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Offices and Committees

Dean's Office Directory

Academic Advising, Leadership and Administration

Mark Foncannon
Director of Student Engagement and Success
530-752-0392  mjfoncannon@ucdavis.edu

Tracy Grissom
Director of Advising and Policy
530-752-0392  tsgrissom@ucdavis.edu

Brighid O'Halloran
Assistant Director
530-752-0392  beohalloran@ucdavis.edu

Mark Reyes
Assistant Director
530-752-0392  mrkreyes@ucdeavis.edu

Cheryl Grant
Executive Assistant
530-752-5898  chegrant@ucdavis.edu

Academic and Staff Personnel

Jennifer Mattheis
Personnel Director
530-752-8858  jrmattheis@ucdavis.edu

Katie Anderson
Academic and Staff Personnel Analyst
530-752-1359  keanders@ucdavis.edu

Jenny Shorts
Academic and Staff Personnel Analyst (Social Sciences)
530-754-4812  jfshorts@ucdavis.edu

Jennifer Willard
Academic and Staff Personnel Analyst (Mathematical and Physical Sciences)
530-752-0573  jnwillard@ucdavis.edu

Budget and Finance

Sandra Cortes
Director of Finance and Research Administration
530-752-0977  sbcortes@ucdavis.edu

Juliana Tuttle
Budget Analyst
530-752-0603  jdjtuttle@ucdavis.edu

Business Operations

Veronica Ledesma
Business Operations Manager
530-752-3155  vledesma@ucdavis.edu

Celina Cano
Business Analyst
530-752-1058  ccano@ucdavis.edu

Priscilla Ortega
Business Office Assistant
530-752-7803  praortega@ucdavis.edu

College Relations and Development

Charlene Mattison
Assistant Dean
530-754-2225  cmattison@ucdavis.edu

Ryan Advincula
Assistant Director of Development
530-771-7018  rradvincula@ucdavis.edu

Masey Amador
Development Marketing and Communications Analyst
530-752-8579  mlamador@ucdavis.edu

Timothy Park
Development Prospect Analyst
530-752-9387  tmjpark@ucdavis.edu

Elisha Findley
Associate Director of Development
530-754-2223  emfindley@ucdavis.edu

Rei Heiser
Development Assistant
530-754-8477  rmheser@ucdavis.edu

Crystal Masuda
Events Manager
530-752-5005  clmasuda@ucdavis.edu

Adil Naurzov
Development Gift and Stewardship Analyst
916-801-9459  adnaurzov@ucdavis.edu

KT O'Connor
Development Program Manager
530-754-2219  ktoconnor@ucdavis.edu

Denise Simard
Assistant Director of Development
530-902-2472  dmsimard@ucdavis.edu

Christine Tebes
Senior Director of Development
530-754-2221  cmtebes@ucdavis.edu

Executive Support

Katie Bucrek
Executive Assistant to the Dean
530-752-8496  lsea@ucdavis.edu

Jessica Horstman
Executive Analyst to Associate Deans and Directors
530-754-8918  ad-assistant@ucdavis.edu

Facilities and Safety

Albert Miller
Chief Facilities Planner and Safety Officer
530-752-6164  alrmiller@ucdavis.edu

Scott Slayton
Capital Project and Facilities Manager
916-257-9266  sjslayton@ucdavis.edu

Research and Graduate Administration

Maricela Gonzalez
Director
530-752-3524  mcgonzalez@ucdavis.edu

Debbie Hoelscher
Research Administrator
dhoelscher@ucdavis.edu

Sahskkia Saballos
Contracts and Grants Analyst
530-752-4170  sssaballos@ucdavis.edu

Information Technology

Jeremy Phillips
Director
530-341-3567  jeremy@ucdavis.edu

Anthony Drown
Associate Director
530-219-0475  addrown@ucdavis.edu

Marketing & Communications

Ed Kiggins
Director of Strategic Communications
530-752-8778  epkiggins@ucdavis.edu

Michael French
Arts Marketing Specialist
530-752-5863  mgfrench@ucdavis.edu

Jordan Hicks
Digital Communications Specialist
530-752-8927  jghicks@ucdavis.edu

Alex Russell
Content Strategist & Writer
530-752-8585  parussell@ucdavis.edu

Maria Sestito
Content Strategist & Writer
530-754-3055  msestito@ucdavis.edu

Sage Stanley
Marketing Content and Production Specialist
530-754-2427  slstanley@ucdavis.edu

Greg Watry
Content Strategist & Writer
530-754-2222  gdwatry@ucdavis.edu

Standing Committees

Executive Committee: Elizabeth Miller, Chair (ENL); Christyann Darwent, Vice Chair (ANT); Zoe Drayson (PHI), Brandon Kinne (POL), Mika Pelo (MUS), Ana Peluffo (SPA), Richard Scalettar (PHY), John Terning (PHY); Ex-officio: Dean Estella Atekwana, Executive Associate Dean John Scott, Associate Deans Annaliese Franz, Noah Guynn, Thomas Lee, Lori Lubin, Kathryn Olmsted

Student Petitions (a subcommittee of the Executive Committee): 
Richard Scalettar, Chair (PHY/FEC); Gregory Downs (HIS), Zoe Drayson (PHI/FEC), Joseph Sorensen (EALC); Ex-officio: Annaliese Franz (AD of Undergraduate Programs and Planning)

Computing Support: Max Rudolph, Chair (Earth and Planetary Sciences); Ethan Anderes (Statistics), Marianne Bitler (Economics), James Crutchfield (Physics and Astronomy), Richard Huskey (Communication), Petr Janata (Psychology), Andy Jones (University Writing Program), Jeremy Phillips (Letters and Science Dean's Office—Information Technology), Gerry Puckett (Mathematics), Lee-Ping Wang (Chemistry); Ex-officio: Associate Dean Lori Lubin, Director of Research and Graduate Administration Maricela Gonzalez

Courses of Instruction: Philippe Rast, Chair (PSC); Stacy Fahrenthold (HIS), Veronika Hubeny (PHY), Wolfgang Polonik (STA), Jon Rossini (TAD), Laurie San Martin (W,S/MUS), Anne Schilling (MAT), Carl Whithaus (UWP), Narine S Yegiyan (CMN)

Educational Policy: Robin Erbacher, Chair (PHY); Colin Cameron (ECN), Gerardo Con Diaz (STS), Martin Luu (MAT), Eric Russell (F,S/FRE), Rachel St. John (HIS); Ex-officio: Christyann Darwent (Vice Chair)

English Language and Literacy: Cheri Ross, Chair (Dir of Comp Lit); Rebekka Andersen (UWP), Janko Gravner (MAT), Catherine Hatzakos (Dir of ESL), Tobias Menely (ENL), Trish Serviss (Dir of ELW), Daniel Stolzenberg (HIS), Matthew Stratton (ENL); Erwan Monier (LAWR/CAES) 2 other reps from BASC/ENGR.

Graduate Studies Support: Stefan Uhlig, Chair (Comparative Literature); Louise Berben (Chemistry), Ian Campbell (History), Claire Goldstein (French and Italian), Gail Goodman (Psychology), Gabriella Montinola (Political Science), Jie Peng (Statistics), Brett Snyder (Design); Ex-officio: Associate Dean Lori Lubin, Director of Research and Graduate Administration Maricela Gonzalez

Honors: Beth Levy, Chair (MUS); Delmar Larsen (CHE), Laramie D. Taylor (CMN)

Individual Majors: Michael Ziser, Chair (ENL); Karen Bales (PSC), Gozde Goncu Berk (DES), Nobuko Koyama (EALC), Alexander Soshnikov (MAT); Ex-officio: Annaliese Franz (AD of Undergraduate Programs and Planning)

Library: Katharine Burnett, Chair (Art and Art History); Hsin-Chia Cheng (Physics and Astronomy), Michiko Suzuki (East Asian Languages and Cultures) 

Nominations & Elections: Burkhard Schipper, Chair (Economics); Pierpaolo Polzonetti (Music), Jaroslav Trnka (Physics and Astronomy)

Research Support: Beth Rose Middleton Manning, Chair (Native American Studies); Ethan Anderes (Statistics), Finn Brunton (Cinema and Digital Media, Science and Technology Studies), Damien Caillaud (Anthropology), Xi Chen (Chemistry), David Corina (Linguistics), Cody Gilmore (Philosophy), Archana Venkatesan (Religious Studies, Comparative Literature), Qingzhu Yin (Earth and Planetary Sciences); Ex-officio: Associate Dean Lori Lubin, Director of Research and Graduate Administration Maricela Gonzalez

Rules & Jurisdiction: Steven Carlip, Chair (Physics and Astronomy); Giacomo Bonanno (Economics), Tiffany Werth (English) 

Student Success Support Committee: Natalia Ines Deeb-Sossa (Chicana/o Studies), Ozcan Gulacar (Chemistry), Soojong Kim (Communication), Janine Lynn Flathman Wilson (Economics); Ex-officio: Associate Dean Annaliese Franz, Director of Student Engagement and Success Mark Foncannon

Study of Foreign Languages: David Gundry, Chair (EALC); Grace Delmolino (F&I), Oscar Jorda (ECN), Amy Motlagh (COM), Frank Osterloh (CHE), Carey Seal (CLA), Chunjie Zhang (GER)

Teaching Program Planning & Review: Inactive for 2016-25