President

Marie Claire Hernandez

Hi! my name is Marie Claire Hernandez, and I will be serving as your President the Spring 2024 semester. I am an incoming tax intern with Deloitte and I am very excited to help everyone with recruiting. Over the break, I spent a lot of time with family and catching up on my hobbies like baking, crocheting, playing guitar, and playing games. I also started getting into running again! I am very excited to meet everyone and see what we can accomplish together!

 

Executive VP

Cheryl Chiang

Hi everyone! My name is Cheryl Chiang. I am the Executive Vice President for Spring 2024. Over break I went to Taiwan and Japan, it was really fun. I'm super excited to meet new people and get to know everyone a bit better!!

 

VP of Membership

Ryan Salmassi

Hi everyone, my name is Ryan Salmassi and I am the Vice President of Membership for Spring 2024. I am a sophomore concentrating in ISDS, and over winter break, I built a lot of Legos and did a lot of programming. I'm excited to meet all the new members at all of the events this semester!

 

VP of Correspondence

Brandon Chen

Hi my name is Brandon Chen and I will be serving as your VP of Correspondence this semester! Over winter break I took a week long trip to Seattle with a few friends and also went to Countdown. I'm most excited about bringing you all new firm lead events as well as informational sessions to educate and prepare you all for the CPA.

 

VP of Educational Relations

Xitlali Espinoza

Over the winter I had some trainings presentations for VITA to help volunteers to get ready passing their exams. I also enjoyed having some time with my family, I had fun in Las Vegas and I relaxed in Cancun, Mexico. This Spring semester, I got named an Alteryx scholar and if you have any questions relate it, feel free to reach out. Can't wait to get to know all of you and make some memories!

 

VP of Strategic Operations

Tiffany Vo

Hi, my name is Tiffany Vo, and I'll be serving as the VP of Strategic Operations for this Spring 2024 semester. Over the break, I traveled to Brazil and Argentina with the Business Honors program for study abroad. I had so much fun exploring the beaches of Rio, experiencing city life in Argentina, and eating the most amazing foods. I'm thankful for the opportunity to continue to serve BAP and the OC/LA communities through meaningful service events!

 

Treasurer

Catheryn Ngo

Hi everyone! My name is Catheryn Ngo, and I am the Treasurer for the Spring 2024 Semester. I am a junior concentrating in Accounting and will be an incoming Assurance Intern at PwC. Over winter break, I traveled to Taiwan and Japan and ate lots of good food. I look forward to meeting everyone at all the events we have planned for our members this semester.

 

Secretary

Dayna Nguyen

Hello! My name is Dayna Nguyen and I will be serving as your Secretary this semester. Over the break, I spent time with friends, family, and went on a short trip to Las Vegas! This summer, I will be a GPS Audit intern at Moss Adams in the OC office. I look forward to meeting everyone at our speaker meetings and wish everyone a great spring semester!

 

VP of ISDS

Jared Salguero

Hello everyone! My name is Jared Salguero, and I will be serving as your VP of ISDS for Spring 2024. I had a great time hanging out with friends and family over winter break. This summer, I will be a tax intern at KPMG in the OC office. I look forward continuing to grow the ISDS branch by further establishing relationships with ISDS firms, professionals, and organizations so that the ISDS branch can continue to serve BAP members in the long run.

 

VP of Finance

Durga Devadeth

Hello! My name is Durga Devadeth and I will be your VP of Finance for the spring semester. I had a lot of fun with friends and family over winter break. This summer, I will be an EY Launch intern at the Irvine office. Hope to see everyone at the finance speaker meetings this semester and excited to build the finance branch of BAP!