Workshop Speakers – UC Budget and Covid 19
Seija Virtanen is the Associate Director of State Governmental Relations – Budget. She has been in this role since September 2017. Prior to SGR Seija worked in the budget offices of two UC campuses and was the higher education budget consultant for Senate Budget. Seija has two Masters degrees from University of Washington and two […]
Fireside Chat – Assemblymember Alex Lee
Alex Lee (李天明) was elected in November 2020 to represent California’s 25th Assembly District, which includes the Alameda County communities of Fremont and Newark, and the Santa Clara Communities of Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara. He serves his community by being an advocate for the district and fights to address the growing issues in […]
Workshop Speakers – Fixing Financial Aid and the Cal Grant Equity Framework
Jake Brymner currently serves as the Director of Government & External Relations for the California Student Aid Commission. Prior to joining the Commission in June 2020, Jake was the State & Federal Policy Director for the Campaign for College Opportunity, a non-profit policy research and advocacy organization that promotes college access and student success. Jake […]
Workshop Speakers – Navigating Student Leadership: Balancing Advocacy and Activism with Campus Bureaucracy and Burnout
Vincent Rasso is a senior at UC Riverside majoring in political science. He serves in student government as the Vice President of External Affairs, and was formerly the Government Relations Director, navigating both legislative affairs and university policy advocacy.
Workshop Speakers – Leveraging Past Learning to Close Present-Day Equity Gaps
As Executive Director, Su Jin leads California Competes’s work to develop nonpartisan and financially pragmatic recommendations for improved higher education and workforce policies and practices across California. Prior to joining California Competes, she served as Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration at California State University, Sacramento. She also served as the Director of the […]
Workshop Speakers – From Campus to Capital: UC Workers Building Power
AFSCME Local 3299 is the University of California’s largest employee union — representing more than 27,000 Service workers (SX), Patient Care Technical workers (EX), Skilled Craft workers (K7), and more at UC’s 10 campuses, 5 medical centers, numerous clinics, research laboratories, and UC Hastings College of Law. Since 1948, we’ve prided ourselves on effectively representing […]