Bettina Aptheker is professor and chair of Women's Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she has taught for 23 years. Her published works include Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness and the Meaning of Daily Life (1989), and Woman's Legacy: Essays on Race, Sex, and Class in American History (1982). In 1999 Cornell University Press released a second edition of her book, The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis, originally published in 1976, with a new introduction, an afterword and rare photographs of the period. She is completing work on a memoir. Bettina's course, Introduction to Feminism, is among the most popular at the university, and covers a wide range of issues including women and anger, women's reproductive rights, violence against women, and women's history. The course is taught from a multi-racial, and multi-cultural perspective. Bettina has been a political activist all of her adult life. She co-led the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley, 1964-1965, and was part of the national student leadership to end the war in Vietnam. She continues to work for peace and for social justice. She is a member of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship combining spiritual practice with political action. Bettina loves the opera, camping, and hot springs. She adores her lover of 24 years, Kate Miller. She is active in the lesbian and gay communities, a member of Temple Beth El in Santa Cruz, and grandmother to Jacob David, her first grandchild, born on January 5, 2003.

Prior to joining UC Merced in July 2001, Dr. David B. Ashley was the Dean of Engineering at The Ohio State University for four years. He has also been on the civil and environmental engineering faculties of UC Berkeley, University of Texas, and M.I.T. His principal research and teaching activities are in the area of construction project planning, focusing especially on risk analysis and management of large-scale, complex projects. His work within this field has brought him recognition as a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator, the Construction Management Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, and an Honorary Doctorate from Chalmers University in Sweden.

Judy Boyette joined the University of California, Office of the President, on October 20, 1997. Among her initial responsibilities as Associate Vice President was the integration of the Human Resources and Benefits functions at the University's systemwide headquarters. Prior to her tenure at UC, Ms. Boyette was Deputy General Counsel for Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco, California, where she headed a practice group providing services in the areas of human resources, employee benefits and executive compensation, corporate securities, and corporate development. Before joining Pacific Telesis Group in 1990, Ms. Boyette was a partner in Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro, one of the largest law firms in the country, advising corporate, institutional, public and exempt organization clients in the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation. She received her Bachelor's degree with honors from Texas Women's University in 1972 and her J.D. Degree with honors from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1981.

Alan Dundes has been a Professor of Anthropology and Folklore in the UC Berkeley Department of Anthropology since 1963. He received his B.A. in English from Yale College in 1955, his M.A.T. in English from Yale University in 1958, and his Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University in 1962. His honors and awards include a Guggenheim in 1966-67, a NEH Senior Fellowship in 1972-1973, a Sigillo d'Oro (Seal of Gold), the Pitr� Prize, for lifetime achievement in folklore, 1993; and a Distinguished Teaching Award, 1994. He is a member of the American Folklore Society, California Folklore Society, International Society for Folk Narrative Research, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has authored more than 250 articles in such journals as Arv, Journal of American Folklore, Asian Folklore Studies, Journal of Folklore Research, Western Folklore, Southern Folklore, Folklore (England), International Folklore Review, Zeitschrift f�r Volkskunde, Studia Fennica, American Speech, American Imago, Modern Fiction Studies, Modern Language Notes, French Review, Germanic Review, American Anthropologist, Man, Natural History, Annals of Scholarship, Ethnohistory, Elementary English, etc. Contributor to the Book of Knowledge, Worldbook Encyclopedia, and the Encyclopedia Britannica on such subjects as folklore, American folklore, superstition, primitive mythology, etc. He has authored 12 books and co-authored over 20 books. Professor Dundes serves as the Director to the Folklore Archives which contain more than 500,000 items of folklore from around the world, organized in alphabetical order by country or geographical area. The Archive houses items from almost two hundred countries, though the bulk of material is Anglo-American.

Anne C. Fink has been UC Irvine's Benefits & Financial Planning Consultant for almost 17 years. She knows the UC Retirement Plans. Anne provides comprehensive, individual financial and retirement planning counseling, as well as presenting customized educational seminars and workshops for all levels of UC faculty and staff. Anne is also one of two elected non-academic senate representatives serving on the UCRS Advisory Board.

Presented by:

ELLEN SWITKES, UCOP
JILL SLOCUM, UCOP

Jerry Kissler is responsible for the development of budget allocations to campuses, accountability measures, and serves as a communication "bridge" between the Office of the President and the campuses. Prior to joining UCOP in November 2000, Jerry held management and leadership positions at UCLA and universities in Oregon and Washington. While in the Pacific Northwest, he served as the Governor's Higher Education Advisor for the State of Oregon. In addition to his university and government experience, Jerry has been the Vice President of a dot-com company that partners with universities to offer MBA degrees over the Internet. He received a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University.

Dr. Michael Levine is a home-grown product having received his undergraduate degree in genetics at UC, Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He held professorships in Biological Sciences at UC San Diego and Columbia University before returning full circle to Berkeley in 1996. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996 and was appointed the F. Williams Chair in Biology in 2002. His talk on Tuesday is titled, "Animal Genomes and Evolution."

Cynthia Lynch has worked for UCSF for the past 10 years and has been in her current position since 1997. She was a mentoree in the UCSF ABOG Mentorship Program in 1995-96 and has served on the Mentorship Program Committee ever since. Cynthia graduated from the University of Michigan with a BS in Biology and from Golden Gate University with an MBA in Health Services Management.

Beverly McClintock has been the Program Manager for the UC Santa Barbara Global and International Studies Program since October, 2001. She came to UCSB and Santa Barbara from Fairbanks, Alaska where she has owned a commercial construction company for 25 years. Beverly holds a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York in Albany and a Master's degree in Northern Studies from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. During her years in Alaska, she was active in several professional and women's organizations. She also lived in Copenhagen, Denmark with her daughters, where she did graduate work at the University of Copenhagen and organized a conference on "Women in the Circumpolar North." She considers her greatest achievements to be her two daughters, Libby, 19 and Lindsay, 22, college students in Hawaii and Idaho, and the fact that she walked 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain with her sister in the Spring of 2001.

Carina Celesia Moore is the Manager of Staff Development & Professional Services at the University of California, Davis. She oversees an annual program of over 550 courses in areas including business and administration, career management, communication, human resource management, organizational development, technology education and health awareness. Annual staff participation in these programs results in over 10,000 enrollments. In addition to managing Staff Development & Professional Services, Carina teaches at UC Davis Extension and has served as part-time faculty at California State University, Sacramento. Carina received the UC Davis Affirmative Action and Diversity Achievement Award in 2001. She earned a Master of Arts degree in curriculum and teaching from Columbia University in New York.

Joseph P. Mullinix joined the University of California in August 2000. He previously served as Vice President for Finance and Administration at Yale University for six years, where he was responsible for financial operations, investments, debt management, facilities, human resources and labor relations, student administrative services and information technology. Prior to joining Yale in 1993, he was Columbia University's Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for nine years.

Before his positions with these institutions of higher education, Mullinix served as Senior Analyst with Goldman, Sachs and Company, responsible for analyzing the performance of the firm's investment banking and fixed income divisions. He also served as Deputy Associate Director at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the California Association for Research in Astronomy (CARA), a Director for the Forum for the Future of Higher Education, and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Council on Governmental Relations.

In addition to his duties with the Faculty & Staff Assistance Program at UCSF, Dr. Andrew Parker has a private practice in San Francisco and Mill Valley. Prior to his career as a psychologist, he was a professional mediator in the field of catastrophic injury litigation. He earned his Doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder and interned at the San Francisco VA Hospital. In addition to his private practice, he has worked as a therapist for the San Francisco Vet Center treating Vietnam combat veterans, and as Clinical Director for the Swords to Plowshares residential treatment program for homeless veterans coping with long-term addiction. Before coming to UCSF, he was Program Director for the Ohlhoff Outpatient Program in Marin County, which provides treatment for individuals and families dealing with chemical dependency and eating disorders. Dr. Parker has been a practitioner of meditation for the past 25 years, and has taught numerous seminars and workshops in mindfulness disciplines, anger management, and recovery from addiction.

Ellie Schindelman is currently a Management Fellow at UCOP, on a three year project to develop a system-wide management training program. For the past 25 years, Ellie worked at UC Berkeley, where she directed the Leadership Development Program, taught classes on management, organizational culture, communication, and working styles, and provided organizational development consulting and leadership coaching. Ellie has been involved in various university-wide programs, including the Business Officers Institute, the Management Skills Assessment Program, and the UC Management Institute. Ellie holds a BA in Human Development from Cornell University and an MPH from UC Berkeley. Off campus, Ellie leads family travel adventures.

Jill Slocum is responsible for policy development and analysis of issues relating to the University's Health Sciences Faculty, with a particular emphasis on appointments, compensation and benefits. In addition she serves as one of the primary liaisons between the UCOP Academic Advancement Office and the UCOP Retirement and Health & Welfare Offices for academics in general. Some current projects include a review and assessment of faculty who hold joint appointments at UC and affiliate hospitals, in particular the VA Medical Centers, researching options for expanding retirement benefits for Health Science faculty, and communication strategies about benefits for academics in general. Prior to her appointment at UCOP, she worked at the University of California, San Francisco.

Ellen Switkes oversees the development and interpretation of academic personnel policy for faculty and other academic appointees at the University of California's ten campuses. Specific responsibilities include faculty compensation, health science practice plans, sabbatical leaves, grievance and layoff policies, and policy for academic collective bargaining. Some projects of note include a policy to extend the tenure clock for new mothers and fathers, policy revisions for access to faculty records and dismissal of incompetent faculty. In the affirmative action area, Ms. Switkes oversees programs and policies for faculty and graduate students that promote equal opportunity and gender equity, including programs designed to increase academic diversity at the University of California through innovative approaches to curriculum and research. She has a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She previously served on the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Jerry Teplitz's background is as unique as the techniques and approaches he teaches. He is a graduate of Hunter College and Northwestern University School of Law. He practiced as an attorney for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Later Jerry received Masters and Doctorate degrees in Wholistic Health Sciences from Columbia Pacific University. He is currently on the faculty of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management. He has been president of his own consulting firm for the past twenty years and he conducts seminars in the area of stress management, employee productivity, and sales development. He is the author of three books: Managing Your Stress: How To Relax and Enjoy, Switched-On Living, and Brain Gym for Business.

Presentations:

Mentoring

CYNTHIA LYNCH, UC San Francisco

Brown Bag for Managers

BEVERLY MCCLINTOCK, UC Santa Barbara

Training

CARINA MOORE, UC Davis