Board Members
Meet the ACE NorCal Network Executive BoardCurrent Board
Juanita Cole, PhD
Board Chair
Dean
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
California State University Monterey Bay
Bianca Khanona, MBA
Board Member and Treasurer
Associate Vice Chancellor, Financial Planning and Analysis
Division of Finance and Administration
University of California, Merced
Christina Armstrong
Board member
Special Advisor and Director of Strategic Initiatives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Dena Bullard, MHS
Board member
Senior Director, Health Sciences and Workforce Innovation
University of California, Office of the President
Andrea Cohen
Board member
Director of Strategy and Chief of Staff, Academic Affiars
University of California, Santa Cruz
Vanessa E. George, PsyD, MBA
Board member
Associate Director, Graduate Career Management
School of Management
University of San Francisco
Anika Green, MA
Board member
Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Director of DARE (Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence) Doctoral Fellowship Program
Stanford University
Tracy Pascua Dea, Ph.D.
Board member
Rosalee Rush, PhD
Board member
Senior Associate Vice President
Communications & Public Affairs
Stanislaus State University
Institutional Reps
Jomana Amara, Ph.D., P.E.
Institutional Representative
Vice Provost for Academic Leadership, Professor of Economics
Naval Postgraduate School
Joanna M. Iwata, M.A.
Institutional Representative
Associated Students Senior Coordinator of Governance & Operations
Student Engagement & Leadership Development
California State University, Monterey Bay
Maureen Sharberg
Board member
Dean of Academic Programs and Services
California State University, East Bay
Emeritus Board
Susan Carlson
Emerita
Vice Provost
University of California
Josefina Castillo Baltodano, JD
Emerita
Executive Leadership Academy
Center for Studies in Higher Education
University of California, Berkeley
Bernice Bass de Martinez
Emerita
Chair, Department of Foreign Languages
Professor
California State University, Sacramento
Virginia Rondero Hernandez
Emerita, Past Board Chair
Executive Director
Emerita Professor of Social Work Education
California State University, Fresno
Luoluo Hong, PhD, MPH
ACE Executive Council Liaison
Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
California State University, Chancellor’s Office
Jenny Kao
Emerita
Executive Director, Issues Management, Policy Analysis & Coordination (IMPAC)
University of California Office of the President
Amy Levine
Emerita
Adm./Instructor
University of California, Berkeley
Luanna K. Putney
Emerita
Associate Chancellor & Senior Advisor to The Chancellor
University of California, Merced
Mijiza Maláne Sanchez, MPA, EdD
Board member, Past Board Chair
Associate Dean, Office of Medical Student Affairs (OMSA)
Stanford Medicine