Executive Sponsors support UCOP’s Employee Resource Groups by providing guidance, presence, and support for initiatives throughout the year and uplift their ERGs efforts where appropriate, through introductions and referrals. Through this, Executive Sponsors help advance UCOP’s EDI Mission, Vision and Goals in support of UCOP’s Principles of Community and Strategic Framework.

Executive Sponsors serve in the role for two-year terms. Executive Sponsors are also expected to hold one of the following positions at UCOP:

  • Executive or Senior Vice President;
  • Vice President or Vice Provost;
  • Associate Vice President, Associate Vice Provost, Deputy General Counsel;
  • Chief of Staff to a member of the President's Advisory Group.

Guidelines on serving as an ERG Executive Sponsor can be found here."

Recruitment for new ERG Executive Sponsors will take place starting in winter of designated years. 

 

2026-28 UCOP ERG Executive Sponsor Roster by ERG
ERG Executive Sponsor

Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association (APISA) 

Pamela Brown, Vice President for Institutional Research & Academic Planning, Academic Affairs

Barbara Cevallos, Associate Vice President and Systemwide Controller, UC Finance

Black Staff and Faculty Organization (BSFO) 

Nathan Brostrom, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, UC Finance

 EquitAbility(EQ)

Catherine Spear, Executive Director, Systemwide Office of Civil Rights

Latinx Staff Association (LaSA) 

Yvette Gullatt, Vice President for Graduate and Undergraduate Affairs and Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Academic Affairs

Meghan Gutekunst, Associate Vice President - Capital Finance, UC Finance

Native American, Indigenous and Pacific Islander Staff Association (NAIPISA) 

Kelly Drumm (Deputy General Counsel, Legal Policy and Operations, UC Legal) 

OP Staff Assembly (OPSA) 

Paul Williams, Associate Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, UC Finance

President’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (PACSW) 

Zoanne Nelson, Associate Vice President for Finance and Strategy, UC Health

UCOP Pride 

Caín Díaz, Associate Vice President, Budget Analysis & Planning, UC Finance

Meredith Turner, Senior Vice President, External Relations & Communications

Sustainability Employee Resource Group (SERG) 

David Phillips, Associate Vice President, Energy and Sustainability, UC Finance

Veterans Among US 

Alex Bustamante (Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Audit Officer, Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services)