Lisa Alvarez-Cohen is the Vice Provost for Academic Planning at UC Berkeley. She began serving in this role on July 1, 2018.
She is the Fred and Claire Sauer Professor, past-Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and past Chair of the Faculty Senate at UC Berkeley. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and Applied Science from Harvard University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Science from Stanford University. Her research areas include biotransformation and fate of environmental water contaminants, environmental...
Lisa García Bedolla is Berkeley's Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division, and a Professor in the School of Education. She uses the tools of social science to reveal the causes of educational and political inequalities in the United States, considering differences across the lines of ethnorace, gender, class, geography, et cetera. She believes an intersectional and interdisciplinary approach is critical to recognizing the complexity of the contemporary United States. She has used a variety of social science methods – participant observation, in-depth...
Interim Vice Chancellor, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Chancellor's Cabinet
Dan Feitelberg joined UC Berkeley in August 2023 to serve as the Interim Vice Chancellor for Finance and Chief Financial Officer.
Like many for whom the University of California is alma mater, Dan's career experience has been shaped through the opportunities afforded as a student and later through his service to the university. Born and raised on the San Francisco Peninsula, he is part of the first generation of his family to graduate from a four-year university, at UC Davis After spending 13 years as a public finance investment banker, helping to provide financing for public...
Joining Berkeley from UC Santa Barbara, where he served as Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services, Marc directs efforts to improve campus operations to meet its budgetary goals while remaining the nation’s preeminent public research university.
As vice chancellor, Marc directs Berkeley’s administrative operations, leading a division of more than 2,000 staff spanning People & Culture (HR), Information Technology, Capital Strategies, Facilities Services, Berkeley Regional Services, the UC Police Department, Supply Chain Management, Parking &...
Khira serves as Associate Chancellor and Chief of Staff to the Chancellor. She is also the Chief Ethics, Risk, and Compliance Officer (CERCO). As the Chief of Staff to the Chancellor, Khira is a strategic advisor to the Chancellor and campus senior leadership and is responsible for the effective administrative organization and daily functioning of the Office of the Chancellor. As the CERCO, Khira oversees UC Berkeley’s compliance, ethics and risk service programs and provides strategic and operating guidance to the Chancellor and campus leadership. She previously served as Special Advisor...
Vice Chancellor, University Development and Alumni Relations
Chancellor's Cabinet
Julie Morgan Hooper (she/her/hers), CFRE, is the Vice Chancellor for University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) at the University of California, Berkeley. She provides campuswide leadership on all philanthropic endeavors, including the $6B Light the Way campaign, as well as the broad-ranging advancement programs in UDAR. In her role, Julie serves as President of the UC Berkeley Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation that raises, invests, and administers private funds for the campus. She also provides oversight and guidance to the activities of approximately 25 different...
Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Campus Welfare
Chancellor's Cabinet
Professor Inkelas joined the Berkeley faculty in 1992. She chaired the Linguistics department for eight years, served on the campus and systemwide Academic Senate Privilege and Tenure Committees and the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, and was faculty lead for new chairs training for two years. In 2016 she served on the Chancellor’s Senate/Administration Committee on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment. She has served on the Chancellor's Cabinet as "SVSH Advisor" since 2017 and, in January 2024, also became the Deputy Compliance Officer for the campus. Inkelas previously...
Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Campus Welfare
Professor Inkelas joined the Berkeley faculty in 1992. She chaired the Linguistics department for eight years, served on the campus and systemwide Academic Senate Privilege and Tenure Committees and the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, and was faculty lead for new chairs training for two years. In 2016 she served on the Chancellor’s Senate/Administration Committee on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment. She has served on the Chancellor's Cabinet as "SVSH Advisor" since 2017 and, in January 2024, also became the Deputy Compliance Officer for the campus. Inkelas previously...
Jim Knowlton, who has established himself as a dynamic leader and accomplished administrator through service in intercollegiate athletics and the U.S. Army, is in his sixth year as Director of Athletics at Cal after formally moving into the role on May 21, 2018.
Knowlton served as AD at Air Force for three years before his move to Berkeley, and he previously spent seven years overseeing the athletic department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was named the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Athletic Director of the Year...
Fabrizio Mejia is a transformative leader in higher education, deeply committed to equity, transformation, and justice, and currently serves as the Acting Vice Chancellor for the Division of Equity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley.
In his permanent role as Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Equity and Success in the Division of Equity and Inclusion, Fabrizio oversees programs such as the Basic Needs Center, Berkeley Underground Scholars, the Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3), the Disabled Students Program, and Equity and Inclusion STEM programs. These...
