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...
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...
Executive Director | Government & Community Relations
Esther Gulli is the Executive Director of the Government & Community Relations team at UC Berkeley. With over two decades of experience in public service and higher education, Esther brings extensive expertise in federal relations, policy advocacy, and campus-community engagement.
Previously, she served as Deputy Director and Director of Federal Relations in the Office of Government and Community Relations, and as Chief of Staff for the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at UC Berkeley. Prior to her work in California, she spent over ten years in Washington, D.C., holding roles...
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...
