In August 2010, the Matsui Foundation Board determined that the Foundation would concentrate its grant-making work in support of undergraduate students at the University of California schools(including Representative Robert T. Matsui's alma mater, U.C. Berkeley). The Foundation's current grant-making activity supports the Robert T. Matsui Center on Politics and Public Service at UC Berkeley and the Robert T. Matsui-U.C. Congressional Fellowship Program at the University of California Washington Center (UCDC).
Previously, the Matsui Foundation has engaged in other successful collaborations including a writing competition for students at the University of California Washington Center and a summer fellowship program for students at Pacific McGeorge Law School in Sacramento, California.
Robert T. Matsui-U.C. Congressional Fellowship
The Robert T. Matsui Foundation's flagship program since 2007 has been the Robert T. Matsui-U.C. Congressional Fellowships, which are awarded on a competitive basis to undergraduate students in the
University of California Washington Program engaged in term-time congressional internships. The
program aims to support this public service internship by providing financial support, placement
assistance, and special programming for each class of Fellows. Additional fellows have been funded in past terms by the Robert T. Matsui Center on Politics and Public Service at U.C. Berkeley.
The University of California administers the program and makes all determinations on fellowship awards independent of the Robert T. Matsui Foundation. University of California students seeking application or additional information on the program should contact Marc Sandalow, Associate Academic Director of the U.C. Washington Center.
Robert T. Matsui-U.C. Congressional Fellowship Alumni
| Class | Name | School | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2011 | Joel Juarez | UC Davis | Rep. Anna Eshoo |
| Spring 2011 | Daniel Lightstone | UC Santa Cruz | Rep. George Miller |
| Spring 2011 | Michael McConnell | UC San Diego | Rep. Bob Filner |
| Spring 2011 | Emily Wei | UC Santa Barbara | Senate Cmte. on HELP |
| Winter 2011 | Kelly Dannucci | UC Davis | Rep. John Garamendi |
| Winter 2011 | Alexander Dobranic | UC Santa Cruz | Rep. John Garamendi |
| Winter 2011 | Arjun Ghosh | UC Berkeley | Rep. Kevin McCarthy |
| Winter 2011 | Gohar Kothcharian | UC San Diego | Rep. Lynn Woolsey |
| Winter 2011 | Cristina Lopez | UC Berkeley | Rep. Raul Grijalva |
| Winter 2011 | Emily Sue Rankin | UCLA | Sen. Dianne Feinstein |
| Winter 2011 | Cyrena Shirley | UC Riverside | Rep. Mary Bono Mack |
| Fall 2010 | Alyssa Anderson | UC Merced | House Cmte. on Energy & Commerce |
| Fall 2010 | Shavone Charles | UC Merced | Rep. Bob Filner |
| Fall 2010 | Jahnai Eldridge | UC Santa Cruz | House Cmte. on Energy & Commerce | Fall 2010 | Nicole Ozeran | UC San Diego | Rep. Darrell Issa | Fall 2010 | Sam Tesconi | UCLA | Rep. Mike Thompson | Fall 2010 | Abigail Theodros | UC Santa Barbara | Sen. Barbara Boxer | Fall 2010 | Beth Uno | UCLA | House Cmte. on Ways & Means |
| Spring 2010 | Sarah Dobjensky | UCLA | Sen. Chuck Schumer |
| Spring 2010 | Phylicia Lovelace | UC Riverside | Rep. Xavier Becerra |
| Spring 2010 | Marian Pavlovich | UCLA | Sen. Ted Kaufman |
| Spring 2010 | David Rodriguez | UC Riverside | Rep. Xavier Becerra |
| Spring 2010 | Limore Torbati | UCLA | House Cmte. on Energy & Commerce |
| Winter 2010 | David Bates | UC Santa Cruz | Senate Dem. Communications Ctr. |
| Winter 2010 | Melissa Blaustein* | UC Berkeley | The White House (New Media) |
| Winter 2010 | Calvin Cohen* | UC Berkeley | Sen. Dianne Feinstein |
| Winter 2010 | Sergio Costa | UC Santa Cruz | House Cmte. on Energy & Commerce |
| Winter 2010 | Conrad Crump | UC Berkeley | Rep. Alcee Hastings |
| Winter 2010 | Paul Gammer | UC Merced | Rep. Eliot Engel |
| Winter 2010 | Tatiana Semerjian | UCLA | Senate Cmte. on HELP |
| Winter 2010 | Elvin Valenzuela | UC Santa Barbara | Senate Cmte. on Veterans Affairs |
| Fall 2009 | David Do | UC Merced | Sen. Barbara Boxer |
| Fall 2009 | Jennifer Engstrom | UC Berkeley | House Cmte. on Energy & Commerce |
| Fall 2009 | Kristina Frolova | UC Riverside | The White House (Correspondence) |
| Fall 2009 | Gabriella Gordon | UCLA | Rep. Henry Waxman |
| Fall 2009 | Patricia Griffiths | UC San Diego | House Cmte. on Energy & Commerce |
| Fall 2009 | Elijah Herr* | UC Berkeley | Sen. Ron Wyden |
| Fall 2009 | Inez Lang* | UC Berkeley | Speaker Nancy Pelosi |
| Fall 2009 | Roberto Novas | UC Riverside | Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard |
| Fall 2009 | Sophia Rios | UC Berkeley | White House Council on Environmental Quality |
| Fall 2009 | Yuliana Virchenko | UC Santa Barbara | House Cmte. on Energy & Commerce |
| Spring 2009 | John Atallah | UC Riverside | Sen. Barbara Boxer |
| Spring 2009 | Sara Krause | UC Davis | Rep. Dan Lungren |
| Spring 2009 | Parinaz Manteghi | UC Davis | Senate Cmte. on HELP |
| Spring 2009 | Patricia Porter | UCLA | Senate Cmte. on Veterans' Affairs |
| Spring 2009 | Daryl Suyat | UC Davis | Rep. Ed Royce |
| Spring 2009 | Russell Wald | UCLA | House Cmte. on Foreign Affairs |
| Winter 2009 | James Baker | UC Davis | Senate Cmte. on HELP |
| Winter 2009 | Kala Chapman | UC Berkeley | Rep. Doris Matsui |
| Winter 2009 | Alyssa Figueras | UC Santa Barbara | Sen. Barbara Boxer |
| Winter 2009 | Elicia Fox | UC Davis | Rep. Sam Farr |
| Winter 2009 | Marcella Lucente | UC Riverside | Speaker Nancy Pelosi |
| Winter 2009 | Mohammad Naim | UCLA | Sen. Dianne Feinstein |
| Winter 2009 | Beth Stephenson | UC Berkeley | Rep. Pete Stark |
| Winter 2009 | Josh Yaghoubzadeh | UCLA | House Cmte. on Foreign Affairs |
| Fall 2008 | Angelica Andreotti | UC San Diego | Rep. George Radanovich |
| Fall 2008 | Kendra Cavecche | UC Davis | The White House |
| Fall 2008 | Guillermina Garcia | UC Berkeley | House Cmte. on Foreign Affairs |
| Fall 2008 | Christine Lavorgna | UCSB | Rep. Lois Capps |
| Fall 2008 | Danielle Lincors | UCLA | Senate Cmte. on Judiciary |
| Fall 2008 | Violetta Muselli | UCSB | Speaker Nancy Pelosi |
| Fall 2008 | Amir Pavlovic | UC Berkeley | Rep. Lynn Woolsey |
| Spring 2008 | Emily Barr | UC San Diego | Rep. George Radanovich |
| Spring 2008 | Robert Combs | UC San Diego | Sen. Dianne Feinstein |
| Spring 2008 | Scott Judson | UC Davis | Rep. Ellen Tauscher |
| Spring 2008 | Tracy Pimentel | UC Irvine | Rep. Darrell Issa |
| Spring 2008 | Bertha Romero | UC Riverside | Rep. Grace Napolitano |
| Winter 2008 | David Coy | UC Santa Cruz | Rep. Barbara Lee |
| Winter 2008 | Gabriel Elsner | UC Berkeley | House Select Cmte. on Energy Indep. |
| Winter 2008 | Garret Nasworth | UC Davis | House Cmte. on Foreign Affairs |
| Winter 2008 | Jose Ordonez | UC Davis | Rep. Mike Thompson |
| Winter 2008 | John Soroushian | UC San Diego | House Cmte. on Sci. & Tech. |
| Winter 2008 | Jennifer Yoo | UC Riverside | Rep. Ed Royce |
| Fall 2007 | Joanna Perez | UCLA | Sen. Dianne Feinstein |
Fellows marked with an asterisk were funded by the Robert T. Matsui Center on Politics and Public Service at U.C. Berkeley.