GradNEXT Pitch Competition

TEAM 1, Graduate Level Competency Based Education – CECH  

• Matt Huml (Associate Professor, Sport Administration, CECH) 
• David Kelly (Educator Professor, Sport Administration, CECH) 
• Beau Wyrick (Senior Online Marketing Manager, UC Online) 

TEAM 2, UC Everywhere: Mobile University – DAAP  

• Claudia Rebola (Associate Dean, DAAP)
• Lora Alberto (Program Director for Graduate Studies and Research, DAAP) 
• Henry Levesque (PhD Student, Planning, DAAP) 
• Pam Rezai (Asst Dir Marketing & Publications, DAAP) 
• Szymon Nogalski (PhD Student, Planning, DAAP) 
• Nazanin Najdmofarrah (MFA Student, Fine Arts, DAAP) 

TEAM 3, Global Voices, Local Impact – CECH, International Office, Graduate College & Graduate Student Government 

• Stacy Jenkins (Graduate Student Success Program Manager, CECH) 
• Tiffany Berman (PhD Student, Educational Studies, CECH GSA President) 
• Kelly Plazibat (Program Coordinator, UC International Services)
• Gibin Raju (PhD Student, Engineering Education, GSG President, IGSA Communications Chair) 
• Brandilyn Worrell Pham (Program Manager, Community and Belonging, Graduate College) 

TEAM 4, BME PhD Accelerator Program – CEAS  

• Jason Heikenfeld (Faculty, Biomedical Engineering, CEAS) 

TEAM 5, CodeinCStructor.ai – CEAS  

• Saumick Pradhan (Master’s Student, Computer Science, CEAS) 

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