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Human Resources Staff Directory

On this page you'll find an alphabetical listing of staff members in each unit or team, with phone numbers, email addresses, and for some units, links to specific departmental or topical assignments (Benefits, Classification and Compensation, Employee Relations, and Employment Services).

Mailing and street addresses, plus more resource information, are posted at http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/about/contact.htm.

Click on a department or division to jump to it in the list below.

(For Employment Verification, call (510) 643-1665.)

ADMINISTRATION

Assistant Vice Chancellor's Office

Jeannine Raymond, PhD, Assistant Vice Chancellor--Human Resources
Human Resources
 University of California, Berkeley
2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 750
Berkeley, CA 94704-3540
(510) 642-9022
jraymond@berkeley.edu

 

Business Services

Name Title Telephone Email Address
Makalia Aga Financial Assistant (510) 643-8702 makifaga@berkeley.edu
Gracie Johnson Personnel/Facilities Assistant (510) 642-1915 gjohnson@berkeley.edu
Rick Meña Senior Financial Analyst
 (510) 643-8996 rmena@berkeley.edu
Sandra Palmer
 Executive Assistant (510) 642-4947 spalmer@berkeley.edu
Susan Swartout Financial Assistant (510) 643-7468 sswartou@berkeley.edu
 

Grievance Coordination
Human Resources
 University of California, Berkeley
2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 750
Berkeley, CA 94704-3540

FAX: (510) 642-2888

Name Title Telephone Email Address
Rosemary Leb Grievance Coordinator (510) 642-4576 rleb@berkeley.edu
 

HR COIS Support
HRMS User Support: phone (510) 643-4443 or email: hrmshelp@berkeley.edu

Name Title Telephone Email Address
Ron Amis Programmer/Analyst (510) 302-9655 ramis@berkeley.edu
 

BENEFITS
Please see assignment list for details
Human Resources
 University of California, Berkeley
2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 750
Berkeley, CA 94704-3540

Phone: (510) 642-7053   Fax: (510) 643-6856
Walk-in hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
benefits@berkeley.edu

Marie Johnson, Interim Benefits Manager
(510) 642-7730 or mjohnson@berkeley.edu
Name Title Telephone Email Address
Nelson Hall Benefits Counselor (510) 643-7546

nhall@berkeley.edu
Sharon Johnson Health Care Facilitator (510) 643-7547 sdjohnson@berkeley.edu
Emily Ladner Benefits Analyst (510) 642-1122 ladner@berkeley.edu
Art Leon Benefits Analyst (510) 643-7549 aleon@berkeley.edu
Mark Livingston Benefits Analyst (510) 643-0110 mcl@berkeley.edu
Kim Martin Senior Benefits Analyst (510) 643-7634 kmartin@berkeley.edu
Shirley Silveira Postdoctoral Benefits Coordinator (510) 642-1623 sas@berkeley.edu
Rosemary Simpson Benefits Counselor (510) 642-9311 rsimpson@berkeley.edu
Darda Swanson Benefits Analyst (510) 642-9310 dswanson@berkeley.edu
Sheila Taliaferro Benefits Counselor (510) 643-7986 sheilat@berkeley.edu
Ruby Thomas Benefits Counselor (510) 643-5835 rthom@berkeley.edu
 

CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION
Please see assignment list for details
Human Resources
 University of California, Berkeley
2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 750
Berkeley, CA 94704-3540

Compensation Phone: (510) 643-7563
Compensation FAX: (510) 642-2888
Compensation Email:
compdesk@berkeley.edu

Rich Lau, Compensation Director
(510) 643-4277 or richlau@berkeley.edu
Name Title Telephone Email Address
Amy Aguon 
 Lead Compensation Consultant (510) 642-6693 aaguon@berkeley.edu
Karen Berardi Compensation Consultant (510) 643-1013 kberardi@berkeley.edu
Scott Dinkelspiel 
 Compensation Operations Manager
 (510) 642-2799 scottd3@berkeley.edu 
Jeff Green  Compensation Consultant (510) 642-9409  jgreen@berkeley.edu 
Julie Kolar Compensation Consultant (510) 643-8333 jkolar@berkeley.edu
Sammy Lamba
 HR Data Specialist
 (510) 301-5941 slamba@berkeley.edu
Leslie Liscano Compensation Consultant (510) 643-9356 leslie.liscano@berkeley.edu
Claire Lomax Compensation Assistant (510) 643-7563 compdesk@berkeley.edu
Ann-Marie Odling
Compensation Consultant (510) 642-0536 amodling@berkeley.edu
June Ramirez Compensation Consultant (510) 643-0645 jtramirez@berkeley.edu
Ken Robin Compensation Consultant (510) 643-5302 kenrobin@berkeley.edu
Kathy Uyeno  Compensation Data Analyst/Systems Coordinator (510) 643-5850 kuyeno@berkeley.edu
 

EMPLOYEE AND LABOR RELATIONS

Employee Relations (For Employment Verification, call (510) 643-1665.)
Please see the Employee Relations Services page for more information.
ER Customer Service Phone: (510) 642-7163
askeru@berkeley.edu

Susan Hough, Manager
(510) 643-3577 or shough@berkeley.edu
Name Title Telephone Email Address
Geeta Faruq Administrative Assistant (510) 642-6545 gfaruq@berkeley.edu
Sonia Hernandez Administrative Assistant (510) 642-6545 soniah@berkeley.edu
Denise Jenkins Employee Relations Specialist and Leave Consultant (510) 643-6802 djenkins@berkeley.edu
Tony McKnight Discrimination Complaints Resolution Coordinator (510) 643-8996 tmcknight@berkeley.edu
Theresa McLemore Employee Relations Specialist (510) 643-8718 tmclemor@berkeley.edu
Vicki Oppenheim Employee Relations Specialist (510) 643-5463 vickio@berkeley.edu
Aurora Rezapour Discrimination Complaints Resolution Coordinator (510) 642-4222 arezapour@berkeley.edu
Jessica Weld Employee Relations Specialist (510) 642-1809 jweld@berkeley.edu
 

Labor Relations
Phone: (510) 643-6001
FAX: (510) 642-2888
Email: labrel@berkeley.edu

Debra Harrington, Director
Email: debrah@berkeley.edu
Name Title Telephone Email Address
Virginia Coffre Labor Relations (510) 642-0382 vcoffre@berkeley.edu
Deborah Cohen Labor Relations (510) 642-9302 debcohen@berkeley.edu
Joyce Harlan Labor Relations (510) 642-4275 jharlan@berkeley.edu
Faith LeBlue
 Labor Relations (510) 643-6001 fleblue@berkeley.edu
Carmen Melson Labor Relations (510) 643-7266 cdm@berkeley.edu
Ken Phillippi
 Labor Relations (510) 642-9457 huskerdu@berkeley.edu
 

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (For Employment Verification, call (510) 643-1665.)
Please see assignment list for details
Phone: (510) 642-4621
Walk-in hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
jobs.berkeley.edu

Kelly Howard, Employment Manager
(510) 642-1013 or khoward@berkeley.edu
Name Title Telephone Email Address
Charo Albarran Employment Operations Manager (510) 643-0653 calbarran@berkeley.edu
Jesusita Alcorcha Senior Recruiter (510) 642-1621 jalcorcha@berkeley.edu
Arlene Asuncion Recruiter (510) 642-0627 aasuncion@berkeley.edu
Maty Avila Senior Recruiter (510) 643-8062 maty@berkeley.edu
Jennifer Bellenger Recruiter (510) 642-9080 jbellenger@berkeley.edu
Kelly Howard Recruitment Services Manager (510) 642-1013 khoward@berkeley.edu
Joan Otler HR Specialist (510) 642-6079 jotler@berkeley.edu
Kim Sapp Dinwiddie Senior Recruiter (on leave effective 5/31/08) (510) 643-3442 ksapp@berkeley.edu
Stephanie Wong-Ortiz Employment Assistant (510) 643-9420 swong_ortiz@berkeley.edu
 

STAFF EEO Compliance
 641 University Hall
Staff EEO Compliance Phone: (510) 642-5002
Staff EEO Compliance FAX: (510) 642-0523
Staff EEO Compliance Email: staffeeo@berkeley.edu

Edith Ng, Staff EEO Compliance Director
(510) 643-7464 or edithn@berkeley.edu
Alfred Alipio Jocson
 Data Analyst (510) 643-6508 jocson@berkeley.edu
 

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Career Compass (Please visit careercompass.berkeley.edu for more information about Career Compass)

Name Function Telephone Email Address
Kathleen Lu Project Manager (510) 643-7343 kclu@berkeley.edu
Rich Lau Job Standards (510) 643-4277 richlau@berkeley.edu
Mary DeShaw
Performance Management (510) 642-9478 mdeshaw@berkeley.edu
Elizabeth Elliott
Career Development
(510) 642-3836 eelliott@berkeley.edu
 

Communications
Name Title Telephone Email Address
Kathleen Lu Communications Manager (510) 643-7343 kclu@berkeley.edu
Lexie Patten Senior Web Editor (510) 504-3962 lexiep@berkeley.edu
 

Records Management (For Employment Verification, call (510) 643-1665)
Human Resources
 University of California, Berkeley
2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 750
Berkeley, CA 94704-3540

FAX: (510) 642-1882

Name Title Telephone Email Address
Nelcy Dwight Records Coordinator (510) 642-5470 ndwight@berkeley.edu
Wesam Harara Verification of Employment/Dues Deduction (510) 643-1665 wharara@berkeley.edu
Avril Karam Records Analyst (510) 643-5747 akaram@berkeley.edu
Candy Portillo Records Assistant (510) 643-7501 candy@berkeley.edu
Amanda Vollan Records Assistant (510) 643-5747 avollan@berkeley.edu
 

Special Projects

Name Title Telephone Email Address
Lillian Brock Special Assistant to the AVC-Special Projects (510) 643-0104 llbrock@berkeley.edu
 

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Hours: 8 a.m to 5 p.m.
Central Phone: (510) 642-8134
training@berkeley.edu

Staff Career Development

Mary DeShaw, Interim Manager
(510) 642-9478 or mdeshaw@berkeley.edu
Name Title Telephone Email Address
Jennifer Berkeley
 Training Coordinator
 (510) 643-7226
 jennberk@berkeley.edu
Inette Dishler Principal Learning Consultant (510) 643-4226 idishler@berkeley.edu 

Center for Organizational & Workforce Development

Elizabeth Elliott, Director
(510) 642-3836 or eelliott@berkeley.edu

Name Title Telephone Email Address
Alan DeHerrera Principal Trainer (510) 642-7414 aherrera@berkeley.edu
 

 

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