About Us
Campus Director Team
Lucas Welch
School:
CMC
Grad Year:
2025
Major:
Data Science and Economics
Extracurriculars:
NCAA CMS Baseball, Randall Lewis Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Tutor
Career Interests:
Quantitative Finance, Data Science
Hobbies:
Poker, Monopoly, Sudoku, Chess, Producing House/Trance Music, DJing
A Goal Before Graduating:
Win a SCIAC and NCAA Baseball National Championship.
A Cool Thing I've Done:
I've been a Founder or Co-Founder of three start-ups since 2018, two clothing brands: BEANS Magazine and PAX California; and a college resource app for The Claremont Colleges, Athena Network.
Favorite Animal:
Owl
Cyrus Gaylord
School:
CMC
Grad Year:
2025
Major:
Economics
Extracurriculars:
CMS Swim and Dive Team, Student Investment Fund
Career Interests:
Corporate Finance
Hobbies:
Skiing, Surfing, Cooking, Spikeball
A Cool Thing I've Done:
Spilled a Gatorade on Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte
Favorite Animal:
Duck
Favorite Dinosaur:
Mushu from Mulan
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Abby Barahona
School:
Scripps
Grad Year:
2025
Major:
Public Policy and Spanish
Extracurriculars:
Dancer, Sustainability Intern for Scripps College Office of Sustainability, Lead Consultant for Claremont Sustainability Consulting, barista and avid participant in intramural sports!
Career Interests:
Corporate Sustainability, Public Health, Consulting
Hobbies:
Hiking, backpacking, camping, crotcheting, crafting, yoga, working out
Favorite thing about Scripps:
Taking classes across several disciplines- anything from Latin American culture to natural resource policy to microeconomics.
A Goal Before Graduating:
Give back to the Scripps community by supporting incoming freshman and passing on what I have learned during my time here.
Favorite Animal:
Sloth
How It All Started
Bigg-A-Bed started in 2019 at Middlebury College. The idea came from a late-night conversation between friends in Hadley Hall. What came shortly after was the first prototype on the right, created with broken hockey sticks, tape, and 3D-printed hooks. Our founder actually slept on this through his freshman and sophomore years!
Luckily for you, our product has improved drastically since 2019 and over 1600 Bigg-A-Beds have been sold across 14 different schools in the U.S.! We have been serving 5C students since 2023.
Charity
Sustainability is super important, but so is immediate impact. That's why, every year, Bigg-A-Bed will donate 5% of profits to an organization whose goal is to create positive change and assist those marginalized by the society we live in.
Recycling
Our product is custom-made to support you and your sleep. Once the different parts of our product get worn out, they'll be repurposed through a range of partner companies for a variety of different needs. We want you to sleep well knowing that we are keeping waste out of landfills!
Tree Planting
For every bed we rent, we plant a tree. While we already make an effort to be as sustainable, we want to do more than just what is necessary.
Click here to learn more about One Tree Planted.