Ashish Bhatt

Ashish Bhatt
Birthday	October 26, 1988
Graduation	2010
Major(s)	Economics, Political Science
Pledge Class	Lipton Class, Spring 2008
Pledge Group	Group 1
Family	Close
Big Bro(s)	Kelly Lundrigan

Education

• B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of California, Davis, 2010
• J.D. from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2014

Family and Associations

An image of Ashish's line tree as of Fall 2012.

Ashish with his line at Jaromay Term Activation.

• Member of Far Family
• Member of Close Family
• Minh's line, Peggy's Line
  • BB Square: Peggy Sung
  • Big Bro: Kelly Lundrigan
  • Little Bros: Lisa Liang, Dennis Wong, Kim Luong, Allison Ast, Tiffaney Lau
• Sponsors: Allison Simonette, Haley Ko
• Sponsorees: Jason Huynh, Do Young Lee, Angela Yang, Kim Luong, Jennie Yau, Kelly Cheung, Sophia Van
• Pledge Trainers (Lipton Class, Group 1): Alina Wong, Isaac Liao, Kelly Lundrigan
• Pledge Trainees (Krenek Class, Group 6): Andy K Chan, Feifei Chen, Tiffany Dun, Franz Tibayan, Judy N Tran
• Pledge Trainees (McKenzie Class, Group 11): Wei-Wen Chen, Teresa Nguyen, Albert Thao, Zuway Yeh

Offices and Positions

Chapter

• Fall 2008 (Krenek): Pledge Trainer (Group 6) with Cindy Van
• Fall 2008 (Krenek): Sneak Chair
• Spring 2009 (Jaromay): Pledge Leadership Workshops Chair
• Spring 2009 (Jaromay): Close Family Co-Head Chair with Alexander Nguyen
• Fall 2009 (McKenzie): Close Family Co-Head Chair with Alexander Nguyen
• Fall 2009 (McKenzie): Pledge Trainer (Group 11) with Kristal Delacruz and Jane Pak
• Fall 2009 (McKenzie): Risk Management Committee Member
• Fall 2009 (McKenzie): Wiki Czar
• Spring 2010 (Luong): Risk Management Committee Member
• Spring 2010 (Luong): Wiki Czar
• 2009 Regionals Committee Workshops Chair
• 2010-2014: Chapter Advisor (Elected September 26, 2010)

Section

• 2010-2011: Section 4 Historian with Jhonatan Paredes
• 2010: 2012 National Convention San Francisco Bid Committee Member
• 2012-2013: Committee Advisor for Alpha Phi Omega Walks Against AIDS

Region

• 2011-2014: Region X Historian
• 2014-present: Region X Staff Member At Large

National

• 2012: APO LEADS Observer
• 2013-2014: National Diversity Council Member
• 2015-present: Western Area APO LEADS Training Coordinator
• 2017-present: APO LEADS Basic Skills Trainer

Awards and Accomplishments

Chapter

Traditional Awards

• Spring 2008 (Lipton): Vigorous Sapling
• Spring 2008 (Lipton): Paparazzi Type A
• Fall 2008 (Krenek): Sturdy Oak
• Fall 2008 (Krenek): Awesome Active Award
• Fall 2008 (Krenek): Super Awesome Active Award
• Spring 2009 (Jaromay): LFS Awards: Leadership Award
• Fall 2009 (McKenzie): Sturdy Oak
• Fall 2009 (McKenzie): LFS Awards: Service Award
• Fall 2009 (McKenzie): BASOOS from Isabella Pamatmat
• Spring 2014 (Liao): Chapter Distinguished Service Key
• Spring 2017 (Bhatt): Pledge Class Namesake

Miscellaneous Awards

Certain just-for-fun awards were given out by vote from the active body.

• Spring 2009 (Jaromay): Geek Squad: A Dork Everyone Loves
• Fall 2009 (McKenzie): Most Active Active

Section

• Spring 2011 (Chew): Bright Spot Award
• Spring 2014 (Liao): David A. Emery Distinguished Alumni Award

Region

• Spring 2011 (Chew): Region X Certificate of Appreciation
• Fall 2011 (Zlatkovich): Region X Certificate of Appreciation
• Fall 2012 (Harty): Region X Certificate of Appreciation
• Fall 2013 (Emery): Region X Certificate of Appreciation

Ideas and Contributions

Chapter

• Devised the Gamma Formation.
• Proposed Iota Phi's first Election Discussions.
• Wrote the Long-Term Strategic Planning Committee into the bylaws, among other things in collaboration with Derek Ng.
• Wrote the Iota Phi Chapter Risk Management Policy in Fall 2009.
• Restructured, redesigned, and wrote and re-wrote much of Iota Phi Wiki in order to promote written history, chapter transparency, overall active participation, and re-evaluation of chapter policies and procedures.
• Proposed Retention Chairs and recommends goal-setting.
• Designed a hypothetical pledge program to encourage new ideas and membership development.
• Devised the ExComm Crash Course in Fall 2009. Derek Ng co-hosted the first event.
• Wrote Iota Phi Chapter: A History, released September 9, 2011.

Section

• Proposed that Section 4 create the John W. Jones Excellence in Advising Award.

Region

• Compiled and extended known records of Region X and Section 4 history. See Region X Wiki.
• Wrote Region X Historian Handbook, released April 14, 2011.
• Wrote Region X Convention Bid Handbook

National

• Society of Life Members

APO LEADS

Course	Status	Location	Event	Date
LAUNCH	Complete	Boston, MA	National Convention	December 27, 2008
EXPLORE	Complete	Boston, MA	National Convention	December 30, 2008
ACHIEVE	Complete	San Francisco, CA	Section 4 Conference	February 28, 2009
DISCOVER	Complete	Boston, MA	National Convention	December 29, 2008
SERVE	Complete	Irvine, CA	SERVE in Irvine	February 13-15, 2009
Basic Presentation Skills	Complete	Atlanta, GA	National Convention	December 27, 2010
Basic Facilitation Skills	Complete	Atlanta, GA	National Convention	December 28, 2010
Introduction to Observation	Complete	Online	Online Webinar	April 11, 2012

Conferences Attended

Location	Conference	Date
Boston, MA	National Convention	December 27-30, 2008
San Francisco, CA	Section 4 Leadership Conference	February 28, 2009
Davis, CA	Region X Conference	December 18-21, 2009
Sacramento, CA	Section 4 Leadership Conference	April 10, 2010
Atlanta, GA	National Convention	December 27-30, 2010
Stockton, CA	Section 4 Leadership Conference	February 26, 2011
Davis, CA	Section 4 Fellowship Conference	October 29, 2011
Berkeley, CA	Region X Conference	January 13-15, 2012
Hayward, CA	Section 4 Leadership Conference	April 7, 2012
Anaheim, CA	National Convention	December 27-30, 2012
San Francisco, CA	Section 4 Leadership Conference	March 17, 2013
Santa Cruz, CA	Region X Conference	January 18-19, 2014
Davis, CA	Section 4 Leadership Conference	April 19, 2014
Merced, CA	Section 4 Leadership Conference	April 15, 2017

Random Facts

• Wrote the nomination application for Dave Emery to be Fall 2013 namesake.
• Created the first "Alpha Phi Omega - Iota Phi" Facebook group.
• From August 2008 to July 2012, drove a car with license plate reading "Ashish B." Commonly known as the Bhattmobile
• Commonly known as Father India, or Bhattman.
• Ashish's family line has no other official name, but is sometimes called the Coke Line, the Troll Line or the Autobhatts. Combined with Alexander Nguyen's line, it becomes the Head Line because of the rich history of family heads stemming from them.
• Has become a risk management mascot/meme thanks to Jhonatan Paredes.
• Feel free to ask me for advice.