Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that Kathy Eftekhari will be joining the University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) as my new Chief of Staff starting Monday, August 19, 2019.  

As Chief of Staff, Kathy will provide leadership and managerial support to the division and will be a member of the UC ANR Core Leadership Team. Her professional experience includes more than 25 years successfully managing programmatic, financial and human resource operations within higher education, and in private and non-profit organizations across the U.S. and abroad. She has had considerable experience in economic and community development.  

Kathy comes to us from the Strategy and Program Management Office at the UC Office of the President, where she has served as a Senior Organizational Consultant for the past six years. In this role, she was responsible for the development and facilitation of the UCOP strategic planning process and has also successfully led a number of UCOP and systemwide initiatives. She co-facilitated the UC ANR's strategic planning process in 2016 and is, therefore, familiar with UC ANR's high-level goals and challenges.  

Kathy holds a B.A. in liberal studies, an M.A. in educational administration, and a Ph.D. in education from UC Berkeley with an emphasis on research and policy analysis.

Please join me in welcoming Kathy to the UC ANR team!

Sincerely,

Glenda Humiston
Vice President

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