UCSB Beyond Academia is planned and organized by a committee of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers across Social Sciences/Humanities/Education/Fine Arts/ (SHEF) and Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (STEM) fields.

The members of the 2017 BA Organizing Committee are:

Executive Team: Rebecca Reitz, Materials; David Hwang, Materials.

Programming Team: Daniel Boulos (Co-Chair), Theater and Dance; Leihua Ye (Co-Chair), Political Science; Rosa Adriana Dominguez Vega, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management; Jaclyn Avallone, Materials; Sherri Lynn Conklin, Philosophy; Amanda Kautzman, Psychological and Brain Sciences; Alan Tran, Physics.

Logistics Team: Brandon Isaac (Co-Chair), Materials; Vicky Ballmes (Co-Chair), Religious Studies; Lisa Kozycz, Materials; Daniel Becerra, Materials; Helena Monton-Domingo, Chemistry.

Finance Team: Wennie Wang (Co-Chair), Materials; Christopher Freeze (Co-Chair), Materials; Christina Shin, Psychological and Brain Sciences; Jessica LeClair, Psychological and Brain Sciences.

Marketing Team: Shawn Warner-Garcia (Co-Chair), Linguistics; Nicole Poletto (Co-Chair), Bren School of Environmental Science and Management; Hareem Khan, Anthropology; Sarah Kerchusky, Anthropology.

Sponsoring Advisors: Robert Hamm, Director of Graduate Student Professional Development, Graduate Division; Arica Lubin, Graduate Program Coordinator, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships; Lana Smith-Hale, Graduate Career Counselor, Career Services.