Melody Daversa of Karl Strauss Brewing Company has been an ardent supporter of UCSD Graduate Students for the past three years. She has worked with the GSA and other groups of graduate students to provide quality beverages at the lowest possible costs. She has had the patience to navigate UCSD alcohol bureaucracy and has stayed a supporter of UCSD Graduate Students through a tumultuous change of staff at the local California Alcoholic Beverage Control Bureau.