Our Charge
The SB 179 Committee's charge is to develop implementation plans that align the UC Berkeley campus with the spirit of the Gender Recognition Act (California Senate Bill 179), which went into effect on January 1, 2019. The bill streamlines the process for Californians to apply to change their gender markers, and creates a nonbinary gender category (the letter “x”) on California birth certificates, drivers’ licenses, identity cards, and gender-change court orders. This law provides an opportunity for our campus to update language and policies to be more inclusive of transgender, intersex, and nonbinary members of the Berkeley community.
The committee's tasks are as follows:
- Discuss and establish implementation plans within each of their units, including leading sub-groups in their units.
- Elevate issues and/or make recommendations to Executive Advisory Group regarding broader campus-wide/UC/Federal policy implications that need review.
- Establish a recommended communications plan for socializing the campus to new processes, practices, inclusive culture.
- Reassess changes in place post-implementation
Timeline
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| August 2018 | Creation of SB-179 Working Group: Identification Chancellor Christ creates the SB-179 task force and charged the committee with discussing and establishing an implementation plan. |
| October 2018 | SB-179 Education Committee members were given an overview of SB-179 and received a training on gender identity in the workplace. |
| November 2018 | Committee Discussions: Inclusion Committee members discuss in detail the impact of SB-179 on departments, staff, and processes. Committee members create action items and next steps. |
| January 2019 | Action Items/Next Steps (On-going) Committee members continue to work on action items to identify and update departments, forms, data input mechanisms, registration and point of hire systems. |
| February 2019 | Action Items/Next Steps (On-going) Committee members continue to work on action items and identify and update departments, forms, data input mechanisms, registration and point of hire systems. |
Committee Membership
Executive Advisory Group
- Khira Griscavage, Associate Chancellor and Chief of Staff to the Chancellor
- Marc Fisher, Vice Chancellor, Administration
- Oscar Dubon, Vice Chancellor, Equity & Inclusion
- Steve Sutton, Vice Chancellor of the Student Affairs Division
SB 179 Committee Leadership
- Billy Curtis (Co-Chair) Director, Gender Equity Resource Center, Division of Equity & Inclusion
- Jo Mackness (Co-Chair) Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
- Tiffany Melendez (Staff) Health Educator, University Health Services
Full Committee Membership
| Name | Title |
| Amy Barron Chung | Director of Student Services, Office of the Registrar |
| Andrew Eppig | Institutional Research Analyst, Equity and Inclusion |
| Ann Gilbert | Associate Director, Academic Personnel |
| Ann Marie Richard | Interim Associate Chief Information Officer and Director, Student Affairs Information Technology |
| Corinne Kosmitzki | Assistant Dean Graduate Division |
| Dana Bache | Associate Director, Cal Housing |
| David Robinson | Chief Campus Counsel |
| Esther Gulli | Executive Director, Government and Community Relations |
| Janet Gilmore | Senior Director, Strategic Communications |
| Johan Steiner | Facilities Scheduling, Recreational Sports Facility |
| Kendra Fox-Davis | Complaint Resolution Officer, Ethics, Risk & Compliance Services |
| Laura Mays | Academic Personnel Coordinator, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research |
| Laurel Halsey | Administrative Director, University Health Services |
| Lee Borrowman | Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, Biological Sciences |
| Lori Tannyhill | Campus Shared Services- Regional Director for Region Six |
| Lyuda Kerman | Senior Application Programming Manager, Information Systems Technology |
| meckell milburn | Staff Co-chair Chancellor's Advisory Committee-LGBTQ, Health Educator University Health Services |
| Nicolas Hernandez | Sergeant, UC Police Department |
| Pamela Miller | Executive Director, Special Projects Office |
| Rachelle Regan | Director of Gift Planning Officer, University Development and Alumni Relations |
| Rana Silver | SIS Functional Director |
| Regan Putnam | Student Co-chair, Chancellor's Advisory Committee-LGBTQ |
| Ryan Cobb | Associate Director of Athletics, Performance, Health & Welfare |
| Shannon Lee | Senior Project Analyst - Housing and Dining Services |
| Tommy Howard | Director of Strategy & Operations, AVC Human Resources |
| Walter Wong | University Registrar, Office of the Registrar |