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University Relations Staff

Vice Chancellor's Office

Keith E. Brant

Title
- Vice Chancellor
Phone
831-459-2654
Email
- keithb@ucsc.edu

Meg Corman

Title
- Special Assistant to the Chancellor and VC of University Relations
Phone
831-459-1305
Email
- mlcorman@ucsc.edu

Sandy Schmidt

Title
- Director of Operations
Phone
831-459-4750 (Kerr)
Email
- sschmidt@ucsc.edu

University Events

Susan L Howells

Title
- University Events Strategist
Phone
831-459-3775
Email
- slhowell@ucsc.edu

Elizabeth Church

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

UC Santa Cruz Foundation

Marcus Frost

Title
- Director, Leadership Donor Engagement
Phone
831-459-1965
Email
- jmfrost@ucsc.edu

Susan Y. Pearson

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

Communications & Marketing

Sherry L. K. Main

Title
- Assistant Vice Chancellor
Phone
831-459-5522
Email
- sherrym@ucsc.edu

Carolyn A Lagattuta

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

News & Media Relations

Scott Hernandez‑Jason

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

Marc A DesJardins

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

Tim Stephens

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

Jennifer McNulty

Title
- Strategic Communications Director and PIO, Social Sciences
Phone
831-459-4399
Email
- jmcnulty@ucsc.edu

Scott Rappaport

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

Constituent Communications

Gwen Jourdonnais

Title
- Director, Constituent Engagement
Phone
831-459-5312
Email
- gwenj@ucsc.edu

Joan Springhetti

Title
- Development Writer & Campaign Communications Specialist
Phone
831-459-2768
Email
- jspringh@ucsc.edu

Daniel Murray White

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

Matthew Zeller

Title Email Coordinator

J.D. Hillard

Title
- Development Writer
Phone
831-459-3251
Email
- jhillard@ucsc.edu

Marketing & Visual Communications

Lisa Marie Nielsen

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

Vacant

Title Sr. Producer, Video Content

Linda L Knudson

Title
- Senior Designer Publications
Phone
831-459-3178
Email
- lknudson@ucsc.edu

Miranda Lea Powell

Title
- Print & Digital Production Coordinator
Phone
831-459-4346 (office)
Email
- milpowel@ucsc.edu

Maureen Dixon Harrison

Title
- Arts Media Relations Analyst
Phone
831-459-3277
Email
- maureen@ucsc.edu

Digital Communications

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

Kayla Michelle Isenberg

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

Jason Chafin

Title
- Web Developer
Phone
831-502-7422
Email
- jchafin@ucsc.edu

Alumni Engagement

Howard William Heevner

Title
- Assistant Vice Chancellor, University Relations
Phone
831-459-5226
Email
- hheevner@ucsc.edu

Lizabeth D Evanovich

Title
- Senior Alumni Engagement Coordinator
Phone
831-459-1325
Email
- lize@ucsc.edu

Barbara Oden

Title
- Administrative Assistant, AVC Howard Heevner
Phone
831-502-8032
Email
- baoden@ucsc.edu

Alexis Geers

Title
- Assistant Director of Annual Giving, Project Manager
Phone
831-459-2489
Email
- ageers@ucsc.edu

Alexandra Sibille

Title
- Assistant Director, Business Development
Phone
831-502-8578
Email
- asibille@ucsc.edu

Alumni Engagement

Shayna Kent

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

Danielle Solick

Title
- Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
Phone
831-502-8172
Email
- dsolick@ucsc.edu

Sarai Thompson

Title
- Associate Director of Alumni Engagement
Phone
831-502-7398
Email
- sacrane@ucsc.edu

Samantha Li

Title
- Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement, Regional Programs
Phone
831-459-4631
Email
- sakli@ucsc.edu

Vacant

Title Regional Program Coordinator

Katelyn Marie Linder

Title
- Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement, The Network
Phone
831-459-3151
Email
- klinder@ucsc.edu

Samantha Brandon

Title
- Alumni and Student Outreach Coordinator
Phone
831-459-2434
Email
- sabrando@ucsc.edu

Jenna Elyse Hurley

Title
- Assistant Director of Annual Giving
Phone
831-459-2031
Email
- jehurley@ucsc.edu

Special Events

Kristin M Palma

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

Nichole Torres

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

Diana Hogue

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

Alysha Emily Birss

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

Government & Community Relations

Vacant

Title Director, Government and Community Relations

Salina Nevarez

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

Melissa D Whatley

Title
- Assistant Director,
Phone
831-459-3470
Email
- mwhatley@ucsc.edu

Richelle Antoinette Noroyan

Title
- Community Relations Representative
Phone
831-459-1768
Email
- rnoroyan@ucsc.edu

Philanthropy

Jeffrey J Shilling

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

Shanti D Singh

Title
- Executive Assistant to Associate Vice Chancellor, Philanthropy
Phone
831-459-5718
Email
- sdsingh@ucsc.edu

Gift Planning

Virginia V. Rivera, CFRE, CSPG

Title
- Senior Director of Planned Giving
Phone
831-459-5227
Email
- vvrivera@ucsc.edu

Tyler Hinz

Title
- Director of Trusts, Estates, and Stewardship
Phone
831-502-7112
Email
- tyhinz@ucsc.edu

Cindy Miller

Title
- Development Coordinator for Planned Giving
Phone
831-459-1045
Email
- cmiller4@ucsc.edu

Corporate & Foundation Relations

C. Lynne Stoops

Title
- Executive Director
Phone
831-459-1376
Email
- lstoops@ucsc.edu

Samantha E Forde

Title
- Associate Director, Foundation Relations
Phone
831-502-8551
Email
- forde@ucsc.edu

David M States

Title
- Associate Director, CFR
Phone
831-459-5903
Email
- dstates@ucsc.edu

Almut Wolf

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

Prospect Management & Research

M. Monika Dorough

Title
- Director, Prospect Management and Research
Phone
831-459-1643
Email
- mdorough@ucsc.edu

Lisa Roberts

Title
- Associate Director Of Research
Phone
805-460-9175
Email
- lisarob@ucsc.edu

Kimberly J Smithers

Title
- Assistant Director, Prospect Management and Research
Phone
831-459-3481
Email
- kjsmithe@ucsc.edu

Vacant

Title Sr. Prospect Research Specialist

Carolina Moesslacher Dacosta

Title
- Prospect Research Specialist
Phone
831-502-7868
Email
- cdacosta@ucsc.edu

Donor Relations

Sarah P Schuster Kudela

Title
- Director, Stewardship & Donor Services
Phone
831-459-1717
Email
- schuster@ucsc.edu

Mary Elizabeth Garcia

Title
- University Relations
Phone
(831) 459-1670
Email
- maelgarc@ucsc.edu

Leadership Annual Giving

DeAndra Hicks

Title
- Director, Leadership Annual Giving
Phone
831-502-7647
Email
- dehicks@ucsc.edu

Ann Gibb, CFRE

Title
- Director, Leadership Giving
Phone
831-502-8139
Email
- anngibb@ucsc.edu

Hanna Mengo

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

Clea Miel Hermanson

Title
- Assistant Director, Leadership Annual Giving
Phone
831.502.8192
Email
- chermans@ucsc.edu

Kathy Rouhier

Title
- Development Assistant
Phone
831-459-1792
Email
- kathyr@ucsc.edu

Development Offices

Jennifer L. Graham

Title
- Director of Major Gifts
Phone
831-459-1523
Email
- jgraham1@ucsc.edu

Shanti D Singh

Title
- Executive Assistant to Associate Vice Chancellor, Philanthropy
Phone
831-459-5718
Email
- sdsingh@ucsc.edu

Arts

Diane Syrcle

Title
- Senior Director of Development, Arts Division
Phone
831-459-3338
Email
- dsyrcle@ucsc.edu

Vacant

Title Associate Director of Development

Vacant

Title Development Assistant

Baskin School of Engineering

Roger Trippel

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

Frank Howley

Title
- Senior Director of Corporate Development, Baskin School of Engineering
Phone
831-459-1769 (office)
Email
- fhowley@ucsc.edu

Vacant

Title Associate Director of Development

Katherine Chaffin

Title
- Development and Communications Assistant
Phone
831-459-1420
Email
- kachaffi@ucsc.edu

Humanities

Cari Napoles

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

Sarah Caldwell

Title
- Assistant Director of Development
Phone
(831) 459-1536
Email
- sacaldwe@ucsc.edu

Vacant

Title Development Assistant

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 & Biological Sciences

Branwyn Stewart Wagman

Title
- Director of Development, Physical & Biological Sciences
Phone
831-459-4240
Email
- bwagman@ucsc.edu

Tim Bensch

Title
- Regional Director of Development, Northern California
Phone
831-459-4572 office/cell
Email
- tbensch@ucsc.edu

Vacant

Title Associate Director of Devleopment

Rhonda C Kinard

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

Social Sciences

Anne Hayes

Title
- Director of Development
Phone
831-502-7274
Email
- adhayes@ucsc.edu

Nichole Michele Silva

Title
- Associate Director of Development
Phone
831-459-3689
Email
- nsilva@ucsc.edu

Melody Korkos

Title
- Development Assistant
Phone
831-459-3857
Email
- mkorkos@ucsc.edu

Regional

John Idstrom

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

Joseph Schillaci

Title
- Regional Sr. Director of Development
Phone
831.252.4355
Email
- joes@ucsc.edu

Campus

Vacant

Title Director of Development, Arboretum

Vacant

Title Diversity Director, SIP

Lauren Donnelly‑Crocker

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

Advancement Services

Howard William Heevner

Title
- Assistant Vice Chancellor, University Relations
Phone
831-459-5226
Email
- hheevner@ucsc.edu

Lizabeth D Evanovich

Title
- Senior Alumni Engagement Coordinator
Phone
831-459-1325
Email
- lize@ucsc.edu

Barbara Oden

Title
- Administrative Assistant, AVC Howard Heevner
Phone
831-502-8032
Email
- baoden@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

Ranko A Petroni

Title
- Database Records Manager
Phone
831-459-2388
Email
- rpetroni@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

Ayesha Miriam Siddiqui

Title
- Business Information & Application Customer Service Analyst
Phone
831-459-2209
Email
- ayesha@ucsc.edu

Data Management

Vacant

Title Director, Data Management

Riley Anne Jordan

Title
- Gift Administration Manager
Phone
831-459-1908
Email
- riajorda@ucsc.edu

Tracy C Bois

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

Cindy J Muhly

Title
- Gift Administration
Phone
831-459-5885
Email
- cmuhly@ucsc.edu

Zina Hicks Augustine

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

David M. Mori

Title
- Data and Events Operations Manager
Phone
831-459-3673
Email
- dmori@ucsc.edu

Susan Mae Prost

Title
- Data Management Specialist
Phone
(831) 459-1972
Email
- sprost@ucsc.edu

Daniel Lopez

Title Data Management Specialist

Jianna DeHoyos

Title
- Events Data Operations Specialist
Phone
(831) 502-7402
Email
- jadehoyo@ucsc.edu

Foundation Accounting

Jo Westbrook

Title
- Foundation Controller
Phone
831-459-1950
Email
- jwestbro@ucsc.edu

Bob Dugwyler

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

Lesa Stollenwerk

Title
- Stewardship Accounting Analyst
Phone
831-459-1957
Email
- lesas@ucsc.edu

Operations

Sandy Schmidt

Title
- Director of Operations
Phone
831-459-4750 (Kerr)
Email
- sschmidt@ucsc.edu

Human Resources & Operations

Alexander Covington

Title
- Senior Human Resources Analyst
Phone
831-459-2999 (office)
Email
- alcoving@ucsc.edu

Esther Vasquez

Title
- Operations Analyst
Phone
831-459-7085
Email
- evasque8@ucsc.edu

Anissa A. Truscott

Title
- Operations Specialist
Phone
831-502-8153
Email
- atruscot@ucsc.edu

Budget

Kimberly M Chamlin

Title
- Principal Budget Analyst
Phone
831-459-4221
Email
- kchamlin@ucsc.edu

Michelle Tapiz

Title
- Budget Analyst
Phone
831-502-7757
Email
- mytapiz@ucsc.edu

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