Matt HaneyExecutive Director
As Executive Director, Matt delegates, supervises and coordinates the work of staff, and helps to coordinate the work of the Board to ensure implementation of UCSA campaigns and board actions. A Bay Area native, Matt has a BA from UC Berkeley in Political Science and Urban Development (ISF) with a Minor in African-American Studies. He also has a JD from Stanford ...
Claudia Magana2011-12 Board President & Co-LL, Santa Cruz SUA
Claudia Magana is the UC Student Association President for 2010-2012. A first generation college student, Ms. Magana is completing a combined major in politics and Latin American & Latino Studies at UC Santa Cruz. She has been involved with the external office of the Student Union Assembly at UCSC since her first quarter on campus. She has served on the UCSA board of Directors...
Louise HendricksonUniversity Affairs, Council on Student Fees & Collective Bargaining Director
As University Affairs/Council on Student Fees Director, Louise provides policy, administrative and program support to the UCSA Board of Directors and the Council on Student Fees regarding university policy issues that concern UC students. She also supports students who attend UC Regents meetings and student representatives who sit on UC Systemwide Committees. She serves as a l...
Adam Jackson-Boothby2011-12 Board Chair & EVP, UC Riverside GSA
Adam is a 4th year Ph.D. student at UC Riverside studying Higher Education Administration and Policy. He has a MA degree is Educational Counseling from Cal State Dominguez Hills, a MEd degree is Higher Education from UC Riverside, and a BA from UC Irvine. He is currently serving his second term on the UCSA Board of Directors and his second term as Executive Vice President fo...
Antoinnae ComeauxLegislative Director
Antoinnae is a Southern California native and first-generation 2009 alumna of UC Berkeley, where she studied International Political Economy and ignited her passion for social justice through public policy advocacy and community organizing. As a student activist and campus leader Antoinnae dedicated much of her time to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented student...
Keith Ellis2011-12 Board Secretary & COD, UC Merced AS
Keith is a 5th year undergraduate at UC Merced studying Political Science & Management. He is honored to serve as the 2011-2012 UCSA Board Secretary. He is also serving as the Treasurer and Campus Organizing Director for UC Merced AS. Keith discovered the importance of record keeping and transparency while working as a reporter on The Prodigy UC Merced's student newspaper. UCS...
Darius L. KempOrganizing & Communications Director
As the Director of Organizing and Communications Darius works with students from all the UC campuses on helping to strategically plan and implement campaign actions and priorities. He also manages the UCSA field staff and supports their work and visits to UC campuses. In his capacity as the Communications Director he works with the Executive Director to help craft the message ...
Joey Freeman2011-12 Board Finance Officer & EVP, UC Berkeley AS
Joey Freeman is a junior at the University of California, Berkeley where he is concentrating his studies on the American City and Public Policy. Outside of the classroom, he serves as External Affairs Vice President, a position charged with representing over 37,000 students to the local, state, and federal levels of government. Within UCSA, he is the Board Finance Officer, whi...
Tommy LeField Organizer
Tommy is a second generation Vietnamese American, first generation 2010 alumnus of UC Santa Cruz in American Studies, and a proud Los Angeles native, hailing from the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Growing up in Los Angeles, Tommy was forced to become politicized and learn the structural inequalities that poor and immigrant people in the city confront. This led to Tommy...