9:45 am - 10:45 am | Angel Room
The Sponsored Project Office’s succession planning model began in 2013 with the establishment of a Leadership Experience in Administration Program (LEAP). The goal was to provide SPO staff with the opportunity to learn about the role and responsibilities of SPO managers, develop leadership and applied managerial skills, and conduct a project to improve office services and/or further their personal career goals. This presentation will describe the LEAP participants’ experiences and LEAP outcomes five years later.
Pam Miller, Ph.D. is Interim Executive Director of Berkeley’s Sponsored Projects Office. She has over 30 years of experience in research administration. She worked in Illinois and Mississippi before relocating to California where she established the first grants office at the University of San Francisco. Dr. Miller served as President of the Society of Research Administrators International from 2008-2010 and began work at UC Berkeley in 2009. She was a member of Berkeley’s Chancellor’s Staff Advisory Committee from 2012-2015.
Noam Pines is an Associate Director in UC Berkeley’s Sponsored Projects Office. He has over ten years of experience in Research Administration with a focus on governmental entities (federal, non-federal, international). In 2011-12, Noam was selected as a Leadership Experience in Administration Program (LEAP) participant, and he served as a liaison to the project team for the implementation of “Phoebe,” UC Berkeley’s electronic proposal development system. Noam was elected to NCURA’s Region VI Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) in 2017.
Kate Lewis is an Associate Director in the Industry Alliances Office (IAO) with 13 years of experience in Berkeley research administration. Her first position was in the Berkeley Seismological Lab. Shen then joined the Sponsored Projects Office and participated in the Leadership Experience in Administration Program (LEAP) from 2012-2013 followed by her leadership role in IAO. Kate was the Chair of the Chancellor’s Staff Advisory Committee in 2017- spring of 2018. She holds a BA and MA in Sociology.
Deborah Howard is a C&G Supervisor in UC Berkeley Campus Shared Services Research Administration supporting the College of Natural Resources. Deborah has worked in both Pre and Post Award administration at both the UC Berkeley and UCSF campuses. She participated in the Leadership Experience in Administration Program (LEAP) from 2012-2013. The majority of her 14-year career has been working in the Central Award Office, including 5 years specializing in Subawards. She holds a BA in Psychology.
Joyce So is a Principal Contract and Grant Officer in Berkeley’s Sponsored Projects Office. She has over 9 years of contracts and grants experience and has worked with a wide spectrum of domestic and/or international governmental and non-profit funding agencies. Joyce participated in the Leadership Experience in Administration Program (LEAP) in 2014-2015 and has been an active participant and organizer on various working groups within the Sponsored Projects Office on process improvements.
Angela Ford is a Principal Contract and Grant Officer in Berkeley’s Sponsored Projects Office. She has served as LBNL Deputy Manager in the Office of Sponsored Projects and Industry Partnerships, LBNL Program Manager supporting development activities for the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Grants Manager at the UCB Institute of Quantitative, and Business Services Manager for the UCB Institute of Transportation Studies. Angela participated in SPO’s Leadership Experience in Administration Program (LEAP) in 2015-16.
Jyl Baldwin is an Associate Director in Research Administration & Compliance at the University of California, Berkeley with responsibility for the international arena, and where she is also the coordinator for conflict of interest in research for the campus.She joined UC Berkeley in 1985 following graduate school and a career that included field archaeology and photography, documentary film production and co-founding an import-export company, which operated internationally for a number of years.
