Speakers

Doris Alvarez became the founding Principal/Director of The Preuss School UCSD, an innovative 6-12 charter school on the UC San Diego campus in 1999. The school serves low income students who have the motivation and desire to attend college and whose parents did not attend a four year college or university. Previously, Alvarez was the principal of Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego where she was responsible for the implementation of major reforms in her school and community. In 1991, Dr. Alvarez developed the Hoover Health and Social Services Center, the first facility of its kind in the county and today a national model for other school-based centers. Established with the support of alumni and community leaders and administered by Children's Hospital, the Center provides general medical services, health education, and peer and nutrition counseling.

George Blumenthal is Acting Chancellor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He was appointed Acting Chancellor on July 14, 2006, after a long tenure as a professor of astronomy and astrophysics. He joined UC Santa Cruz in 1972. He has been a distinguished scholar and academic leader both at UC Santa Cruz and within the University of California system. Blumenthal served as chair of the UC Academic Senate for 2004-05. He was the faculty representative to the UC Regents from 2003 to 2005, and chaired the UC Santa Cruz Division of the Academic Senate from 2001 to 2003. He served previously as department chair of astronomy and astrophysics. Blumenthal received his bachelor of science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and his doctorate in physics from the University of California, San Diego.

Jorge Cherbosque is a counseling psychologist and Co-director of UCLA's Staff and Faculty Counseling Center and concurrently provides training, facilitation and organizational development counseling for large corporations in North, South and Central America, Europe and Japan. A native of Mexico City, his consulting focuses on issues such as diversity management, team building, communication and supervisory skills, and organizational effects of stereotyping and cultural barriers. Cherbosque received his M.S. in counseling at the University of Southern California where he also earned his Ph.D. in counseling psychology.

Bruce Darling is Executive Vice President for University Affairs for the University of California where he is responsible for integrating internal and external planning and policy at the University; serving as the principal liaison with The Regents; the acquisition of UC's state-funded operating and capital budgets; the University's governmental relations programs in Sacramento and Washington D.C.; communications with the news media and public; alumni relations; and philanthropic giving to the University. In this capacity, he is responsible for the University's relationships with the Governor, state agencies, the California Legislature, federal agencies and the Congress, UC's 1.4 million alumni, the media, and the public. Prior to coming to the Office of the President, Darling served as Vice Chancellor for Development and University Relations at UC San Diego, and as Special Assistant to the Director of the National Science Foundation. Darling graduated summa cum laude from UCLA, where his academic achievements led to his election to Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Alpha Mu Gamma and Sigma Delta Pi national academic honors societies.

Robert Dynes is the 18th President of the University of California, a post he has held since October 2, 2003. A first-generation college graduate and a distinguished physicist, President Dynes served as the sixth Chancellor of UC’s San Diego campus from 1996 to 2003. He came to UC San Diego in 1990 after a 22-year career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he served as department head of semiconductor and material physics research and director of chemical physics research. His numerous scientific honors include the 1990 Fritz London Award in Low Temperature Physics and his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1989. Dynes also is a professor of physics at UC Berkeley, where he directs a laboratory that focuses on superconductivity and incorporates postdoctoral and graduate students as well as undergraduates in physics and materials science. As a professor of physics at UC San Diego, he founded an interdisciplinary laboratory where chemists, electrical engineers, and private industry researchers investigated the properties of metals, semiconductors, and superconductors. He subsequently became chairman of the physics department and then Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. A native of London, Ontario, Canada, and a naturalized United States citizen, Robert C. Dynes holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Western Ontario and master's and doctorate degrees in physics and an honorary doctor of science degree from McMaster University. He also holds an honorary doctorate from L’Université de Montréal.

Marye Anne Fox was named the seventh Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry of the University of California, San Diego in April 2004 by the University of California Board of Regents. Previously, Fox was chancellor and distinguished university professor of chemistry at North Carolina State University, a post she held since 1998. Before going to North Carolina, Fox spent 22 years at the University of Texas, where she advanced from assistant professor of organic chemistry to Vice President for Research and held the Waggoner Regents Chair in chemistry. Fox has held over 50 endowed lectureships at universities around the world. She has also served as visiting professor at Harvard University, the University of Iowa, the University of Chicago, the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris and the Chemistry Research Promotion Center in Taipei. She is the recipient of 8 honorary degrees. Fox earned a bachelor's degree in science from Notre Dame College, a master's degree in science from Cleveland State University and a Ph.D. from Dartmouth College.

Lawrence "Kip" Fulbeck is Professor and Chair of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a three-time recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Member Award and also an affiliate faculty member in Asian American Studies and Film Studies. He has been making films and art about Hapa identity since 1990. Known as the nation's leading artist on identity, multiracial/ethnicity, and art and pop culture, he has spoken and exhibited his award-winning films, performance, and photography throughout the world.

Eddie Island is a Regent of the University of California and a retired attorney and executive. Prior to his retirement in 1998, Island served as a vice president for McDonnell-Douglas Corporation where he led the law, intellectual property and governmental affairs departments throughout his tenure. Previously, he served as assistant general counsel for the Pacific Enterprises Corporation for 24 years where he handled issues related to both state and federal regulatory law. Island's experience also includes service as a member and treasurer of the California Science Center Board and chairman of the McDonnell Douglas Corporation Employees Community Fund. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School. Island was appointed to a 12-year term as a Regent in 2005 by Governor Schwarzenegger.

Meredith Michaels is Vice Chancellor, Planning and Budget at the University of California, Santa Cruz, She was appointed vice chancellor in 2000 after serving 10 years in the Office of the President, as assistant director of the budget with responsibility for external coordination of the University-wide capital budget and then as director of the budget. Michaels also served as a government relations specialist in the Office of the President and as director of community and governmental relations at UC San Francisco. Prior to joining UC, she was a speech and language pathologist and was a legislative advocate with the firm Gerber & Associates and with the Bay Area Council. Michaels is a graduate of Hofstra University and has master’s degrees from California State University, Long Beach in Communicative Disorders and from Claremont Graduate School in Public Policy Analysis.

Kay Miller is Executive Director of Client Relations and Diversity at the UC Office of the President. In that role, she leads University-wide training efforts, including leadership development programs and conferences. She also oversees the employee communications unit, which is responsible for the University’s At Your Service website. One of Miller’s major responsibilities is serving as the chief operations officer for the University’s Retirement and Health and Welfare Plans and Programs, managing those units that serve as the primary points-of-contact for more than 300,000 active, retired, and inactive faculty and staff. Prior to her current appointment, Miller served as Director of UCOP Human Resources and Director of Retirement Services at the Office of the President. She served as Executive Officer in Campus Human Resources at UCLA before coming to the Office of the President. Miller also held positions in Human Resources at California State University and the University of Southern California. Miller graduated magna cum laude from California State University, Dominguez Hills, where she also earned a Master of Public Administration.

Margaret Neale is a Professor in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. She is also the John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor, and James and Doris McNamara Faculty Fellow. Neale is Director of three executive programs at Stanford including Managing Teams for Innovation and Success, Influence and Negotiation Strategies, and Mergers and Acquisitions. Neale was the Academic Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University between 1997 and 2000. Prior to joining Stanford’s faculty in 1995, she was the J. L. and Helen Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations at the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Neale received her Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Northeast Louisiana University, her Master’s degree from the Medical College of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University and her PhD in business administration from the University of Texas. She began her academic career as a member of the faculty at the Eller School of Management at the University of Arizona.

Steven A. Olsen is Vice Chancellor, Finance, Budget, and Capital Programs for the University of California, Los Angeles. In this capacity, he is UCLA’s chief financial officer, and serves as the campus’ principal financial advisor. Before coming to UCLA in 1999, Olsen worked for eleven years in the California legislature, eventually serving as chief fiscal advisor to the Senate Republican leader. In 1991, he was appointed deputy director of the State Department of Finance, where he was responsible for the development of state budgetary strategy and for conduct of budget negotiations with the legislature. In 1995, he was appointed Chief Deputy Director of the State Department of General Services. There, he was responsible for overall planning and daily operations of the State’s real estate, procurement, telecommunications, and school construction businesses. He joined UCLA in 1999, as Vice Chancellor, Finance and Budget, and assumed responsibility for the campus capital program in 2006. Olsen graduated summa cum laude from UCLA in 1977 with majors in political science and economics. He also obtained a Master of Public Policy degree from UC Berkeley in 1979. He is a classically trained cellist who is an active performer in the UCLA and Southern California musical communities.

Judy Olian is the Dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and is the John E. Anderson Chair in Management. She began her appointment at UCLA on January 1, 2006. During her first six months at UCLA Anderson, the School celebrated the launch of the Center for Finance and Investments, the newest of the School’s seven research centers. Olian served five and a half years as dean and professor of management at the Smeal College of Business Administration at Pennsylvania State University before coming to UCLA. While at Smeal, Olian led an ambitious fundraising campaign for a $68 million state-of-the-art-facility opened in 2005; spearheaded comprehensive renewals of the undergraduate, M.B.A. and Ph.D. programs. Prior to her tenure at Smeal, she served as acting dean, senior associate dean and professor of management and organization at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. She earned her B.S. in psychology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in industrial relations from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Roderic Park is Vice Chancellor and Professor Emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley. He most recently served as Acting Chancellor at the University of California, Merced, and continues as senior associate to the Chancellor. Park joined UC Berkeley in 1958 as a postdoctoral fellow and worked his way through the academic ranks and then through academic administration, serving as provost and dean of the College of Letters and Science from 1972-1980, then as vice chancellor from 1980 to 1990. He left UC for a three-year term as Interim Chancellor at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1994, but returned in 2000 to participate in the development of UC’s 10th campus at Merced. Park earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and a Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology.

Patrick Reed is the University Auditor at the University of California. He joined UC in this capacity in late 1994. He Is a CPA and was previously with KPMG, Peat Marwick for 22 years in Kansas City, MO. and in Phoenix, AZ, where he specialized in public sector clients and financial institutions. At UC, he reports to Executive Vice President Darling and also to the Regents through their Committee on Audit. He oversees an internal audit program carried out by auditors located at each UC campus, the three National Laboratories, and the Office of the President. Reed is a 1971 graduate of Rockhurst College in Kansas City.

Vivian Reznik is the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and a Professor of Pediatrics and Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine. She practices pediatric nephrology with a focus on congenital and chronic renal disease and kidney transplantation. In addition, she has a longstanding interest in public health promotion and prevention, community-based research, faculty development and leadership training. She has received research funding from the US Public Health Service Office of Woman’s Health, the Health Resources and Service Administration [HRSA], National Institutes of Health [NIH] and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. She has participated in University-wide faculty committees and strategic planning as a founding member of the UCSD Board of Governors and the Academy of Clinician Scholars [AOCS]; member of the UCSD School of Medicine Strategic Planning, Committee on Academic Personnel, Committee on Privilege and Tenure. Reznik’s commitment to faculty development and leadership training is longstanding, stemming from a faculty mentorship program she established in the Department of Pediatrics, which led to the design and implementation of an UCSD-wide junior faculty development and mentoring program, The National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine [NCLAM], funded by the US Public Health Service Office of Woman’s Health, subsequently institutionalized at UCSD. Reznik holds a B.A. and M.D. from Yale University as well as an M.P.H. from San Diego State University. She was awarded an American College on Education [ACE] Fellowship in 2004-5, working in the University of California President’s Office.

Patricia Romney is Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology at Mt. Holyoke College in So. Hadley, Massachusetts. Formerly she was a tenured faculty member in the School of Social Sciences at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1994, she left her full-time position at Hampshire to consult to colleges and schools around the country. Her work centers on leadership, diversity and change. Romney received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the City University of New York where she won the Bernard R. Ackerman Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Graduate Psychology. She was a pre-doctoral fellow in consultation and education at the Yale University of Medicine, and is currently doing post-graduate study at The College of Executive Coaching.

Sharon Washington is Interim Director of Faculty Equity Programs, Office of the President. She has over 18 years of professional experience and scholarly work in social justice education, higher education administration, teacher preparation, outdoor recreation, sports, and the arts. Her scholarly activities focus on; the impact of social identities on teaching, leadership and research; and the impact of courses with a social justice theme on students' attitudes and beliefs about diversity. Washington most recently served as the Special Assistant to the President for Diversity Initiatives at Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C., where she worked closely with the president to strategically address how Bennett College could strategic work to become a welcoming place for all women regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and disability. Prior to her Bennett College appointment, Washington was Provost and Professor of Education at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. She was a member of the faculty at Springfield College and at Kent State University. In addition, she was a Visiting Scholar in the Office of the President at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in higher education administration. She earned a B.S. at Ohio State University, an M.A. at Central Michigan University and a Ph.D. in Education at Ohio State University.