Our governance model provides support from the campus community to build meaningful and impactful university-wide partnerships. The UC Davis Preferred Partnership Program is guided by a governance model to facilitate participation by campus stakeholders and ensure partnerships are aligned with the university’s mission and principles of community.
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Voting Members:
Kevin Blue, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics
Susan Catron, Interim Dean, UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education
Karl Engelbach, Associate Chancellor, Chief of Staff to Chancellor
Emily Galindo, Interim Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
Shaun Keister, Vice Chancellor of Development and Alumni Relations
Kristin Lagattuta, Academic Senate Chair
Prasant Mohapatra, Vice Chancellor, Research
Karl Mohr, Assistant Executive Vice Chancellor, Provost’s Office
Kelly Ratliff (chair), Vice Chancellor, Finance, Operations and Administration
Dana Topousis, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Strategic Communications
Rao Unnava, Dean, Graduate School of Management
Ex-Officio Members:
Sam Bishop-Green, Assistant Director, Preferred Partnership Program
Lisa Frace, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor - Chief Finance and Budget Officer, Finance, Operations and Administration
Heather Hunter, Executive Director, Preferred Partnership Program
Voting Members:
Ashwin Aravindakshan, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management
Sheri Atkinson, Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Life, Campus Community, and Retention Services
Rocko DeLuca, Deputy Director, Intercollegiate Athletics
Mona Ellerbrock, Director, Office of Research
Richard Engel, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Alumni Relations
Lisa Frace (chair), Senior Associate Vice Chancellor - Chief Finance and Budget Officer, Finance, Operations and Administration
Anthony Hazarian, Executive Director of Development, UC Davis Health
Dough Kouba (interim), Assistant Director of Marketing, Strategic Communications
Meital Machulsky, Controller, ASUCD
Zach Rollins, Graduate Student Association
Kirsten Stevenson, Senior Campus Counsel
Cory Vu, Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Divisional Resources
Academic Senate Faculty Representative - TBC
Development - TBC
Ex-Officio Members:
Sam Bishop-Green, Assistant Director, Preferred Partnership Program
CJ Caudle, Strategic Sourcing Manager, Supply Chain Management
Heather Hunter, Executive Director, Preferred Partnership Program
Tim Maguire, Chief Procurement Officer, Supply Chain Management
Kelly Ratliff, Vice Chancellor, Finance, Operations and Administration
Heather L. Hunter, Executive Director
Sam Bishop-Green, Assistant Director
Christopher J. Caudle, Procurement Lead
The Commercial Activities Review Board (CARB) reviews requests for commercial activities on campus. CARB is responsible for setting the campus access fee in accordance with the campus’ Commercial Activities Policy. CARB serves one-year appointments and are nominated by the UP3 Advisory Committee.
Kristin Dees, Director, Center for Student Involvement
Jason Lorgan, Executive Director, Campus Recreation, Memorial Union and UC Davis Stores
Lauren White, Associate Director, Foundation and Corporate Giving
