Strategic Initiatives

Campus HR EcoSystem

Through this project we aim to identify and implement ongoing strategic improvements to our existing HR services that will lead to better outcomes for campus partners and HR professionals. We will focus on better aligning services with organizational needs, reducing delays and redundancies, and exploring innovative tools, including AI, to modernize and streamline service delivery.

HR EcoSystem Advisory Committee Membership:

Sponsor

  • Marc Fisher, Vice Chancellor, Administration

Lead/Convener

  • Courtney Chandler, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Chief of Staff, Administration Division

Advisory Committee

  • Max Auffhammer, Professor, Sustainable Development and Regional Associate Dean, SHARE
  • David Castellanos, CFO, VC Research
  • Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Berkeley Law
  • Nick Dear, Assistant Dean, Human Resources L&S
  • Steve Kahn, Dean, Mathematical & Physical Sciences
  • Andrea Lambert-Tan, Assistant Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost and Chief of Staff
  • Beth Leven, Director, Academic Personnel, College of Engineering 
  • Jo Mackness, Associate Vice Chancellor, Residential & Student Service Programs
  • Therese Madden, Interim CAO and Assistant Dean of Human Resources & Administration, Haas Business School
  • Amy Robinson, CAO & Executive Assistant Dean, L&S
  • Heidi Wagner, CAO & Assistant Dean, Finance & Administration, L&S Division of Biological Sciences

Functional Leaders

  • Stacey Alvarez, Interim Deputy Executive Director at UC Path and Director of UCPath Operations at UC Berkeley
  • Heather Archer, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Personnel 
  • Victoria Plaut, Vice Provost, Faculty
  • Eugene Whitlock, Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief People and Culture Officer
  • Seamus Wilmot, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Executive Director, Business Operations

Project Management & Support

  • Mike Cook, Project Manager, BPMO
  • Kyle Gibson, Director of Strategic Communications

For additional information about the Campus HR EcoSystem Project, please contact the Office of the Vice Chancellor, Administration.