With an academic background in Social and Behavioral Sciences and professional experience in nonprofit technology program development, Priyanka embodies a deep passion and respect for community involvement in advancing meaningful and sustainable social impact solutions. Her efforts in empowering communities through resources and education have been demonstrated through her work in improving digital literacy training and access, advocating for mental health, and promoting collective impact initiatives. As the Program and Student Experience Advisor for the Fung Fellowship at...
For over twenty years Tiffany Reardon has been working in higher education designing programs that support students pursuing degrees in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (STEM). In 2012, she joined Berkeley by accepting a position in the College of Engineering. As a first-generation college student, Tiffany is driven to projects that broaden participation in higher education and connect students to research such as her website Reufinder.com.
In May of 2021, she published her first book “Rose Colored Lenses: A Survival Guide to...
Allison serves as Manager, Special Projects and Staff Engagement in the Office of Medical Education at UCSF. In this role, she both serves as a project manager for Medical Education leadership and as the leader of a successful staff engagement program for the 115 professionals that make up UCSF's highly respected Medical Education programs. She graduated from Boston College with a degree in Human Development and Organizational Studies. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, and trying new restaurants.
Fatima Alleyne, Ph.D., is the Chief Diversity and Ethics Officer at the American Physical Society (APS), bringing her passion and love for science, technology, engineering, math, and education into her work to drive transformational change and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethics initiatives. She is an entrepreneur and consultant leveraging her expertise in strategic planning and project management. Prior to her appointment at APS, she was a director in UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering. Fatima earned her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in materials science and...
Kim Sapp Dinwiddie has been at Berkeley for 21.5 years. She is the Assistant Director in Talent Management and Workforce Planning at University Development and Alumni Relations. Kim provides human resources and organizational consulting/coaching, instructional design, and development, as well as training and facilitation to meet UDAR’s organizational development and strategic workforce planning needs. This includes talent management, succession planning, classification, reclassification, compensation, as well as performance management, and improvement. She...
Josh Gibson coaches leaders to make positive changes and grow their professional skill sets leveraging 15+ years as a therapist and 10+ years in business. His brain-based approach helps leaders enhance their intellectual and emotional processes to find wise paths and processes that help them reach their goals. His career began in change management consulting at Accenture. He then received his M.D. from Columbia University and completed his residency at UCSF. After 15 years of private practice, he joined Quartet Health, a med tech startup. He then led people operations and...
Verna Bowie joined the UC Berkeley community in 2006 as a volunteer researcher in the Berkeley Natural History Museums before securing a staff research associate position in the Department of Integrative Biology. In 2012 Verna joined the Vice Chancellor for Research office, where she provided project and policy support on a broad range of research and policy related topics. Verna began her role as director of academic program reviews in 2020. To date, she has worked with 31 (out of campus’ 66) academic units undergoing their academic review process.
Dr. Tracy Pascua Dea is the Academic Climate Program Director, Office for Faculty Equity & Welfare at UC Berkeley. She was the former Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director of Student Services at Berkeley Journalism. Tracy has more than 20 years of experience in diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and justice, student success, and leadership and systems coaching. Her experience as a first-generation student fuels her passion for transformational individual and organizational change.
Dr. Kristin Dees is currently a Senior Trainer for Learning and Development at UC Davis. She served as the Director of the Center for Student Involvement for six years and has 19 experience years in higher education. Kristin is a founding and active member of the Critical Whiteness and Anti-Racist Collective at UC Davis. Kristin’s passion and dissertation research area was in leadership development and mentorship of first-generation students. She now focuses on leadership and career development for supervisors and managers.
Carmen Soriano serves as a trainer with Learning and Development, Human Resources, on the Davis Campus. In her role, she supports employee engagement, management development, customer service, career services, live session production, and the UC Learning Center. Passionate about helping the UC Davis community achieve their lifelong learning goals, she embraces the UC core competencies with achieving results, building relationships, and creating the future as a foundation for building successful program delivery.