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(Since April 2004)

Duties: Leads 25 communications professionals to provide communication support to UC Davis; teaches media training workshops
Other UC Davis posts: UC Davis News Service director, March 1999-April 2004
Background: 15 years in journalism at daily newspapers, including New York Times' Los Angeles bureau, the Los Angeles Times and the San Jose Mercury News, where she was part of a staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake; covered higher education and politics for the Sacramento Bee, where she was an editor before joining UC Davis in 1999. Won the 2005 Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VII Rising Star Award, recognizing her early accomplishments in higher education advancement that forecast a leader in the field.
Education: B.A. in Print Journalism, University of Southern California
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(Since March 2007)

Duties: Manages finances and business operations for University Communications, Government and Community Relations, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for University Relations
Other UC Davis posts: Served for two years as the business officer for the Cal Aggie Alumni Association/Office of Alumni Relations
Background: Worked in various capacities at the San Jose State University Library for nine years (including as the purchasing and facilities coordinator, 1998–2002) and helped plan and create a university-city library in San Jose, the Martin Luther King Jr. Library; human-resource specialist for Walgreens Distribution Center in Woodland, 2003–04
Education: Studied kinesiology at San Jose State University, with a concentration in athletic training

(Since December 2004)

Duties: Manages staff of public information representatives, editors and a broadcast specialist
Background: Spokesman and media strategist for State Treasurer Phil Angelides, 2003-4; 24 years at daily newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, San Jose Mercury News, Kansas City Times; at the San Jose Mercury News he was part of a staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake and at The Wall Street Journal, he was part of a staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of 9/11
Education: B.A. in Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S. in Journalism, Northwestern University.

(Since 1994)

Duties: Manages design staff, UC Davis Magazine staff, Web staff and campus photographer
Other UC Davis posts: Designer for Repro Graphics, 1977-87; senior editor in Publications Office, 1987-94
Background: More than 28 years experience in publications field at UC Davis; taught in the UC Davis Extension Graphic Design program for eight years; four years in the U.S. Navy as a Spanish linguist
Education: B.S. in design, University of California, Davis; Spanish language certificate, Defense Language Institute, Monterey

(Since September 2005)

Duties: Develop and implement a new integrated marketing program for UC Davis
Background: Joined UC Davis from Northwestern University, where she was the first director of marketing and communications Northwestern Alumni Association and director of donor relations; also has served as a public relations senior account executive for high-tech and green industries in Chicago; manager of corporate communications and employee communications for the First Data Corp. in Atlanta; Web producer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution during the Olympic Games
Education: B.A. in Journalism, Auburn University; M.S. In Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University