2024-2025
OFFICERS AND PROJECT MANAGERS
Beth Peterson - President
Civil Engineering
Beth is a Civil Engineering major from Salinas, CA, who transferred to Cal Poly from Cabrillo College. She was drawn to Civil Engineering as a career because of the ability to help communities through improving infrastructure. After hearing about EWB’s mission and its alignment with her own values, Beth joined the club. She enjoys expressing herself creatively by doing her nails and trying out a variety of crafts.
Dorin Meydany - Vice President
Environmental Engineering
Dorin is a 2nd year Environmental Engineering student from Los Angeles, California. She joined Team Kenya to gain knowledge and experience on different engineering topics and is currently one of the cultural leads on the team. From the beginning Dorin has enjoyed being in EWB and has loved the people she has met along the way! In her free time, Dorin enjoys swimming, reading, watching movies and tv shows, being with friends, and laying in grass.
Brooke Gauerke - Secretary
Civil Engineering
Brooke is a second year Civil Engineering major from San Diego, California, and is a member of team Nica. She originally joined EWB to expand her world scope and use engineering to help those abroad. In her free time she enjoys any activity with friends, drawing, soccer and gymnastics.
Nikita Mittal - Treasurer
Biomedical Engineering
Nikita is a fourth-year Biomedical Engineering major from Union City, California. She joined EWB during her first year to explore different applications of engineering skills. She originally joined Team Fiji and is now part of the new Team Nica! In her free time, she likes to practice her gymnastics skills, read, and spend time with her friends.
Aaron Schiff - Public Relations and Media Coordinator
Mechanical Engineering
Aaron is a mechanical engineering major from Los Angeles, California and joined EWB with the mission to help people through engineering. He is a member of the Kenya team and primarily works on design, especially the solar panel structure. Aaron enjoys anything sports, especially football, tennis, rock climbing, and surfing, and also loves anything outdoors.
Jack Cornwall - Events Coordinator
Civil Engineering
Jack is a second-year from San Diego, CA who joined EWB and Team Nica in fall of his freshman year. He chose civil engineering and EWB because of their overlap between sustainability, the outdoors, problem-solving, and physics, and is also pursuing a music minor! Jack ran for Events Coordinator because of his enthusiasm for getting outside and meeting new people. In his free time, he likes to try new forms of exercise, read, play the piano, and use his imagination.
Zak Neddo - Fundraising Coordinator
Manufacturing Engineering
Zak is a third year manufacturing engineering student from Kenmore, Washington. He joined EWB because he wanted to have a real world impact with engineering. He’s hoping to use his two years of experience as fundraising coordinator to raise more money this year than ever! In his free time he enjoys reading, hockey, and games of all kinds.
Billy Beltran - Membership Coordinator
Civil Engineering
BIlly Beltran is a Civil Engineering graduate student at Cal Poly and is originally from El Salvador. He joined EWB's team Nicaragua to make a positive impact in the region where he was born. In his free time, Billy enjoys basketball, soccer, hiking, camping, and music.
Thomas Burt - Membership Coordinator
Civil Engineering
Thomas is returning to Cal Poly for a fifth year to receive his Masters in Civil Engineering. He originally joined the EWB Fiji team to learn more about how to sustainably help other communities, and his favorite memory has been sieving sand for the prototype Biosand Filter. He enjoys running and biking around SLO in his free time.
Aidan Hicks - IMPACT Coordinator
Grad 2025 - Civil Engineering
Aidan is a second-year Civil Engineering student from Petaluma, California. He joined EWB because he’s passionate about hands-on experiences making a difference for communities that need it. He is very community service oriented, volunteering regularly at a food bank back home, and he is excited to explore new volunteering opportunities as Impact Coordinator. In his free time, you can find him reading, watching obscure video essays and training for triathlons.
Freddy Flores - DEI Coordinator
Mechanical Engineering
Freddy is a second-year mechanical engineering student from Los Angeles. He joined team Nicaragua to learn more about water resources and other environmental engineering. He stayed for the people who creating such a friendly and welcome environment and he want to make sure all future members are welcome and feel part of something bigger.
Juno Johnson - New International Team Project Manager
Materials Engineering
Juno is a fourth-year Materials Engineering student from Colorado. She initially joined EWB on the Fiji team, but as that project was completed, she joined Team Nicaragua. She joined EWB because she wanted to be able to apply the skills she learned in the classroom to real projects, but stayed for the enjoyable team culture and being able to help others. Outside of EWB, Juno enjoys spending time outside, creating art, and volunteering at the Cal Poly Cat Program.
Liam Lopez - New International Team Project Manager
Civil Engineering
Liam is a 2nd year Civil Engineering major from Sacramento. He joined EWB because he felt that it was a great opportunity to use engineering to help others. In his free time he enjoys running and playing soccer.
Miles Fesler - Team Kenya Project Manager
Computer Engineering
Miles, a fourth-year computer engineering student, serves as the Project Manager for the Kenya Team. He was born in Denver, CO but grew up in Carlsbad, CA. Since the age of 5, Miles has been involved in non-profit organizations, and aims to use the skills he learns in the classroom to help those in need. Outside of EWB, Miles enjoys photography, videography, beach volleyball, and skiing.
Shannon Mason - Team Kenya Project Manager
Biomedical Engineering
Shannon is a third-year, biomedical engineering student from Menomonie, Wisconsin. She joined EWB because the fun and welcoming atmosphere drew her in and she loved the meaningful work so much that she became a PM. She loves the vibe the team has fostered and is eager to watch it grow! In her free time, she loves to cook, play sports, and camp.
Isabel Gonzalez - Team Local Project Manager
Nadya Klug - Team Local Project Manager
Civil Engineering
Nadya is from Denver, Colorado, but if you ask her she will also say she is from the California and, maybe, Oregon. She enjoys lifting, reading, being outside, and playing spikeball. Nadya wants to learn how to surf this year. She’s in EWB because she loves helping others and wants to work to uplift communities similarly postgrad.