UCLI Speakers

Judith W. Boyette
is associate vice president, Human Resources and Benefits, and joined the University of California’s Office of the President in 1997. Boyette is responsible for system-wide human resources, including areas such as policy, labor relations, diversity, and the senior management program, as well as the design and operation of the University’s employee benefit programs. Before joining the University, Boyette was deputy general counsel for Pacific Telesis Group. In this role, she provided management of all corporate legal matters, including securities, mergers and acquisitions, employee benefits, executive compensation and the corporate secretary’s function. Before joining Pacific Telesis Group in 1990, Boyette was a partner in Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro (now Pillsbury Winthrop), one of the largest law firms in the country. Boyette received her J.D. degree with honors from University of California, Hastings College of the Law and received her Bachelor’s degree with honors from Texas Women’s University.