BURLEY GUERRA
ROBERT GUERRA
Student Body Vice President
Robert is a junior majoring in Finance with an Accounting minor. He is a graduate of Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, Texas.
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During his time at the University of Texas, Robert has organized voter registration drives on campus and has served as a Travis County poll worker on multiple occasions. In the spring of his freshman year, Robert began working as a legislative aide in the Texas House of Representatives and remained there for two years while attending UT full-time.
During his time in the legislature, Robert was selected to be a Texas Capitol Leader by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a think tank based here in Austin.
On campus, Robert is regularly involved in programs at University Catholic Center. He has been active in real estate and investing organizations in the business school.
He is also a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity and is active in KA’s support for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. This past year Texas KA’s fundraising was at the top amongst chapters throughout the nation.
In the summer, Robert volunteers his time with the American Legion as a counselor for Texas Boys State, a select summer program for high school seniors which focuses on Texas government and is held on the UT campus.
Robert is especially committed to student government’s role as the voice of students. He looks forward to promoting safety, service, and unity on campus. Robert plans to maintain an ongoing dialogue with students to identify and resolve real issues at UT.
BLAKE BURLEY
Student Body President
Blake is a junior majoring in Government and Philosophy. He is a graduate of Texoma Christian School in Sherman, Texas.
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With both parents and his one older brother having attended Baylor, Blake was thrilled to break the tradition and head to the University of Texas. Upon his arrival, Blake joined Beta Upsilon Chi Fraternity and served as the Pledge Class President. Additionally, he worked on the Executive Team of Campus Men’s Initiative where he helped plan and execute bi-semester events for the purpose of unifying different groups on campus. At the end of his freshman year, Blake spent the summer as a camp counselor at Kanakuk Kamps in Branson, Missouri.
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As a sophomore, Blake served as both a member of the Standards and Bylaws Committee of BYX and as an Assistant Pledge Trainer. Leading service projects to provide homeless men and women with meals exposed Blake to life outside of the Forty Acres. Blake also began to work within Student Government as the Leadership and Service Policy Director.
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Blake is a member of the honorary student service organization, Silver Spurs. During the membership process of Silver Spurs, Blake spent much of his time caring for the new BEVO XV and tutoring students in Title I schools through the Neighborhood Longhorns Program.
Blake’s experiences in college have brought to light both the best and the worst of Texas. Too much time has been wasted on insignificant matters at the expense of dealing with real issues facing real students—we have lost our voice and lost our unity.
Among a campus of different and diverse longhorns, he will ensure that everyone has an absolutely equal voice.