Your SPRING 2025 officers
Head Officers
Adam Pierce
Co- President
- Favorite trip: Mineral King Loop
- Favorite trail food: Pocket Skittles and Aurora’s Summit PBRs
- Stoked about: fire, food, playing violin, and skiing
- Contact: atpierce@berkeley.edu
Elise Rodriquez
Co - President
- Favorite trip: Wind River Range, Wyoming
- Favorite trail food: Snickers dipped in PB
- Stoked about: photography, cool rocks, dad rock, wingstop
- Contact: erodriquez@berkeley.edu
Sofia McNaMAra
Co-Head Families Officer
- Favorite trip: backpacking in the Talkeetna Mountains, AK!
- Favorite trail food: Apple & pb
- Stoked about: backpacking, camp fires, fun hats, and hozier
- Contact: sofiamcnamara@berkeley.edu
Anna Brew
Head Social Media Officer
- Favorite trip: Gourmet fall 2023
- Favorite trail food: dried mangos
- Stoked about: climbing, music, golden retrievers
- Contact: abrew@berkeley.edu
Emerson Casola
Co-Head Gear Officer
- Favorite trip: Lost Coast
- Favorite trail food: apple crisp and milk chocolate Digestives biscuits
- Stoked about: backpacking, camp fires, fun hats, and hozier
- Contact: emersoncasola@berkeley.edu
Olivia Sward
Co-Head Gear Officer
- Favorite trip: Officer trip to Yosemite last spring
- Favorite trail food: White chocolate macadamia nut Cliff bars
- Stoked about: camping, music, hikes with pretty Bay views
- Contact: osward@berkeley.edu
Kate Conley
Co-Head DEI Officer
- Favorite trip: backpacking in the Talkeetna Mountains, AK!
- Favorite trail food: Apple & pb
- Stoked about: backpacking, camp fires, fun hats, and hozier
- Contact:
Sophia Garcia
Co-Head DEI Officer
- Favorite trip: going backpacking in Big Sur & my first time at yosemite!!
- Favorite trail food: granola (w mix ins ofc)
- Stoked about: getting to camp in more places this semester and explore more of California!!
- Contact: sgarcia27@berkeley.edu
Joshua Ruiz
Head Trips Officer
- Favorite trip: backpacking in the Talkeetna Mountains, AK!
- Favorite trail food: Apple & pb
- Stoked about: backpacking, camp fires, fun hats, and hozier
- Contact: joshua.ruiz@berkeley.edu
Ellis Gelt
Head Events Officer
- Favorite trip: Polar plunging in Catalina on day 3 of the TCT.
- Favorite trail food: Gu
- Stoked about: flatbrim hats, new running routes, bodies of water
- Contact: ellisgelt@berkeley.edu
Ben Sims
Head Treasurer
- Favorite trip: I woke up to skunk smelling my face while cowboy camping in Point Reyes
- Favorite trail food: Apple & pb
- Stoked about: Plants, nature, wildlife, etc.!
- Contact: benjamis20@berkeley.edu
Megan Moe
Head DeCal Officer
- Favorite trip: camping under the Milky Way in the sierras
- Favorite trail food: my special croissant sandwich
- Stoked about: I love to crochet and surf
- Contact: meganmoe@berkeley.edu
DeCal Officers
Megan Moe
Head DeCal Officer
- Favorite trip: camping under the Milky Way in the sierras
- Favorite trail food: my special croissant sandwich
- Likes: I love to crochet and surf
- Contact: meganmoe@berkeley.edu
Jeremy Giglio
DeCal Officer
- Favorite trip: Hiking the Lost Coast Trail
- Favorite trail food: Nana’s Banana Pudding
- Stoked about: Motorcycles, snowboarding, mountain biking, cooking, architecture
- Contact: jeremygiglio@berkeley.edu
Andrew politz
DeCal Officer
- Favorite trip: Castle Crags
- Favorite trail food: A Whole Glass Jar of Cookie Butter
- Stoked about: Backpacking, hiking (absolutely insane I know), lifting, sweet treats
- Contact: andrewpolitz@berkeley.edu
Nela Schieneman
DeCal Officer
- Favorite trip: Hiking a couch up a mountain.
- Favorite trail food: An entire loaf of sourdough bread.
- Stoked about: Backpacking, skiing, and astronomy.
- Contact: helena.s@berkeley.edu
Dylan Pearson
DeCal Officer
- Favorite trip: Backpacking in the Grand Tetons!
- Favorite trail food: Mac and Cheese
- Stoked about: Hiking, Backpacking and Rock Climbing!
- Contact: dmpearson@berkeley.edu
Trip Officers
Joshua Ruiz
Head Trips Officer
- Favorite trip: backpacking in the Talkeetna Mountains, AK!
- Favorite trail food: Apple & pb
- Stoked about: backpacking, camp fires, fun hats, and hozier
- Contact: joshua.ruiz@berkeley.edu
Saskia Bauman
Trips Officer
- Favorite trip: Backpacking in northern New Mexico
- Favorite trail food: peanut butter and jelly tortilla
- Likes: Rocks, bad weather, lifting, snowboarding
- Contact: sbauman@berkeley.edu
Johann Carlos
Trips Officer
- Favorite trip: Grand Canyon last May
- Favorite trail food: Sour gummy worms
- Likes: Hiking/camping, D&D and board games
- Contact: raukodagnir@gmail.com
Alejandro Leyva
Trips Officer
- Favorite trip: I went hiking to the top of Mt. Baldy in California and took a nap at the summit.
- Favorite trail food: Dried Mandarin Oranges from Trader Joe’s
- Likes: Math, Reading, Outdoors of course!
- Contact: aleyva07@berkeley.edu
sophie simon
Trips Officer
- Favorite trip: Big Sur Backpacking Trip
- Favorite trail food: Trader Joe’s Treck Mix
- Likes: Backpacking, dancing, the ocean, and redwood trees
- Contact: sophiesimon@berkeley.edu
Catherine Robbins
Trips Officer
- Favorite trip: death valley spring 2024 (my first time seeing a desert!!)
- Favorite trail food: oatmeal pancakes
- Likes: swimming in rivers, cooking, cool little creatures, climbing (trees and rocks)
- Contact: crobbins@berkeley.edu
Gear Shed Officers
Emerson Casola
Co-Head Gear Officer
- Favorite trip: Lost Coast
- Favorite trail food: apple crisp and milk chocolate Digestives biscuits
- Stoked about: backpacking, camp fires, fun hats, and hozier
- Contact: emersoncasola@berkeley.edu
Olivia Sward
Co-Head Gear Officer
- Favorite trip: Officer trip to Yosemite last spring
- Favorite trail food: White chocolate macadamia nut Cliff bars
- Stoked about: camping, music, hikes with pretty Bay views
- Contact: osward@berkeley.edu
Carolyn van Mantgem
Gear Officer
- Favorite trip: Building trail in redwood np
- Favorite trail food: swedish fish
- Stoked about: Backpacking, trail running, pinecones, “forgetting” to wash my camelbak
- Contact: cvanmantgem@berkeley.edu
Selena Wheeler
Gear Officer
- Favorite trip: forcing my friends to wake up early to go see the sunrise on a short hike that turned into a long, cold november hike because the road was closed! “we’re almost there, I can smell it,” I told them (I had never hiked there before). We made it after a couple hours and drank tea on top of the mountain. afterwards, on the car ride back, I ate handfuls of moldy beef jerky by accident. What a day.
- Favorite trail food: knoppers. not really a trail food but my parents always bring them on hikes and they are so yum.
- Stoked about: I witerally just love being outdoors so much. I also love making videos. I LOVE MY DOG!! SHE IS SO CUTE AND I MISS HER!! I’m stocked to go backpacking because I’ve never been before‼️Also hitting the slopes in the west coast YES PLEASE!
- Contact: selenabean@berkeley.edu
Eliza Frankel
Gear Officer
- Favorite trip: Hiking a mountain barefoot in Switzerland!
- Favorite trail food: The Omega 3 trail mix from Trader Joe’s
- Stoked about: GOURMET!
- Contact: elizaf@berkeley.edu
Annalise Gay
Gear Officer
- Favorite trip: Death Valley Spring Break 2024
- Favorite trail food: Salami
- Likes: Rocks!
- Contact: annalisegay@berkeley.edu
Treasurer
Ben Sims
Head Treasurer
- Favorite trip: I woke up to skunk smelling my face while cowboy camping in Point Reyes
- Favorite trail food: Apple & pb
- Stoked about: Plants, nature, wildlife, etc.!
- Contact: benjamis20@berkeley.edu
DEI Officers
kate Conley
Co-head DEI Officer
- Favorite trip: Hiking cinder cone at Lassen National Park
- Favorite trail food: Chocolate chips and a honeycrisp apple
- Likes: Hiking, concerts, skiing, and ice cream
sophia Garcia
Co-Head DEI Officer
- Favorite trip: Backpacking in Big Sur & my first time at Yosemite
- Favorite trail food: Granola with mix-ins ofc
- Likes: Getting to camp in more places this semester and explore more of California
- Contact: sgarcia27@berkeley.edu
Social Media Officers
Anna brew
Social media Officer
- Favorite trip: introduction to the outdoors family hikes!
- Favorite trail food: dried fruit or turkey jerky
- Likes: going to concerts, baking, hiking, eating burritos
- Contact: abrew@berkeley.edu
Emma bi
Social Media Officer
- Favorite trip: thanksgiving trip to mojave desert!
- Favorite trail food: candied pecans
- Stoked about: crocheting, cooking, rock climbing, playing piano, and exploring berkeley’s bakeries
- Contact: emmabi2021@berkeley.edu
Ellah gelber
Social Media officer
- Favorite trip: Making brownie scramble/goop with chickpea water at Point Reyes
- Favorite trail food: Dates with peanut butter
- Likes: Thunderstorms, misty hikes, searching for critters under rocks and logs, spontaneous swims, fireflies
- Contact: ellah_gelbs18@berkeley.edu
Saira Ahmed
Social media Officer
- Favorite trip: Spring Gourmet + frolicking in the fields
- Favorite trail food: Big fan of fig bars
- Likes: Landscape photography, sunrises, electronic/indie music
- Contact: saira@berkeley.edu
SOPHIA SCHREIBER
Social media Officer
- Favorite trip: Backpacking last summer in Europe
- Favorite trail food: Trail mix w/ m&ms
- Likes: Upcoming concerts, explorations, and dogs!
- Contact: sophiaschreiber@berkeley.edu
Shreya mantripragada
Social media Officer
- Favorite trip: Camping in Joshua Tree in the freezing cold
- Favorite trail food: Trader Joe’s trail mix (w/ cashews, almonds, and chocolate)
- Likes: Landscape photography, sunrises, electronic/indie music
- Contact: shreyam04@berkeley.edu
Families Officers
Sofia mcnamara
Head Families Officer
- Favorite trip: Making a scrumptious ratatouille on the spring 2024 gourmet trip
- Favorite trail food: Peanut butter by the jar or Adam’s homemade granola
- Likes: the muppets, unlikely animal friendships, fun hats, stargazing
- Contact: sofiamcnamara@berkeley.edu
AVYUKTHA MATTUPALLI
Families Officer
- Favorite trip: Fall 22 Tahoe Retreat
- Favorite trail food: Dried apples and coconut chips
- Stoked about: Upcoming backpacking trips and camping with friends
- Contact: avyuktha.m@berkeley.edu
Adam Zhao
Families Officer
- Favorite trip: Summit Mt. Shasta
- Likes: Snow-capped mountain, turquoise alpine lake
Alanna Le
Families Officer
- Favorite trip: Tidepooling
- Favorite trail food: Teriyaki style beef jerky, dried mangoes, nerd ropes
- Likes: Sunsets, smiles, wander, hikes, tennis
- Contact: aalanna@berkeley.edu
Events Officers/Stoke Squad
Ellis Gelt
Head Events Officer
- Favorite trip: Polar plunging in Catalina on day 3 of the TCT
- Favorite trail food: Frooze Balls from TJs
- Likes: flatbrim hats, new running routes, bodies of water
- Contact: ellisgelt@berkeley.edu
Luna MArtinez
Events Officer
- Favorite trip: Stumbling upon a beach rave in Bir Sur after finishing the Silver Peak Wilderness backpacking trip
- Favorite trail food: Trail-grown sprouts
- Likes: Music, laughter, swimming in waters, creative snacks, friendship, frolicks, my sawyer squeeze water filter
- Contact: lunavm05@gmail.com
Jack Forster
Events Officer
- Favorite trip: Fire island surf backpacking adventure! Dodging ticks and shredding wind swell
- Favorite trail food: Nasturtium (yummy trail flower)
- Likes: Surfing, snowboarding, sleeping in hammocks, great sunrises, and creeks to keep my hotdogs cold
- Contact: jackfroster111@gmail.com
Zoe Lemaire
Events Officer
- Favorite trip: guiding backpacking trips in the santa cruz mountains
- Favorite trail food: dried figs, honey roasted peanuts
- Likes: maps, cowboy camping, photography, trekking, ikea dinner
- Contact: zoej217@berkeley.edu
Maya Lis
Events Officer
- Favorite trip: Gourmet Trip
- Favorite trail food: M&M’s
- Likes: Adventures, running, live music, food
- Contact: mayalis@berkeley.edu
Retired/Old Officers!
Rachel Rudyak
Gear Shed Officer
- Favorite trip: Gourmet (who doesn’t love cheffing it up in the woods?)
- Favorite trail food: Dried mango & homemade granola (no raisins, of course)
- Likes: Night beach trips, waterfalls, sunrises, procrasti-baking new recipes, spontaneous hikes, and concerts!
- Contact: rachelrudyak@berkeley.edu
eloise weir
Social media and marketing Officer
- Favorite trip: Camino de Santiago
- Favorite trail food: dried fruit or turkey jerky
- Likes: Hiking, waterpolo, collaging, traveling
- Contact: eloiseweir@berkeley.edu
tobias scott
Gear Shed Officer
- Favorite trip: John Muir Trail
- Favorite trail food: Peanut butter
- Likes: math, meditation, and mayhem
- Contact: tobias1scott@berkeley.edu
skye pickett
Gear Shed Officer
- Favorite trip: Backpacking in castle rock state park
- Favorite trail food: Peanut butter anything
- Stoked about: The beach, sunsets, exploring new towns!
- Contact: sabrinaskyepickett@berkeley.edu
HYEONSEOK CHOI
Gear Shed Officer
- Favorite trip: Lost coast
- Favorite trail food: Sausage smore
- Likes: Backpacking, ceramics, cooking
- Contact: Hyeonseok.choi@berkeley.edu
ian mackenzie
Events Officer
- Favorite trip: Halloween Hike
- Favorite trail food: Mixed nuts and m&ms
- Likes: Art, duct tape, mountain hikes
- Contact: Mackeroonian5@gmail.com
Lucia Goldberg
DeCal Instructor
- Favorite trip:Mountaineering in the North Cascades
- Favorite trail food: Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds
- Stoked about: Backpacking, star-gazing, cooking, and campfire songs
- Contact: l.goldberg@berkeley.edu
Sarah Siegel
DeCal Instructor
- Favorite trip: Nüümü Poyo (Northbound)
- Favorite trail food: dirt
- Stoked about: climbing, biking, watercoloring, live music
- Contact: sarahsiegel@berkeley.edu
Hugues Vigner
Trip Leader
- Favorite trip: Off trail wandering in Wrangell St Elias in Alaska
- Favorite trail food: Marshmallow hot chocolate
- Likes: Mountains, glaciers, hiking, climbing
- Contact: hugues.vigner@berkeley.edu
Simone Beilin
trip Leader
- Favorite trip: Trail of 10 Falls- Silver Falls State Park, Oregon
- Favorite trail food: Dried Mango
- Likes: redwood trees, campfire singing, surfing, hiking, reading
- Contact: simonebeilin@berkeley.edu
Katie Adler
Trip Leader
- Favorite trip: Chelela Pass- Bhutan
- Favorite trail food: Oreo’s, Cliff bars
- Stoked about: hiking, backpacking, climbing, piano
- Contact: katie.alder@berkeley.edu
Elden Yap
Trip Leader
- Favorite trip: Everest Base Camp (Cho La Pass)
- Favorite trail food: Chocolate energy bars
- Stoked about: Backpacking, bouldering, mountaineering, hiking, kayaking, stargazing
- Contact: eldenyap@berkeley.edu
Tyler Zhao
Social Media Officer (Historian)
- Favorite trip: Stoddard’s Peak – Angeles National Forest
- Favorite trail food: Yogurt bars
- Likes: Hiking, cycling, stargazing
- Contact: jiahong24@berkeley.edu
Amar Bhatia
Families Officer
- Favorite trip: Yosemite camping
- Favorite trail food: Rice n beanz
- Likes: Singing and hugz
- Contact: amarjb@berkeley.edu
Aurora Czajkowski
Head DeCal Officer
- Favorite trip: backpacking the southern PCT section
- Favorite trail food: peanut butter (must be eaten with a stick)
- Stoked about: climbing, backpacking, ocean lifeguarding, stars, and rocks!!
- Contact: auroracz@berkeley.edu
Hanji Xu
Social Media Officer (Design, Webmaster)
- Favorite trip: Biking on China National Highway 318 to Lhasa
- Favorite trail food: Unsalted trail mix & mint clif bars
- Likes: focusing, jamming, hiking, swinging, munching
- Contact: x-@berkeley.edu
BELLA LONGHI
Head Internal Affairs/Wednesdays Officer
- Favorite trip: Trans Catalina Trail
- Favorite trail food: peanut butter and mac n cheese
- Stoked about: the campfire song song, island backpacking, open water swimming, and kayaking
- Contact: isabella.longhi@berkeley.edu
Aliya Nupbay
Co-Head Social Media Officer/Internal Affairs Officer
- Favorite trip: Charyn Canyon in Kazakhstan
- Favorite trail food: Dried Mango and Almonds
- Likes: Backpacking, skiing, reading, and eating dried mango
- Contact: agnupbay@berkeley.edu
Grace Boyd
Co-President, Families Officer
- Favorite trip: wandering around Southern Chile
- Favorite trail food: the biggest tub of peanut butter you’ve seen in your entire life
- Likes: skinny dipping at alpine lakes, guitar jam sessions, & sunset cuddles
- Contact: gmboyd@berkeley.edu
Floyd McCluhan
DeCal Instructor, Webmaster
- Favorite trip: The Nose, El Capitan
- Favorite trail food: Backpackers Pantry Pad Thai
- Likes: books, mountaineering, climbing, trail-running, slacklining, star-gazing
- Contact: floyd-mccluhan-1999@berkeley.edu
Jacqueline Paredes-Kao
Co-Head Trips Coordinator
- Favorite trip: Backpacking in Hawaii!
- Favorite trail food: Golden raisins, apples, coffee
- Stoked about: paint, rain, autumn, chickens, climbing
- Contact: jacqueline-pk@berkeley.edu
LAUREN HOLLAND
Internal Affairs Officer (LGBTQ+ Rep)
- Favorite trip: Garden of the Gods, Colorado
- Favorite trail food: popcorn and oranges
- Likes: wandering, words, ponderings, climbing things
- Contact: laurenholland@berkeley.edu
Jenny Pham
Co-Head Trips Coordinator
- Favorite trip: Backpacking at Point Reyes
- Favorite trail food: Black Forest gummy bears and banana chips
- Likes: crisp air, climbing, live music, reading, smiles
- Contact: jennypham@berkeley.edu
Kendrick Sharpe
Families Officer: Intro to the Outdoors Family
- Favorite trip: Stargazing at Big Sur
- Favorite trail food: Dark chocolate bar with hazelnuts (from Trader Joes!)
- Stoked about: Hiking, Camping, Making Music, Cooking, & Stargazing
- Contact: kendricksharpe@berkeley.edu
Esmee Fong Chew
Families Officer: POC Family
- Favorite trip: Jumpin into the Tuolumne at Glen Aulin
- Favorite trail food: Tortillas
- Stoked about: Reading in trees, grappling, hiking, urban farming
- Contact: esmee.fongchew@berkeley.edu
Madeleine Lorie
Families Officer (Meditation & Yoga Family)
- Favorite trip: Pinnacles National Park
- Favorite trail food: Cashews
- Stoked about: Hiking, yoga, meditating, reading at the beach, R&B music, poetry
- Contact: mslorie@berkeley.edu
Christina Yao
Families Officer (Meditation & Yoga Family)
- Favorite trip: Caving at Lava Beds NM
- Favorite trail food: canned tuna, cereal, dried mangoes, smores
- Likes: hiking, caving, tree climbing, cal band, banana slugs
- Contact: christinayao@berkeley.edu
Alex Zega
Gear Shed Officer
- Favorite trip: exploring grand canyon and some other cool parks in northern AZ
- Favorite trail food: trader joe’s trail mix!
- Stoked about: books, hiking, climbing, sunsets, stargazing
- Contact: atpierce@berkeley.edu
James Fermelia
Gear Shed Officer, Gear Manager
- Favorite trip: Jewel Basin , Montana
- Favorite trail food: Any of the Trader Joe’s trail mixes
- Stoked about: Backpacking, camping, snowboarding, surfing, oceans
- Contact: jfermelia@berkeley.edu
Henry Purcell
Trip Leader
- Favorite trip: Backpacking in the Achibueno River Valley, Chile
- Favorite trail food: A whole thing of peanut butter
- Stoked about: Skiing, climbing, science, coffee
- Contact: henrypurcell@berkeley.edu
GRACE SIMENC
Families, Gear, Historian/Social Media Officer
- Favorite trip: summer cliff diving at castle lake
- Favorite trail food: peanut butter. so so much peanut butter.
- Likes: backpacking, rivers, snow, and treehouse sunsets
- Contact: gsimenc@berkeley.edu
Nic Dutch
Head Gear Officer, Head Decal Instructor
- Favorite trip: McConnell Peak/Highland Lake – Desolation Wilderness
- Favorite trail food: SPKs
- Stoked about: mtb, gnocchi, prescribed fire
- Contact: nicoledutch@berkeley.edu
Kat Smith
Co-Head Families Officer
- Favorite trip: Gourmet fall 2023
- Favorite trail food: dried mangos
- Stoked about: climbing, music, golden retrievers
- Contact: claireksmith@berkeley.edu
Grey Jensen
Social Media & Marketing Officer
- Favorite trip: anything in southern Utah
- Favorite trail food: black coffee & vegan doughnuts
- Stoked about: photos and rocks
- Contact: greyjens@berkeley.edu