Meet Our Staff
See below for AP contacts by areas of specialization and roles.
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Julie A. Berry
Senior Academic Personnel Analyst
Julie A. Berry is the assigned Academic Personnel Sr. Analyst for the Division of Arts & Humanities and several areas in the Health Sciences School of Medicine. She is responsible for assisting with and reviewing actions related to the appointment, advancement, and promotion of academic personnel. She may be contacted at juberry@ucsd.edu.
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Jesse Hurtado
Senior Academic Personnel Analyst
Jesse Hurtado is the assigned Academic Personnel Sr. Analyst for various academic divisions and departments. He is responsible for assisting with and reviewing actions related to the appointment, advancement, and promotion of academic personnel. He provides analysis and recommendations on proposed actions related to Non-Senate Faculty or Unit 18 appointees and supports the Academic Administrator and Academic Coordinator Review Panel (AARP) and the Project Scientist and Specialist Review Panel (PSSRP). He may be contacted at jhurtado@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-4497.
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Sarah Clark
EEO Specialist, Academic Recruitment
Sarah Clark is responsible for reviewing academic recruitments for compliance and affirmative action, provides training to the UCSD community in the use AP On-Line Recruit and EEO compliance, helps develop the Academic Personnel Affirmative Action Plan, and provides data reports to the Director of Academic Recruitment Services and the Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Equity. She may be contacted at s2clark@ucsd.edu or (858) 246-0490.
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Lynn Field-Karsh
Director, Academic Process Development & Training
Lynn Field-Karsh serves as senior advisor to the Assistant and Associate Vice Chancellors for Academic Personnel on academic employment matters. She also provides advice and counsel to campus academic administrators, faculty, and department staff. Lynn provides leadership in the administration of University policies and procedures. She develops and oversees training programs and HR information systems for campus clientele. Lynn is designated as the campus Non-Senate Grievance Liaison and also serves as a liaison between Academic Affairs and other UC campuses and the UC Office of the President. She can be reached at lfield@ucsd.edu or (858) 822-4032.
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Kelly Lindlar
Director of Academic Employee & Labor Relations,
Kelly Lindlar provides proactive problem solving for departments and divisions in situations involving issues of faculty conduct, faculty performance, and faculty complaints about discrimination or unfair treatment. She serves campus administrators seeking resolution for academic personnel performance, attendance, and behavioral issues. Academic Employee Relations is the office of record for academic employee cases, even if a case is ultimately referred to another office for investigation and management. Deans, chairs, provosts, and other administrators can contact her at klindlar@ucsd.edu or (858) 822-4564.
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Gabriel Lopez
Director of Academic Policy and Family Programs
Gabriel Lopez is the Director of Academic Policy and Family Programs and provides guidance, education, development, revision, analysis and implementation of UC San Diego’s academic personnel policies and procedure. He serves as subject matter expert regarding UC/UC San Diego family accommodation policies and family-friendly programs and provides counsel regarding family and family friendly leave and accommodations programs. He may be contacted at gal037@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-3654.
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Kelly Maheu
Senior Director of Data and Compensation Initiatives
As Senior Director of Data and Compensation Initiatives, Kelly Maheu provides leadership on the development and implementation of compensation policy, programs, and data initiatives for academics at UCSD. She serves as a liaison for Office of the President and other UC campuses on system-wide academic compensation and data reporting matters. She is the HR/AP lead for the UCPath project which will be her primary focus through 2019. She may be contacted at kmaheu@ucsd.edu or (858) 822-3509.
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Cynthia (Cindy) Palmer
Assistant Vice Chancellor – Academic Personnel
As the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel (Asst VC-AP), Cindy Palmer manages the operations of Academic Personnel Services units, setting direction and establishing priorities for Academic Advancement & Compensation, Office of Academic Recruitments, Academic Employee Relations, Academic Policy Development, and Academic Data & Compensation Initiatives. She develops strategies to manage academic personnel issues, programs, policies and/or procedures that are responsive to needs of the campus within the context of institutional goals and objectives. The Asst. VC-AP serves as the chief advisor to the Chancellor, EVC and AVC-AP on academic personnel issues and as a primary consultant for academic vice chancellors, deans, department chairs and other academic leadership across the UCSD campus. She may be contacted at c5palmer@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-3133.
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Jennifer Park
Director, Faculty Recruitment and Retention Programs
Jennifer Park is the Director of the Partner Opportunities Program (POP), Regional Director of the Southern California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (SoCal HERC), administers the Faculty Career Development Program, and supports faculty recruitment compliance,diversity outreach and training. She may be contacted at jsp003@ucsd.edu or (858) 822-5862.
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Julia Partridge
Director, Academic Advancement and Compensation
Julia Partridge manages the Academic Advancement and Compensation unit in Academic Personnel services, and manages the campus personnel functions for academic employees, including salary administration, advancement, and retention. She also provides leadership, analysis, and recommendations to leadership and various campus constituents on employment and academic review issues related to academic employees. She provides formal presentations and classes on a variety of academic personnel subjects. She may be contacted at jkpartridge@ucsd.edu or 858-822-3234.
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Heather Pratt
Senior Academic Personnel Analyst
Heather Pratt is the assigned Academic Personnel Sr. Analyst for various academic divisions and departments. He is responsible for assistant with and reviewing actions related to the appointment, advancement, and promotion of academic personnel. She provides analysis and recommendations on proposed actions related to Non-Senate Faculty or Unit 18 appointees. She may be contacted at hpratt@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-3651.
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Carla Solomon
Director, Office of Academic Recruitment Services.
Carla Solomon assists faculty search committees in using best-practice strategies to develop large, well-qualified, diverse applicant pools for faculty recruitments, and helps to clarify the University’s responsibilities for compliance with federal and state regulations. She also develops the Academic Personnel Affirmative Action Plan and provides data reports for federal contractor compliance. She works in close collaboration with the Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Equity. She may be contacted at c1solomon@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-3623.
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Malaika Tiofil
Administrative Analyst
Malaika Tiofil provides administrative support to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel and is responsible for a wide variety of projects and communications related to academic personnel. She is responsible for the management of the five-year review process for academic deans, provosts, and other academic administrators who report to the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. She manages sensitive and confidential projects, provides staff support to committees and task forces appointed by the Executive Vice Chancellor. Malaika may be contacted at mtiofil@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-7699.
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Peter Tagilaferri
Academic Personnel Services Assistant
Peter Tagliaferri provides a wide variety of administrative support, office coordination, and front office management to the Academic Personnel Services Office. This includes oversight of office infrastructure, mail distribution, operation and maintenance of all equipment and supply inventory. He provides back-up clerical support in APS including calendaring, assists with special projects of a highly confidential and sensitive nature, and facilitates all events that APS is responsible for, including workshops, quarterly briefings, and orientations. He is also responsible for the hiring and supervision of student employees for the office. He may be contacted at pgtagliaferri@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-3476.
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Heather Fowler Zion
Academic Compensation Analyst for Data and Compensation Initiatives
Heather Fowler Zion is a member of the Data and Compensation Initiatives team and provides support on the development and implementation of compensation policy, programs, and data initiatives for academics at UCSD. She serves as a second liaison for Office of the President and other UC campuses on system-wide academic compensation and data reporting matters. She is the HR/AP back-up for the UCPath project and coordinates GCCP, faculty administrator stipend approvals, chair's appointments, FSEP requests, and UCPath related questions connected to academic compensation. She may be contacted at hzion@ucsd.edu or (858)534-0500.
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Daniel Zummo
Director, Academic Employee Relations, Health Sciences
Daniel Zummo is a resource for Health Sciences leadership in the area of academic employee conduct, employment, and policy. He analyzes the nature and substance of academic employment issues such as grievances, complaints and disputes, taking into consideration relevant laws and University policies, and provides advice appropriate to each case. He may be contacted at dzummo@ucsd.edu or (858) 822-2041.