Assistant Vice Chancellor of Civil Rights, Whistleblower, and Clery Compliance | Office of Ethics, Risk & Compliance Services
Kellie Brennan is the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Civil Rights, Whistleblower & Clery Compliance. In this role, she oversees three Civil Rights units: the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (OPHD); the Clery Compliance Office; and the Whistleblower Investigations Office. All three units ensure the University's compliance with laws and policies and contribute to creating safe and respectful learning, working, and research environments at UC Berkeley.
Assistant Vice Provost and Chief of Staff | Undergraduate Education
Catherine Cronquist Browning is the Assistant Vice Provost and Chief of Staff to the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at UC Berkeley. With over 18 years of experience in higher education at Berkeley, Catherine brings extensive expertise in academic program management, strategic planning, and cross-campus collaboration.
Previously, she was Assistant Dean of Educational Programs and New Initiatives at the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), where she helped shape the strategic vision for educational offerings and launched new degree programs. She has also...
Acting Associate Vice Chancellor for Government and Community Relations
Gina Daly has worked in public service for over 20 years at the federal, state and local level. For the past fifteen years, she has served as Director of Federal Relations for the University of California, first at UC Davis, and then for the past decade as UC Berkeley's federal advocate. Daly works with the regional Congressional delegation and appropriators to advocate for increased federal research funding, student financial aid dollars and against budget cuts. In 2025, she received the Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award She has also served in leadership...
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff | Finance
Amy Gardner is the Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff to the Vice Chancellor for Finance, and the Executive Director of University Business Partnerships & Services at UC Berkeley. With extensive experience in strategic campus collaboration and partnership development, Amy brings deep expertise in aligning industry engagement with the university’s mission of teaching, research, and public service.
Previously, she was Director of Corporate and Community Relations with the San Francisco Bowl Game, where she oversaw sponsorship development, event planning, and game...
Kyle Gibson serves as Director of Communications for UC Berkeley’s Administration Division, where he oversees strategic communications, public affairs, and storytelling in support of the Vice Chancellor for Administration. In this capacity, he manages communications for the Vice Chancellor’s immediate office and plays a central role in articulating the Administration Division’s mission and priorities to the campus and broader community.
Kyle also provides leadership and guidance to the division’s ten departments, many of which maintain their own communications directors and managers...
Senior Director of Strategic Communications | Communications & Public Affairs
Janet Gilmore is the Senior Director of Strategic Communications in the Office of Communications & Public Affairs at UC Berkeley, where she has served for over 20 years. She leads efforts in issues management, crisis and emergency communications, and acts as a primary campus spokesperson.
Throughout her tenure, Janet has managed communications around a wide range of complex topics, including student protests, high-profile lawsuits, federal audits, admissions scrutiny, union actions, and police matters.
Janet's early career was in journalism, focusing on legal...
Adam Hillier serves as the Director of Strategic Initiatives for Enrollment Management. In this role, Adam develops and implements strategic partnerships, initiatives and programs to push our mission forward - this includes ensuring we are properly staffed, properly funded and operating within the guidelines established by the office of the president. Adam works directly with the Associate Vice Chancellor to discover strategic alignments across our units and campus to advance our mission of inclusive excellence. He has more than ten years at UC Berkeley working in undergraduate admissions...
Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Chief of Staff | Graduate Division
Quin Hussey is the Assistant Vice Provost and Chief of Staff for the Graduate Division at UC Berkeley. With a strong background in student affairs and public health, Quin brings extensive expertise in graduate student support, diversity and inclusion, strategic planning, and institutional effectiveness.
Previously, she served as Assistant Dean for Students at Berkeley Public Health (2020–2024) and Program Director for the UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative (2016–2020), where she led student-centered initiatives with a focus on equity, access, and community impact.
Deputy Ethics, Risk & Compliance Officer / Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Compliance and Community / Distinguished Professor, Department of Linguistics
Sharon Inkelas is the Deputy Compliance Officer and Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Campus Welfare at UC Berkeley. With over three decades of leadership and service at Berkeley, Sharon brings extensive expertise in faculty governance, compliance, and institutional equity.
Previously, she served as Associate Vice Provost for the Faculty from 2020 to 2023 and as Interim Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion in the summer of 2021. She has chaired the Department of Linguistics, served on the Academic Senate Privilege and Tenure Committees, the Committee for the...
