Current Officer Board



Tri-City Band Corps is a student run organization, therefore a squad of student officers are required to keep TBC afloat. They work year round to plan parades, fundraisers, run rehearsals, and spread their love for music. Below are the current officers for 2019 - 2020 and their positions.


Individual Job Descriptions

Executive Department


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The Executive Team oversees the five departments within Tri-City Band Corps: Supply, Music, Finance, Operations, and Technology. The Executive Team is responsible for all aspects of Tri-City Band Corps, which includes: managing the officer board, distributing and following up on tasks, organizing all Cadet Regiment members and events which include rehearsals and parade performances, filing legal paperwork, contacting and communicating with sponsors and alumni, interviewing members for acceptance onto the officer board, implementing developmental activities for the officers, dealing with unexpected emergencies, and most importantly, maintaining a clear vision of the future of TBC and setting goals that will lead the organization towards achieving that dream.


Technology Department


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The Technology Department is in charge of managing the website, app, social media posts, Salesforce, and marketing flyers. The department is responsible for keeping the website up to date and posting on social media weekly. It is also in charge of updating Salesforce with member information and sending out mass emails. The marketing is in charge of creating flyers for advertising our events or programs. In short, it is responsible for all technological aspects of the group.


Music Department


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The Music Department takes care of the artistic aspects of TBC's performances. It has three main tasks: running rehearsals, choosing music to play, and maintaining the music library. With maintaining the music library and choosing performance repertoire comes preparing music for parades and storing crates of music. Leading rehearsals is the most important job of Music, as TBC members often approach the Chief Musical Director or Guard and Drum Captains first if they have questions. For this reason, former CEO Sara Tsai said that the Chief Musical Director is the "face of the group."


Supply Department


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The Supply Department is in charge of all the necessary equipment that TBC owns. The department deals with the 150+ uniforms, repairing ones that are damaged and taking stock of the current numbers of uniform parts when necessary. The department is also responsible for buying new uniform parts when needed and planning uniform distribution/collection logistics during each parade season. They also manage the percussion equipment that TBC owns; they are in charge of storing/maintaining percussion and ordering replacement parts. During parade season, this department is vital in the transportation of equipment to rehearsals and parades.


Operation Department


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The Operations Department takes care of managing recruitment, officer bondings, and regulating officer benefits, health, and safety. The department is also responsible for planning bonding events, organizing carpools and buses for performances, registering for parades, and managing service hours. Recruiting members is an important job of the Operations department, as it is how the organization grows. In addition, it is also responsible for sending out quarterly newsletters to keep members updated about TBC's recent activities.


Finance Department


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The Finance Department, as the title suggests, takes charge of all financial aspects in TBC, focusing mainly on small-scale fundraisers, large scale events and feeds, and applying for grants. Our goal is to ensure that TBC is on stable financial ground. To accomplish this, we set up many restaurant fundraisers and run our own large events (most notably, Festival of Arts and Pasta Feed). Long story short, we’re the ones planning and executing each of these events--almost impossible, but at the same time quite rewarding!


Executive Department


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Annie Wen



Chief Executive Officer



Annie Wen is a junior at Irvington High School. She has been a member of TBC since 2016, and this is her second year serving as CEO. Annie plays flute, and she has been playing since she was in 4th grade. If Annie was a pokemon, she would be Snorlax because she enjoys sleeping and eating. Annie looks forward to creating a fun and memorable year for everyone in TBC!



Soumya Rai



Chief of Staff



Soumya Rai is a sophomore at Washington High School. She has been playing clarinet for four years and joined TBC in the summer of 7th grade. She likes reading, painting, going horseback riding, and spending time with her friends. Outside of TBC, Soumya volunteers at the Fremont Main Library and participates in art competitions. One of her favorite places to go to is Oceanside City Beach. If she had to pick a Pokemon to be, she would want to be Pikachu. Soumya is excited to be an officer with TBC and looks forward to helping the program grow!



Maggie Lai



Trip Director



Maggie Lai is a junior at Mission San Jose High School. She plays cymbals in TBC but also knows how to play piano and guitar. Maggie is a food + boba enthusiast and keeps a bucket list of different food places she aspires to try. She also enjoys swimming and works as a swim instructor. Other activities Maggie spends her free time doing is binge-watching TV, shopping, and playing with her excessively energetic dog. Although she does not know much about Pokemon, Maggie would want to be Squirtle, because it is cute and turtle-like.



Christine Ma



Special Needs Regiment Director



Christine Ma is currently a senior at Milpitas High School. She has been playing percussion for marching band since the 9th grade, but she started playing piano much earlier. In her school's marching band, she plays center marimba but likes anything mallet-related! This is her second year with TBC, and she's excited to oversee the Special Needs Regiment and continue teaching percussion. Outside of music, Christine enjoys eating and watching cat videos. Sleep is also something she can't get enough of. If she was a Pokemon, she'd be Swadloon.



Chloe Chan



Highland Regiment Director



Chloe Chan is a senior at Mission San Jose High School. She began playing flute in fourth grade as part of her school’s elementary band and has now been playing for over seven years. She started TBC in the summer of her freshman year, participating in the Cadet Regiment as one of the four color guard members. She now enjoys being a part of her school’s color guard and winter guard. During her little free time, she enjoys binging Korean dramas, hanging out with her friends, and going on adventures with her family. If she were a Pokemon, she would be Pikachu because she’s basic.



Angeline Liu



Director of Elementary Programs



Angeline Liu is a junior from Irvington High School. She has been playing percussion for 10 years and recently joined her school's guard. A fun fact about Angeline is that she has an obsession with baking foods. Unfortunately, she can't tell you her favorite Pokemon because she literally doesn't have one. Anyways, Angeline Liu would like to thank you for reading this far and is excited to continue to work with TBC for another year!



Technology Department


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Atreyo Chakrabarty



Chief Technology Officer



Atreyo Chakrabarty is a senior at Foothill high school. He started playing the trombone in fifth grade and has since gone on to be an all-state honor band musician. He is also an amateur music producer who releases his music on SoundCloud and is actively collaborating with his friends and other artists on new music projects. He is currently the Brass Captain and Low Brass Section Leader of the Foothill high school marching band.


He also built the website you are looking at right now. :)



Shialan Yu



Chief Membership Officer



Shialan Yu is this year's Chief Membership Officer, and a senior at Mission San Jose High School. She joined color guard in sophomore year and has loved it ever since. A fun fact about her is that she can use chopsticks with both hands and will sometimes switch without realizing it. She laughs at almost everything and can never hold a grudge. She journals a lot and takes too many photos because she's afraid of forgetting good memories. If she were a pokemon, she would be Dratini. However, she doesn't know much about pokemon and just chose one that looks cute.



Eyyel Karthikeyan



Technology Officer



Eyyel Karthikeyan is an eighth grader at Challenger School, Sunnyvale. Having joined TBC only recently, Eyyel has played as a snare drummer in the Cadet Regiment in the summer of 2019. Eyyel has four years of drumming experience under his belt and is a member of a music band. During his free time he likes playing basketball, boy-scouting with his troop, and playing video games on his phone. His goal is to get a sub-10 on his cube and to run a mile in under 6 minutes. If Eyyel is a Pokemon, he would be Arceus, the God of all Pokemon.



Akshitha Nagaraj



Deputy Chief Technology Officer



Akshitha Nagaraj is a sophomore at Mission San Jose. She joined TBC in the 2019-2020 year and has loved it ever since. She loves to read fiction books. She would love to be a Piplup, as she finds them very cute. She is excited to work with the rest of the TBC family!



Nishi Bhagat



Chief Marketing Officer



Nishi Bhagat is going to be a junior at Mission San Jose High in the fall. She has been playing trumpet for the past 7 years. In her spare time Nishi's favorite show is the Big Bang Theory but never got into pokemon so she has no idea what kind of pokemon she would want to be! This is Nishi’s second year with TBC, and Nishi is thoroughly excited to continue to help TBC thrive, and she hopes that this year will be memorable and fun.



Jessica Mason



Deputy Chief Marketing Officer



Jessica Mason is a Sophomore at Irvington High School who has been regularly squeaking on the clarinet since sixth grade. She is a clarinet section leader and enjoys scolding the freshman for playing Mario Kart during sectionals. Jessica likes to think she has self-control and can minimize her boba runs, yet her 2020 boba list is already getting alarmingly long... When she's not doing schoolwork, she's posting on the TBC Instagram page, scrolling through dog memes, and playing Minecraft. If Jessica was a Pokemon she would be Ditto, as she is also just a blob with a smiley face.



Music Department


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Harshini Karthikeyan



Chief Musical Director



Harshini Karthikeyan is a tenth grader at American High School. She is also a member of the American Eagles Marching Band and plays clarinet in this band. She has been playing clarinet for 6 years and likes dancing, reading, and eating junk food in her free time. If she was a pokemon, she would be an Eevee.



Allyson Lagodzinski



Deputy Chief Musical Director - Visuals



Allyson Lagodzinski is the visual deputy chief musical director and she will be going to Granada High School. She's going to be a sophomore this coming year and is going to be playing percussion. Allyson has been playing percussion for about 5 years now. Along with band, she loves to do photography and foster homeless kittens. If Allyson had to be a Pokemon she would be piplup. Allyson also does drumline and jazz band at her school. She's been competition in drum major competitions for 3 years.



Cameron Tran



Deputy Chief Musical Director - Music



Cameron Tran is a freshman from Irvington High School and has been with TBC since 6th grade. He’s been playing Alto Saxophone for 5 years now and is currently trying to expand his saxophone arsenal. He used to play piano but quit a while after starting. In his free time, you can find him painting or drawing. A fun fact about Cameron is that he enjoys playing the Soprano Saxophone but he doesn’t think that he’s that good at it. Speaking of fun facts, a Pokémon that describes him well is Komala. This is his first year as an officer is he is excited to work for TBC!



Amber Lee



Color Guard Co-Captain



Amber Lee is a senior at Mission San Jose High School. She is a captain of the TBC color guard and of her high school's color guard. Amber joined guard her sophomore year, and it is now her favorite activity in the entire world. Nothing makes her happier than learning and performing with her friends! In her free time, she can often be found spinning random objects, such as wrapping paper, water bottles, cylindrical tissue boxes, and bananas. Not only that, but she loves to listen to songs from her favorite guard shows. Amber cannot wait to see what this year will bring!



Vivian Lam



Color Guard Co-Captain



Vivian Lam is currently a junior at Mission San Jose High School. She is co-captain of Tri-City Band Corps. Colorguard. A fact about her is that she used to play viola, which is a very unpopular instrument. She has been playing this instrument since 4th grade but is quitting this year. Some fun facts about her is that she is obsessed with kdramas since 7th grade, does calligraphy, and loves to doodle on her tests. If she could be any Pokémon, she would pick squirtle for it was her favorite Pokémon since 1st grade. Something she would like people to know is that she is not 10 years old. 🤦‍♀️



Anthony Choi



Drum Captain



This is Anthony Choi, the Drum Captain for our 2019-2020 year. He is a senior at Irvington High School who has been playing percussion for 6 years. He is a happy child who enjoys passing time by drinking boba with his friends. If he was a pokemon, he would be a Blissey. He loves blobfishes because they're cool. In his free time, he likes to play video games and watch various things.



Joanna Wang



Brass Section Leader



Joanna Wang goes to Irvington High School. She will be a junior in the 2019-2020 school year and plays tuba. She has been playing tuba for 4 years. A fun fact about Joanna is that she was formerly a baby. She doesn’t remember the names of any “pokemon” but does want to be the big fat one that’s always sleeping.



Supply Department


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Ishrat Virk



Chief Supply Officer



Ishrat Virk is a senior at Mission San Jose High School and plays the flute in their band. She has been playing the flute for 6 years and hasn’t been a part of TBC since eighth grade. if Ishrat could be any pokemon she would be a Blastoise. Besides being a part of band she is also part of the the school’s Varsity Softball team as well an outside league. Ishrat enjoys going to the batting cages, hanging out with friends, and binge watching TV shows.



Isabelle Hsu



Deputy Chief Supply Officer - Uniforms



Isabelle Hsu is going to be a freshman at Irvington High School in the 2019-2020 school year. Originally a percussionist, she has switched to playing trumpet for two years now. She has also played the piano for eight years and is waiting for the result of her second performance diploma. She does not know much about pokemon, so she does not know which one she’d want to be. One fun fact about Isabelle is that she does not know how to write facts that are fun.



Ethan Huang



Deputy Chief Supply Officer - Equipment



Ethan Huang is going to be a sophomore at Mission San Jose High School. He plays the clarinet and has been playing for six years. He likes swimming, and has swam with the Mission San Jose swim team during his freshman year and Mission San Jose Aquatics for five years. If I would be a Pokemon, I would be Pichu, since (according to Pokemon-Personalities) people who like Pichu like fun and spread it to other people around them. Ethan also has been playing the piano for 9 years and likes to watch lots of useless Youtube videos.



Angelica Wang



Deputy Chief Supply Officer - General Supplies



Angelica “Gelbie” Wang is a freshman at Monta Vista High School, located in Cupertino, CA. She has been a member of TBC since the summer of 2019, and this is Angelica’s first year as a Junior Supply Officer. Angelica is in the guard at TBC and during her school’s winter season, but is also a first-time percussionist in her school marching band. This is Angelica’s third year playing the baritone sax in concert band. She also doesn’t understand why, but she often gets called a ”tangela” by a few of her marching band peers.



Taylor Kern



Senior Supply Officer



This is Taylor Kern, he an incoming Junior at Irvington High School and is angstier than ever. He loves color guard at his school, and has been apart of it for over 3 years and is now and is now starting his 3rd year of TBC. When not doing guard, he is at your local Target working, or at pac com getting boba. The only thing he loves more than guard is playing his guitar for hours on end. The only Pokemon he likes is Pikachu.



Matthew Wong



Supply Officer



Matthew Wong is a freshman at Mission San Jose High School. He played french horn for 3 years. He stayed with his instrument because of the vast amount of pieces that sound beautiful with a french horn. In addition, he likes playing on a Winnie-the-Pooh piano. In his spare time, he likes playing video games with his friends, watching anime, and Stranger Things. When he feels bored, he will watch youtube or create objects such as balloon swords. If he was in a Pokemon realm, he'd be a Pikachu because it's cute.



Jasmine Fan



Supply Officer



The person that is writing this is Jasmine Fan. She doesn't go to high school, but she attends Thornton Junior High. She is in seventh grade. She has been playing the piano for a while, ever since she was in kindergarten. A fun fact about her is that she can fold the upper half of her ear into her ear. If she was to be a Pokemon, she would be ditto so she can look like other people. Some more things that I want people to know is that I am an artist and I have the same birthday as Justin Bieber, which is sad. I also want people to know that I'm from Kentucky. I then moved to Orange County and spent around 3/4 of my life there.



Harry Wu



Supply Officer



Harry Wu is a freshman at Irvington High School. He has played percussion for over 8 years and clarinet for 3 years. When Harry is bored, he would watch YouTube, draw, or read a book. If he were a Pokemon, Harry would be a Eevee due to his energetic and friendly personality. He also has an obsession with cats and rabbits.



Kevin Kiatsupaibul



Supply Officer



Kevin Kiatsupaibul is a member of the Supply Department. He will be a 10th grader attending Irvington High School for the 2019 - 2020 school year. As a percussionist of six years, Kevin enjoys spending his time practicing and improving on his marimba. Kevin’s current favorite drink is brown sugar milk tea, and he also loves to dine at ramen and sushi restaurants. Kevin hopes to help make TBC a better organization through his contributions as an officer. Kevin knows he wants to be pichu.



Vishnu Nair



Supply Officer



Vishnu Nair is a freshman and currently goes to Mission San Jose High School. He has been playing the trumpet since 5th grade and joined TBC this year. A fun fact about him is that he was accepted into NCBA as second chair trumpet last year and received a solo. Apart from music, he loves to dance, expressing himself through styles like hip-hop and Bollywood. He has been dancing since sixth grade and is currently on the Mission's dance team, Ishaara. Outside school, he dances, with Mona Khan Master class, is a third-degree Black Belt candidate at Ernie Reyes Martial Arts, and is a competitive swimmer with the MSJA competitive swim team.



Operations Department


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Alvin Tsui



Chief Operations Officer



Alvin Tsui is a senior at Mission San Jose High School and has played trumpet for 5 years. He first joined TBC in his 8th grade summer as a cadet and looks forward to working as the Chief Operations Officer for the group this year. A fun fact about Alvin is that he speaks 3 languages already and is always trying to learn more languages. If he were to be a pokemon, he would most likely be Snorlax. In his little free time, he likes to play Dragonvale, listen to music, and hang out with his friends.



Suhas Palawala



Chief Recruitment Officer



Suhas Palawala is a ninth grader at American High School who loves Band and will definitely continue to pursue it. He has been playing trumpet for five years now through the Oliveira Elementary intermediate Band, the Thornton Jr. High Symphonic Band, And now the American High Concert Band. Out of all the types of bands he has participated in, the type he loves the most is marching band. In his spare time, he loves to play laser tag with his friends. If by some strange activity in nature he became a Pokémon, he would be Kyurem. Suhas loves camping and backpacking during vacation.



Emily Shu



Recruitment Officer - Horner



Emily Shu is an eighth-grader at Horner Junior High, who will be going into Irvington High School in 2020-2021. She has been playing trumpet for about 3 years. As for TBC, Emily first joined the Cadets program and volunteered to help the Elementary Band program during the summer. Emily is also on an outside swim team and in her free time, she enjoys watching anime among other things. If she were a pokemon, she believes that she would be Absol.



Katelyn Tang



Recruitment Officer - Logan



Katelyn Tang is a junior at James Logan High School. Katelyn is a percussionist and has been playing since 6th grade. Katelyn does not know anything about pokémon, but if she were to be one she would be Squirtle because that is a pokémon that she knows the name of.



Leena Jazrawi



Chief Benefits Officer



Leena Jazrawi is a sophomore at Mission San Jose High School. She has been playing the trumpet, also known as the best instrument, for almost three years. Leena has been using her outstanding trumpet skills to perform in Ms. Kraft's world-class marching band. She has been in TBC since the summer after seventh grade, and is now the Chief Benefits Officer of the program. Leena doesn't watch Pokemon so she wouldn't know which one she would be, but if she had to choose one, it would be Pikachu, because it is the only name that comes to mind. Leena's favorite things to do are going shopping and drinking boba with her friends.



Jonathan Ho



Chief Medical Officer



A senior of Irvington High School, Jonathan Ho has been playing the clarinet for six years. He enjoys exercising in the dark of night, reading web-novels, books, eating out with friends, and watching anime. A talkative person yet socially awkward, Jonathan just hopes to enjoy time with others. Of the 824 pokemon currently in existence, Jonathan would like to be Duskull.



Finance Department


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Prathusha Jayaprakash



Chief Financial Officer



Prathusha Jayaprakash is a senior at Mission San Jose High School. She has played trumpet since 7th grade and continues to play at MSJ. A fun fact about her is that she has travelled back and forth to Southern California 15 times! Prathusha enjoys spontaneous plans with her friends and playing tennis. A pokemon that she would like to be is a Charizard.



Allison Huang



Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Events



Allison Huang is a junior at Irvington High School. She plays the flute and has been playing since fifth grade. She joined TBC in 2016 and this will be her second year as an officer. Some things that Allison likes include traveling, eating, relaxing, and spending time with her friends and family in her free time. If she were to be a Pokémon, she would be a Cleffa. She hopes this year with TBC will be great!



Andrew Zhang



Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Grants & Programs



Andrew Zhang is a senior at Mission San Jose High School. He has played the clarinet for 8 years. A fun fact about Andrew is that he plays both fantasy sports and actual sports for recreational purposes, though he is bad at both. If he was a Pokemon, he would want to be Jynx, because Jynx is a beautiful, mysterious, and powerful Pokemon. Some more fun facts about Andrew: 1) he is 2 inches taller than NBA superstar Isaiah Thomas 2) he is an avid fan of pop icon YNW Melly and 3) he enjoys stalking Tom Holland's Instagram feed in his spare time.



Hetvee Desai



Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Sales



Hetvee Desai is a rising senior at Mission San Jose high School. She has been playing the flute for the past 8 years and this is her fourth year with TBC. She enjoys traveling, hanging out with friends, and watching movies. If she had to pick a pokemon to be, it would be Pikachu. This is Hetvee's third year as an officer and she hopes it will be a memorable one!



Hannah Kam



Senior Financial Officer - Restaurant Fundraisers



Hannah Kam is an incoming senior at Mission San Jose High School. She has been part of her school's color guard for three years and has enjoyed every one of them. In her limited free time she watches Netflix, hangs out with friends, and studies (kind of).If she were a Pokemon she would be Squirtle because the only ones she knows are him and Pikachu. You can also frequently find her walking her small but very angry dog or at a milk tea shop. She is excited to be finance officer for restaurant fundraisers and looks forward to a memorable year with TBC!



Ryan Chan



Senior Financial Officer - Volunteers



Ryan Chan is a sophomore at Mission San Jose High School. He started color guard at the during the summer of 2017, participating in the Cadet Regiment as one of the four color guard members. During his free time, he enjoys playing volleyball, serving in his boy scout troop, traveling, and hanging out with friends. Some things on his bucket list are, visiting Japan, stay at the Ice Hotel, swimming in the World's Largest Swimming Pool, and learn to juggle. If i was a Pokemon, I would be Ash's Pikachu. His trainer gives him a lot of space and they have a friendly relationship.



Jessica Yu



Senior Financial Officer - Supplies



Jessica Yu is a sophomore at Mission san Jose High School. She has played percussion for the past nine years. A fun fact about her is that she procrastinates a lot. If she were a pokemon, she would be Snorlax. Jessica is happy to join TBC for the 2019-2020 school year.



Priya Chanda



Senior Financial Officer - Scrip & Matching



Priya Chanda is a sophomore at Irvington High School. Priya first joined TBC in her seventh grade summer and looks forward to working as the Senior Financial Officer of Scrip and Matching. She has been playing the trombone for the past 6 years and is currently part of Irvington's varsity marching band. In her spare time, Priya enjoys baking, painting, and playing video games. When she was younger, Priya spent far too many hours playing Pokemon on her 3DS and was able to collect some of the rarest and most powerful Pokemon in the universe. If she was a Pokemon, Priya would want to be Arceus, the god and creator of all the other Pokemon.



Aparna Singh



Financial Officer



Aparna Singh is a junior at Mission San Jose High. She has been playing the French Horn for five years. In her free time, she loves painting, listening to music, and spending time with her friends. She never got into pokemon, but according to a quiz she found online, she would be a Bulbasaur. This is her first year in TBC as a performer and as an officer, and she's excited to see how it will turn out!



Clement Wu



Financial Officer



Clement Wu is an incoming sophomore at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California. He has been in Hopkin’s band for two years and enjoys the pieces he plays as Alto Saxophone and friends he has made along the way. In his free time, he enjoys Rainbow 6 Siege, hanging out with friends, and makes a feeble attempt at studying. If he were to be a Pokemon, he would be Snorlax, as he would have a viable excuse to remain stationary and sleep for very long periods of time. You can occasionally find him with a group of people camping in the Santa Cruz mountains roughly every 6 months.