2023-2024
OFFICERS AND PROJECT MANAGERS
Sam Mikolajczyk - President
Grad 2024 - Civil Engineering
Sam is a Civil Engineering major from Orange County and joined EWB to kickstart his goal of doing engineering work in developing countries. Sam is a part of Team Nica and has primarily served doing translation and structural work. He enjoys anything in the outdoors such as fishing, surfing, hiking, climbing, backpacking you name it, all whilst shooting film.
Lexie Caterine - Vice President
Grad 2024 - Mechanical Engineering
Lexie is a fourth year student from Freeport, Maine. She joined EWB, on the Fiji team, her second year to learn how engineering skills can be used to help others around the world and was inspired by the work EWB has done. One of her favorite memories is last year's end of the year banquet where everyone got to socialize, meet new people, and recognize outstanding members. In her free time she enjoys being with friends, anything astronomy, and just being outside in nature.
Grace Murphy - Secretary
Grad 2026 - Biomedical Engineering
Grace is a second year biomedical engineering major from Chicago. She originally joined EWB so she could use her engineering skills to do good in the world. She is a member of Team Fiji and is the team’s cultural sub team lead. Outside of EWB Grace enjoys going to Chabad, running, adventuring outside, and listening to music.
Thomas Burt - Treasurer
Grad 2024 - Civil Engineering
Thomas is a fourth year Civil Engineering Student from San Carlos, California. He joined the EWB Fiji team to learn more about 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.
Serena Yeh - Public Relations and Media Coordinator
Grad 2025 - Environmental Engineering
Serena is a third-year environmental engineering student from Fremont, California. She joined Team Kenya to apply her engineering skills to the real world while making a positive impact on others. In her free time, you can find her crafting, attempting to keep plants alive, and appreciating sunsets.
Juno Johnson - Membership Coordinator
Grad 2025 - Materials Engineering
Juno is a materials engineer from Fort Collins, Colorado. She joined Team Fiji during her second year because she wanted to be able to use the skills she’s learned in the classroom and her personal life to be able to help others. She also enjoys learning about Fiji’s culture and the importance of understanding the communities values. In her free time, she enjoys spending time outdoors, volunteering at the Cal Poly Cat Program, and cooking.
Zak Neddo - Fundraising Coordinator
Grad 2026 - Manufacturing Engineering
Zak is a second year manufacturing engineering student from Kenmore, Washington. He joined EWB because he wanted to do something that had a positive impact on others while also being engineering focused. In his free time, he enjoys reading, rowing, and game of all kinds.
Billy Beltran - Fundraising Coordinator
Grad 2024 - Civil Engineering
Billy is originally from El Salvador and moved to California at the age of ten. Therefore being from Central America, he decided to join team Nicaragua. The experiences of living in El Salvador makes him happy to be a part of EWB. Billy appreciates the opportunity to help out people from the region where he was born. Billy is now a fourth year civil engineering student at Cal Poly. Some of his hobbies are basketball, music, hiking, and cooking.
Kayla Lovejoy - Events Coordinator
Grad 2025 - Biomedical Engineering
Kayla is a third year biomedical engineering major, originally from Allen, TX. She joined Cal Poly’s Engineers Without Borders her freshman year and has been a social team co-lead for Team Nicaragua since Winter her freshman year. Outside of school you can find her hiking or on sunny days, laying in a nice patch of grass like a lizard. She’s very passionate about the work EWB does for communities around the world, and can’t wait to be this year's events coordinator to help ensure everyone loves EWB as much as she does.
Riley Gordon - Events Coordinator
Grad 2025 - Biomedical Engineering
Riley is a third-year biomedical engineering major from central Colorado, and is a part of team Nica! She has a spanish minor and has been involved in service learning since high school, and joined EWB to help connect those interests to her passion for engineering. In her free time, Riley likes to read and write, go to the gym or the beach, and spend time with her roommates and friends.
Abby Tymn - IMPACT Coordinator
Grad 2024 - Civil Engineering
Abby is a fourth year civil engineering major from Fresno, CA! She is on Team Nicaragua! In her free time she loves playing tennis, going line dancing, and going to the beach!
Sam Flores - DEI Coordinator
Grad 2026 - Mechanical Engineering
Hailing from the East Bay Area, Sam is a second-year mechanical engineering student on Team Fiji. She joined Engineers Without Borders to use what she was learning in lectures to solve issues beyond the scope of her own campus. Sam was drawn to EWB's emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, cultural awareness, and cultural appreciation. Whether it's in regards to water filtration or just simply having a meal with the locals--she loves how the team's sharing of knowledge of working with Fijians helped create a better project and a better project team. Since joining, Sam has developed a passion for design justice and tailoring solutions to the needs as well as traditions of individual communities. In her free time, Sam listens to 6arelyhuman on repeat, watches terrible Netflix movies unironically, and samples food from Guy Fieri TV shows.
Austin Gauerke - Principal Project Manager and Team Nicaragua Project Manager
Grad 2024 - Civil Engineering
Austin is a 4th year Civil Engineering major from San Diego. He joined EWB his freshman year looking for real-world project experience and to make a difference- and has found exactly that. Austin's favorite parts of EWB are collaborating with professional engineers at home and coordinating with contractors abroad. His best memory with the team is watching the sunset while playing soccer with the kids in Nicaragua. Outside of class you can find Austin playing soccer and spikeball.
Eddie Loh - Team Nicaragua Project Manager
Grad 2024 - Civil Engineering
Eddie is a fourth year majoring in civil engineering. He initially joined EWB to gain real world engineering experience, but stayed for his interest in developmental work. He’s from Los Altos, CA, and in his free time enjoys to play basketball, cook with his roommates, and to thrift.
Elena Ryan - Team Fiji Project Manager
Grad 2024 - Mechanical Engineering
Jillian Buteau - Team Fiji Project Manager
Grad 2024 - Civil Engineering
Miles Fesler - Team Kenya Project Manager
Grad 2025 - Computer Engineering
Miles, a third-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.
Molly Foster - Team Kenya Project Manager
Grad 2024 - Environmental Engineering
Julia Fay - Team Local Project Manager
Grad 2024 - Mechnical Engineering
Julia is a fourth-year student that has been a part of EWB since her freshman year. She wanted to join EWB because of its purpose to serve those who are in need through engineering. She joined the local team specifically because they were working on an environmental restoration project, and she is passionate about sustainability. Outside of school Julia likes to cook, surf, hike, and play guitar.
Nadya Klug - Team Local Project Manager
Grad 2026 - 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.