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Local STRIVE & Objectivist Campus Clubs
STRIVE Clubs
College of Charleston
Tucker Lovin- University of Arizona – Tucson
Jennifer Minjarez - University of Rochester
Mohamed Ali
STRIVE Affiliate
- Bard College
Doron Tauber - Clackamas Community College
Tyler Ashby
Objectivist Clubs
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Students of Objectivism at UW-Madison
Erik Remler - Yale University
Objectivist Study Group at Yale (OSGAY)
Andrew Salmon - University of Texas-Austin
UT Austin Objectivism Society
Jonathan Divin - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Club Objetivista Córdoba
Agustina Vergara Cid - Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
Ricardo Ibanez - Francisco Marroquín University (UFM)
Jose Fernando Orellana - University of Rochester
Mohamed Ali - University of California-Santa Barbara
Connor Pardini - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
John McHenry - Texas Tech
Jason Judd - Townson University
Hunter Polhemus
STRIVE Executive
Jennifer Minjarez
Head of Student Executive
University of Arizona – Tucson
Jennifer serves as Head of Student Executive for STRIVE. She works closely with the other Student Executives to ensure that the STRIVE programs grow and continually provide value to students and professionals.
She attends the University of Arizona, where she majors in Economics and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law (PPEL). After graduation she plans to pursue a career as a policy analyst.
Jennifer first read Ayn Rand when she was studying abroad in Japan as a high school junior. Rand’s philosophical framework became integral to Jennifer’s understanding of Japanese and American culture. Since that time she has been an avid activist for Individualism.
Celeste Hook
VP of Marketing and Communication
Okanagan College
Celeste is the VP of Marketing and Communication for STRIVE. As a visual artist, musician, and theatre-lover (she was Stage Manager for various local productions, and even wrote, composed, and directed her own fairy-tale musical in high-school) she is enthusiastic about finding creative and appealing ways to market STRIVE’s programs and content.
Presently, Celeste is a student of philosophy at Okanagan College in Kelowna, British Columbia. She discovered Objectivism at an early age, and it has had a profoundly positive impact on her life, also inspiring in her a lasting passion for philosophy. In the long-term, she intends to pursue an intellectual career.
Her hobbies include reading and songwriting. Three of her favorite things are historical literature, Elvis Presley and Disneyland.
Cassandra Berres
VP of Mentorship Programs
Mills College
Tyler Ashby
VP of Objectivism Q&As
Clackamas Community College
As VP of Objectivism Q&A’s, Tyler facilitates conversations between students and Objectivist intellectuals on a variety of topics.
Tyler is a student of psychology with a particular interest in cognitive science. He intends to study the mind in order to promote rational principles.
In his free time, Tyler hosts the Youtube podcast “Objectivist Discussions”, and attends the Objectivist Academic Center.
Phillip Petty
Webmaster
Mentorship Programs Assistant
University of Houston
Phillip maintains the STRIVE website as well as assisting Cassandra with the Mentor Q&A program.
He is a student of physics at the University of Houston, and hopes to design navigation and control systems for space vehicles.
When not studying, Phillip likes to figure out how things work, exercise, and read books.
Thomas Duke
Editor-in-Chief, The Undercurrent
Thomas is a PhD student in communication at the University of Alabama where he also teaches several public speaking courses.