Meet Your Elected Representatives!

UAW 872 is USC’s first-ever academic workers’ union and is run by and for us. Members democratically elect Stewards, Head Stewards, and Executive Board members who coordinate and implement Local organizing strategies, help enforce our contract and carry out the day-to-day business of the Local.

Executive Board

Anand Balakrishnan

President

Computer Science

Anna Weiss

Vice President

Marine and Environmental Biology

Eleanor Batista-Malat

Financial Secretary

Gerontology

Shenali Pilapitiya

Recording Secretary

Political Science and International Relations

José Múzquiz

Guide

Political Science and International Relations

Daniel Delgado

Sargeant-at-arms

History

Clara Alvarez Caraveo

Trustee

Sociology

Seeta Rajpara

Trustee

Biomedical and Biological Sciences

Chuankai Cheng

Trustee

Marine and Environmental Biology

Connor Sauceda

Head Steward

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Kurt Woolford

Head Steward

History

Department Stewards

Electrical & Chemical Engineering

  • Stanley Ko, ECE
  • Amir Minoofar, ECE
  • Tara Renduchintala, ECE

Computer Science

  • Sayan Ghosh, CS
  • Sheryl Paul, CS
  • Casandra Rusti, CS

Viterbi

  • Aarti Visswanathan, CEE
  • Anna Arcaro, CEE
  • Maile McCann, CEE
  • Tristan McPhail, MFD
  • Rohit Ramachandran, ISE
  • Kevin Sampson, ASTE
  • Chen Sun, BME

Arts & Humanities

  • Nam Do, CSLC
  • Brian Arechiga, English
  • Ashley Baird, Annenberg
  • Max Berwald, SCA
  • Alfonso Hedge, Annenberg
  • Ashlin Hunter, Music
  • Michie Leccese, Annenberg
  • Pratik Nyaupane, Annenberg
  • Samah Sadig, Annenberg
  • Tania Sarfraz, SCA
  • Akane Takahashi, History

Physical Sciences & Math

  • Hunter Hewitt, Math
  • Malinda Hecht, Physics
  • Aziz Mohammed, Chemistry
  • Bixing Qiao, Math
  • Eleanor Stuart, Physics
  • Rucha Wani, Earth Sciences

Life Sciences

  • Daniel Lusk, MCB
  • Hailey Adney, Neuroscience
  • Jenna Dilworth, MEB
  • Mia Franks, MEB

Health Sciences

  • Ashley Lehr, PIBBS
  • Carly Martinez, OS/OT

Social Sciences

  • Kyle Hulburd, Sociology
  • Armin Bazarjani, Psychology
  • Liv Canning, Social Work
  • Juan Gonzalez, Economics
  • Jaden Morales, ASE
  • Michelle Sarraf, Psychology
  • Saran Uthayakumar, PSIR