Alyson Beckman oversees the Student Alumni Association at UCLA, a 100-member volunteer group comprised of undergraduate students dedicated to building lifelong affinities to UCLA. Under her leadership, SAA has won multiple CASE ASAP awards for organizing programs that connect students and alumni through campus traditions and professional development opportunities. For the past four years, she has overseen the CASE award-winning Dinners for 12 Strangers program.

Beckman pivoted from a career in entertainment and discovered her true calling of developing students personally and professionally. She prides herself in empowering UCLA students to have an impact on their community.

Alyson joined UCLA in 2013 as the Coordinator for the Young Alumni and Student Engagement team. She has her bachelors in Sociology from University of Wisconsin-Madison.