Phillip was born in Montclair and has lived in the California area his entire life. His hometown resides in Fontana and also the neighboring town of Rancho Cucamonga. He enjoys skiing and loves to help people learn about the most popular sport in the world. He enjoys driving, meeting new people, planning new ventures, and keeping up with the latest trend in tech. He plans on working in the real estate field after college and also has a passion in architecture, construction, and design. Phillip has worked in numerous fields including restaurant, hospitality, real estate, and construction before arriving into USC. Feel free to contact Phil if you have any questions. Favorite quote, "Don't seek advice for the same reason that a drunk seeks a lamppost --support, not illumination." -Anonymous
Chief Operating Officer
Jennifer Berbower
Class of 2008 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 21 |
Location: Sacramento, CA
Jennifer was born in Newport Beach, but grew up in Sacramento. She enjoys going to the beach, shopping, seeing movies, and going to the Marshall School of Business. After college, she would like to own her own businessevent planning business and somewhere down the road, start a family! In high school she was class president for two years and loved every minute about it. For a more embarrassing moment, "I sang with Barry Manilow when I was 9". My favorite quote is "People rarely succeed...unless they have fun in what they are doing."
Chief of Communications
Matt McGinniss
Class of 2008 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 22 |
Location: Upland, CA
Matt McGinniss was born and raised in Upland, California. He is pursuing a business degree with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. He wants to eventually begin his own business. Since he grew up in a boring suburb city, he loves all of the activities Los Angeles and USC have to offer, but he doesn't love the pollution too much. "Life's a garden - dig it."
Chief of Finance & Planning
Jeff Balbien
Class of 2008 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 21 |
Location: Calabasas, CA
Jeff Balbien was born in Encino, California and raised in Calabasas. He is currently pursuing a finance degree at USC Marshall School of Business. Jeff is passionate about finance and entrepreneurship, but his interests also include designing websites, traveling, playing drums, playing poker and modifying cars.
Chief of Public Relations
Gwendolyn Juarez
Class of 2008 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 20 |
Location: Cerritos, CA
Gwendolyn Juarez was born in Mission Hills, California. She was raised in Cerritos her whole life and loves to play and coach soccer. She also loves to travel and has gone on trips throughout the state of California. She plans on working at an accounting firm and becoming a future CPA. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”.
Chief Recruitment Officer
Careen Uy
Class of 2008 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 21 |
Location: Chino Hills, CA
Careen Uy was born in the city of angels… Los Angeles and has lived in Southern California all his life. He currently resides in Chino Hills, Ca, (the best city in the state). He also enjoys watching a lot of movies, snowboarding, going to the beach, hanging out with friends, and contemplating how his life will turn out. Careen’s major is business administration and emphasizes in finance. He transferred from Fullerton College and is currently in his last year of schooling at the University of Southern California. After college, he plans to work for a company and eventually get a MBA. However, things are always unexpected so who knows what will happen. "Only geniuses stay up past 3:00am"
Historian
William Wu
Class of 2008 |
Major: Biomedical Engineering| Age: 20 |
Location: Houston, TX
William was born in Houston Texas and moved to sunny California for LMU. He later transferred to USC and is pursuing a biomedical engineering degree. He enjoys tree climbing as his favorite hobby so look for him hanging off trees on campus. He currently chairs CASA as a board member and worked as a Culture show director for the Fatal Bloom CASA cultural show in 2007. “Live simply so that others may simply live”. (Gandhi)
Chief Event Coordinator
Amir Ursani
Class of 2009 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 19 |
Location: Torrance, CA
Amir was born and raised in T town (Torrance). He has lived in the OC for several years and came back to Torrance with his family. He enjoys various sports: surfing, basketball, running, volleyball and loves the beach! He plays the piano and enjoys making his own music and dancing to his own tunes. Although Amir doesn't know what he is doing after college, he does want to have a good job that’s enjoyable. During high school, he competed in the State Meet for cross country and place 23rd. Favorite quote, "If we hold on together, I know our dream can never die". (The Land Before Time). Second favorite quote, "do or do not, there is no try" –Yoda
Chief of Community Relations
Jee Janice Kim
Class of 2008 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 22 |
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Janice was born in Seoul Korea and enjoys snowboarding, running, and dancing. She recently fell in love with jazz piano and is working hard on getting pro. Janice also wants to travel around the world to gain a wider perspective after college. In the future, Janice would also love to start a business and work on her passion in home furniture and interior design producing her own product line. She also performed in jazz/hip-hop dance during high school and even during her early college years. "Life is beautiful except it sucks sometimes."
Chief of Marketing
Mike Langford
Class of 2008 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 21 |
Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Michael hails from Fontana/ Rancho Cucamonga like CEO Phillip Yang. He is a Business Administration Major with an emphasis in selling and marketing. An Eagle Scout and a transfer student, Michael enjoys music, graphic design, business start-ups, and fighting crime. After college he would like to work in advertising or commercial loans. Oh yeah, and he's a big fan of Spiderman too. "With great power comes great responsibility."
Treasurer
Kalman Portman
Class of 2009 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 21 |
Location: Calabasas, CA
Kalman Portman was born in the former U.S.S.R. and moved to California as a young child. Currently a junior at the Marshal School of Business, he will be pursuing his accounting degree from the Leventhal School of Accounting. Upon graduation in fall of 2009, he hopes to work for a big four accounting firm as an auditor. This summer he will be interning at Countywide Capital Markets in the finance and accounting department. Portman is an automotive enthusiast who enjoys working on and taking his car to the track in his free time.
Attorney General
Phil Thanawiwat
Class of 2008 |
Major: Business Administration | Age: 21 |
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Phil was raised in Huntington Beach, California. On his free time, he likes to play the guitar, body surf, and party it up with friends. One of his goals after college is to own his own home and make residual money off of it. Something interesting about me is that he is going backpacking through Europe in the 2007 summer for 9 weeks. His favorite quote is the mantra to his own life, “Work hard and play harder!”
