Workshop Speakers – So you want to be a Capital Fellow?
Tom Steel grew up on a walnut orchard in Yuba City, California before attending UC Santa Barbara. Tom was an Executive Capital Fellow in 2019-2020
Tom Steel grew up on a walnut orchard in Yuba City, California before attending UC Santa Barbara. Tom was an Executive Capital Fellow in 2019-2020
Tyler Wu is currently the California Policy Director for uAspire. In this role, he leads the strategy and execution of uAspire’s California state-based policy agenda
Connor provides day to day support on a variety of clients and initiatives at Lucas Public Affairs (LPA), including the “Internet for All Now” campaign.
AFSCME Local 3299 is the University of California’s largest employee union — representing more than 27,000 Service workers (SX), Patient Care Technical workers (EX), Skilled
As Executive Director, Su Jin leads California Competes’s work to develop nonpartisan and financially pragmatic recommendations for improved higher education and workforce policies and practices
As Executive Director, Salih leads our staff team and organizational strategy, keeps the UCSA office in operation, supports the Board and other student leaders, and fundraises to maximize the potential of our organization. Salih also oversees planning for UCSA’s annual statewide conferences.
Raised in Oakland, California, Salih Muhammad strives to embody the principles of service, sacrifice, and selflessness. For much of his life, he has been committed to living toward the liberation of Black people, at home and abroad.
In 2009, he continued the pursuit of knowledge at the University of California, Berkeley, where he excelled as a Black student and organizer on campus. His favorite quote is from Franz Fanon, who stated, “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”