Meet The Representatives

Chairs the Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents Board of Directors

Home­town: Camp Pendle­ton, CA

Major: Soci­ol­o­gy & Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Gen­der Studies

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Mon­day: 12 pm- 2 pm

Tues­day: 12 pm- 3:30 pm

Wednes­day: 1 pm- 3 pm

Thurs­day: 12 pm- 3:30 pm

I am active­ly involved in var­i­ous ini­tia­tives, such as the Chico State Stu­dent Phil­an­thropy Coun­cil, and the new Black Lead­er­ship & Men­tor­ing (BLM) Pro­gram as a Peer Men­tor. In my free time I focus on Islam­ic stud­ies, watch movies, and read. I pledge to use my accu­mu­lat­ed expe­ri­ence and knowl­edge to demon­strate to Chico State and the rest of the CSU sys­tem that EDI is not option­al; it is an essen­tial com­po­nent of cre­at­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of Inclu­sive, Equi­table, and Just Lead­ers across all fields around the world in my tran­si­tion from Direc­tor of Social Jus­tice & Equi­ty to AS President.

Uni­ver­si­ty Com­mit­tees are active­ly seek­ing stu­dent involve­ment – If you have an inter­est in a com­mit­tee or top­ic that is not list­ed here or if you have any ques­tions or con­cerns, please do not hes­i­tate to con­tact Autumn or fill out the form below.

UNI­VER­SI­TY COM­MIT­TEE INTER­EST FORM

Home­town: Mon­terey Bay, CA

Major: Psy­chol­o­gy

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Mon­day: 2 pm- 5 pm

Tues­day: 11 am- 3:30 pm

Wednes­day: 8 am- 11 am

Hel­lo! My name is Alli­son or Alli, I am a 4^th year psy­chol­o­gy major from the Mon­terey Bay area. I am in my last year at Chico State before I plan to go to grad school in the north­west. I enjoy paint­ing, read­ing and sil­ly email sign offs. If you stop by it is manda­to­ry that you let me show you pic­tures of my cat. 

Home­town: Corn­ing, CA

Major: Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion Option in Accounting

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day: 9:30 am- 10 am & 2:30 pm- 4 pm

Tues­day: 2 pm- 4 pm

Hel­lo, Chico State Wild­cats! I am Johnathan C Montes, a senior work­ing towards a degree in Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion with an option in Account­ing. Through­out my time in school, my goals have grad­u­al­ly nar­rowed, and I have devel­oped an inter­est in explor­ing the field of account­ing with­in the polit­i­cal envi­ron­ment. I strong­ly believe in the sig­nif­i­cance of eth­i­cal account­ing prac­tices, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the gov­ern­ment sec­tor, as it direct­ly impacts the opti­mal uti­liza­tion of funds for the ben­e­fit of local com­mu­ni­ties. Hav­ing gained valu­able expe­ri­ence in Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dent (AS) orga­ni­za­tions, I have wit­nessed first­hand how deci­sion-mak­ers can pos­i­tive­ly influ­ence the lives of indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies. As a father, it is essen­tial to me that edu­ca­tors and pub­lic ser­vants go the extra mile for the next gen­er­a­tion of lead­ers. My top pri­or­i­ty will be to ensure that stu­dents are aware of the resources avail­able, such as safe­ty mea­sures, nour­ish­ment, well­ness, and basic needs sup­port, all of which can con­tribute to their suc­cess here at Chico State.

Home­town: San Mateo, CA

Major: Con­struc­tion Management

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Mon­day: 12 pm- 1pm

Tues­day: 11 am- 2 pm 

Wednes­day: 8:30 am- 10am & 3 pm‑5 pm

Thurs­day: 3:30 pm- 5 pm

Fri­day: 9 am- 10 am

Hel­lo, I’m Vin­cent Sy! As the new Vice Pres­i­dent of Facil­i­ties & Ser­vices at CSU Chico, I’m excit­ed to work on devel­op­ing and improv­ing the phys­i­cal cam­pus envi­ron­ment to sup­port stu­dent health and well-being. In my free time, I enjoy a vari­ety of hob­bies, includ­ing play­ing Super Smash Bros, work­ing on my motor­cy­cle, build­ing with Legos, and 3D print­ing. I also love explor­ing the great out­doors through hik­ing and camp­ing. Look­ing for­ward to mak­ing a pos­i­tive impact on the CSU Chico community!

Home­town: Acam­po, CA

Major: Agri­cul­ture Sci­ence with an Option in Education

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Mon­day: 10 am-11 am & 12:30 pm‑2:30 pm

Wednes­day: 10 am-11 am & 12:30 pm‑1:30 pm

Hey every­one! I’m Mia Aris­man, an Agri­cul­ture Sci­ence major with an option in Edu­ca­tion. I am elat­ed to be serv­ing as the Direc­tor of Aca­d­e­m­ic Affairs! I am a first-gen­er­a­tion col­lege stu­dent, and grew up just south of Sacra­men­to, in a small rur­al com­mu­ni­ty called Acam­po. Agri­cul­ture, lead­er­ship, and edu­ca­tion are all areas that I am incred­i­bly pas­sion­ate about. As your Direc­tor of Aca­d­e­m­ic Affairs, my mis­sion is to see, know and under­stand all stu­dents that call Chico State their home. I am a dream­er and a doer. I envi­sion a year of build­ing com­mu­ni­ty, forg­ing new con­nec­tions, and the cre­ativ­i­ty to bring us to new heights. I’m grate­ful for this oppor­tu­ni­ty and look­ing for­ward to doing what it takes to make our cam­pus a place for all stu­dents to shine.

Home­town: Ingle­wood, CA

Major: Social Sci­ences Pro­gram with an Option in Career & Life Planning

Office Hours:

Mon­day: 12:30 pm- 5 pm

Tues­day: 2:30 pm- 4:30 pm

Wednes­day: 2 pm- 4 pm

Thurs­day: 3 pm- 5 pm

Fri­day: 1pm- 3 pm

I’m Chris Sul­li­van (He/​Him), and I’m hon­ored to serve as this year’s Direc­tor of Social Jus­tice and Equi­ty at Chico State. As a first-gen­er­a­tion col­lege grad­u­ate with a degree in Soci­ol­o­gy and minors in Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Stud­ies and Ethics, Jus­tice, and Pol­i­cy, I am pas­sion­ate about cre­at­ing a more equi­table cam­pus envi­ron­ment. I will now be in the Social Sci­ence Pro­gram with an option for career and life plan­ning. I am from Ingle­wood, CA, I arrived at Chico in 2018 and imme­di­ate­ly immersed myself in cam­pus life. Through­out my under­grad­u­ate jour­ney, I active­ly par­tic­i­pat­ed in pro­grams like EOP, the First-Year Expe­ri­ence Pro­gram, and REACH, where I served as a men­tor and event coor­di­na­tor. These expe­ri­ences have giv­en me a deep under­stand­ing of the chal­lenges stu­dents face and what resources to look for. My top pri­or­i­ty is ensur­ing that all Chico State stu­dents have access to the resources they need to thrive, regard­less of their back­grounds. I firm­ly believe in the pow­er of advo­ca­cy, uni­ty, and under­stand­ing. By advo­cat­ing for equi­table resource dis­tri­b­u­tion, fos­ter­ing a sense of com­mu­ni­ty and togeth­er­ness, and seek­ing to under­stand the unique expe­ri­ences of each stu­dent, I strive to cre­ate a more inclu­sive and sup­port­ive cam­pus envi­ron­ment. I’m here to be a famil­iar face in the com­mu­ni­ty, so please don’t hes­i­tate to approach, con­nect, and reach out. Togeth­er, we can work towards a brighter and more equi­table future at Chico State.

Home­town: Oak­ley, CA

Major: Lib­er­al Studies

Office Hours:

Wednes­day: 4pm- 5pm 

Thurs­day: 4pm- 5pm

Fri­day: 1pm- 4pm

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 sopho­more 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 com­mu­ni­ty affairs, I am devot­ed to mak­ing Chico State a place that all stu­dents can call home. 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: Danville, CA

Major: Polit­i­cal Sci­ence Legal Stud­ies with a minor in Psychology

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Mon­day: 2pm- 3 pm

Tues­day: 3 pm- 4 pm

Wednes­day: 1:30 pm- 2:30 pm

Thurs­day: 3 pm- 4 pm

Fri­day: 1:30 pm- 2:30 pm

Hi wild­cats! My name is Katie Chai and I’m going into my last year at Chico State major­ing in Polit­i­cal Sci­ence Legal Stud­ies with a minor in Psy­chol­o­gy. I am from Danville, CA which is about 30 min­utes out­side of San Fran­cis­co! I love to trav­el and I stud­ied abroad in Paris this past sum­mer. I’m the Pres­i­dent of Pre-Law Soci­ety and a mem­ber of the soror­i­ty Sig­ma Kap­pa. I’m look­ing for­ward to my last year and serv­ing as the Com­mis­sion­er of Leg­isla­tive Affairs!

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. A vacan­cy in the office of the AS Pres­i­dent shall be filled by the AS Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent. A vacan­cy in the office of any oth­er elect­ed offi­cer shall be filled by approval of the Board of Directors.

For ques­tions or more infor­ma­tion, please email us Gov­ern­ment Affairs Coor­di­na­tor, Eliza Miller.

Home­town: Hyder­abad, India

Major: Com­put­er Science

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Tues­day: 3 pm- 4 pm

Thurs­day: 10 am- 12 pm

Fri­day: 10 am- 11 am & 3 pm- 4 pm

Hel­lo Wild­cats! I am Sri Ramani Thun­ga­p­ati, a junior pur­su­ing my degree in Com­put­er Sci­ence, hail­ing from the vibrant nation of India. Over the past two years, I have been an active par­tic­i­pant in var­i­ous cam­pus events and orga­ni­za­tions here at Chico State. Cur­rent­ly, I hold the posi­tion of Trea­sur­er for the Glob­al Stu­dent Soci­ety (GSS), a rec­og­nized stu­dent orga­ni­za­tion on our cam­pus ded­i­cat­ed to fos­ter­ing glob­al engage­ment and pro­mot­ing cross-cul­tur­al exchange. In addi­tion to my involve­ment with GSS, I have a strong pas­sion for envi­ron­men­tal sci­ence and sus­tain­abil­i­ty stud­ies. Over the years, I have demon­strat­ed my ded­i­ca­tion to envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­i­ty through active par­tic­i­pa­tion in sus­tain­able prac­tices and ini­tia­tives, both in my pro­fes­sion­al and per­son­al life. I also found­ed the Recy­cling Club, known as RE^4, with a mis­sion to tack­le waste man­age­ment chal­lenges and cre­ate an eco-friend­ly environment. 

I bring for­ward my knowl­edge, skills, and expe­ri­ence to cre­ate a sub­stan­tial and pos­i­tive impact on our uni­ver­si­ty’s com­mit­ment to sus­tain­abil­i­ty through the role of Com­mis­sion­er of Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Affairs 

Home­town: Los Banos, CA

Major: Agri­cul­ture Sci­ence with an Option in Education

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Wednes­day: 12:15 pm- 1:15 pm & 2:15 pm- 4 pm 

Thurs­day: 11 am- 12:30 pm

Fri­day: 9 am- 10 am 

What’s up Wild­cats! My name is Zackary Macha­do, and I’m cur­rent­ly major­ing in Agri­cul­ture Sci­ence with an option in Edu­ca­tion. I am very excit­ed to serve as the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture Sen­a­tor! I grew up in Los Banos, a small farm­ing town in the heart of the Cen­tral Val­ley. Agri­cul­ture and teach­ing are two of my favorite things, which is why I am choos­ing to become an agri­cul­ture edu­ca­tor. As the next Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture, I would to fos­ter a stronger com­mu­ni­ty, high­light the stu­dent body, and increase the community’s knowl­edge of the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture. I am look­ing for­ward to rep­re­sent­ing the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture, and help­ing my fel­low peers succeed!

Home­town: Rodeo, CA

Major: Crim­i­nal Jus­tice and Psychology

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Monday/​Wednesday: 10 am-11:45 am

Mon­day: 10:30 am- 1 pm

Wednes­day: 10:30 am- 1 pm

My name is Mad­die Par­el­la and I am your 2023 – 2024 Sen­a­tor for The Col­lege of Behav­ioral and Social Sci­ences! I am a fourth-year, first-gen­er­a­tion stu­dent from a lit­tle town in the East Bay Area and am dou­ble major­ing in Psy­chol­o­gy and Crim­i­nal Jus­tice. Fol­low­ing my under­grad­u­ate, I hope to attend law school as I am an aspir­ing crim­i­nal lawyer! I have been a part of the Behav­ioral and Social Sci­ences Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment for the last year, as well as a mem­ber of the Alpha Phi Fra­ter­ni­ty here on cam­pus. I am real­ly excit­ed to get more involved on cam­pus and am real­ly pas­sion­ate about my stud­ies. I hope to meet many more stu­dents in the col­lege, so don’t hes­i­tate to reach out or come to my office hours!!!

Home­town: Lath­rop, CA

Major: Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion with an Option in Marketing

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Mon­day: 11 am- 2 pm 

Tues­day: 10 am- 12:30 pm 

Hel­lo Every­one, I am so excit­ed to serve as the Col­lege Of Busi­ness Sen­a­tor for the 2023 – 2024 school year! A lit­tle bit about me and my back­ground. I grew up in the Cen­tral Val­ley in a small town called Lath­rop. I knew ever since I was in high school that I want­ed to major in some­thing busi­ness ori­ent­ed and mar­ket­ing has been the best fit for me. Being elect­ed Sen­a­tor is so excit­ing and I am tru­ly look­ing for­ward to being that voice for the stu­dents and mak­ing the Col­lege of Busi­ness the best it can be! In my free time, I love to go on hikes and explore the beau­ti­ful scenery that Chico has to offer. I would con­sid­er myself a huge extro­vert so I do enjoy being social and spend­ing time with my favorite peo­ple when I get the chance to do so! I am hon­ored to be in this role and am going to put my best foot for­ward to ensure I am doing the best job pos­si­ble not only for myself but most impor­tant­ly for the Col­lege Of Busi­ness stu­dent body.

Home­town: Lin­coln, CA

Major: Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Studies

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Tues­day: 10 am- 12:30 pm

Thurs­day: 10 am- 12:30 pm

Hel­lo, every­one! My name is Austin Landry, your 2023 Sen­a­tor of the Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion & Edu­ca­tion. I am a proud first-gen­er­a­tion col­lege stu­dent from Lin­coln, CA, major­ing in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Stud­ies with an option in Pub­lic Affairs, dou­ble minor­ing in Gen­der & Sex­u­al­i­ty Stud­ies and Psy­chol­o­gy. As a 3^rd year stu­dent, I have been involved with New Stu­dent Ori­en­ta­tion and Tran­si­tion Pro­grams, where I got to wel­come new stu­dents to our Uni­ver­si­ty and cur­rent­ly serve as the Stu­dent Coor­di­na­tor for the pro­gram. After grad­u­at­ing from Chico, I plan to fur­ther my edu­ca­tion and antic­i­pate earn­ing my Ph.D. in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Stud­ies. I am eager to serve as Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Edu­ca­tion and will focus on con­nect­ing, high­light­ing, and sup­port­ing the stu­dents with­in our col­lege. My goal is to ensure every stu­dent feels safe, sup­port­ed, and seen by serv­ing as the relay­er of our stu­dent voic­es and illu­mi­nat­ing stu­dents’ con­cerns and expe­ri­ences with­in our col­lege to Uni­ver­si­ty admin­is­tra­tion. Please don’t hes­i­tate to reach out to me or stop by the Wild­cat Lead­er­ship Cen­ter in the Bell Memo­r­i­al Union (BMU), where you will find me. 

Home­town: Del­hi, India

Major: Com­put­er Science

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Tues­day: 3 pm- 4 pm 

Thurs­day: 10 am- 12 pm

Fri­day: 10 am- 11 am & 3 pm- 4pm

Howdy Wild­cats!! I am Yash Madan, an under­grad­u­ate inter­na­tion­al stu­dent from India major­ing in Com­put­er Sci­ence. I will be serv­ing as the new Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of ECC. The desire to make a dif­fer­ence in the com­mu­ni­ty is one of the rea­sons for me run­ning for this posi­tion. I always had a gen­uine con­cern for the well-being and the devel­op­ment of stu­dents which became my dri­ving force. Serv­ing as a sen­a­tor will not only help me gain expe­ri­ence but will also help me in the over­all devel­op­ment of my per­son­al­i­ty. I have been active­ly involved in var­i­ous events and orga­ni­za­tions at Chico state. I am cur­rent­ly serv­ing as an out­reach spe­cial­ist of the Glob­al Stu­dent Soci­ety, a stu­dent-led orga­ni­za­tion that helps pro­motes diver­si­ty and make stu­dents feel a sense of home away from home. I love engag­ing myself in co-cur­ric­u­lar activ­i­ties and play drums. I have been enjoy­ing play­ing drums since my child­hood and have achieved many awards dur­ing my high school peri­od in India. I have also been par­tic­i­pat­ing in var­i­ous events at chico state such as the MAC night, the inter­na­tion­al fest, and the Inter­na­tion­al Prom. I am look­ing for­ward to this oppor­tu­ni­ty and work my best for the bet­ter­ment of stu­dents and the college.

Major: Humanities 

BMU 221 / Office Hours:

Wednes­day: 9 am- 10:30 am 

Fri­day: 9:30 am- 1 pm

Hel­lo, wild­cats! I am a human­i­ties major, I life­guard at the WREC and I am an assis­tant trip leader for Adven­ture Out­ings. Like most of you, I under­stand the dif­fi­cul­ties of bal­anc­ing school, work and an intern­ship. I hope that HFA stu­dents know that there is some­one in there cor­ner who can help answer ques­tions and hear con­cerns. Togeth­er we can fos­ter the com­mu­ni­ty we all want to be a part of.

Home­town: Carls­bad, CA

Major: Cel­lu­lar and Mol­e­c­u­lar Biol­o­gy with a minor in Spanish

BMU 221 | Office Hours:

Mon­day: 11 am- 12 pm

Wednes­day: 11 am- 12 pm

Fri­day: 9 am- 10 am

Hel­lo, I’m Sophia Vazquez and I’m your new Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Nat­ur­al Sci­ences! I am a 5^th-year stu­dent major­ing in cel­lu­lar and mol­e­c­u­lar biol­o­gy with a minor in Span­ish. I am very involved in orga­ni­za­tions through­out cam­pus such as the Biol­o­gy Hon­ors Soci­ety, Pre-med Asso­ci­a­tion, CAVE, and am a Sig­ma Kap­pa alum­ni. When I’m not at school, I work as a scribe at Chico Pedi­atrics. I was born and raised in San Diego, Cal­i­for­nia, and I am hap­py to call the beach city of Carls­bad home. After grad­u­at­ing from CSU Chico I plan on attend­ing med­ical school in the hopes of becom­ing a doc­tor. As your sen­a­tor, I hope to con­nect all majors of our col­lege and to be a voice for the stu­dent body and a strong rep­re­sen­ta­tion of all majors with­in the Col­lege of nat­ur­al sci­ences. Please feel free to reach out with any ques­tions or con­cerns. Look­ing for­ward to meet­ing you all!