MEET THE TEAM


Alexa Tessmann

Speaker Selection Director

Alexa is studying marketing and receiving a minor in entrepreneurship. Throughout her time on campus, she has held leadership positions within greek life (where she ran her sorority’s recruitment), university functions (where she aided in the distribution of university funds), and on-campus jobs (where she conducts events for the student body and leads student organization funding). A fun fact about her is that she bartends right across the bridge in Superior! After graduation she will be joining 3M full-time in an integrated marketing role.

Taylor Buehler

Sponsorship Director

Taylor is a senior at UMD from Eden Prairie, MN. She is majoring in marketing with a minor in entrepreneurship. Taylor enjoys meeting new people and traveling. She recently spent a semester abroad in Florence, Italy and loved it! Colleagues would describe her as a go-getter, organized, and motivated individual. As of now, Taylor has no plans after graduation, but is excited for the future.

Brandon Stachewicz

Conference Planning Director

Brandon has obtained his associates degree in business with certificates in management, human resource management, and accounting from Normandale Community College. He is currently a Junior at UMD pursuing a business management and entrepreneurship double major. You can find Brandon riding his mountain bike in his free time and racing in the Lake Superior Gravity Series. After graduation Brandon dreams of starting his own business.

Sarah Amundson

Graphic Design Director

Sarah is currently the Creative Coordinator for the Glensheen mansion as well as a Multimedia Hub Technology Assistant. She became interested in graphic design after taking some design classes at UMD and hasn’t stopped designing since. After graduation, Sarah hopes to further her career in Graphic Design and do some more traveling. In Sarah’s free time she likes to take photos, rollerblade, and dance.

Trystan Bachman

Head of Campus Outreach and Administrative Support

Trystan is currently a senior finance major here at UMD from Waconia MN. He is currently the president of Tau Kappa Epsilon. He works as a catering supervisor for Belisios. This summer Trystan interned at Allianz Life as an enterprise operations intern. In his free time he enjoys playing and watching soccer. After graduation Trystan plans to join a finance rotational program.

annabel stahlback

Administrator Director

Annabel is a junior at UMD originally from Otsego, MN. She is currently double majoring in Finance and Business Analytics and planning on pursuing her MBA after graduation. Annabel is a Resident Advisor for UMD. She also enjoys stepping out of her comfort zone and traveling.