Team GEPA - All Staff List

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Academic Affairs

Erica Lennard

Assistant Dean, Graduate Academic Affairs
Norienne Saign, PhD
Assistant Director, Academic Affairs
Sara Miceli

Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor

Joint Doctoral & Professional Degree Programs
Eliese Maxwell

Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor

PhD Degree Programs
Kelsey Darvin

Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor

Academic Master's Degrees (MA, MS): Biological Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Structural Engineering, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Kimberly McCusker

Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor

Academic Master's Degrees (MA, MS, MFA): School of Arts & Humanities, School of Physical Sciences, School of Social Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering Program, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
Karen Villavicencio

Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor

Academic Master's Degrees (MA, MS): Bioengineering Department, Chemical Engineering Program, NanoEngineering Department, Computer Science and Engineering Department
MaKenna Dahl
Events and Administrative Coordinator, Academic Affairs
Megan Leckband
GEPA Commencement Coordinator

Admissions

Rachael Lapidis
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
Mary Hogan
Director, Graduate Admissions
Karlie Lujan
Graduate Admissions Officer
Michael Puente
Graduate Admissions Officer
Sage Longpre
Graduate Admissions Credential Evaluator
Mabel Morris
Graduate Admissions Credential Evaluator
Abigail Whitenack
Graduate Admissions and Student Affairs Assistant

Dean's Office

Judy Kim
Interim Dean
Alfredo Alegria
Institutional Research Analyst
Sheila Graves
Executive Assistant, Dean's Office
Giulia Hoffmann
Assistant Dean, Operations & Strategic Initiatives
Thad Kousser
Interim Associate Dean
Sylvia Vivas
Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs Receptionist

Financial Support

Susan Laughlin
Director of Graduate Student Financial Support
Courtney Aguila
Associate Director of Graduate Student Financial Support
Hannah Van Etten
Financial Analyst
Jonathan Wai
Lead Business Configuration & Data Analyst
Kacy Cashatt

Student Financial and Data Analyst
Ed Mercado
Student Financial Analyst
Dimple Bhatt
Graduate Employment Coordinator
Suzanne Young
Graduate Fellowship Disbursement Coordinator
Florenz Guthrie
Graduate Fellowship Disbursement Coordinator
Yi Zhong
Project Policy Analyst

Postdoctoral Scholar Affairs

Jennifer (Oh) Bourque
Director, Office of Postdoctoral Scholar Affairs
Heather Dillon
Program Manager, Postdoctoral Professional Development
Jennie Salomon
Analyst, Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholars

Student Affairs

Rachael Lapidis
Assistant Dean, Graduate Admissions and Student Affairs
Angeline Yang
Director of Outreach, Access, Recruitment and Retention (OAR²)
Edgar Beas
Student Services Advisor
Shana Slebioda
Student Affairs Coordinator
Sinai Cota
Sloan Scholar Assistant
Carrie Daly
Merkin and Schmidt Fellowship Program Coordinator
Steffi Huynh Schultz
Program Manager
Jessica Peurifoy
Fellowship Administrator

Student Employees

Meghan Rossi
Graduate Intern - Outreach & Communications
Carolina Ramirez Moreno
Graduate Intern - Competitive Edge & Professional Development
Joy Werner
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Intern for the School of Global Policy and Strategy
Angad Kapoor
Graduate Climate Intern - Rady School of Management
Julia Napoli
Graduate Climate Intern - Biological Sciences
Catherine Potmesil
APIMEDA Programs & Services Graduate Climate and Community Intern
Asama Lekbua
OAR² Graduate Intern, Biological Sciences
Kennedy Tolson
OAR² Graduate Intern, BGELLC
Óscar García
OAR² Graduate Intern, Cross Cultural Center
Jessica Villatoro
OAR² Graduate Intern, Raza Resource Centro (RRC)
Keerthi Nair
OAR² Graduate Intern, Women's Center
Daria Shcherbatykh
Undergraduate Assistant for STARS Program
Ana Villalpando
Grad Life Intern

Proposition 209 Compliance

All programs and initiatives coordinated by the Division of Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs are designed and implemented in full compliance with Proposition 209 and the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy.

More information about Proposition 209 can be found here.

More information about the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.