ABOUT US
The RUSA Allocations Board is an affiliated committee of RUSA that operates separately from RUSA and is responsible for the allocation of funds to registered Rutgers University Student Organizations as well as various registered events on an as needed basis.
The goal of the Allocations Board is to promote and support diversity of programming made available to all Rutgers University Students through the fair and efficient use of the student activity fee. RUSA Allocations provides over a million dollars worth of program funding to over 400 different organizations at Rutgers University New Brunswick campus.
We are dedicated to serving all student organizations the best way possible.
2019-2020 ALLOCATIONS BOARD
Class: Senior
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Cognitive Science
Professional Goals: Start my own company doing software development and data science, inspire others to create amazing things with technology.
Extracurricular Involvement: USACS, HackRU, involved in the Honors College, and TA/research assistant in the Computer Science department.
Hobbies/Interests: Playing basketball, reading about history, fantasy football, and woodworking.
Bucket List: Present a startup on Shark Tank.
Fun Fact: I recently learned how to do a cartwheel!
Chair
Brian Brown
Class: Senior
Major: Supply Chain Management
Minor: German
Professional Goals: One day I would love to work in an operations role for a skin care or beauty company.
Extracurricular Involvement: In addition to Allocations, I’m a part of FBLA, volunteer at the New Brunswick Library, and am a student manager at Kilmer’s Market.
Hobbies/Interests: Baking, hiking, and attending concerts.
Bucket List: To become trilingual.
Fun Fact: I love rollercoasters.
Vice Chair
Carrie Bellscheidt
Class: Junior
Major: Computer Science and Cognitive Science
Professional Goals: Use tech to induce positive social change.
Extracurricular Involvement: USACS, HackRU, Women in Computer Science, Rutgers Mobile App Development, Omega Phi Alpha Sorority.
Hobbies/Interests: Promoting women in STEM, watching some truly garbage movies, playing the piano, listening to music.
Bucket List: Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
Fun Fact: I skipped a grade in elementary school.
Secretary
Madhu Sivaraj
Class: Junior
Majors: Economics and Business Analytics
Minors: German, Finance, Real Estate
Professional Goals: Establish a career in private equity, act as a civil servant.
Extracurricular Involvement: Rutgers Venture Capital, RUSA, Enactus, Visiting Nurses Volunteering, Rutgers Real Estate, RU for Warren
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, Running, Music (playing piano & sax)
Bucket List: Donating 90% of my wealth to charity in old age.
Fun Fact: I'm a published author for a children's book. Check it out at Piscataway library.
RUSA Treasurer
Nicholas LaBelle
Class: Junior
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Math and Cognitive Science
Professional Goals: To work as an AI Engineer.
Extracurricular Involvement: Research Assistant at Psychology Building; Akhil Autism Foundation.
Hobbies/Interests: Soccer, piano, gym.
Bucket List: Skydiving while listening to Frank Ocean.
Fun Fact: My family owns a farm in India. We grow some fantastic mangoes.
Allocations Treasurer
Sameet Hegde
Class: Senior
Major: Finance and Supply Chain Management
Professional Goals: After college, I plan on working in business, specifically in corporate finance or the supply chain department of a company that has a positive impact on society and potentially a non-profit organization.
Extracurricular Involvement: Auditor for the RUSA Allocations Board, President of the Women’s Center Coalition, Member of the Rutgers University Supply Chain Association, Douglass Residential College Student.
Hobbies/Interests: Dancing in my room for hours, painting, rewatching One Tree Hill for the millionth time, and being a mental health advocate.
Bucket List: Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris!
Fun Fact: I watch Christmas movies and listen to Christmas music all year!
Auditor
Hinita Patel
Class: Junior
Major: Environmental and Business Economics
Professional Goals: Project Manager / Portfolio Manager
Extracurricular Involvement: RUSA Allocations, COSINE club, América Needs You Fellow, ALPFA, Chi Alpha Epsilon Honor Society, SEBS EOF, and La Unidad Latina Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc.
Hobbies/Interests: Running, Eating, traveling and hanging with friends.
Bucket List: Travel every country in South America and Europe.
Fun Fact: I was born in a small city in Colombia called Popayán.
At-Large
Luis Gasca
Class: Sophomore
Major: Finance and Political Science
Professional Goals: Investment Banker/ Law School.
Extracurricular Involvement: RUSA Allocations, Libor, Rutgers Democrats.
Hobbies/Interests: Running, Eating, Watching The Office.
Bucket List: Run the NYC marathon and run for some form of office.
Fun Fact: I run a food Instagram account.
At-Large
Sanjana Bommakanti
Class: Sophomore
Major: Computer Science and Economics
Professional Goals: Design software and work on the advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
Extracurricular Involvement: RUSA, USACS.
Hobbies/Interests: Swimming, reading, cars, running, music, space.
Bucket List: Scuba dive in the blue hole, visit Antarctica, go to space.
Fun Fact: I am a former break dancer.
At-Large
Evan Feldman
Class: Senior
Major: Economics
Minor: Africana Studies
Professional Goals: Start my own company.
Extracurricular Involvement: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Hobbies/Interests: Running, working out, going to the bars, going to football games, baking.
Bucket List: Skydiving, bungee jumping, travel to every continent.
Fun Fact: I ran the Philadelphia Marathon in 2016 and I love dogs.
At-Large
Amira Sparks
Class: Junior
Major: Business Analytics and Computer Science
Professional Goals: Strategy Consultant
Extracurricular Involvement: Taiwanese American Student Association (Vice President), Rutgers Weightlifting (President), OIT Lab Consultant.
Hobbies/Interests: Tetris, Geography, Swimming, Olympic Weightlifting, 9-Ball Pool
Bucket List: Visit Taiwan.
Fun Fact: I can wiggle my eyes.
At-Large