Your 2022-2023 officers
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Head Officers
Grace Boyd
Co-President, Families Officer
- Favorite trip: exploring the Lost Sierras
- 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
IAN WANG
Co-President, Decal Instructor, Families Officer
- Favorite trip: Turtle River Park (Canada)
- Favorite trail food: onion & garlic almonds, GORP + M&Ms
- Likes: backpacking, skateboarding, climbing, jazz
- Contact: ianwang626@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
Floyd McCluhan
Stoke & Wellness, 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
BELLA LONGHI
Stoke & Wellness
- 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
OFFICERS
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
LAUREN HOLLAND
Diversity & Inclusion Officer
- Favorite trip: Garden of the Gods, Colorado
- Favorite trail food: popcorn and oranges
- Likes: wandering, words, ponderings, climbing things
- Contact: laurenholland@berkeley.edu
Maya Scanlon
DeCal instructor
- Favorite trip: Napali Coast, Kauai
- Favorite trail food: sticks and lentils
- Likes: backpacking, surfing, fish (everything about them), trees (everything about them), and more
- Contact: mayascanlon@berkeley.edu
Tiana French
Gear Shed Officer
- Favorite trip: mist trail to vernal falls in Yosemite!!
- Favorite trail food: chocolate covered pecans or raisins
- Likes: pretty mountains, climbing, indie/alt music
- Contact: tianafrench@berkeley.edu
Ethan Lisle
DeCal Instructor
- Favorite trip: anything in Vermont
- Favorite trail food: Clif bars and subway sandwiches
- Stoked about: things on rocks, water and snow
- Contact: ethanlisle@berkeley.edu
Genevieve Aubert
DeCal Instructor
- Favorite trip: anytime I’m in Yosemite!
- Favorite trail food: peanut butter & jelly sandwiches on pita bread
- Likes: surfing, ocean lifeguarding, sunsets, sharks, and backpacking!!
- Contact: genevieve-aubert@berkeley.edu
Aurora Czajkowski
DeCal Instructor, Historian/Social Media Officer
- Favorite trip: backpacking the southern most 45 miles of the PCT!
- Favorite trail food: Peanut Butter (must be eaten with a stick)
- Stoked about: backpacking, climbing, John Denver, surfing, ocean lifeguarding, thrill seeking, stars & conservation
- Contact: auroracz@berkeley.edu
Hanji Xu
Historian/Social Media Officer: 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: hanjixu@berkeley.edu
Elise Rodriquez
Trip Leader, DeCal Instructor
- Favorite trip: backpacking in Wyoming’s Wind River Range
- Favorite trail food: chili mac
- Stoked about: grilled cheese, fun trail hats, the minecraft soundtrack, the tobey maguire spiderman trilogy, & cool rocks of course
- Contact: erodriquez@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
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
Aliya Nupbay
Historian/Social Media Officer: Photographer
- 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
Sarah Siegel
DeCal Instructor
- Favorite trip: Nüümü Poyo (Northbound)
- Favorite trail food: dirt
- Stoked about: climbing, biking, watercoloring, live music
- Contact: sarahsiegel@berkeley.edu
Christina Yao
Families Officer
- 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
Skye Pickett
Gear Shed Officer
- Favorite trip: Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail
- Favorite trail food: Dried fruit, Mountain House mac + fritos
- Stoked about: camping, hiking, cooking, crafting
- Contact: sabrinaskyepickett@berkeley.edu
Alexandra Fister
Gear Ambassador, Families Officer
- Favorite trip: Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne
- Favorite trail food: Hot choccy
- Likes: snowboarding, painting, climbing, swimming in rivers under waterfalls
- Contact: afister@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
Claire Haindfield
Trip Leader, DeCal Instructor
- Favorite trip: Backpacking in the North Cascades National Park
- Favorite trail food: Apple Sauce or Potato Chips
- Likes: hiking, backpacking, swimming in alpine lates, and otters
- Contact: claire.haindfield@berkeley.edu