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CO-PRESIDENTS
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Selena Melgoza is a first-generation student in her third year as an undergrad. She is deeply passionate about the environment and environmental justice which is why she is studying Society & Environment with a concentration in Global Environmental Politics and minor in Public Policy. With her passion on campus, she has worked in ASUC Steam to help student organizations to implement zero waste practices, Greening the Greeks as a Food and Basic Needs Committee Lead and now Co-President, and in ASUC Sylvia Targ’s office as the Co-Lead in the Department of Unsustainable Partnerships. She has spent her last semester researching the impact PepsiCo as a research fellow with the Berkeley Food Institute and is now using this research to end our campus’s ties with PepsiCo with the support of the food sovereignty organization, Uprooted & Rising.
SELENA MELGOZA
Peyton is a second-year Society and Environment Major and a minor in Public Policy, Global Studies, and Dance and Performance Studies. Last year, she served as Greening the Greeks’ Education/Data Collection Chair on the founding board, and she is so excited to continue to spread the word about the work we’re doing in this community as Co-President! Sustainability and Environmental Justice have been her main passions since she was in high school, and has worked with her high school’s waste sorting system, clean energy lobbying, Greening the Greeks, and Chi O as the Director of Sustainability last year. Peyton’s main goals for CalGreeks are to create a culture shift in how we live together, socialize together, and view how we interact with the environment around us.
PEYTON WHITE
Maddie Young is a third year undergraduate Gender and Women’s Studies major who hopes to one day attend nursing school. Maddie is extremely passionate about Environmental Justice, animal rights, feminism, and equity in all facets. As both her chapter’s previous Vice President of Recruitment and current Vice President of Risk Management, Maddie is extremely passionate about planning events that are sustainable. She is hyper aware that social events are notorious for creating unnecessary waste, and there is a way to combat that while also bringing communities together. Moreover, Maddie hopes that over the next year, she will make strides in creating a fun, and sustainable environment for the Greening the Greeks community.
MADDIE YOUNG
"The Internal Affairs committee is responsible for planning and executing all the fun Greening the Greeks social events! From post-game day clean-ups to super fun and exciting get-togethers, Internal Affairs loves bringing the Greening the Greeks community closer. If you are interested in event planning, learning how to make social events more sustainable, or want to be involved in bringing the Greening the Greeks community together, consider applying to be on the Internal Affairs committee!"
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EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Ryan Gwin is a second-year undergraduate student planning on majoring in Molecular & Cellular Biology and Global Studies. Post UC Berkeley, he hopes on moving to Latin America and join an NGO. His main goals for this upcoming year pushes for the spread of information and interest in sustainability all across the greek community. Primarily this will be accomplished through efforts to rebrand and create consistency on all platforms. It was not until his friends brought him to his first GTG meeting did he realize how imperative it was to pay attention to the health of the world around us. He wants to inspire people who were raised in settings that did not value or develop a consciousness about our impact on the environment.
RYAN GWIN
"The External Affairs committee is tasked with outreach across our community and the wider campus through social media, merchandise, and relationships to other organizations. Currently, the committee will push onto a new branding campaign to make Greening The Greeks a recognizable brand that is synonymous with our values and initiatives while bringing in new voices to our conversations! The committee deals with producing content for our social media platforms, promoting anything from upcoming events to fun facts about sustainability. We are looking for people that are experienced in communications, writing and social media. If you are interested in outreach, designing graphics or art for merchandise, external affairs is for you! We are tasked with sculpting Greening the Greeks values and initiatives about sustainability into encouraging and convincing messages that infold more members of our community into Greeking The Greeks."
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EDUCATION
Sienna Smith is a second-year undergraduate student who plans on declaring double majors Society & Environment and Sociology. She strives to bring awareness--her own and that of others--to the relationship between and separation of nature and culture. She is perpetually both fascinated and horrified by food systems in the United States, thus inspiring her to divest in animal agriculture by exercising consumer power. Foremost, she believes each person to be capable of practicing methods of ecological harm reduction, starting by informing our consumer habits with critical applications of environmental science.
SIENNA SMITH
"Our education committee is responsible for assisting each chapter with their completion of sustainability education requirements, as mandated in a newly established by-law. Committee members will practice and improve their public speaking skills, giving them the tools to serve as excellent messengers of environmental knowledge. We will ensure each chapter has received and engaged with our waste management presentation, and will also spend the duration of the semester crafting innovative informational presentations on a variety of environmental topics relevant to Cal Greeks and the local city of Berkeley."
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FOOD & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Dina Hardy is in her second year of undergrad. She is studying Molecular Environmental Biology with a concentration in Human Health and hopes in the future to integrate sustainable practices in vision health care. She has been a member of Greening the Greeks since its re-founding, previously as a member of the Food and Environmental Justice committee, which she now leads. She is passionate about the issues of environmental racism and bringing light these issues to the greater Greek community. Her goals for this year are furthering the conversation of environmental justice and activism within the club, and hopefully expanding the reach of this topic to more individuals in Greek life.
DINA HARDY
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"My Committee focuses heavily on viewing environmental issues through an environmental justice lens. The point it to understand the societal structures in place that have created environmental injustices against specific communities of people. Our committee's activities are meant to empower folks to take ownership of their own capacity/voice/decision, de-stigmatize the conversation around basic needs, increase community understanding of environmental justice, and create space for people to engage in environmental activism. Some of our past and ongoing projects include: Bi-annual Basic Needs Survey, PHC and IFC Cooking Demos, Presentations in partnership with Education Committee, Community Meals, etc. If you are at all interested in earning about or furthering your interest in this sector of sustainability this committee is perfect for you! Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions :)"
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FINANCE
Chloe Roesslein is a first year Society and Environment major and Data Science minor. She is passionate about influencing local communities to make more sustainable choices. She did this throughout her first semester at UC Berkeley as a member of the Green Team working to encourage renewables and eliminate single-use plastics in vendors on campus, a Field Research Assistant for Kate O’Neill’s lab concerning the City of Berkeley’s Single Use Foodware and Litter Reduction Ordinance, and on the finance committee for Greening the Greeks. Chloe strives to educate people on how they can personally reduce their impact on our planet and dreams to one day work for the Environmental Protection Agency to implement policies that will curb the effects of climate change.
CHLOE ROSSLEIN
"The Finance Committee is in charge of the creation and management of our club’s budget. This is executed by applying to grants, such as TGIF and the Greek Opportunity Fund, or planning exciting fundraising events with businesses in order to expand opportunities for our club! This committee is developing this semester to also add to our educational presentations information regarding the financial and business side of our club’s sustainable projects, such as cost analysis of using compostable cups vs plastic. If you are interested in the business/financial side of sustainability or if you want experience in applying for grants and hosting fundraisers apply for the Finance Committee!"
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DATA COLLECTION
Everett Morton is a third year undergraduate studying Bioengineering with hopes to work in biotech following college. He is striving to make a change in greek life to make social events more sustainable and create a culture that encourages proper waste management. He hopes to be part of the driving factor that pushes greek life to become more aware of their negative contributions to the environment and attempt to change this in the greek system.
EVERETT MORTON
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"The Data Collection team will be in charge of walking through fraternities during their parties to research their waste management practices. During each of these walks the assigned member will be filling out a questionnaire to determine if these fraternities are properly disposing of cans and making it clearly marked what items can be thrown in what bin. This will provide critical information that the education committee can use to tailor their presentations to specific fraternities."
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