CLASS OF COMMENCEMENT MAY 15, 2021 II The pandemic did not diminish your years of hard work, nor did it define who you will become. In fact, it has brought into sharp focus the remarkable humans you already are. Your ability to reach this day — GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY — is nothing short of heroic. Congratulations, CLASS OF 2021. PROGRAM WELCOME AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ALFRED DAY ASSOCIATE DEAN OF STUDENTS AND DIRECTOR CENTER FOR SUPPORT AND INTERVENTION NATIONAL ANTHEM JAE JOON (JOSEPH) SHIN ’21 INTRODUCTION OF CHANCELLOR T. CHRIST NIKITA DHAR ’21 VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR CLASS COUNCIL WELCOME REMARKS AND AWARD PRESENTATION CAROL T. CHRIST CHANCELLOR THE UNIVERSITY MEDALIST LEYLA KABULI ’21 STUDENT PERFORMANCE OWEN FARMER ’21 GUINNESS WORLD RECORD UNICYCLIST CLASS OF 2021 SENIOR GIFT PRESENTATION DOUGLAS WICKHAM ’21 PRESIDENT, CAL STUDENT PHILANTHROPY ERIC MANZO ’21 VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBERSHIP, CAL STUDENT PHILANTHROPY INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER MEGAN WIENER ’21 PRESIDENT, SENIOR CLASS COUNCIL KEYNOTE SPEAKER ADEWALE “WALLY” ADEYEMO ’04 DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY STUDENT PERFORMANCE BARETROUPE CONFERRING OF DEGREES CAROL T. CHRIST CHANCELLOR HAIL TO CALIFORNIA DECADENCE A CAPPELLA 2 KEYNOTE SPEAKER ADEWALE “WALLY” ADEYEMO ’04 Wally Adeyemo, the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, has spent most of his career in public service, convening governments, companies, and organizations to achieve common goals. Adeyemo came to the Treasury Department from the Obama Foundation, where he served as president beginning in August 2019. Before that he was a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and at Blackrock and held several public service roles. In the Obama-Biden Administration, Adeyemo was the deputy national security adviser for international economics and deputy director of the National Economic Council, where he was responsible for coordinating the policymaking process related to international finance, trade and investment, energy, and environmental issues. Adeyemo also served as President Obama’s representative to the G7 and G20. He held several senior management positions in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, including senior advisor and deputy chief of staff under Secretary Tim Geithner and Secretary Jack Lew, as well as chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s provisions on macroeconomic policy. He holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley and a J.D. from Yale Law School. AWARDS AND HONORS THE UNIVERSITY MEDAL LEYLA KABULI ’21 The gold medal, awarded every year since 1871, is given to UC Berkeley’s most distinguished graduating senior. CLASS OF 2021 FINALISTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY MEDAL MIRA CHENG ’20 BEN HARPER ’21 ALAN YISHAN HUANG ’21 NAYZAK WALI-ALI ’21 HAIL TO CALIFORNIA Hail to California, Alma Mater dear; Sing the joyful chorus, Sound it far and near. Rallying round her banner, We will never fail; California, Alma Mater, Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail to California, Queen in whom we’re blest; Spreading light and goodness Over all the West. Fighting ’neath her standard, We shall sure prevail; California, Alma Mater, Hail! Hail! Hail! The Cal alma mater was written by Clinton R. “Brick” Morse, Class of 1896. 3 COMMENCEMENT SPONSORED BY CHANCELLOR CAROL T. CHRIST THE CLASS OF 2021 CALIFORNIANS OFFICERS OF THE CLASS OF 2021 CALIFORNIANS MEGAN WIENER, PRESIDENT NIKITA DHAR, VICE PRESIDENT JAZZ VAN HORN, TECHNOLOGY CHAIR SNEHA KARTHIKEYAN, EVENTS CHAIR ANKUR JAIN, FINANCE CHAIR ASHA RAGHU, MARKETING CHAIR ANJANA IYER, MERCHANDISE AND APPAREL NATLIE LEE, OUTREACH MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2021 CALIFORNIANS SAM AHN, NIKI CHUNG, VIVEK DATTA, KATHERINE DELGADO CASTILLO, LAUREN HARRIS, SLOANE LEIPZIG, KELLY LIU, MEENU PAMULA, SOPHIA RODRIGUEZ, NEHA VENKATESH, HELEN WANG, ALEXIS WOOD CLASS OF 2021 SENIOR GIFT REPRESENTATIVES DOUGLAS WICKHAM ‘21, PRESIDENT, CAL STUDENT PHILANTHROPY ERIC MANZO ‘21, VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBERSHIP, CAL STUDENT PHILANTHROPY WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO ASHBY FLOWERS FOR DONATING THE BOUQUETS TO THE STUDENT PROCESSION AT THE GREEK THEATRE. CALIFORNIA 20 21 4 THE CLASS OF 2021, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DOCTORAL Angie Ka Wai Ng Megan E. Alvarado Elijahu Eithan Ben- Diego Calerio DEGREE Jacqueline D. Nguyen Saggese Michael Frederick Callaway CANDIDATES Jessica Lynn Nguyen Elizabeth Ambriz Erin Bridget Bennett Jesus M. Camacho Elizabeth O’Neill Alon Amid Olivia A. Benowitz Phillip R. Campanile DOCTOR OF Timothy H. Oh Jaruwan Amtawong Tsvi Benson-Tilsen Christopher Campos EDUCTION Erika Seoyeon Park Da An Victoria B. Bergstrom Cristhian Luis Canari Samuel C. Martinez Johnny Adrian Pascual Dong An Sarah A. Berlinger Chumpitaz David Turner III Tiffany Pham Jessica Wonkyung An Erik P. Bertelli John Thomas Canty Wendy U. Pham Luis E. Anaya Maglyn B. Bertrand Haoyang Cao DOCTOR OF Divya Bellapu Reddy Christopher Lindsay Morgan Christine Gema Cardona JURIDICAL Rafael Remotigue Anderson Bessette Thomas Carey SCIENCE Julia C. Richardson Matthew G. Anderson Lance A. Bettinson Heyder Carlosama Elez Ilya Akdemir Yasmin Tina Sanati Nicolas Miguel Andrade Clarissa May Bhargava Lopez Abdullah Ahmed Rosio Uribe Sandoval Chelsea L. Andreozzi Carlos Koladele Biaou Kayla A. Cashetta Alkayat Alazemi Natalia C. Santizo Nicholas Angelides Aurelien Florent Bibaut Mario D. Castillo Eduardo Cruz Gomez Tyler L. Anthony Teresa E. Bilir Benjamin T. Castle Tagle Sheila Shoja Phoebe Tai Jun Aoyagi Kyle James Bilton Alexander Catchings Mehtab Khan Jorge Archbold Brittany C. Birberick Benjamin Caulfield George Lambeth Amanda Houng Thai Joanna Toner Sofia Arevalo Zachary I. Bleemer Stefano Cestellos Karen Seif Laura Beth Armstrong Luke M. Bloch Blanco Chen Wang Amanda T. Tran Caroline N. Tran Joshua Earl Arnold Marshall M. Blundell Julian C. Chaidez Maximilien Jean Bap Alexander S. Arroyo Donna Isobel C. Boles Ka Man Carmen Chan Zahnd Elena B. Tran Janice Trang Michael Arsenault Oren H. Boneh Venkatesa P. Chandrasekaran Krystle Ann B. Tal Ashuach Bailey Mary Bonet DOCTOR OF Pourya Assem Gina Marie Borgo Andy Scott Chang OPTOMETRY Villamayor Karolina Hannah G. Bosley Elliot Suk-Hyun Chang Pavit Kaur Basi Jessica Vu Joshua M. White Athanasopoulou Mohamed Amine Hung-Tzu Chang Emmalena A. Boyd Jessica S. Avva Bouzaghrane Kristina Chang Johnny Cao-Nguyen Michael Christopher Wong Samaneh Azadi Joel D. Bowen Michael Alan Chang Paige Robin Shermis Christina Marie Azahar Norick R. Bowers Vera L. Chang Carr Sally Wu Folgar Stanley Kasimir Berenice Charrez Michelle Victoria Chan Vivian Yao Michelle Yoshimoto Geoffrey Iain Bacon Bradshaw IV Niladri S. Chatterji Phoebe Chen Sangjae Bae Kyle William Brady Ilea J. Chau Jasper Cheng Bethany Zhang Yujia Zhang Chaewon Baek Maxwell J. Brandstadt Karina Chavarria Adrienne G. Coulter Stephen Wells Bailey David William Bratt Martha Chavez Tarik Issam Dabit Andrea V. Bajcsy Daniel D. Brauer James Chavez Jr. Jordan E. Dulay DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Lakshmi Stephen Breen Alfredo Chavez-Arroyo Armaeiti Fouladi Balasubramanian Carmen Brick Carolyn Chen Chami Fatima N. Zuzanna Zofia Balewski Laura Brignone Chuyang Chen Dylan Robert Franchi Abdurrahman Derek Jordan Bangs Laura Meredith Brink Jiancong Chen Julie Nicole Furness Joshua S. Achiam Sarah E. Banker Anna Marie Brockway Jianqing Chen Amanda Rita Hadeed Christos-Georgio Adamopoulos Somil Bansal Molly E. Bronstein Jiawei Chen Loukia Hadjiyianni Jenna Nicole Adams Mahua Baral Lisa A. Brooks Kenneson Z. Chen Shazib Haq Seira A. Adams Miranda J. Baran Christina L. Brown Li-Wei Chen Bonnie Ho Joshua D. Adkins Vyassa Lin-Wei Simon P. Brown Oliver Weisi Chen Veronica Hom Benjamin Austin Adler Baratham Micah Brush Xi Chen Cynthia Barbara Huang Samanvaya Agarwal Andrew John Barbour Alexander B. Bryk Zhi Chen Vanessa Huang Anustubh Agnihotri Mallika S. Bariya Sidney Douglas Zhimin Chen Kristin Kiang Byung Hyun Ahn Mohini Bariya Buchbinder Andrew Cheng Ashlynne Kim Avigael M. Aizenman Christopher R. Barnes Xavier Buck Victoria Irene Cheng Jeffrey J. Kong Saad Al Kenany Renata A. Barreto- Carlos Fernando Buen Yujiao Cheng Richard Lang Juan Simon Alamos Montenegro Abad Najar Jackie Childers Alyssa Megan Lau Urzua Luis Barroso-Luque Jacob J. Bukoski Ioana Chinan Shin (Josh) Lee Saundra Morgan Albers Clay H. Batton Aviva Bulow Hee Jung Cho Maylea C. Li Ashley Renee Albright Jamal A. Batts Jessica Elizabeth Burch Yongkeun Choi Melissa Li Nicolas M. Alexandre Gordon Scott Bauer Paula E. Burkhardt Seunga Choo Kristina Lin Sulaiman Hamoud Bryce Larkin Chessell Harry O. Burson Derek Chou Dorothy Ma Becker Almatrudi Michael Busche Fang-Chieh Chou Mahsa Katherine Shawn M. Beckman Faisal abdulaziz Trevor W. Butcher Anamika Chowdhury Masoudi almogren Billie Beckwith-Cohen Katelyn Ashley Cabral Colin Christensen Marlon D. Mendoza Jennifer Alpert Zachary D. Beer Allan Cabrero Michelle Meza Katherine G. Nicolas Altemose Areidy Aracely Beltran Robert C. Cail Christianson Yuki Nakamura Nicholas Lewis Altieri DOCTORAL DEGREE CANDIDATES 5 Sarah Anne Matthew Ross Diamond Kriszta Farkas Thomas Krendl Gilbert Sofia Dagmar Hamilton Christofides Jimena Diaz Leah E. Faw Holly K. Gildea Tiama Hamkins-Indik Brandon Chuang Yifeng Ding Gregory Fayard Joel Given Lihe Han Sara Chung Lauren A. Dixon Tal Feinstein Ian Andrei Gleason Sang Min Han Charles T. Cifarelli Samantha Mary Dixon Han Feng Freidberg John Handel Samuel Thomas Ciocys Tanner Chas Dixon Xiangjun Feng Adam Glick Steven G. Hanna Ignasi Clavera Gilaberte Đỗ Hải Ninh Jason Ferguson Angelica Godinez Bridget L. Hansen Anna Elizabeth Clinger Thanh-Nhan A. Do Samantha Gella Maedeh