Leadership (COAB)
UCSB’s Chancellor’s Outreach Advisory Board (COAB), was established in 1999.
COAB is comprised of faculty, staff and students working to advance a range of campus initiatives supported by funding from UC Santa Barbara and UC Office of the President.
Purpose: To provide consultation and direction to the campus in the development and oversight of campus initiatives supported by university academic preparation funds.
NAME | TITLE(S) | DEPARTMENT(S)/CENTER(S) |
Mary Bucholtz | Professor | Linguistics |
Julie Carlson | Professor | English |
Tacy Costanzo | Transfer Student and Recruitment Coordinator | College of Engineering |
Richard Durán | Professor | Gevirtz Graduate School of Education |
Mattanjah DeVries | Professor | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Carl Gutierrez-Jones | Director | Chicano Studies Institute |
Sally Holbrook | Professor | Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology |
| Mary Jacob | Senior Associate Dean | Office of the Registrar, Enrollment Services
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Jin Sook Lee | Assistant Professor | Gevirtz Graduate School of Education |
Gene Lucas | Executive Vice Chancellor | Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor |
Patricia Marin | Associate Director & Associate Researcher | UC Educational Evaluation Center, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education |
Wendy Meiring | Associate Professor | Statistics and Applied Probability |
Claudine Michel | Professor/Director | Black Studies |
Mireille Miller-Young | Assistant Professor | Department of Feminist Studies |
John Park | Associate Dean | Undergraduate Studies, College of Letters & Science |
Linda Petzold | Professor | Mechanical & Environmental Engineering |
Laura Romo | Associate Professor | Education |
Beth Schneider | Associate Dean | Social Sciences, College of Letters & Science |
Ram Seshadri | Assistant Professor | Materials |
Heather Thakar | GSA Representative | Associated Students |
John Yun | Director | UC Educational Evaluation Center |
Consultants
Ofelia Aguirre | Director | CA Science and Engineering Partnerships, California NanoSystems Institute |
Ricardo Alcaíno | Director | Office of Equal Opportunity |
Claudia Batty | Disabilities Specialist | Disabled Students Program |
Glenn Beltz | Associate Dean | College of Engineering |
Phyllis Brady | Assistant Director | MESA Programs |
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Jane Conoley | Dean | Gevirtz Graduate School of Education |
Kirsten Deshler | Director | Governmental Relations |
Ignacio Gallardo | Employer Relations Coordinator | Career Services |
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Maria Herrera-Sobek | Associate Vice Chancellor | Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy |
Monique Limón | Assistant Director | McNair Scholars Program |
Marisela Marquez | Executive Director | Associated Students |
David Marshall | Executive Dean/ | College of Letters & Science |
Gale Morrison | Dean | Graduate Division |
Britt Ortiz | Director | Early Academic Outreach Program, Student Affairs |
Dorothy Pak | Director | Education Programs, MRL |
Monica Solorzano | Federal Relations Coordinator | Governmental Relations |
Jennifer Thorsch | Director | Center for Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology |
Bruce Tiffney | Dean | College of Creative Studies |
Christine Van Gieson | Director | Admissions Office, Student Affairs |
Christian Villasenor | Assistant Dean | Graduate Division |
Michael Witherell | Vice Chancellor | Office of Research |
Michael Young | Vice Chancellor | Student Affairs |
Staff
Mario Castellanos | Executive Director | Office of Education Partnerships |
Lisa Figueroa | Evaluation Coordinator | Office of Education Partnerships |
Marianne Morris | Program Assistant | Office of Education Partnerships |
