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(For the November 2011 Session) RICH ANDREWS is the Controller at UC Irvine. He was appointed to this position in June 2000 in addition to his responsibilities as Assistant Vice Chancellor, Accounting and Fiscal Services, and Accounting Officer. His responsibilities at Irvine include leadership for ten departments: Payroll, contract and Grant Accounting, General Accounting, Disbursing, Travel Services and Central Cashier. Rich has been at UCI since March 1999. His previous experience in higher education was as Director of Financial Accounting at the University of Washington. Prior to his higher education career, he worked as an auditor with the Department of health and Human Services auditing Colleges and Universities for compliance with Federal costing regulations. Rich is a CPA and received his B.A. in Business Administration from Whitworth college in Spokane, Washington. NATHAN BROSTROM is the Executive Vice President for Business Operations. Brostrom graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University and holds a master's degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Before joining UC, Brostrom was the manager of the Western Region Public Finance Group for J.P. Morgan Securities in San Francisco, a position he held for nearly three of his 10 years with the firm. As head of the Western Region Public Finance Group, he oversaw the largest municipal deal in U.S. history at that time, an $11.3 billion bond sale for the state of California. Previously, he had performed roles with increasing responsibility at Merrill Lynch Capital Partners, J.P. Morgan, Quarterdeck Investment Partners and the California State Treasurer's Office, where he worked with former California Treasurer Kathleen Brown, managing financings and helping to develop economic development programs in underserved regions of California. RICHARD CATALANO is Director of Audit Services at UC San MIKE CLUNE is Director, Operating Budget, in the UCOP Budget and Capital Resources unit. He has been with the Office of the President for 10 years and is responsible for oversight of the University’s operating budget development and resource allocation. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of San Diego and a master’s degree in statistics and a doctorate in demography from UC Berkeley. DWAINE DUCKETT - As Vice President, Mr. Duckett is responsible for system-wide human resources employee and labor relations, senior management recruitment, compensation and performance management, strategic planning, workforce development and compliance. He also serves as the primary fiduciary, as delegated by the Board of Regents and President, to oversee all aspects of benefit plans and program administration for the University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP). Duckett, 45, previously served as vice president for human resources at Heinz North America, a 25,000-employee enterprise with $4 billion in annual revenue. During his tenure at Heinz, his responsibilities included aligning day-to-day human resources operations in support of business unit strategies, developing performance management programs, overseeing business unit compensation programs and leading talent management initiatives. His other accomplishments included establishing a strategic labor relations approach, creating a new training and development organization, and expanding the company's succession planning and executive development efforts. From 2003 to 2005, Duckett was vice president for human resources, customer service and retail operations, for AT&T/Cingular Wireless in Redmond, Wash., and Dallas. The two-company merger was announced a few months after Duckett was appointed and he was integrally involved with both pre- and post-merger activities, including helping to lead several initiatives in staffing, work force planning, and change management in order to effect a smooth transition and integration. Prior to AT&T/Cingular, Duckett, served in executive human resources positions including senior vice president of human resources and administration of Covisint LLC; and vice president of human resources of Automatic Data Processing's Claims Solutions Group. These business services and information technology companies included global operations. Earlier in his career Duckett held positions of increasing responsibility with Sony and Pepsi as well as General Foods/ Philip Morris in corporate human resources, organizational development, training and operations. He recently reorganized human resources to add strategic value and improve service to the campuses and locations. His priorities are labor, performance management and benefits. Mr. Duckett earned his BA from Brandeis University and his MS from Carnegie Mellon University. JOHN ELLIS is the Associate Vice Chancellor Finance and Controller; he is responsible for the oversight of accounting activities and financial services on campus. His organization develops and monitors the campus wide internal control environment; interprets and enforces University, federal, state and local government policies; implements financial and management training programs for the campus; develops and issues internal and external financial reports; oversees campus financial systems; and evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of the campus’s business activities. Prior to joining the University, John was the Vice President for Finance at a large multinational food retailing organization. He also held various finance and system positions within a multinational manufacturing corporation and was a Manager with PriceWaterhouse Coopers, the public accounting firm. John has a Bachelor of Science degree – Special Honors Mathematics. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Management Accountant, and a Chartered Accountant. STEPHEN D. FRANKLIN is Director for Academic Outreach in UC Irvine's Office of Information Technology and a Lecturer in Irvine's Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science. A career-long UCI employee, he has served in many different capacities: teaching, research and research support, developing software and managing various groups. He serves on various systemwide coordinating groups and is UC Irvine's "Designated Agent" for handling copyright infringement allegation under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. His doctorate is in Mathematics, and he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Association for Computing Machinery. JOHN GREGG is the UC Davis Director of Controls & Accountability and on October 1, 2009, he joined the UC Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Team at UC Risk Services. In his new role, John is a resource to assist all UC locations with maturing their ERM programs and making full use of the new ERM Information System. John has a long history of success with ERM at UC Davis and will continue to support that program. John also continues in his role as Director of Controls & Accountability at UC Davis, which he assumed in 1997 after eleven years with the UC Davis Internal Audit Office. John started with the university in 1986 as Principal EDP Auditor and became Director of Internal Audit in 1992. John has a B.A. in Management and a Minor in Astronomy from Sonoma State University. He has a Certification in Control Self Assessment and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Data Processor, and Certified Systems Professional. Prior to joining UC Davis, John was with the US Army Audit Agency, which gave him the opportunity to travel extensively. John has conducted continuing education seminars sponsored. KATHY HAINES is the Assistant Dean of Planning and Administration for the School of Humanities at UC Irvine. Prior to becoming the Assistant Dean in 2003, she served as the Department Administrator for the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in the School of Biological Sciences. She has worked on the UCI campus for almost 30 years. Kathy has been very active in the systemwide Academic Business Officers Group, serving on the steering committee three times for a total of 10 years and holding the position of Chair twice — in 1999 and 2004. The steering committee actively participated in the early formulation of the Business Officer Institute and Kathy's commitment to the program has continued through service as a program coordinator for nearly the whole history of the Institute. She holds a B.S. degree in Human Behavior with a minor in Education from Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. KIRK LEW is Assistant Vice Chancellor – Financial Affairs and Controller at UC Santa Cruz where he oversees the accounting, procurement, student business, and enterprise financial systems management functions, in addition to managing the campus financial controls and accountability program. He has been at UCSC since 1996. Prior to serving in this position, Kirk served as Director of Financial Services at Dominican University of San Rafael and as General Accounting Manager at UC Berkeley. Prior to his higher education career, Kirk served as a controller in private industry and as an auditor with KMG/Main Hurdman. Kirk is a CPA and received his B.S. in Business Administration from UC Berkeley. CHERYL LLOYD is the Risk Manager, Liability and Property Programs in the Office of Risk Services at the University of California, Office of the President. In this capacity, Cheryl is responsible for the systemwide General Liability Program (including employment practices and fleet) and the University’s Property Programs encompassing over $45 billion in property values. Cheryl is also the point person for the University’s Travel Insurance and Security program. Cheryl is currently working on a project to secure liability insurance for University Student Groups. Cheryl began her career in insurance and risk with Chubb Insurance. She joined U.C. in 1998. Prior to joining UC, she was the corporate risk manager for Core-Mark International. Cheryl has a degree in mass Communications from UCB. JOHN A. LOHSE is the Director of Investigations in the Office of the Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance and Audit Officer. He is responsible for coordinating, tracking, managing and conducting investigations at the Office of the President and system-wide. He came to UC in January 2004 after a career with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), where he served as a Special Agent, Associate Division Counsel and Chief Division Counsel for the FBI's San Francisco Division. He has also served as a criminal prosecutor with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in Phoenix, Arizona. John is a member of the State Bars of California and Arizona. DAN SAMPSON is the Assistant Vice President, Financial Control and Accountability at the Office of the President. His expanded role includes the leadership and operation of all the University's Treasury functions. Dan works with a system-wide group of Controllers to strengthen systems of internal control and business practices at each location. In addition, Dan is responsible for internal control systems for centralized University operations that are located at the Office of the President, including all banking and banking-related services. Dan joined the University of California in 1997 after ten years as a Vice President and Senior Manager in audit and controllership capacities in the financial services industry. Dan is a CIA and received his MBA degree in finance and accounting magna cum laude from the University of the Pacific. RANDOLPH R. SCOTT, SPHR is Executive Director, Talent Management and Staff Development for the University of California system. As a result of the recent reorganization of the Human Resources Department at the UC Office of the President, Randy has been appointed to this new role on the UCOP HR Leadership Team. He is accountable for the planning and implementation of strategies and initiatives that support the University’s needs and priorities for talent management and staff development. Specific functions include staff diversity, recruitment and retention, work force planning, learning and development. Randy serves a HR consultant to the Faculty Welfare Committee of the Academic Senate. Recently, Randy served as Project Director and Leader of staff support for the President’s Task Force on Post Employment Benefits. Previously, Randy served as Executive Director for Policy and Program Design, UCOP HR and Benefits, after beginning his UC career, as Chief Human Resources Officer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. VALERIE SHELTON joined the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) in November 2007 as a member of the Labor and Employment team. She serves as the primary legal adviser to the University’s systemwide Title IX/ Sexual Harassment Officers group. She regularly provides counsel and training to University administrators and managers on issues relating to sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, affirmative action, and background checks. In addition, she is one of the primary legal advisors concerning the FUPOA and IAFF bargaining units and regularly oversees and manages unfair practice charges filed at PERB. She provides counsel on issues under HEERA, including notice obligations, scope of bargaining, request for information, unit modifications, duty to bargain, as well as other labor related matters. Her specialty areas include sexual harassment claims, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, disability discrimination, employee privacy rights, FEHA, Title VII, background checks, and affirmative action compliance under federal lawn. She routinely provides training in these areas. Prior to joining the University of California, Valerie was a trial attorney and partner at Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod LLP, a defense firm in Oakland representing fortune 100 companies. While at Filice Brown, her primary practice areas included employment law, sexual harassment claims, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation as well as complex civil litigation matters. She has successfully mediated, arbitrated and tried cases to jury verdict. PETER TAYLOR is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the University of California system. He joined the University in April 2009. As CFO, he oversees a myriad of financial matters for the University, including accounting, external finance, banking and cash management, strategic sourcing and risk management. Prior to joining the UC system, Mr. Taylor was a Managing Director at Barclays Capital, based in the Los Angeles office. He joined Barclays in September 2008, after a long career at Lehman Brothers. Based in the Firm’s Fixed Income Division, Mr. Taylor worked with several State and local governments, as well as electric and natural gas utilities, in California, Arizona and Nevada, and structured floating rate, commercial paper, fixed rate, derivative and asset-backed transactions. Active in the community, Mr. Taylor has served on various boards and commissions. In 2004, he was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Performance Review Commission, which was charged with reviewing and recommending ways to reform the framework of State government. He was also appointed by Governor Gray Davis to the California Student Aid Commission, where he served from 2000 until 2002. From 2002 – 2004, Mr. Taylor served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the UCLA Foundation, the primary volunteer fundraising organization for the campus. He previously was President of the UCLA Alumni Association (1996-1998), and also served as an alumni representative on the University of California Board of Regents from 1998 until 2000. Additionally, since December 2005, he has been a member of the J. Paul Getty Trust and since December 2000 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the James Irvine Foundation, where he serves as Vice Chair. Prior to his career in investment banking, Mr. Taylor worked as a manager with GTE in the company's Thousand Oaks office, and as Executive Director of the Coro Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles. Before receiving his graduate degree, he worked for six years on the staff of the California State Assembly. Mr. Taylor received his undergraduate degree from UCLA. He completed a one-year graduate level fellowship with the Coro Foundation, training out of the Foundation’s Los Angeles Center. He obtained his Master's Degree in Public Policy Analysis from Claremont Graduate University. SHERYL VACCA is Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Audit Officer. Before coming to UC's new role of SVP/Chief Compliance and Audit Officer, Sheryl Vacca was a director with Deloitte and Touche, LLP, a global management consulting firm, and served as a national leader in the firm's internal audit and regulatory practice areas. Prior to Deloitte, Vacca served as vice president for internal audit/corporate compliance officer for Sutter Health system. While at Sutter, she built and then managed the healthcare system's first enterprise-wide compliance program, which spanned 52 business units, while also being responsible for managing the system's internal audit function. Prior to Sutter, Vacca held numerous senior administrator positions for healthcare organizations. SAMANTHA WESTCOTT has been in the field of research administration since 1992. She is Assistant Director, Sponsored Projects Administration at UCI. Prior to joining UCI she was the senior Grant Manager for the Division of Biology at Caltech. Sam has extensive experience in research administration including pre-award and post-award functions; recruitment and training; and working on areas of compliance and policy. Sam began her career at Northwestern University preparing proposals and then negotiating agreements for an applied research laboratory. Within two years, she was recruited to work in NU's sponsored research office as a research administrator and was responsible for many pre-award and post-award activities for the schools of medicine, dentistry and law. Desiring a change in climate, she left Northwestern for UCLA in 1996, and there served in many capacities at both the departmental and central levels including: managing a pre-award office, supervising the grant proposal and data management teams, working on system review and implementation, and developing training programs. After starting a family, Sam moved to the California Institute of Technology to be closer to her home near Pasadena. In October 2010, Sam joined UCI’s leadership team in sponsored projects. Sam has led workshops, presentations, and discussion groups on wide-ranging aspects of research administration for the National Council of University Research Administration (NCURA). Sam served as a Regional Officer as Secretary-Elect for 2007 and Secretary of Region VI in 2008. In serving the organization for business and program meetings, Sam has been a member of the program committee for regional meetings, the 2000 ERA meeting, and the 51st Annual Meeting. She also serves as a member of the DRA Workshop faculty.
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