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University Relations Staff

Vice Chancellor's Office

Mark Delos Reyes Davis

Title
- Vice Chancellor, University Relations
Phone
831-459-2654
Email
- mdrdavis@ucsc.edu

Sandy Schmidt

Title
- Director of Operations
Phone
831-332-5238 (mobile)
Email
- sschmidt@ucsc.edu

Communications and Marketing

University Communications

Scott Hernandez‑Jason

Title
- Director of News and Media Relations
Phone
831-459-4347
Email
- shj@ucsc.edu

Marc A DesJardins

Title
- Executive Communications Director
Phone
831-502-7067
Email
- madesjar@ucsc.edu

Tim Stephens

Title
- Sr. Public Information Rep.
Phone
831-459-4352
Email
- stephens@ucsc.edu

Allison Arteaga Soergel

Title
- Public Information Representative
Phone
831-459-4399
Email
- asoergel@ucsc.edu

Scott Rappaport

Title
- Sr. Public Information Rep.
Phone
831-459-2496
Email
- srapp@ucsc.edu

Kayla Michelle Isenberg

Title
- Senior Digital Engagement Manager
Phone
831-502-8525
Email
- kisenber@ucsc.edu

Strategic Marketing Initiatives

Lisa Marie Nielsen

Title
- Director of Marketing Communications
Phone
831-459-4344
Email
- lmnielse@ucsc.edu

Gwen Jourdonnais

Title
- Director, Alumni and Development Communications
Phone
831-459-5312
Email
- gwenj@ucsc.edu

Nick Gonzales

Title
- Senior Videographer
Phone
831-459-2618
Email
- ngonza32@ucsc.edu

Rose Miyatsu

Title
- Assistant Director of Marketing Communications, PB Sci
Phone
818-314-6996
Email
- rmiyatsu@ucsc.edu

Maureen Dixon Harrison

Title
- Assistant Director, Arts Communications
Phone
831-459-3277
Email
- maureen@ucsc.edu

Andrea Limas

Title
- Assistant Director of Communications, Social Sciences
Phone
831-459-7050
Email
- alimas@ucsc.edu

Carolyn A Lagattuta

Title
- Communications & Marketing Executive Assistant and Photography
Phone
831-459-2495
Email
- clagattu@ucsc.edu

Miranda Lea Powell

Title
- Graphic Designer
Phone
831-459-4346 (office)
Email
- milpowel@ucsc.edu

Digital Strategies

Robert Knight

Title
- Director, Digital Communications
Phone
831-502-7423
Email
- raknight@ucsc.edu

Trung Tran

Title
- Web Designer
Phone
831-459-3302
Email
- ttran34@ucsc.edu

Jason Chafin

Title
- Senior Web Developer
Phone
831-502-8213
Email
- jchafin@ucsc.edu

Alumni Engagement

Sandy Schmidt

Title
- Director of Operations
Phone
831-332-5238 (mobile)
Email
- sschmidt@ucsc.edu

Shayna Kent

Title
- Executive Director, Alumni Engagement
Phone
831-459-3966
Email
- skent1@ucsc.edu

Barbara Oden‑Petree

Title
- Assistant Director, Alumni Engagement
Phone
831-502-8032
Email
- baoden@ucsc.edu

Kara Snider

Title
- Associate Director, Alumni Engagement
Phone
8315027647
Email
- klea@ucsc.edu

Patrick Novak

Title
- Administrative Assistant
Phone
831-502-8503
Email
- pnovak@ucsc.edu

Government and Community Relations

Melissa Whatley

Title
- Executive Director, Government and Community Relations
Phone
831-334-7653
Email
- mwhatley@ucsc.edu

Kieran Kelly

Title
- Assistant Director, Government & Community Relations
Phone
831-226-4893
Email
- kkelly@ucsc.edu

Salina Nevarez

Title
- Administrative Assistant
Phone
831-459-1770
Email
- snevare1@ucsc.edu

Haley Morrow

Title
- Communications Specialist
Phone
707-290-6795
Email
- hemorrow@ucsc.edu

Development

Jeff Shilling

Title
- Associate Vice Chancellor, Philanthropy
Phone
831-459-5591
Email
- shilling@ucsc.edu

Liz White

Title
- Executive Assistant
Phone
831-502-8156
Email
- elchurch@ucsc.edu

Planned Giving

Virginia V. Rivera, CFRE, CSPG

Title
- Executive Director of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation
Phone
831-459-5227
Email
- vvrivera@ucsc.edu

Melody Korkos

Title
- Planned Giving Analyst
Phone
831-459-1045
Email
- mkorkos@ucsc.edu

Foundation Relations

Caroline M Rodriguez

Title
- Associate Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations
Phone
831-459-5903
Email
- caroline@ucsc.edu

Samantha Forde, PhD

Title
- Associate Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations. Research Associate, More...
Phone
8312399061
Email
- forde@ucsc.edu

Almut Wolf

Title
- Special Projects Assistant
Phone
831-459-2902
Email
- awolf2@ucsc.edu

Regional and Campus Development

John Idstrom

Title
- Director of Regional Philanthropy
Phone
253-273-8928 (Mobile
Email
- jidstrom@ucsc.edu

Matt Bernd

Title
- Regional Director of Development
Phone
323-630-1599
Email
- mabernd@ucsc.edu

Christy Halderman Tall

Title
- Associate Director of Development
Phone
831-459-1801
Email
- chtall@ucsc.edu

Shanti Singh

Title
- Central Administrative Support
Phone
831-459-5718
Email
- sdsingh@ucsc.edu

UC Santa Cruz Foundation Administration

Virginia V. Rivera, CFRE, CSPG

Title
- Executive Director of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation
Phone
831-459-5227
Email
- vvrivera@ucsc.edu

Susan Y. Pearson

Title
- Foundation Administrative Analyst
Phone
831-459-4339
Email
- supearso@ucsc.edu

Business Engagement

Frank Howley

Title
- Senior Director of Corporate Development, Baskin School of Engineering
Phone
408-483-3237 (cell)
Email
- fhowley@ucsc.edu

Nathan Westrup

Title
- interim Director, UC Santa Cruz Foundation
Phone
831-459-1086
Email
- nwestrup@ucsc.edu

Divisional Development Offices

Arts

Sarah P Schuster Kudela

Title
- Director, Arts Philanthropy
Phone
831-459-3338
Email
- schuster@ucsc.edu

Baskin School of Engineering

Roger Trippel

Title
- Senior Director of Development
Phone
831-459-5646
Email
- rtrippel@ucsc.edu

Madelaine Baer

Title
- Associate Director of Development
Phone
831-459-1487
Email
- mbbaer@ucsc.edu

Kelsey Evans Detwiler

Title
- Development Assistant
Phone
831-459-1832
Email
- kedetwil@ucsc.edu

Graduate Division and CIED

Nathan Westrup

Title
- interim Director, UC Santa Cruz Foundation
Phone
831-459-1086
Email
- nwestrup@ucsc.edu

Humanities

Cari Napoles

Title
- Senior Director of Development
Phone
831-459-4713
Email
- cmnapole@ucsc.edu

Rafferty Lincoln

Title
- Development Assistant
Phone
831-459-3527
Email
- rlincoln@ucsc.edu

Library

Johan L Rubens

Title
- Senior Director of Development
Phone
831-459-5870
Email
- jrubens@ucsc.edu

Linda Hunt

Title
- Library Development Assistant
Phone
831-502-7552
Email
- lhunt1@ucsc.edu

Physical and Biological Sciences

Branwyn Stewart Wagman

Title
- Senior Director of Philanthropy
Phone
831-459-4240
Email
- bwagman@ucsc.edu

Tim Bensch

Title
- Director of Development
Phone
831-459-4572 office
Email
- tbensch@ucsc.edu

Catherine Hsu

Title
- Director of Development, Coastal Initiatives
Phone
831-459-1614
Email
- chsu30@ucsc.edu

Lauren Donnelly‑Crocker

Title
- Development Director
Phone
831-459-4568
Email
- ldonnell@ucsc.edu

Eva Patlak Chudnow

Title
- Development Assistant
Phone
831-459-2192
Email
- echudnow@ucsc.edu

Social Sciences

Susan Moren

Title
- Development Assistant
Phone
831.459.3857
Email
- susanm@ucsc.edu

UC Observatories

Natasha Basey Pedroza

Title
- Chief Development Officer, UC Observatories
Phone
831-459-3455
Email
- nbpedroz@ucsc.edu

Constituent and Donor Engagement

Meg Corman

Title
- Assistant Vice Chancellor Constituent and Donor Engagement
Phone
831-459-1305
Email
- mlcorman@ucsc.edu

Liz White

Title
- Executive Assistant
Phone
831-502-8156
Email
- elchurch@ucsc.edu

University Events

Paolina Monique Fisher

Title
- Special Events Office Assistant
Phone
831-459-5003
Email
- pmfisher@ucsc.edu

Diana Hogue

Title
- University Events
Phone
831-459-5904
Email
- dhogue@ucsc.edu

Kristin M Palma

Title
- Senior Director, University Events Office
Phone
831-459-5075
Email
- kpalma@ucsc.edu

Nichole Silva

Title
- Director of Strategic Programs and Audience Development
Phone
831-459-3689
Email
- nsilva@ucsc.edu

Nichole Torres

Title
- Senior Events Coordinator
Phone
831-459-1438
Email
- nickit@ucsc.edu

Prospect Development

Carolina M. DaCosta

Title
- Prospect Management & Research Analyst
Phone
831-502-7868
Email
- cdacosta@ucsc.edu

Susie Prost

Title
- Prospect Research Specialist
Phone
831-459-4329
Email
- sprost@ucsc.edu

David Schein

Title
- Director, Prospect Management & Research
Phone
917-697-2762
Email
- deschein@ucsc.edu

Annual Giving

Clea Hermanson

Title
- Assistant Director, Leadership Annual Giving
Phone
831-502-8192
Email
- chermans@ucsc.edu

Hanna Mengo

Title
- Associate Director, Leadership Annual Giving
Phone
831-502-8193
Email
- hmengo@ucsc.edu

Patrick Novak

Title
- Administrative Assistant
Phone
831-502-8503
Email
- pnovak@ucsc.edu

Natasha Basey Pedroza

Title
- Chief Development Officer, UC Observatories
Phone
831-459-3455
Email
- nbpedroz@ucsc.edu

Donor Relations and Development Communications

Christy Dawley

Title
- Retiree and Emeriti Center Coordinator
Phone
831-502-8202
Email
- cdawley@ucsc.edu

J.D. Hillard

Title
- Associate Director for Stewardship
Phone
831-459-3251
Email
- jhillard@ucsc.edu

Suz Howells

Title
- Executive Director of Donor Relations & Development Communications
Phone
831-459-3775
Email
- slhowell@ucsc.edu

Kathy L Johnson

Email
- kjohns34@ucsc.edu

Daniel Murray White

Title
- Associate Editor
Phone
831-459-4834
Email
- dwhite1@ucsc.edu

Information Management

Karen Jean Latora

Title
- Interim Executive Director
Phone
5107309604
Email
- klatora@ucsc.edu

Patrick Novak

Title
- Administrative Assistant
Phone
831-502-8503
Email
- pnovak@ucsc.edu

Information Systems

Brian R. Duisenberg

Title
- Director, Information Systems
Phone
831-459-1661 (Office)
Email
- briand@ucsc.edu

Stephen H Pavlik

Title
- Applications Administrator & Programmer/Analyst
Phone
831-459-3245
Email
- spavlik@ucsc.edu

Melissa J Trail

Title
- Associate Director, Reporting & Business Insight
Phone
831-459-4794
Email
- mjtrail@ucsc.edu

Bruce Zimmer

Title
- Business Information & Application User Analyst
Phone
831-502-8574
Email
- brzimmer@ucsc.edu

Ruth Beane

Title
- Associate Director, Business Analysis & Systems Support Services
Phone
831-459-5433
Email
- rbeane@ucsc.edu

Joshua Randall Harris

Title
- Gift Administration Business Analyst
Phone
831-459-1889
Email
- joraharr@ucsc.edu

Jeff Gallagher

Title
- Training & Support Analyst
Phone
831-459-2209
Email
- jedgalla@ucsc.edu

Data Management

Riley Anne Jordan

Title
- Director of Data Management
Phone
831-459-1908
Email
- riajorda@ucsc.edu

Tracy C Bois

Title
- Senior Gift Data Specialist
Phone
831-459-1920
Email
- tcbois@ucsc.edu

Zina Hicks Augustine

Title
- Gift Data Specialist
Phone
831-459-1776
Email
- zaugust@ucsc.edu

Ranko A Petroni

Title
- Associate Director, Data Management
Phone
831-459-2388
Email
- rpetroni@ucsc.edu

Tristan Boblet

Title
- Data Services Specialist
Phone
831-459-3673
Email
- trboblet@ucsc.edu

Jeremy James Mifsud

Title
- Data Services Specialist
Phone
831-459-3673
Email
- jmifsud@ucsc.edu

Mercedes M Zepeda

Email
- mmzepeda@ucsc.edu

Operations & Finance

Human Resources and Operations

Sandy Schmidt

Title
- Director of Operations
Phone
831-332-5238 (mobile)
Email
- sschmidt@ucsc.edu

Esther Vasquez

Title
- Senior HR Operations Manager
Phone
831-459-7085
Email
- evasque8@ucsc.edu

Shanti Singh

Title
- Central Administrative Support
Phone
831-459-5718
Email
- sdsingh@ucsc.edu

Budget and Finance

Anne B Gavin

Title
- Director of Finance
Phone
831-459-1950
Email
- agavin@ucsc.edu

Chrissie Reynolds

Title
- Foundation Accountant
Phone
831-459-1940
Email
- chareyno@ucsc.edu

Anissa A. Truscott

Title
- Operations and Financial Analyst
Phone
831-502-8153
Email
- atruscot@ucsc.edu