ABOUT US

Who We Are

The Merage Undergraduate Student Association (MUSA) is the governing body representing all students of the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. The focus of the organization is on promoting the involvements of our students through creating programs and other services designed to facilitate interaction between the students, administration, faculty, alumni and other business organizations on campus.

Our Mission

We strive to provide our Merage student body with the highest-quality resources and opportunities. We aim to accomplish this by unifying our students with the Merage school and the business organizations on campus in order to aid them with their individual and collective goals.

2022-2023 Executive Board

GRACE
​TILL

President

Hometown: Cupertino, CA
Year: 2023
Majors/Minors: Business Administration & Minor in Urban and Regional Planning 
Emphasis: Finance
Campus Involvements: DSP, MUSA, ASUCI, MAISS
Recent Internship: Investment Banking Summer Analyst - Deutsche Bank

MANAV
​MANIVANNAN

Executive Vice President

Hometown: Irvine, CA
Year: 2023
Majors/Minors: Business Administration & Minor in International Studies
Emphasis: Operations & Decision Technologies
Campus Involvements:  MUSA, AKPsi, 180 Degrees Consulting
Recent Internship: Sales Operations - Intel, Business Strategy - FaZe Clan

JULIUS
​LO

Vice President of
​Community Development

Hometown: San Jose, CA
Year: 2023
Majors/Minors: Business Administration 
Emphasis: Marketing
Campus Involvements: MUSA, LEADS, APO, SCNO, CA 
Recent Internship: Billing Clerk - IGeNEX

WINNIE 
​QI

Vice President of
​Internal Relations

Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Year: 2024
Majors/Minors: Business Administration
Emphasis: Finance, Organization & Management 
Campus Involvements: 
MUSA, DSP, Product Association
Recent Internship: Incoming Finance Extern - Apple

ADORA
​CHEN

Vice President of
​External Relations

Hometown:  Los Gatos, CA
Year: 2025
Majors/Minors: Business Administration & Digital Arts Minor
Emphasis: Marketing
Campus Involvements: 
MUSA, Marketing Association, Model UN, Art History Undergraduate Association, KUCI 
Recent Internship: Marketing Intern - KUCI

VIVIAN 
TRAN

Vice President of Graduate
​and Alumni Relations

Hometown: Elk Grove, CA
Year: 2024
Majors/Minors: Business Administration
Emphasis: Organizational & Management 
Campus Involvements: MUSA, LPN
Recent Internship: Project Manager Intern - ServiceNow

SERGIY
MONTANO

Vice President of Finance
​

Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Year: 2025
Majors/Minors: Business Administration
Emphasis: Accounting & Finance
Campus Involvements: 
MUSA
Recent Internship: Vice President of Marketing - Zhittya Genesis Medicine

RUBY
​CHIN

Vice President of
​Academic Affairs

Hometown: San Leandro, CA
Year: 2023
Majors/Minors: Business Administration 
Emphasis: Accounting & Organization and Management
Campus Involvements: CAUCI

NATCHA WATANAHARUETAI

Vice President of Technology
​

Hometown: Northridge, CA
Year: 2024
Majors/Minors: Business Administration 
Emphasis: Finance & Accounting
Campus Involvements: MUSA, UFA,  APO
Recent Internship: Marketing Student Coordinator - Center for Investment and Wealth Management 

RITHIKA
POTHI

Vice President of Diversity
​

Hometown: Houston, TX
Year: 2025
Majors/Minors: Business Administration & Sociology Minor
Emphasis: TBD
Campus Involvements: MUSA
​Recent Internship: Product  Intern - humanID

CATHERINE
​NGUYEN

Vice President of Communciations

Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Year: 2023
Majors/Minors: Business Administration & Sociology
Emphasis: Marketing
Campus Involvements: MUSA, UBA, LPN
Recent Internship: Incoming Marketing Demand Generation Intern - HashiCorp 

OUR CONSTITUTION
MUSA Constitution
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