Board Members
Meet the ACE NorCal Network Executive BoardCurrent Board

Andrea Cohen
Board Chair
Director of Strategy and Chief of Staff, Academic Affiars
University of California, Santa Cruz

Tracy Pascua Dea, PhD
Board Vice-Chair
University of California, Berkeley

Molly Tamburo
Board Treasurer
Administrative Operations Manager and Senior Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
University of California, Merced

Jomana Amara
Board member
Naval Post Graduate Institute

Christina Armstrong
Board member
Deputy Associate Chancellor
University of California, Santa Cruz

Sharon Barrios, PhD
Board member
Dean of Graduate Studies
Director of the Graduate Equity Fellowship Program
California State University, Chico

Daisy Chavez Serrano
Board member
Associate Director of Career Coaching & Education
Stanford University

Patrisha Ann Cherry
Board member
Program Manager, Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology Division
Stanford University

Csilla Csaplár
Board member
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research Administration and Compliance
University of California, Santa Cruz

Gina Garcia
Board member
Senior Associate Director, Employer Relations
University of California, Berkeley

Julie Greenwood, PhD
Board member
Dean of Continuing and Professonal Education (CPE)
University of California, Davis

Stephanie Moore
Board member
Senior Assistant Dean of the Arts
University of California, Santa Cruz

Nina Palomino-Rocha, EdD
Board member
Interim Sr. Director, People Operations Strategy & HR Systems
California State University, Stanislaus

Ola Popoola, EdD
Board Member
University of California Office of the President

Fatoumatta Sisay
Board Member

Janiene Thiong
Board Member

Fanny Yeung, PhD
Board Member

Anthea Yugawa, Psy. D.
Board Member
Haas School of Business, Undergraduate Program, Director of Student Affairs
University of California, Berkeley
Institutional Reps

Mary Elizabeth Anderson, PhD
Institutional Representative
San Jose State University

Larissa Mercado-Lopez, PhD
Institutional Representative
Professor and Chair of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Fresno State University
Emeritus Board

Susan Carlson
Emerita
Vice Provost
University of California

Josefina Castillo Baltodano, JD
Emerita
Founder and Executive Director
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

Jenny Kao
Emerita
Executive Director, Issues Management, Policy Analysis & Coordination (IMPAC)
University of California Office of the President

Luanna K. Putney
Emerita
Associate Chancellor & Senior Advisor to The Chancellor
University of California, Merced

Mijiza Maláne Sanchez, MPA, EdD
Past Board Chair
Associate Dean, Office of Medical Student Affairs (OMSA)
Stanford Medicine
