Campus Events Commission is comprised of six branches–three programming and three marketing–individually responsible for their own duties, but which all ultimately work together as one cohesive unit to provide well-marketed entertainment that is high in both quality and quantity.
Commissioner
Daniel Soto
Assistant Commissioner
Vanessa Szeto
Concerts
Concerts staff books bands and artists to perform at Bruin/Westwood Plaza and Kerckhoff Grand Salon. Concerts in Bruin Plaza usually take place at noon, but if you’ve got class you can always catch the Kerckhoff Grand Salon concerts in the evening. Past artists who have graced our stage include Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, and Bloc Party. In order to bring you such worthy talent, the staff must listen to countless demos and negotiate with managers and agents, so show some appreciation and they’ll do the rest!
Director of Concerts
Joseph Lorge
Michelle Lin
Shayan Sayadi
Aria Davis
Kelsey Mitchell
Amelia Evert
David Hirotsu
Dylan Robin
Mariam Tabatabaee
Moses Sumney
Films & Festivals
CEC has one of the largest screening programs in the country. The films staff organizes free weekly films open to the public and our free sneaks bring UCLA students a movie every Tuesday before it hits theatres! In the past we’ve had: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Slumdog Millionaire, 500 Days of Summer, and Juno. We have occasional guests and speakers for the films such as Alan Rickman, Darren Lynn Bousman and Wes Anderson. Last, but not least, free swag is always included–posters, hats, shirts, you name it–as giveaways and prizes for our loyal film buffs.
Director of Films
Joel Alcaraz
Director of Film Festivals
Kristen Harkey
Anantha Singarajah
Elaine Fang
Emile Ayoub
Kelly Leow
Nick Strann
Nicole Malek
Nousha Hefzi
Reza Hessabi
Ryan Conroy
Taylor McLaughlin
Zachary Eggers
Josh Frankle
Peter Knezovich
Jessica Kim
Shanna Chau
Garrett Shinn
Michelle Fang
Speakers
Since its inception in the 1960s, the Speakers program has hosted notable famous people from all walks of life. The Speakers program is one of the most distinguished in the country and continues to bring all sorts of interesting, funny, and otherwise entertaining folks to campus. In the past few years we’ve hosted BJ Novak, Rodney Mullen, Pharrell Williams, Chuck Klosterman, and many others! So keep your eyes peeled for the excitement coming your way this year.
Director of Speakers
Lauren Zalman
Morgan Taylor
Jan Tancinco
Jeremy Lu
Emily Ho
Keaton Boyle
Brian Park
Christy Bryars
Suelly Li
Elizabeth Francis
Summer Altowaiji
General Marketing
General marketing staff is the promotional hand of Campus Events Commission, in charge of promoting and informing students of any and all CEC programs. Acting much like a big bad PR and marketing machine, it is responsible for press releases as well as inter-organization and media relations. General marketing staff also works to foster the CEC image and name as a chic and vibrant source of college entertainment.
Director of General Marketing
Jenny Ta
Annie Tsai
Frank Zhou
Brian Budd
Jeremy Reynard
Jamie Andersen
Nicole Nour
Tyler Cherry
Kyle Brees
Michelle Fang
Mark Chong
Jessica Y Lin
Maitree Mervana
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Online Marketing
Online marketing staff is in charge of all things web-related. Not only do they design the central website, but they also send out weekly newsletters, update the website and the Facebook fanpage with new events, and tweet all day long. If you send an e-mail to them, expect a response within minutes because they’re just that good/never AFK.
Director of Online Marketing
Anuraag Jhawar
Gary “Tai” Chao
Allison Le
Angela Navarro
Yama Nawabi
Catherine Quach
Charity Quijano
Dylan Vassallo
Malavika Ravi
Jenny Tran
Print Marketing
The Print Marketing staff works with General Marketing staff to get the word out about events. They design the quarterly film calendars, the quirky, funny ads found every week around campus, and all of the paper flyers. Like capitalism, without advertising Campus Events would crumble.
Director of Print Marketing
Gage Nguyen
Anna Reutinger
April Lee
Mindy Seu
Patrick Chew
Rue Song
Stephen Ou
Lily Zhou
Steven Chan
Kevin Cheng
