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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
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 and 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 and 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

Daniel Murray White

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

J.D. Hillard

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

Justine Joy

Title
- Emails Communications Specialist
Phone
831-502-8055
Email
- jujoy@ucsc.edu

Marketing and Visual Communications

Lisa Marie Nielsen

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

Nick Gonzales

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

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

Ryan Kallabis

Title
- Assistant Director, PBSci Communications
Phone
831-459-5238
Email
- rkallabi@ucsc.edu

Vacant

Title Assistant Director, Social Sciences Communications

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

Alumni Engagement

Howard William Heevner

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

Barbara Oden‑Petree

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

Alumni Engagement

Shayna Kent

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

Sarai Thompson

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

Vacant

Title Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement, Regional Programs

Samantha Li

Title
- Associate Director of Alumni Engagement, The Network (Interim)
Phone
831-459-4631
Email
- sakli@ucsc.edu

Rhonda C Kinard

Title
- Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement, Outreach Programs
Phone
831-459-1909
Email
- rkinard@ucsc.edu

Jenna Elyse Hurley

Title
- Associate Director, Annual Giving
Phone
831-459-2031
Email
- jehurley@ucsc.edu

Emily Denning Todd

Title
- Annual Giving Coordinator
Phone
831-502-8502
Email
- emdtodd@ucsc.edu

Samantha Brandon

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

Vacant

Title Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement, Team Coordinator

Vacant

Title Associate Director of Alumni Engagement, The Network

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
Phone
831-459-5904
Email
- dhogue@ucsc.edu

Alysha Birss

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

Government and Community Relations

Melissa Whatley

Title
- Director, Government and Community Relations
Phone
831-459-3470
Email
- mwhatley@ucsc.edu

Kieran Kelly

Title
- Assistant Director, Government & Community Relations
Phone
831-459-3938
Email
- kkelly@ucsc.edu

Salina Nevarez

Title
- Administrative Assistant
Phone
831-459-1770
Email
- snevare1@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
- EA to VC UR, AVC Philanthropy, DMG
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, Esq.

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

Vacant

Title Planned Giving Coordinator

Corporate and Foundation Relations

Lynne Stoops

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

Caroline M Rodriguez

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

Carol Beth Schimke

Title
- Associate Director, Corporate and Foundations Relations
Phone
831-502-8551
Email
- cschimke@ucsc.edu

Alexandra Sibille

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

Almut Wolf

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

Prospect Management and Research

M. Monika Dorough

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

Kimberly J Smithers

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

Vacant

Title Prospect Management and Research Analyst

Vacant

Title Sr. Prospect Research Analyst

Carolina M. DaCosta

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

Donor Relations

Vacant

Title Director, Donor Relations

Mary Elizabeth Garcia

Title
- Assistant Director, Donor Relations
Phone
831-459-1670
Email
- maelgarc@ucsc.edu

Christy Dawley

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

Lesa Stollenwerk

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

Leadership Annual Giving

Ann Gibb, CFRE

Title
- Interim Director, Leadership Annual 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
- Senior Director of Major Gifts
Phone
831-459-1523
Email
- jgraham1@ucsc.edu

Shanti D Singh

Title
- EA to VC UR, AVC Philanthropy, DMG
Phone
831-459-5718
Email
- sdsingh@ucsc.edu

Arts

Kathleen Lyons

Title
- Development Assistant
Phone
831-459-2888
Email
- kalyons@ucsc.edu

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
Email
- fhowley@ucsc.edu

Kelly Keele

Title
- Associate Director of Development
Phone
831-502-8586
Email
- kkeele@ucsc.edu

Kelsey Evans Detwiler

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

Graduate Division and CIED

Nathan P Westrup

Title
- Senior Director of Development
Phone
831-459-1086
Email
- nwestrup@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

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 Development, Physical & Biological Sciences
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

Social Sciences

Kevin Wasbauer

Title
- Senior Director of Development
Phone
831-502-7274
Email
- kwasbaue@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

Matt Bernd

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

Nichole Silva

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

Campus

Amber Burke

Title
- Development Director
Phone
831-502-2303
Email
- aburke1@ucsc.edu

Lauren Donnelly‑Crocker

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

Natasha Basey Pedroza

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

Advancement Services

Howard William Heevner

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

Barbara Oden‑Petree

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

Robyn Michelle Doughty

Title
- Director, Data Management
Phone
831-502-8553
Email
- rdoughty@ucsc.edu

Riley Anne Jordan

Title
- Associate Director of Data Management, Gift Administration
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
- Associate Director of Data Management, Data Services
Phone
831-459-3673
Email
- dmori@ucsc.edu

Susie Mae Prost

Title
- Events Management Analyst
Phone
831-459-1972
Email
- sprost@ucsc.edu

Stephanie Jung

Title
- Data Services Specialist
Phone
8315028559
Email
- stjung@ucsc.edu

Vacant

Title Data Services Specialist

Operations

Sandy Schmidt

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

Human Resources and Operations

Alexander Covington

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

Esther Vasquez

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

Anissa A. Truscott

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

Foundation Accounting

Jo Westbrook

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

Vacant

Title Assistant Director, UR Financial Reporting

Bob Dugwyler

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