Meagan Travlos
Meagan Travlos MBA 2022
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Meagan Travlos

Bay Area Part-Time MBA Student

Meagan Travlos joined the Bay Area Ambassador program in her first quarter to give back to the GSM community and help incoming students transition smoothly.

A Bay Area native, Travlos completed her undergraduate degree in sociology at Mills College in Oakland, California. She most recently worked at the Oakland Zoo as an education program manager, bringing together her love of kids and her passion for wildlife conservation. She hopes to bring business acumen to the non-profit world and create lasting change for our environment. 

When she's not studying, Travlos volunteers for Girl Scouts

Alexandro Perez Tovar
Alexandro Perez Tovar MBA 20
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Alexandro Perez Tovar

Bay Area Part-Time MBA Student

Alexandro Perez-Tovar has a background in production manufacturing working for Diamond Foods, TESLA, and ultimately at Blue Diamond Growers. He received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering B.S. at the University of California, Merced in 2014. In his spare time, he’s an active member of the Central Valley community helping advise undergraduates at CSU Stanislaus and UC Merced.

His reason for joining the ambassador program was to inform and inspire prospective students. He believes it’s a great way to meet people from diverse backgrounds and job fields. He hopes the UC Davis Bay

Sheena Tsang
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Sheena Tsang

Bay Area Part-Time MBA Student

Sheena Tsang has a background in education management. She joined the Bay Area Ambassador Program in order to meet a diverse pool of prospective candidates and was inspired by her own interaction with one of the ambassadors when she shadowed a class. 

Tsang is a Bay Area native of the San Jose area. She attended UC Davis as an undergraduate and loved the atmosphere of students helping each other to succeed. She currently works in the education management sector where she engages in client services, runs group trainings, and oversees a small team of teachers and tutors.

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Leo Ma
Leo Ma MBA 21
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Leo Ma

Bay Area Part-Time MBA Student

Leo Ma is Business Development and Sales for Blume Global. Coming from many years of non-business roles in global manufacturing industry, the UC Davis MBA prepared him for a successful transition into an Enterprise Sales Career. In appreciation of such career transformation, Leo joined the Ambassador Program to extend that impact to new students. 

Ma received his bachelor’s degree from UC San Diego in Management Science with a minor in Accounting. He is a U.S. Army War Veteran and has lived abroad in Iraq, Japan, China and South Korea. 

Patrick Ponikva
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Patrick Ponikva

Sacramento Part-Time MBA Ambassador

Professional Experience

5+ years as a management analyst for companies such as Wells Fargo, The Clorox Company, and Pro Unlimited

Previous Degree and University Attended

BS Business Administration, Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley

Fun Fact

Before college, I was an electrician in the US Navy

Nasra Abdi
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Nasra Abdi

Sacramento Part-Time MBA Ambassador