Kem Saichaie
Department: Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Undergraduate Education
Title: Faculty Developer
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I have a miniature dachshund named COSMO.
Channpreet Singh
Department: Office of the Campus Counsel
Title: Chancellor's Legal Fellow
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I am a twin, born and raised in Hawaii.
Kirsten Stevenson
Department: Office of the Campus Counsel
Title: Associate Campus Counsel
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I love cupcakes.
Danny Gray
Department: Academic Affairs
Title: Director, Academic Employment and Labor Relations
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I enjoy yoga and backpacking. Also, I used to work at UC Davis in Employee and Labor Relations from 2001-03, and then I was at UCLA Employee and Labor Relations until coming back this month to UC Davis.
Amandeep Kaur
Department: Office of the Chancellor
Title: Chancellor's Science Fellow
Hobbies/Fun Facts: Dancing and interacting with people through my initiatives at UC Davis campus.
Emily Kawahara
Department: Services for International Students and Scholars, University Outreach and International Programs
Title: Program Assistant (temp)
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I love traveling, playing sports (especially tennis), cooking gluten free, referencing TV shows/movies, and spending quality time with my cat.
Suzanne Papamichail
Department: iAMSTEM Hub, Undergraduate Education
Title: Project Manager
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I love traveling to foreign countries, next stop is a trek to the Mount Everest base camp.
Matt Traxler
Department: Undergraduate Education / Psychology
Title: Associate Vice Provost / Professor
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I spend my free time stalking Oncorhynchus tschawytscha in the Sacramento River system.
Glenn Young
Department: Confucius Institute at UC Davis, University Outreach and International Programs
Title: Faculty Director
Hobbies/Fun Facts: Food impacts humanity -- humanity impacts food. Building on more than a decade of experience managing overseas scientific, educational and cultural endeavors, it is a pleasure to be leading the Confucius Institute's Food and Culture Programs.
Robert "BLZ" Loessberg-Zahl
Department: Office of the Provost
Title: Interim Assistant Executive Vice Chancellor
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I love music and am an occasional choir member…but only in the back row!
Adrienne Martin
Department: University Outreach and International Programs
Title: Interim Vice Provost
Hobbies/Fun Facts: International travel (of course!) and participating in dog sports such as agility and herding with my border collie Beck: a great way to combine my academic research interests in Animal Studies with my hobbies.
Tom Potters
Department: Services for International Students and Scholars,
University Outreach and International Programs
Title: Administrative Assistant
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I grew up in the Wisconsin dairy farming area.
Eric Rauchway
Department: University Honors Program, Undergraduate Education
Title: Assistant Vice Provost
Hobbies/Fun Facts: My hobby is swimming.
Andrew Waterhouse
Department: Confucius Institute at UC Davis, University Outreach and International Programs
Title: Faculty Director
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I visited China in 1986.
June
Angeline "Angie" Albrecht
Department: Office of the Chancellor
Title: Executive Analyst
Hobbies/Fun Facts: My hobby is photography.
Trish Nichol
Department: Academic Senate
Title: Analyst
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I’m a big baseball fan (Aggies and Giants) and am looking forward to the upcoming MLB playoff season!
Dr. Sheetal Shah
Department: Student Health and Counseling Services / Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) and Middle Eastern South Asian
Title: Community Advising Network (CAN) Community Counselor
Sunny Teo
Department: Office of Strategic Communications
Title: Director of Creative Communications
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I’m capable of living solely on a sushi diet.
Tom Watts
Department: Office of Strategic Communications
Title: Lead Interactive Web Designer
Hobbies/Fun Facts: My grandfather, father and two brothers all played college football. I was a safety and kick returner for the Aggies. I also have a sister, and she is tougher than all of us.
May
Brett McFarlane
Department: Undergraduate Education
Title: Director of Academic Advising
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I love eating, running, eating again, time with friends & family, travel (domestic & international), the ocean, the sun, 1980’s female rockers, goats, and not taking life too seriously.
Laraya Parnell
Department: Office of the Campus Counsel
Title: Chancellor's Summer Legal Fellow
Hobbies/Fun Facts: My hobbies include modern dance and soccer; I'm also the biggest Harry Potter fan!
April
Lindsey Gillespie
Department: Office of the Campus Community Relations
Title: Analyst
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I am currently working on my Masters in Information Science and interning at the California State Archives.
Pranila Rajan
Department: Office of Strategic Communications
Title: Program Coordinator
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I spend most of my time with my husband and 3 kids and I love it!
March
Paul Hosley
Department: Office of Strategic Communications
Title: Editor, California Drought Watch
Hobbies/Fun Facts: I was a caddy on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour right after graduating from UC Davis.