and Finance! Cou­ple fun facts about me: I am a first-gen­er­a­tion, fourth-year Finance stu­dent, and I am from the small town of Mid­dle­ton, Cal­i­for­nia in beau­ti­ful Lake Coun­ty here in North­ern Cal­i­for­nia! A per­son­al goal of mine is to get my Ph.D. Being a first-gen­er­a­tion stu­dent, I want to go as far as I can in my edu­ca­tion­al jour­ney! Dur­ing my time at Chico State, I have been involved in the AS, my fra­ter­ni­ty, the Col­lege of busi­ness, and in my job at the Geog­ra­phy & Plan­ning Depart­ment! I view my role as one to advance the inter­ests of the stu­dents with­in our busi­ness­es and see how we can become a bet­ter ser­vice for the stu­dents of Chico State. I can­not wait to work with y’all this year as we trans­form our busi­ness­es to bet­ter serve stu­dents’ needs and inter­ests! If you want to talk, share an idea, grab a cof­fee, or have any ques­tions, don’t hes­i­tate to reach out! I hope to be a resource for YOU and help the stu­dents as best as I can. Let’s have a fan­tas­tic year togeth­er, and I am look­ing for­ward to being on cam­pus with all of you!

Home­town: Long Beach, CA

Major: Psy­chol­o­gy

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Hel­lo Wild­cats! My name is Kiley Kirk­patrick and I am so excit­ed to be serv­ing you as the 2021 – 2022 Vice Pres­i­dent of Facil­i­ties and Ser­vices. I believe that togeth­er we can strength­en the rela­tion­ship between our com­mu­ni­ty and uni­ver­si­ty! I believe this starts by being trans­par­ent with stu­dents and being open to all con­ver­sa­tions. Our uni­ver­si­ty offers so many resources for stu­dents and I am hop­ing to cre­ate end­less oppor­tu­ni­ties with all of you. Togeth­er we can cre­ate spaces that stu­dents excel in, and that starts with help­ing stu­dents feel safe on our cam­pus. I under­stand that Chico is far from home for a lot of stu­dents, and because of that, I want to help all of you find your home away from home in Chico. I began my love for our com­mu­ni­ty and vol­un­teer­ing through Love your Mel­on (now Pinky Swear), and I grate­ful­ly will serve as the Pres­i­dent this upcom­ing school year. These prof­its have taught me how impor­tant it is to give back, and I am hop­ing to help our school pro­vide more oppor­tu­ni­ties for all of you. Nev­er for­get that your col­lege expe­ri­ence is what you make of it, so let’s make this year great TOGETHER!

Home­town: Petaluma, CA

Major: Psy­chol­o­gy + Polit­i­cal Science

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Hey Wild­cats! My name is Olivia Rosso and I am cur­rent­ly in my sec­ond year dou­ble major­ing in Psy­chol­o­gy and Polit­i­cal Sci­ence. I am from Petaluma, a town in the North­ern Bay Area. Cur­rent­ly, I serve as the Vice Pres­i­dent of the ChicoState Democ­rats, the Pan­hel­lenic AffairsVice Pres­i­dent for Gam­ma Phi Beta soror­i­ty, and am also in the Hon­ors Pro­gram for gen­er­al edu­ca­tion. I also have had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work on mul­ti­ple polit­i­cal cam­paigns and get an idea how gov­ern­ment works on an even larg­er scale. I am so excit­ed to be elect­ed as your next direc­tor of Uni­ver­si­ty Affairs and work with the oth­er AS Officers/​Senators to make Chico Statean even bet­ter uni­ver­si­ty than it already is. My goals for the future are to take a gap year to trav­el around the world and then attend law school on theEast Coast. In my free time, I like to be either out­doors or at cof­fee shops, which Chico is great for. When there’s not a glob­al pan­dem­ic going on, I also like to go to con­certs and music fes­ti­vals, and trav­el as much as pos­si­ble. While I have many ideas for this posi­tion, my main goal is to advo­cate for stu­dent needs as much as pos­si­ble, while also pro­mot­ing a more diverse and inclu­sive cam­pus. If you ever have any oth­er ideas, ques­tions, sug­ges­tions, or hon­est­ly just want to rant about life, please do not hes­i­tate to reach out to me!

This posi­tion is cur­rent­ly vacant. Occa­sion­al­ly, the Gov­ern­ment Affairs Office has open­ings for elect­ed stu­dent rep­re­sen­ta­tive posi­tions. Any per­son appoint­ed to fill a vacan­cy is required to pos­sess the qual­i­fi­ca­tions of the office to which they are to be appoint­ed. To learn more about posi­tion vacan­cies and oth­er oppor­tu­ni­ties, please click here.

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This posi­tion is cur­rent­ly vacant. Occa­sion­al­ly, the Gov­ern­ment Affairs Office has open­ings for elect­ed stu­dent rep­re­sen­ta­tive posi­tions. Any per­son appoint­ed to fill a vacan­cy is required to pos­sess the qual­i­fi­ca­tions of the office to which they are to be appoint­ed. To learn more about posi­tion vacan­cies and oth­er oppor­tu­ni­ties, please click here.

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Home­town: Wal­nut Creek, CA

Major: Crim­i­nal Justice

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Hel­lo Wild­cats, my name is Michelle Davis and I am proud to be serv­ing as your 2021 – 2022 Com­mis­sion­er of Leg­isla­tive Affairs! I am a junior major­ing in soci­ol­o­gy and crim­i­nal jus­tice with a minor in gen­der and sex­u­al­i­ty stud­ies. I have been serv­ing on LAC since 2019, and I am excit­ed to see how our com­mit­tee will con­tin­ue to grow and progress this year. As Com­mis­sion­er, one of my main goals is to help our stu­dent body become more involved with­in the polit­i­cal process, so please reach out to me with any ques­tions regard­ing vot­er reg­is­tra­tion, upcom­ing elec­tions, or any­thing else you are curi­ous about!

Home­town: Oroville, CA

Major: Recre­ation, Hos­pi­tal­i­ty and Parks Management

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Hey Wild­cats! My name is Megan Oliv­er (She/Her/Hers)and I am a third-year Recre­ation, Hos­pi­tal­i­ty, and Park Man­age­ment and Polit­i­cal Sci­ence dou­ble major from Oroville, CA! I plan to attend law school after obtain­ing my degree from Chico State and go into Human Rights Law or work for a polit­i­cal non-prof­it. I am a mem­ber of Gam­ma Phi Beta, the VicePres­i­dent of Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice & Phil­an­thropy for the Chico State Pan­hel­lenic Coun­cil, as well as the 2021 – 2022 Alpha Epsilon Pi Sweet­heart. I am tru­ly hon­ored and excit­ed to be serv­ing on the AS Team this next year and can­not wait to work with all of you to improve stu­dent engage­ment here on cam­pus. We will work togeth­er to bring change to Chico State and make our years here as stu­dents the great­est they can pos­si­bly be! GO WILDCATS!

Home­town: Oak­dale, CA

Major: Agri­cul­ture Education

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Hel­lo Wild­cats! My name is Michelle Borges, and I am serv­ing as your 2021 – 2022 Com­mis­sion­er for Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Affairs. I am pur­su­ing a Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Agri­cul­ture Sci­ence with an option in Com­mu­ni­ca­tions and Lead­er­ship and addi­tion­al minors in Agri­cul­ture Busi­ness and Pub­lic Rela­tions. I am from Oak­dale, Cal­i­for­nia locat­ed in the Cen­tral Val­ley. I am a mem­ber of the Sig­ma Kap­pa Soror­i­ty, as well as a vari­ety of clubs and orga­ni­za­tions through­out cam­pus. I am com­mit­ted to serv­ing the stu­dents at Chico State with effec­tive lead­er­ship, con­sis­tent com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and gen­uine authen­tic­i­ty. I am so excit­ed to rep­re­sent and to be the voice for the stu­dents. I look for­ward to work­ing with stu­dents, fac­ul­ty, and the com­mu­ni­ty in Chico. Feel free to come to my office hours or email me with any ques­tions or con­cerns at mjborges@​csuchico.​edu. Let’s go, Wildcats!

Home­town: Ran­cho Cor­do­va, CA

Major: Agri­cul­tur­al Sci­ence and Education

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What’s up Wild­cats! My name is Tyler Jenk­ins (He/​Him/​His) and I am a fourth year Agri­cul­tur­al Sci­ence & Edu­ca­tion major from a small town near Sacra­men­to; Ran­cho Cor­do­va, Cal­i­for­nia. I plan to pur­sue a mas­ters degree in Orga­ni­za­tion­al Lead­er­ship or Agri­cul­ture Com­mu­ni­ca­tions in hopes to work in High­er Education/​Stu­dent Affairs or for the Nation­al FFA Orga­ni­za­tion. The Col­le­giate FFA Club, Con­nec­tion Course Pro­gram, Sum­mer Ori­en­ta­tion & the Inter­fra­ter­ni­ty Coun­cil rep­re­sent a major­i­ty of my involve­ment on cam­pus so far and I’m excit­ed to bring my lead­er­ship & resilien­cy to the Stu­dent Aca­d­e­m­ic Sen­ate. I have thor­ough­ly enjoyed my time in the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture thus far and can’t wait to help safe­ly reso­cial­ize our stu­dents this year and sup­port extracur­ric­u­lar involve­ment like nev­er before! I plan to work on embrac­ing equi­ty & enhanc­ing aca­d­e­m­ic col­lab­o­ra­tion in the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture while work­ing to serve as a trans­par­ent and approach­able voice for all Wild­cats dur­ing my time on the Stu­dent Aca­d­e­m­ic Sen­ate. As a first-gen­er­a­tion, LGBTQIA+ stu­dent, this posi­tion and oppor­tu­ni­ty mean so much to me and I can­not wait to work with y’all and to con­tin­ue rep­re­sent­ing your voic­es! Change & progress start now, thank you for your support.

Home­town: Danville, CA

Major: Psy­chol­o­gy and Polit­i­cal Sci­ence – Legal Studies

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Hi Wild­cats! My name is Kather­ine (Katie) Chai and I’m serv­ing as your 2021 – 2022 Sen­a­tor of the Col­lege of Behav­ioral and Social Sci­ences. I am major­ing in Polit­i­cal Sci­ence Legal Stud­ies with a minor in Psy­chol­o­gy and am plan­ning to attend law school after I grad­u­ate from Chico State. I am from Danville, Cal­i­for­nia which is about 20 min­utes out­side of San Fran­cis­co. I’m a mem­ber of Sig­ma Kap­pa which is a greek life orga­ni­za­tion here on cam­pus as well as the Vice Pres­i­dent for Pre-Law Soci­ety. I am so excit­ed to rep­re­sent and be a voice for all the amaz­ing stu­dents in the Col­lege of Behav­ioral and Social Sciences.

Home­town: Mon­terey, CA

Major: Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion – Marketing

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Hel­lo Wild­cats! My name is Nina Car­di­nale­and I am proud to serve as the Col­lege of Busi­ness Sen­a­tor. Cur­rent­ly, I am a third-year Busi­ness Mar­ket­ing major. I am also a mem­ber of the Gam­ma Phi Beta soror­i­ty. My main goal for my time in AS is to be a voice for Busi­ness stu­dents and help them reach their high­est poten­tial. I can­not wait to see what next year has to offer!

Home­town: El Cer­ri­to, CA

Major: Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Sci­ences and Disorders

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Hey Wild­cats! My name is Krys­tal Alvarez or Krys (either one is fine) and I’m so thrilled to be serv­ing as your Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Edu­ca­tion. Let me tell you a lit­tle bit about myself! I am a Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Sci­ences and Dis­or­ders major with a minor in Child Devel­op­ment where I’m hop­ing to work with chil­dren as a Speech Pathol­o­gist in the future. I love work­ing with chil­dren and being around them espe­cial­ly when I would help and teach lit­tle kids karate. Fun fact, this past April I recent­ly earned my 3^rd Degree­Black Belt in karate where it has moti­vat­ed me for sev­er­al years to learn and serve as a leader. I am involved with Chris­t­ian Chal­lenge on cam­pus and hope­ful­ly this com­ing year I am excit­ed­to see many new and return­ing Wildcats!

Home­town: San Ramon, CA

Major: Com­put­er Infor­ma­tion Sys­tems | Minor in Busi­ness Administration

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Hi Wild­cats! My name is Behnam (Ben-num) like ven­om, but with a ​“b”. I am from San Ramon, CA. This is my sec­ond year at Chico State as a trans­fer stu­dent. I am major­ing in Com­put­er Infor­ma­tion Sys­tems with a minor in Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion. A lit­tle bit about me is that I like to dee­jay in my free time and cre­at­ing mix­es for pop­u­lar music artists. My goal as being a Sen­a­tor is to get feed­back from stu­dents with­in ECC and increase trans­paren­cy. Look­ing for­ward in meet­ing more Wild­cats this school year!

Home­town: Palm Springs, CA

Major: Musi­cal Theatre

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Hey every­one! My name is Demon­dra­Martin and I am super excit­ed to serve as your Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Human­i­ties and Fine Arts. A lit­tle about myself is that I grew up in the Palm Springs/​Coachella Val­ley area. I am cur­rent­ly head­ing into my fourth year at Chico State and I am pur­su­ing a BFA in Musi­cal The­atre. My ulti­mate pas­sion is to cre­ate more spaces for BIPOC to thrive in the the­atre world. It is def­i­nite­ly a plea­sure to serve in the stu­dent gov­ern­ment this year

Home­town: Visalia, CA

Major: Biol­o­gy and Humanities

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Hi! My name is James Lawrence, and I’m hap­py to say I have the priv­i­lege of serv­ing as your aca­d­e­m­ic Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Nat­ur­al Sci­ences. I’m pur­su­ing majors in Biol­o­gy and human­i­ties, with minors in Chem­istry and Bio­chem­istry. Fol­low­ing grad­u­a­tion, I plan on attend­ing med­ical school and pur­su­ing a career in health pol­i­cy. Cur­rent­ly, I’m involved around our cam­pus as a research assis­tant in Dr. Parameshwaran’slab, as an SI Leader for Chem-270, and pre­vi­ous­ly served as Chair of the NSC­Stu­dent Council’s OrganizationsCommittee.I plan to hit the ground run­ning this fall, with the con­tin­u­a­tion of the Stu­dent Council’s cur­rent posi­tions, as well as the addi­tion of some new ones. These posi­tions will not only pro­vide the pos­si­bil­i­ty for mem­bers of our Col­lege to make their voic­es heard, but also cre­ate an influx of alter­na­tive per­spec­tives and cre­ate new lat­i­tudes for every­one with­in the Col­lege of nat­ur­al sci­ences. Along these lines, the imple­men­ta­tion of a STEM men­tor­ship pro­gram and the appoint­ment of a Com­mis­sion­er of Com­mu­ni­ty Out­reach to the Stu­dent Coun­cil are some of my top pri­or­i­ties, as they embody the spir­it of involve­ment and reci­procity that we as Wild­cats have a respon­si­bil­i­ty to per­son­i­fy. I’m excit­ed to work with you all and look for­ward to mak­ing a last­ing change with­in not only our col­lege, but the Uni­ver­si­ty as a whole.