Charron Andrus received her B.S. in Organizational Leadership from Biola University and her M.A. in Gerontology from the University of Southern California. She has been with the University of California for 10 years, serving at both the Davis Health and Berkeley campuses. Currently she oversees the Information Security Office at Berkeley as their Associate Chief Information Security Officer.
Charron’s focus is on advocating for a diverse, inclusive, and equitable faculty, staff, and student body; and her passion is on engaging in and creating meaningful relationships with community partners.
Charron is the co-founder of the Black Leadership Alliance Council at the University of California (BLAC@UC). She has also served on several campus and systemwide committees including serving as a Delegate to the UC Council of Staff Assemblies for two years and then as an Officer of the Council with her term concluding in June 2021. Charron is also an appointed Commissioner on the Sacramento City Independent Redistricting Commission.
Charron founded Andrus Consulting (www.linkedin.com/company/andrus-consulting) in February 2021 to focus on serving Black women and other diverse groups by providing guidance and advice so they can flourish in their careers.
Charron is mom to a teenage son who is pursuing a Biology degree at California State University Sacramento with a goal of becoming a physician. In her spare time, she enjoys writing and has published a book of poems entitled Words That Occur in the Absence of Love and a Planner, Journal and Goal Tracker entitled the Simplicity & Joy Planner
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