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Third floor Mrak Hall
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

(530) 752-1930

(Since 2009)

Duties: Manages publications staff
Other UC Davis posts: Designer for Repro Graphics, 1977-87; senior editor in Publications Office, 1987-94; Publications Director, 1994-2009
Background: More than 30 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 2009)

Duties: Editor and writer for the quarterly alumni magazine, UC Davis Magazine, circulation 208,000
Other UC Davis posts: Communications director for the Division of Biological Sciences, 2000-04; associate editor of the staff and faculty newspaper, Dateline UC Davis, 1997–2000
Background: 17 years as a reporter at newspapers including the Woodburn Independent, Dixon Tribune, Vacaville Reporter and for the last 10 years of that period for the Associated Press in Sacramento.
Education: B.A. in history from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore.

(Since April 2007)

Duties: Web editor for UC Davis home page, News Service and specialized news and information sites, multimedia projects
Other UC Davis posts: At the campus since 1989: Writer and media representative for the social sciences, humanities, arts and cultural studies for seven years; editor of the faculty-staff newspaper Dateline for 11 years
Background: In 1990, helped initiate the annual UC Editors’ Conference and continues to help coordinate the 10-campus group; 15 years experience as a writer and editor at newspapers, including the Vacaville Reporter, Winters Express and Sacramento Union; won a 2005 silver medal from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VII for leadership in redesigning the UC Davis home page
Education: B.A. in International Relations and M.A. in Rhetoric and Communication, University of California, Davis

(Since September 2005)

Duties: Serves as faculty-staff newspaper editor for Dateline, circulation 12,500
Other UC Davis posts: Dateline associate editor December 2002–August 2005; senior writer, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences October 2001–December 2002
Background: Six years in journalism at daily newspapers, including the Sacramento Bee, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Naples Daily News; copywriting consultant for seven years; two years as press secretary for a U.S. congressman from Florida; author of two baseball biographies, Fouled Away (2000) and Big and Little Poison (2002), both nominated for the Harold Seymour Award for the best baseball book of the year
Education: B.A. in Political Science, Pennsylvania State University; M.A. in Journalism, University of Florida

(Since November 2005)

Duties: Collaborates with editor in editing and layout duties; serves as chief writer for the faculty-staff newspaper
Background: A newspaper writer and editor since 1975, with a range of experience from small-town weeklies to metropolitan dailies, most recently at The Modesto Bee, where he was an assistant city editor, first full-time writing coach and a longtime copy editor; contributing editor for The Bee’s Laci Peterson coverage and author of the Scott Peterson arrest story; and copy editor for series on such topics as the birth of UC Merced and its impact on the San Joaquin Valley, class-size reduction in grade schools, poverty in the valley and domestic violence
Education: B.A. in Journalism, University of California, Berkeley

(Since October 2005)

Duties: Provides photographic support for Offices of the Chancellor and Provost, University Communications and other University Relations departments, and Undergraduate Admissions; manages University Communications photo database
Background: Over five years experience as a photojournalist for the Selma Enterprise and other newspapers; assistant to the university photographer and journalism lecturer at San Jose State University; Web site coordinator, 3Com Inc.
Education: B.A. In art studio with photography emphasis, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.S. in Mass Communications with photojournalism concentration, San Jose State University

(Since 1998)

Duties: Webmaster for campus home pages; chairs Web administrative committee; manages the Web unit, supervising Web programmer and analyst positions
Other UC Davis posts: Principal artist for Mediaworks, 1987–93
Background: Partner, i five design, Woodland, 1993–97; owner, CFH Illustration Design, 1997–98; won a 2005 silver medal from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VII for leadership in redesigning the UC Davis home page
Education: B.A. in studio art, University of California, Davis