IN THIS COLUMN
- Lorena Oropeza, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and College of Letters and Science
- Rachel Jean-Baptiste, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and College of Letters and Science
- Christine Lovely, Human Resources
- Aid铆n Castillo, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Immigrant Legal Services Center
- Mar铆a Blanco, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Immigrant Legal Services Center
Renetta Tull, vice chancellor, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, announced the departure of 鈥渢wo inspiring leaders ... phenomenal historians and DEI warriors鈥 from her office:
Lorena Oropeza, associate vice chancellor for academic diversity since 2020, is leaving 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, where she is a professor in the Department of History, College of Letters and Science, to become a professor of ethnic studies at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Berkeley, while maintaining various collaborations throughout 新澳门六合彩内幕信息.
Tull, in her For Your Information newsletter June 2, described Oropeza the DEI leader as 鈥渁 champion for moving our HSI mission forward,鈥 referring to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 Hispanic-Serving Institution initiative. Her efforts included overseeing the publication of the HSI Implementation Task Force Report and the hiring of the university鈥檚 first HSI director, Lina Mendez.
Her portfolio also included CAMPOS and CAMPSSAH (Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science, and Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives in Social Sciences, Arts and the Humanities); and Advancing Faculty Diversity retention grants from the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Office of the President.
鈥淟orena brought a wonderful combination of passion and a kind spirit to her work in DEI,鈥 Tull said. 鈥淪he started during the pandemic in the summer of 2020, and has been dedicated and committed to enhancing equity, especially for current faculty (in collaboration with Academic Affairs) and future faculty (in collaboration with Graduate Studies).鈥
Rachel Jean-Baptiste, inaugural faculty director of 顿贰滨鈥檚 Institute for Diversity, Equity and Advancement, or IDEA, starting in 2021, will become associate dean for University of California Study Abroad, effective July 1, while retaining her faculty position as an associate professor in the Department of History, College of Letters and Science
鈥淒r. Jean-Baptiste and the team at IDEA have worked tirelessly to get IDEA established, and we sincerely thank her for her leadership,鈥 Tull said in her newsletter.
Christine Lovely, chief human resources officer since 2018, has accepted a new role as vice president and chief human resources officer at Cornell University, effective Aug. 30.
鈥溞掳拿帕喜誓谀恍畔 Davis is my alma mater and leading Human Resources here has been an honor and the joy of my career,鈥 she said in announcing her departure to HR. 鈥淚 am very proud of the work we have put in together and personally fulfilled by the impact we've made at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis 鈥 especially these last two years.鈥
In her remaining two months, Lovely intends to fulfill her , to which she was appointed following the retirement of Vice Chancellor Kelly Ratliff.
Lovely will also support the immediate nationwide search for new chief human resources officer, while wrapping up some critical HR projects focused on the staff experience at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis.
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis alumna Aid铆n Castillo, immigration attorney and immigrants鈥 rights advocate, has been named the new executive director of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis-based , succeeding the founding executive director, Mar铆a Blanco, who is retiring.
The center, which opened in 2014, serves the immigration-related legal needs of undocumented and immigrant students at all 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 campuses except Berkeley. Kevin Johnson, dean of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis School of Law, praised Blanco鈥檚 work: 鈥淭he center she envisioned and formed out of whole cloth is a model being duplicated at colleges and universities across the country.鈥 She was the staff recipient in this year's round of Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community.
Castillo is scheduled to start as the executive director June 27. She is leaving her position as the directing attorney of Oakland鈥檚 Centro Legal de La Raza Immigrants鈥 Rights Program, where her responsibilities have included administering and managing immigration legal services, and supervising staff members, including 16 attorneys.
In previous roles as a Centro Legal supervising and staff attorney, Castillo managed a large caseload in providing legal representation to detained and nondetained immigrants. Before Centro Legal, Castillo worked as an attorney for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and as a fellow with the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation.
As an undergraduate at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis (Bachelor of Arts, political science and history, 2007), she co-founded Scholars Promoting Education, Access and Knowledge, or S.P.E.A.K., the campus鈥檚 first support and advocacy group for undocumented students. While in law school (Juris Doctor, 2011), she participated in the Immigration Law Clinic, co-chaired the La Raza (now Latinx) Law Students Association and received the Lorenzo Pati帽o Public Service Award and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund scholarship.
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