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(Since September 2008)

Duties: Leads 25 communications professionals to provide communication support to UC Davis; teaches media training workshops
Other UC Davis posts: UC Davis News Service director, December 2004–September 2008
Background: Spokesman and media strategist for State Treasurer Phil Angelides, 2003–04; 24 years at daily newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, San Jose Mercury News, Kansas City Times; at the San Jose Mercury News he was part of a staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake and at The Wall Street Journal, he was part of a staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of 9/11
Education: B.A. in Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S. in Journalism, Northwestern University.

(Since March 2007)

Duties: Manages finances and business operations for University Communications, Government and Community Relations, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for University Relations
Other UC Davis posts: Served for two years as the business officer for the Cal Aggie Alumni Association/Office of Alumni Relations
Background: Worked in various capacities at the San Jose State University Library for nine years (including as the purchasing and facilities coordinator, 1998–2002) and helped plan and create a university-city library in San Jose, the Martin Luther King Jr. Library; human-resource specialist for Walgreens Distribution Center in Woodland, 2003–04
Education: Studied kinesiology at San Jose State University, with a concentration in athletic training

(Since September 2009)

Duties: Manages staff of public information representatives, editors and a broadcast specialist
Other UC Davis posts: Senior Public Information Representative, University Communications, 2007–09; Public information officer, UC Davis Cancer Center, 2002–07
Background: 25 years in journalism including daily newspaper writing and editing at the San Jose Mercury News, Orange County Register and Los Angeles Daily News and freelance work for ABC 20/20, the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle, among other media outlets; taught journalism courses at the University of Southern California and San Francisco State University
Education: B.A. in Communications, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Washington

(Since 2009)

Duties: Manages design staff, UC Davis Magazine staff, Web staff and campus photographer
Other UC Davis posts: Designer for Repro Graphics, 1977–87; senior editor in Publications Office, 1987–94; Publications Director, 1994–2009
Background: More than 28 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 August 2009)

Duties: Develop and implement a new integrated marketing program for UC Davis
Other UC Davis posts: Marketing coordinator for UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions August 2002–April 2006
Background: 12 years in communications and marketing: Editor-in-chief of Schwann Publications; senior/channel editor for Verde Media and Atevo.com; editor for Ulysses Press
Education: Education: B.A. (with focus on English and communications), The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Wash.