Santa Clara University

Sameer is a junior from Austin, Texas and is pursuing a degree in finance as well as an entrepreneurship certificate. Outside of the Peer Advisor Program, Sameer is part of the student ambassador program and is also very involved with the intramural program on campus. In his spare time, he loves to play golf, spend time with friends, and attend sporting events and concerts. Sameer looks forward to being on executive board and helping grow the Peer Advising program so each student knows about and fully utilizes their peer advisor's services.

Melanie is a local from San Jose, California. She will be heading into her senior year and is an accounting major and economics minor. She is a LEAD Scholar and member of Beta Gamma Sigma. In her spare time she enjoys decorating cakes, drawing, concerts, and going to Disneyland. Melanie is also an accounting tutor and can't wait to share her experiences as an accounting Peer Advisor. She enjoyed being a Peer Advisor, and is looking forward to being an executive board member and getting to help shape the Peer Advising Program and working with the new group of Peer Advisors.

Jenny is a junior accounting major and economics minor from San Francisco, CA. She served as a peer advisor during her sophomore year and absolutely loved her experience. She is looking forward to her fun-filled summer. She will be going to China for 2 weeks with other SCU students for an international business trip. She will also be attending PwC's National Leadership Conference in Chicago. In addition, she will be interning at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale and attending Ernst & Young's and Deloitte's local Leadership Conferences. Outside of Peer Advising, she works as an office assistant in the Psychology department and enjoys hanging out with friends and meeting new people. She can't wait to be a part of the Accounting-specific peer advising team, in addition to serving on the Peer Advising Executive Board.  She is excited and ready for another great year at Santa Clara!

Tori Watson is a senior from Los Gatos, CA, and is majoring in accounting. On campus she served as a leader for the 2009 Solar Decathlon team, and studied a summer abroad in London interning with a currency exchange firm. This past summer she held an internship position with a public accounting firm in San Jose, CA. She is currently a member of the Leavey School of Business ACE program, as well as a Learning Leader for Business 71 and 72 courses. Tori is excited to be serving her third year with the Peer Advising team on the Executive Board and is looking forward to meeting the incoming freshmen!