Staff & Administration

David C. Wilson

Dean and Professor of Public Policy

Strengths: Analytical, Command, Ideation, Developer, Individualization

Sasha Anderson

(She/Her)

Program Director, Data Skills for Policymakers

Fernando Augusto

IECC Communications Manager

Vivian Bossieux-Skinner

(she/her/hers)

Communications Manager, BRSL

Laura Brisbane

(she/her)

PostDoc Scholar

H. Simón Bryce

Director for the Master of Public Affairs Program

Helena Brykarz

Center Manager, Center for Studies in Higher Education

Strengths: Connectedness, Positivity, Achiever, Adaptability, Includer

Cecille C. Cabacungan

(she/her/hers)

Executive Director, Career & Alumni Services & PhD Student Affairs Advisor

Strengths: Relator, Achiever, Responsibility, Arranger, Learner

Anne Campbell Washington

Senior Assistant Dean of Academic Programs and Dean of Students

Strengths: Relator, Strategic, Connectedness, Maximizer, Ideation

Josefina Castillo Baltodano

Founder and Executive Director, Executive Leadership Academy

Jean Cheng

(she/her)

Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer

Strengths: Strategic, Achiever, Learner, Ideation, Arranger

Igor Chirikov

SERU Consortium Director and Senior Researcher, CSHE

Randy Clopton

(he/him/his)

Research Associate

Michael Cusack

Senior Project Lead

Sorangi De Leon

(she/her)

Chief Development Officer

Strengths: Strategic, Futuristic, Learner, Individualization, Ideation

Anushree Deb

Associate Director of Career Services, MDP

Strengths: Relator, Harmony, Responsibility, Empathy, Discipline

Shruti M. Deorah

(she/her)

Executive Director, India Energy & Climate Center, Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), UC Berkeley; Affiliate, LBNL

John Aubrey Douglass

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Studies in Higher Education

Nandita Garreffa

Director of Facilities

Strengths: Connectedness, Responsibility, Arranger, Belief, Harmony

Ilana Golin

(She/Her)

Strategic Partnerships Advisor

Strengths: Individualization, Harmony, Communication, Responsibility, Arranger

Darrian Hall

IT Director

Strengths: Learner, Analytical, Individualization, Achiever, Intellection

Merle Hancock

(she/her)

Chief Financial Officer

Strengths: Harmony, Consistency, Intellection, Adaptability, Discipline

Edward A. Helme

Senior Advisor, Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP)

Tom Hernandez

(he/him)

Director of Career Services, MPA Career Advisor

Strengths: Empathy, Developer, Strategic, Individualization, Discipline

Erin Heys

(She/her/hers)

Deputy Director, Democracy Policy Initiative

Lezley Hightower

(she/her)

Principal Director of MPP and PhD Program Admissions

Stephanie Hom

Director of Operations, Possibility Lab

Strengths: Maximizer, Achiever, Relator, Harmony, Analytical

Hilary Hoynes

Associate Dean & Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Shelby Hunt

(he/him/his)

Chief Administrative Officer

Strengths: Achiever, Arranger, Significance, Competition, Responsibility

Kim Huynh

Administrative Assistant, Possibility Lab

Emily Jacobson

(she/her)

Research Associate, Possibility Lab

Shanshan Jiang

(she/her)

External Relations Specialist

Strengths: Achiever, Learner, Individualization, Context, Input

Kat Joyce

Executive Assistant to the Dean

Strengths: Strategic, Arranger, Communication, Discipline, Woo

Elif Kilic

Research Data Analyst

Yesame Kinfe

(she/her)

Associate Director of Career Services / MPP Career Advisor

Strengths: Harmony, Consistency, Context, Discipline, Developer

Jacki Kingkade

(she/her)

Operations Director

Strengths: Learner, Achiever, Input, Individualization, Connectedness

Tina Kushner

(she/her)

Director for the Master of Development Practice Program

Strengths: Achiever, Learner, Responsibility, Relator, Harmony

Jalilah LaBrie

Senior Director of MPP Student Affairs, Undergraduate Minor Advisor

Abigail Lambert

(she/her)

Graduate Student Researcher

Paola D. Langer

(She/her/hers)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Stephen Lezak

Research Fellow

Phoebe Lin

PostDoc Scholar, Possibility Lab

Lindsay Maple

(she/her)

Director of Project and Planning, Possibility Lab

Elisabeth Mart

(she/her)

Associate Director of Events and Programs

Strengths: Empathy, Intellection, Context, Input, Connectedness

Vanessa Martini

(she/her/hers)

Associate Director, Communications

Strengths: Context, Individualization, Empathy, Input, Learner

Jesse Melgar

(He/Him/His)

Senior Advisor for Strategy & Public Affairs, Possibility Lab

Jane Darby Menton

(she/her)

Research Scholar

Priyanka Mohanty

(she/her)

Senior Research Analyst

Piyush Narang

(He/Him)

Policy Analyst, India Energy and Climate Center

Cameron Parker

(He/Him)

Executive Director, Student Affairs

Strengths: ​L​earner | ​I​nput | Responsibility | ​S​trategic | ​D​iscipline

Joshua Patterson

(he/him/his)

Assistant Director | SERU Consortium

Alesi Perez

(he/him)

Research Associate

Andy Peterson

Senior Consultant, Digital Learning

Ayuko Picot

(she/her/hers)

Senior Program Manager, Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP) and India Energy and Climate Center (IECC)

Ando Rabearisoa

(she/her)

Postdoctoral Scholar

Bora Reed

(she/her)

Chief Communications Officer

Strengths: Activator, Focus, Positivity, Competition, Futuristic

Annette Rios

(She/her/hers)

Associate IT Director

Ryan Rose

(he/him)

Associate Director of Strategic Operations

Strengths: Ideation, Arranger, Strategic, Individualization, Analytical

Samantha Rushing

(she/her)

Associate Director & Executive Assistant to the Board, Executive Leadership Academy, CSHE & Policy Coordinator, Berkeley Global Executive Education

Strengths: Input, Intellection, Learner, Developer, Empathy

Ronen Sberlo

(he/him/his)

Associate IT Director

Strengths: Connectedness, Maximizer, Input, Empathy, Arranger

Aaron Schiller

Assistant Dean for Academic Personnel

Strengths: Input, Intellection, Learner, Context, and Connectedness

Galen Sheely

(He/Him)

Research Director

Angelina Soldatos

(she/her/hers)

Executive Director of Berkeley Institute for Security and Governance

Michael Tapscott

(he/him/his)

Assistant Facilities Manager

Rosa Terrazas

(she/her)

Associate Director of Development

Ernesto Tiburcio

(he/him)

Postdoctoral Scholar

Cameron Tracy

Research Scholar at the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab

Francesca Vescia

(She/her)

Research Associate

Stephanie Wagner-Kinnear

(she/her)

Web Content Manager

Strengths: Empathy, Relator, Developer, Responsibility, Adaptability

Leah Walker

(she/her)

Lab Director, Berkeley Risk and Security Lab

Aarin Walker Chilton

(She / Her)

Director of Undergraduate Programs, Undergraduate Minor Advisor

Strengths: Harmony, Individualization, Maximizer, Intellection, Adaptability

Micah Weinberg

(He/Him)

Senior Strategic Advisor

Kat Wickham

(she/her)

Course Scheduler, Curriculum Planner, Undergraduate Minor Advisor

Eric Wilson

(he/him)

Software Engineer

Strengths: Relator, Input, Analytical, Deliberative, Futuristic

David Wooley

Executive Director, Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP)

Chris Young

Financial Analyst

Strengths: Context, Intellection, Learner, Analytical, Harmony

Lilia Yuan

Program Assistant

Hannah Yung

(she/her)

Project Director, Democracy Policy Initiative

Strengths: Strategic, Individualization, Relator, Communication, Restorative