Lana Brenes is the Director of the UCSD Staff Education and Development Division of the Human Resources Department. She directs staff education classroom and web-based training, enrollment management services, campus-wide development programs and initiatives, and oversees and provides organization development services. She has worked on system-wide training and development initiatives including the UC Business Officer Institute and UC Leadership Institute. Prior to joining UC San Diego 22 years ago, Lana served as a part-time faculty member in the Counselor Education Department at San Diego State University, and she coordinated regional projects and conducted training sponsored by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Lana earned her Masters of Science in rehabilitation counseling from San Diego State University and her doctorate in education and work and educational psychology from UCLA.

Sandra Campbell is the Associate Vice Chancellor, Budget at UC Irvine.  She began her career at UCI in 1973 in Accounting.  She also worked in the Dean's Office of the School of Physical Sciences and in the Math Department before joining the Budget Office.  She has held positions of increasing responsibility in the Budget Office since starting there in 1978 and received her BA in Economics from UCI.  Ms. Campbell has been active in various campus organizations, such as Staff Assembly, Academic and Professional Women of UCI, and the UCI University Club.  She is also active with various community service groups.

Martha Chase has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 1979. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Chase served as a Research Attorney for the Los Angeles Superior Court and worked with California Rural Legal Assistance and in private practice. Her primary area of practice is health care law, including health sciences corporate compliance, HIPAA, health sciences compensation plans, confidentiality, privacy and records, and healthcare legislation. She also serves as counsel to the UCLA Healthcare System. Ms. Chase is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (A.B. 1972) and Hastings College of the Law (J.D. 1976).

Martin M. Chemers was appointed Interim Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at the University of California, Santa Cruz effective December 1, 2003.  From April 2004 to February 2005, he served as Acting Chancellor.  Chemers came to UC Santa Cruz in 1995 from Claremont McKenna College to accept an appointment as the dean of Social Sciences and professor of psychology.  Prior to this appointment he was the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology and director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College. He was previously on the faculties of the Universities of Illinois, Delaware, Washington, and Utah where he was chair of the Department of Psychology.  Since receiving his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois in 1968, he has been an active researcher and has published seven books and over sixty articles on leadership, culture and organizational diversity. His popular, practitioner-oriented book Improving Leadership Effectiveness: The Leader Match Concept (written with Fred Fiedler) is widely used as a basis for leadership training. Chemers' books have been translated into German, Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, Spanish, and Portuguese.  His most recent book, An Integrative Theory of Leadership, was published in 1997.  The Japanese edition was published in 1999.

Jorge Cherbosque is 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, communications and supervisory skills, and organizational effects of stereotyping and cultural barriers. Dr. Cherbosque received his M.S. in Counseling at the University of Southern California where he also earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology.

Gayle Cieszkiewicz is Associate Director, Labor Relations. She joined the University of California's Office of the President as its Personnel Manager in 1982. During her term as Personnel Manager, she negotiated the first Printing Trades Agreement and shortly thereafter transferred to the Labor Relations unit as a Chief Negotiator, a position she has held for more than 20 years. During that time, she has been the University's chief spokesperson in more than 20 negotiations. Cieszkiewicz has taught Human Resource Management at San Francisco State University, where she also served as Personnel Director. Cieszkiewicz has also been employed in labor relations at the Indiana State Highway Commission and at the University of Michigan. She has a Master’s in Public Administration - Labor Relations from Indiana University.

Dr. Carlos E. Cortés is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Riverside.  Since 1990 he has served on the summer faculty of the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education and since 1995 has been on the faculty of the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication.  His most recent books, The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach about Diversity and The Making -- and Remaking -- of a Multiculturalist, were published by Teachers College Press.  He is co-author of the new Houghton Mifflin Social Studies series, senior consultant for the new McDougal Littell World History series, and Creative/Cultural Advisor for Nickelodeon's Peabody-award-winning children's television series, "Dora the Explorer," and its sequel, "Go, Diego, Go!," while he also performs his one-person autobiographical play, A Conversation with Alana: One Boy's Multicultural Rite of Passage.  A consultant to many government agencies, school systems, universities, mass media, private businesses, and other organizations, Cortés has lectured widely throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia on the implications of diversity for education, government, private business, and the mass media.  

Lawrence B. Coleman is Vice Provost for Research, Office of the President and Professor of Physics on the Davis campus.  Prior to becoming Vice Provost for Research, he was Vice Chair and then Chair of the system-wide Academic Senate, and at Davis he was Chair of the Davis Division of the Senate and Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Dean of Undergraduate Studies. He came to the Davis campus as Assistant Professor of Physics in 1975.  He has also been very involved with undergraduate students, teaching courses in Solid State Physics, Thermodynamics, and Statistical Methods. He earned the Davis campus distinguished teaching award in 1987. As Associate Vice Chancellor and then Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, he was responsible for a wide range of campus initiatives in teaching and learning, and he has been a campus leader in how best to employ information technologies in learning and teaching. Coleman received a B.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1970 and the Ph.D. in physics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Inette Dishler is a Principal Learning Consultant at UC Berkeley. She has more than 17 years of professional experience in training and development and is currently managing the campus Leadership Development Program (LDP) for high-performing, high-potential staff. She had the original vision and was the project manager for the creation of The Career Place, a career development website for UC Berkeley staff. She also develops and teaches supervisory, management, and leadership classes, as well as consults with campus leaders and departments. She has a Master's degree in Higher Education Administration from Florida State University.

Michael Drake is Chancellor of the University of California.  Previously, he served as University of California Vice President for Health Affairs, overseeing education and research activities at UC’s 15 health sciences schools.  In that capacity, he also oversaw the UC Special Research Programs, including tobacco-related disease research, breast cancer research and HIV/AIDS research; the California/Mexico Health Initiative and the California Health Benefits Review Program. Drake was also Steven P. Shearing Professor of Ophthalmology and the Senior Associate Dean for Admissions and Extramural Academic Programs at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine.

Barbara Filner directs the Training Institute of the San Diego Mediation Center where she has worked since 1984. She has a master’s degree from Indiana University and has worked in labor as well as governmental fields. She has designed, developed and conducted seminars and workshops in conflict resolution for public and private groups around the U.S. and Europe. Filner is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law where she teaches courses in Negotiations and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Filner is the author of a number of publications including two books co-authored with Selma Myers, dealing with issues of culture, conflict and mediation.

Freya Foley is Assistant Director in Labor Relations in the Office of the President. She has served in this capacity since 2002 and is the chief negotiator, primarily, for the AFSCME-represented bargaining units. Prior to joining the University of California, she was with the California State University Chancellor's Office as a Manager of Employee/Labor Relations.  She has extensive Human Resources experience with other public sector employers.  Foley is also an educator with advanced (doctoral level) credits and training in psychology from the Graduate School of CUNY, and has taught at California State University, San Bernardino, City College of CUNY, and at Fordham University. She is also actively engaged with the American Arbitration Association, Society for Human Resources Management, and the College and University Professionals Association.

Robert H. Gibson, Ph.D., serves as the Director of Training and Development for UCLA Campus Human Resources, a position he has held since 1998. In this role he provides management and oversight to organizational development, career development and campuswide training programs. Prior to serving in this position, Gibson was director of Education and Training for the Chancellors Responsibility Center Management Project at UCLA and was a lecturer in Organizational Change at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Before coming to UCLA, Gibson was a consultant to business and educational institutions, providing executive management with process reengineering, organizational development, recruitment, selection and training, performance management, employee and customer satisfaction, and design and delivery of human relations workshops. Gibson earned his B.A. in History and English from the University of Texas at El Paso, and his Ph.D. in Social and Organizational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.

Michael Gottfredson became the Executive Vice Chancellor at UC Irvine July 1, 2000. As Executive Vice Chancellor he is the Chief Academic and Budget Officer for the campus, overseeing the academic development of the campus and the allocation of resources. He teaches freshman seminars and graduate courses as a professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society. Prior to joining the University of California, Gottfredson was on the faculties of the State University of New York at Albany, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Claremont Graduate School. For 15 years he was a professor of management and policy, law, and psychology at the University of Arizona. Also at Arizona he served as Department Head, Vice Provost and Vice President for Undergraduate Education and Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. Gottfredson received his B.A. from UC Davis and his M.A. and Ph.D. from State University of New York, Albany.

Mark Hannum is a principle consultant at Linkage, Inc. with more than 20 years of experience in organizational and leadership development, coaching, business process design and executive team building and alignment. His work has resulted in the successful implementation of many organizational design projects. Prior to joining Linkage, Hannum worked as manager of higher education at Hanover Insurance. He was actively involved in many organizational change efforts with Peter Senge and the Center for Organizational Learning at MIT. He has a B. A. in psychology and philosophy from Bucknell University, an M.S. in experimental psychology from the University of Oklahoma, and is currently completing a Ph.D. in human resource education at Boston University.

Janis Keeley owns the talent management development and consulting firm, JLK Consulting, Inc., which she started in 1990. She has extensive experience in helping businesses and organizations orchestrate behavior changes that increase productivity and improve customer and employee satisfaction. She has provided consulting and training services to a wide range of businesses, government, educational institutions and non-profit organizations in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Africa. Prior to starting her business, Keeley was Corporate Training Director for U.S. Bancorp and its subsidiary U.S. Bank, a position that capped a 15-year career in the financial services industry.

Therese Leone has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 2002. Prior to joining the office, Leone worked at Littler, Mendelson, in Oakland, and before that with Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy in San Francisco. Before attending law school, Leone worked for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies in Chicago. Leone's primary area of practice covers employment matters and labor relations issues, including administrative procedures and hearings, sexual harassment and sex discrimination issues as they affect employees and students, and state and federal disability and leave laws. Leone is a graduate of Northwestern University (B.A. 1992) and the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) (J.D. 1998).

Cheryl Lloyd is the Manager of the General Liability Program for Risk Management at the Office of the President. In this capacity, Cheryl is responsible for the $20 million self-insured and insured General Liability Program (including Employment Liability). She oversees Universitywide application of tort laws, regulatory requirements and University policies and procedures. Cheryl began her career in insurance and risk management with Chubb Insurance company. She joined U.C. in 1998. Prior to joining U.C., she was the Corporate Risk Manager for Core-Mark International. Cheryl has a degree in Mass Communications and Sociology from U.C. Berkeley.

Duncan Mathison has served for the past fourteen years as a Consultant with Drake Beam Morin -- a leading world-wide career transition firm. DBM serves organizations, human resource executives and their employees during times of radical organizational change and upheaval. His practice expertise includes change communications, career transition, and coaching of executives regarding personal career and leadership issues. Duncan received his undergraduate degree from University of Washington and Masters Degree in Psychology from Washington State University. He has worked in the nonprofit and public sector as well as private industry.

Connie Melendy is the Assistant Vice Provost, Academic Personnel at the University of California, Davis. She serves as the senior adviser to the Vice Provost and manages the Vice Provost's Office, which oversees academic personnel policy and administration, affirmative action/EEO, gender equity and diversity, educational programs, the Faculty Code of Conduct, grievances and conflict management, the Provost's Work-life Balance Program and the Partner Opportunities Program. Connie is a campus mediator, hearing officer, and a member of the UC/AFT negotiating team. She co-teaches classes on academic human resource topics, and is helping to develop a campus web-based academic personnel process. She formerly served as an academic department manager and as Assistant Dean for Academic and Staff Personnel, and has a degree in Women's Studies from UC Davis.

Bob Miller is a Principal in Mercerís San Francisco office and serves as a Client Relationship Manager for a number of the officeís most important clients. Bob has over 37 years of HR experience in industry and consulting with particular emphasis in developing human resources strategy, compensation and benefits management and executive compensation. He has held the top compensation and benefits positions at Bechtel Group, Inc. and at Pacific Telesis Group, as well as senior compensation positions at Varian Associates and Bank of America. He also led a compensation and organization effectiveness practice in Northern California for another major human resources consulting firm. Bob served eight years on the Board of Directors and was Chair of the Board of WorldatWork (formerly ACA). He is a former member of the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Society for Human Resources Management, and a former Director of the Pacific Business Group on Health. He is a frequent speaker for the Conference Board and for WorldatWork. Currently, Bob serves as a faculty member for WorldatWorkís introductory and advanced courses on executive compensation.

Kay Miller is Executive Director of Client Relations and Diversity in the UC Office of the President.  In that role, she serves 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.   

Carina Celesia Moore is Director of Staff Development, Work/Life and Child/Family Services in the Division of Human Resources at UC Davis. At Staff Development she oversees an annual program of over 680 courses with nearly 12,000 staff enrollments. She has served as the Director of the northern UC Management Skills Assessment Program (MSAP) and has worked on several UC systemwide education and development initiatives. Moore served as part-time faculty at CSU Sacramento in the Graduate Career Counselor Education Department for three years and taught at UC Davis Extension for 10 years. Before joining UC Davis in 2004, she worked at Connecticut College, Vassar College and a consulting firm specializing in distance learning. She earned a Master of Arts degree in curriculum and teaching from Columbia University, N.Y.

Keith S. Parker serves as the Assistant Vice Chancellor Government & Community Relations at UCLA, with responsibilities for managing UCLA‚s interface with elected officials at the local, state and federal levels of government. Parker has been at UCLA since 1981, in his current position since 1998. He was a senior consultant in the Staff Affirmative Action Office from 1982-1993 when he was appointed as the campus Staff Affirmative Action Officer. In 1995, he took on additional responsibilities as the Executive Officer for the Administrative Services division which include Staff Affirmative Action, Campus Human Resources, UCLA Police Department, Environment, Health & Safety, Facilities Management, Communications Technology Services, Administrative Information Systems and Academic Technology Services. Parker serves on numerous community and civic boards including the Los Angeles Business Council, the National Association of Women Owned Businesses Los Angeles Chapter, the Jackie Robinson Foundation Los Angeles Advisory Committee and the Millennium Momentum Foundation. Prior to coming to UCLA, Parker worked at the Minnesota Department of Education in the area of staff development training and was an Instructor in the Afro-American Studies Department at the University of Minnesota. Parker is a graduate of Indiana University.

Kirsten Quanbeck, is the Assistant Executive Vice Chancellor and Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity and serves as the UCI Title IX//Sexual Harassment Officer. She is responsible for coordinating the University's compliance with federal and state discrimination and sexual harassment laws and the University’s equal employment opportunity programs. She oversees the investigation of discrimination and harassment complaints and provides educational programs for students, staff and faculty. She also coordinates the sexual harassment advisor and peer educator programs. She earned a B.A. from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, a Master's degree in Education from Saint Louis University in Missouri and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. Prior to joining UCI, she worked in the Office of Sexual Harassment Prevention and Policy at University of California, San Diego, and as a staff attorney at Michigan State University.