Staff
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Beatrice MontenegroField Organizer
A Los Angeles County native, Beatrice Montenegro set her mind on a career in organizing for civil rights at the age of 11 while attending Torch Middle School and organizing a walk out. Growing up in the working-class community of Bassett, she saw the turmoil and anxiety that Proposition 187 - the 1994 State ballot initiative that sought to deny services and education to undocu...
Michiele RoderickOffice Administrator
Michiele Roderick provides support to the Executive Director and staff of UCSA. She is responsible for maintaining the organization and administrative operations of the Oakland office – phone and office reception; day-to-day bookkeeping; accounts payable and receivable; business correspondence; scheduling travel arrangements; office inventory control; purchasing; assisti...