ABOUT
OUR TEAM
WHO WE ARE.
Green Campus Action Plan is a committee made up of undergraduate students from all majors dedicated to increasing and promoting sustainability on campus through a variety of effort - including advocacy, grants, events, and programs. We are excited to welcome our 2023-2024 team!
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OUR APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications to join GCAP for the 2024 - 2025 academic year are now open!
All undergraduate students interested in joining are encouraged to apply and get involved during this hiring cycle! Please visit the Join GCAP tab to learn more about the positions, duties, and qualifications.
Applications are currently open until Friday, May 24th, 2024 with possible deadline extensions.
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*Paid and nonpaid opportunities available.*
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our 2023-2024 committee
Ellen Nguyen
Vice President of Sustainability and Director of GCAP
Pronouns: She/Her
Major: Environmental Engineering
Ellen’s career goal is to work in corporate social responsibility and use her power to hold companies responsible for their actions. She hopes to lead sustainability initiatives that center around environmental protection, waste reduction, and uplifting marginalized communities.
Olivia Jacob
Policy Director
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Biochemistry
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Olivia is passionate about incorporating medicine with sustainability. She hopes to become a medical doctor and use her position to transform healthcare by researching biodegradable sterilization solutions that combat plastic waste generated by US healthcare facilities.
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Kathy Leon
Programming Director
Pronouns: She/Her
Major: Business Economics
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Kathy is passionate about resolving plastic pollution and food waste issues and hopes to work in the programming/marketing field. She wants to help inform the public about small yet effective ways to prevent long-term environmental impacts.
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Katie Wen
Marketing Director
Pronouns: She/Her
Major: Psychology
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Katie wants to inform and educate students about how minimal lifestyle changes can have a wide impact and help reduce food, plastic, water, and energy waste. She enjoys applying psychology with business to better understand consumer behavior and the human mindset.​
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Haley McCann
Committee Member
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Biology
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Haley plans on pursuing a future career as a forensic scientist to help be of service to people and get involved in the criminal justice system. During her time at UCR, she would like to help contribute to promoting sustainability on campus and in her community.
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Grace Hernandez
Committee Member
Pronouns: She/Her
Major: Economics and Data Science
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Grace is driven by her deep fascination with data science, and aims to apply data-driven insights to the tech industry while nurturing her passion for environmental economics. Her ultimate goal is to harness the power of data analytics to address challenges in the world and environment.
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Grace Su
CNAS Senator
Pronouns: She/Her
Major: CMDB (Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology)
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Senator Grace hopes to expand her interest and experience in the pre-med field to work as a family medicine physician in the future. During her time at UCR, she also plans to double major in math for her studies.
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Anjana Narasimhan
BCOE Senator
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Bioengineering
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Senator Anjana is interested in pursuing a career in medicine/public health and aims to represent marginalized communities in the healthcare field. Her current goal is to encourage students to reduce waste and campus organizations to utilize sustainable resources for programs and events.
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PAST COMMITTEES
2023-2024
Ellen Nguyen
Vice President of Sustainability
Green Campus Action Plan Director
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Kathya Itzel
Programming Director
Olivia Jacob
Policy Director
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Katie Wen
Marketing Director
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Selah Okonkwo
Vice Chair
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Giovanna Ayala
Marketing Intern
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Gerard Paredes
Programming Intern
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Diana Wan
Videography Intern
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Haley McCann
Committee Member
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Grace Hernandez
Committee Member
Gustavo Garcia
Committee Member
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Sarah Faralla
Policy Intern
Kelsey Fager
Initiatives Intern
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Grace Su
Senator
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Anjana Narasimhan
Senator
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2022-2023
Alondra Martinez
Vice President of Sustainability
Green Campus Action Plan Director
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Ashley Mejia
Programming Director
Jose Rodriguez
Policy Director
Ellen Nguyen
Vice Chair
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Katie Wen
Marketing Director
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Andrea Delgado
Committee Member
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Alexander Hunt
Committee Member
Shukan Shah
Committee Member
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Emily Fong
Marketing Intern
Guohang "Henry" Zhang
Videography Intern
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2021-2022
Alondra Martinez
Vice President of Sustainability
Green Campus Action Plan Director
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Shraddha Bhonsle
Programming Director
Cindy Pace
Policy Director
Ashley Perez
Vice Chair
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Katie Wen
Marketing Director
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Sam Berdichevskiy
Intern
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Valeria Velasco
Intern
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Vidhya Kumaraswamy
Committee Member
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Kennedy Lincoln
Committee Member
Hannah Renée O’Brien
Committee Member
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Ellen Nguyen
Intern
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Purnima Qamar
Intern
Guohang "Henry" Zhang
Intern
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2020-2021
Vanessa Gomez-Alvarado
Vice President of Sustainability
Green Campus Action Plan Director
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Tori Kim
Programming Director
Leo Ballesteros
ASUCR Senator
Hannah Renée O’Brien
Policy Director
Alondra Martinez
Vice Chair
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Barry Liu
ASUCR Senator
Ariana Turner
Committee Member
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Layvin Manghane
Committee Member
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Kennedy Lincoln
Committee Member
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Fadi Zaki
Committee Member
Cindy Pace
Committee Member
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Magdelene Lai
Intern
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Purnima Qamar
Intern
Leslie Rendon
Intern
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2019-2020
