Dean's Office Directory
Academic and Staff Personnel
Jennifer Mattheis
Personnel Director
530-752-8858 [email protected]
Katie Anderson
Academic and Staff Personnel Analyst
530-752-1359 [email protected]
Jenny Shorts
Academic and Staff Personnel Analyst (Social Sciences)
530-754-4812 [email protected]
Jennifer Willard
Academic and Staff Personnel Analyst (Mathematical and Physical Sciences)
530-752-0573 [email protected]
Jessica Bergman
Academic and Staff Personnel Assistant
[email protected]
Kim Morillas
Academic and Staff Personnel Assistant
[email protected]
Budget and Finance
Sandra Cortes
Director of Finance and Research Administration
530-752-0977 [email protected]
Juliana Tuttle
Budget Analyst
530-752-0603 [email protected]
Brandon Viale
Budget Analyst
[email protected]
Business Operations
Veronica Ledesma
Business Operations Manager
530-752-3155 [email protected]
Celina Cano
Business Analyst
530-752-1058 [email protected]
Priscilla Ortega
Business Office Assistant
530-752-7803 [email protected]
College Relations and Development
Lauren Kidd
Associate Vice Chancellor for School and Unit Programs
530-564-2327 [email protected]
Gen Dal Porto
Director of Stewardship and External Relations for School and Unit Programs
530-574-9009 [email protected]
Timothy Park
Development Prospect Analyst
530-752-9387 [email protected]
Elisha Findley
Senior Director of Development
530-746-1660 [email protected]
Crystal Masuda
Events Manager
530-752-5005 [email protected]
Adil Naurzov
Development Gift and Stewardship Analyst
916-801-9459 [email protected]
Denise Simard
Assistant Director of Development
530-902-2472 [email protected]
Executive Support
Katie Bucrek
Executive Assistant to the Dean
530-752-8496 [email protected]
Jessica Horstman
Executive Analyst to Associate Deans and Directors
530-754-8918 [email protected]
Facilities and Safety
Albert Miller
Chief Facilities Planner and Safety Officer
530-752-6164 [email protected]
Scott Slayton
Capital Project and Facilities Manager
916-257-9266 [email protected]
Research and Graduate Administration
Maricela Gonzalez
Director
530-752-3524 [email protected]
Debbie Hoelscher
Research Administrator
[email protected]
Sahskkia Saballos
Contracts and Grants Analyst
530-752-4170 [email protected]
Information Technology
Jeremy Phillips
Director
530-341-3567 [email protected]
Anthony Drown
Associate Director
530-219-0475 [email protected]
Marketing & Communications
Ed Kiggins
Director of Strategic Communications
530-752-8778 [email protected]
Michael French
Arts Marketing Specialist
530-752-5863 [email protected]
Jordan Hicks
Digital Communications Specialist
530-752-8927 [email protected]
Alex Russell
Content Strategist & Writer
530-752-8585 [email protected]
Maria Sestito
Content Strategist & Writer
530-754-3055 [email protected]
Sage Stanley
Marketing Content and Production Specialist
530-754-2427 [email protected]
Greg Watry
Content Strategist & Writer
530-754-2222 [email protected]
Undergraduate Education and Advising
Mark Foncannon
Director of Student Engagement and Success
530-752-0392 [email protected]
Tracy Grissom
Director of Advising and Policy
530-752-0392 [email protected]
Brighid O'Halloran
Assistant Director
530-752-0392 [email protected]
Mark Reyes
Assistant Director
530-752-0392 [email protected]
Cheryl Grant
Executive Assistant
530-752-5898 [email protected]
Standing Committees
Executive Committee: Christyann Darwent, Chair (ANT); Christiana Drake, Vice Chair (STA); Robin Erbacher (PHY), Rohan French (PHI), Joel Hass (MAT), Brandon Kinne (POL), Mika Pelo (MUS), Claire Waters (ENL); 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); Brandon Kinne (POL/FEC), Eric Rauchway (HIS), Joseph Sorensen (EALC); Ex-officio: Annaliese Franz (AD of Undergraduate Programs and Planning)
Computing Support: Richard Huskey, Chair (Communication); Ethan Anderes (Statistics), Andy Jones (University Writing Program), Jeremy Phillips (Letters and Science Dean's Office—Information Technology), Gerry Puckett (Mathematics), Lee-Ping Wang (Chemistry), Andrew Wetzel (Physics and Astronomy), Magali Billen (Earth and Planetary Sciences), Shu Shen (Economics), Joy Geng (Psychology and CMB); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Lori Lubin, Director of Research and Graduate Administration Maricela Gonzalez
Courses of Instruction: Philippe Rast, Chair (PSC); Laurie San Martin, Vice Chair (MUS), Alexander Aue (STA), Andre Carvajal (ECN), Kathleen Cruz (CLA), Veronika Hubeny (PHY), Jon Rossini (TAD), Anne Schilling (MAT), Narine S Yegiyan (CMN)
Educational Policy: Eric Russell, Chair (FRE); James Cloyne (ECN), Delmar Larsen (CHE), Markus Luty (PHY), Rachel St. John (HIS), Rachana Vajjhala (MUS); Ex-officio: Christiana Drake (Vice Chair)
English Language and Literacy: Matt Stratton, Chair (ENL); Rebekka Anderson (S26/UWP), Roger Casals (MAT), CJ Jackson (NAS), Joanna Johnson (Dir of ESL&ELW), Robert Newcomb (SPA), Daniel Stolzenberg (HIS), Laura Vidal Chiesa (F&W25/UWP); Erwan Monier (LAWR/CAES) 2 other reps from BASC/ENGR.
Graduate Studies Support: Jie Peng, Chair (Statistics); Gabriella Montinola (Political Science), Brett Snyder (Design), Adam Sennet (Philosophy), Nick Curro (Physics and Astronomy), Desiree Martin (English), Pierpaolo Polzonetti (Music), Marisol de la Cadena (Anthropology), Max Rudolph (Earth and Planetary Sciences); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Lori Lubin, Director of Research and Graduate Administration Maricela Gonzalez
Honors: Christian Baldini, Chair (MUS); Tucker Jones (PHY), Laramie D. Taylor (CMN)
Individual Majors: Alexander Soshnikov, Chair (MAT); Karen Bales (PSC), Jaimey Fisher (GER), Gozde Goncu Berk (DES), Marie Heffern (CHE); Ex-officio: Annaliese Franz (AD of Undergraduate Programs and Planning)
Library: Katharine Burnett, Chair (AHI/W,S); Michiko Suzuki, Chair (EALC/Fall); Mukund Rangamani (PHY), Ina Simonovska (ECN)
Nominations & Elections: Jaroslav Trnka, Chair (PHY); Shelley Blozis (PSC), Chengzhi Chu (EALC)
Research Support: Finn Brunton, Chair (Cinema and Digital Media, Science and Technology Studies); Ethan Anderes (Statistics) , Damien Caillaud (Anthropology), Cody Gilmore (Philosophy), Carolina Apesoa-Varano (Sociology), Sam Nichols (Music), Lilia Soto (Chicano/a Studies), Steve Shkoller (Mathematics), Markus Luty (Physics and Astronomy); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Lori Lubin, Director of Research and Graduate Administration Maricela Gonzalez
Rules & Jurisdiction: Steven Carlip, Chair (PHY); Hsuan Hsu (ENL), Takuya Ura (ECN)
Student Success Support: Natalia Ines Deeb-Sossa (Chicana/o Studies), Ozcan Gulacar (Chemistry), Soojong Kim (Communication), Janine Lynn Flathman Wilson (Economics); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Success Annaliese Franz, Director of Student Engagement and Success Mark Foncannon
Study of Foreign Languages: Chunjie Zhang, Chair (GER); Michael D Foster (ELAC), Oscar Jorda (ECN), Amy Motlagh (COM), Frank Osterloh (CHE), Claudia Sanchez-Gutierrez (SPA), Carey Seal (CLA)
Teaching Program Planning & Review: Inactive for 2016-25
Teaching Awards: Erik Carlsson, Chair (MAT); Christian Baldini (MUS), Katharine Graf Estes (PSC), Ozcan Gulacar (CHE), Margaret Ronda (ENL), James H Smith (ANT)