Emeryville City Council
April 18, 2023

Melvin J. Tangonan
Education
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
Bachelor of Arts: Political Science and South and Southeast Asian Studies Employment History
Bay Oak Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation (APLC) Legal Administrator July 2021 - Present
● Manages the daily operations of the law firm that include 10+ client in-takes of information daily, 20+ administrative email/phone communication, and calendar management of dates/deadlines for filing to the state and federal courts ● Maintaining and organizing all physical and electronic files/documents of 33+ active clients, cases, and internal affairs ● Assisting and collaborating with 1 full-time paralegal and 2 attorneys with drafting correspondence that includes pleadings, discovery, client documents, motions, letters, and legal documents/research for the 60+ active and closed matters ● Oversee the collection, maintenance and submission of payroll for the 4 law firm staff and conduct budget request/reports Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), Student Union Senior Operations Supervisor May 2020 - August 2021
● Oversaw the daily operations and maintenance of the ASUC Student Union building, events, and 60+ student staff ● Develop internal communications for all 60+ student staff and 18+ professional staff in scheduling and leading all student and professional staff meetings for each unit of the Student Union, including operations, finance, and student experience ● Took charge of conducting and overseeing all 55 person hiring operations, internal interviews for promotions, manage step by step on-boarding and off-boarding processes of staff, auditing staff time cards, and administered all infractions Office of New York State Assembly Member Brian Barnwell Assistant Administrative Coordinator June 2020 - August 2020 ● Led office staff development in planning workshops and training, program development through office communications, and managing the day to day administrative work including emails, phone calls, and constituent service requests ● Assisted in meeting with community, civic, and advocacy groups to help coordinate community-based projects and events National Federation of Filipino American Associations
Constituent Liaison/Intern May 2020 - October 2020
● Recruited Black Lives Matter advocates and speakers to discuss political and legislative avenues for change ● Collaborated with the National Communications Director in drafting press releases nationwide to update our constituents on programming, events, recent news from the Philippines, and student engagement Campus and Community Involvement
Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) Executive Vice-President April 2020 - June 2021
● Served as the Chief Operating Officer of an autonomous (501c3 non-profit) and powerful student government, overseeing the daily operations and strategic vision of the 500+ person organization with a $2.2 million dollar budget ● Chaired and organized the Senate of 21 elected members to ensure the passing of legislation that will benefit students ● Represented the student body of 40,000+ students in reserving study rooms on campus, providing face coverings and PPE, and strategizing advocacy and lobbying efforts to the University Administration and the City of Berkeley ● Consulted New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Association to increase free subscriptions to all 40,000+ students ● Oversaw all commercial activities including the Cal Student Store and Lower Sproul Vendors, and Event Services ● Served on the ASUC Student Union Board to develop a plan to recover $250K of commercial revenue lost during COVID-19 Senator April 2019 - May 2019
● Represented over 1,000 Pilipinx students to advocate for policies to our campus event vendor Cal Performances to help alleviate the process in planning cultural shows, and hiring a student facing employee to advise student groups ● Secured and allocated $75k in student-facing diversity and inclusion initiatives to ensure cultural programming for all underserved communities with the goal to promote diversity and inclusion initiatives and cultural programming ● Bridged the gap between the ASUC Student Government and Pilipinx Community Organizations including Pre-Health, Pre-Law, and Literary Magazine, to ensure community input on key equity and inclusion initiatives University of California, Berkeley Academic Senate
ASUC Student Representative: Courses of Instruction September 2019 - July 2020 ● Served as the student representative in approving over 1,000 courses and modifications to both current and new courses for over 130 academic departments, 350-degree programs, and 80 interdisciplinary research units ● Organized and strategized student lobbying efforts with University Administration and UC Berkeley Academic Senate to permit Pass/No Pass grading options for students during the COVID-19 pandemic