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Staff Contacts

Leadership

Kathy Yelick
Kathy Yelick
Vice Chancellor for Research

510-642-7540
yelick@berkeley.edu
Joel Moldenhauer, Executive Assistant
joelmold@berkeley.edu

Lok Siu
Lok Siu
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

lok.siu@berkeley.edu

Kris Gutiérrez
Kris Gutiérrez
Faculty Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Research

gutierrkd@berkeley.edu

Darren Cooke
Darren Cooke
Interim Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer

darren.cooke@berkeley.edu

Carol Mimura
Carol Mimura
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Intellectual Property & Industry Research Alliances

510-642-4548
carolm@berkeley.edu

Kairi Williams
Kairi Williams
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research Administration & Compliance

kdw@berkeley.edu

Elizabeth Brashers
Elizabeth Brashers
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff

510-643-7597
ebrashers@berkeley.edu

Administrative and Analytical Support

Tiff Dressen
Tiff Dressen
Strategic Initiatives Manager; Exceptional PI Program

510-642-6671
tddressen@berkeley.edu
exceptional_pi@berkeley.edu

Jordan Jacobs
Jordan Jacobs
Policy and Strategy Advisor

510-664-4450
j.jacobs@berkeley.edu

Joel Moldenhauer
Joel Moldenhauer
Senior Executive Assistant

510-642-7540
joelmold@berkeley.edu

Syreeta Shepherd
Syreeta Shepherd
Executive Assistant to the AVCR

510-643-4797
510-847-3936 (cell)
sshepherd@berkeley.edu

Budget and Financial Services

David Castellanos
Chief Financial Officer

510-664-7476
dcastell@berkeley.edu

Melanie Mejia
Administration and Analysis Staff

510-642-9485
mmejia@berkeley.edu

Human Resources

Liz Kafer
Sr. Academic HR Analyst

lkafer@berkeley.edu

Kevin Chavez-Kim
Academic HR Analyst

kim_kevin721@berkeley.edu

Elise Magno
Sr. Staff HR Analyst

510-388-5267
elise.magno@berkeley.edu

Max Yearian
Staff HR Analyst

myearian@berkeley.edu

Advancement / External Relations

Kaja Sehrt
Kaja Sehrt
Chief Development Officer

510-642-3633
sehrt@berkeley.edu

Krista Vossekuil
Krista Vossekuil
Director of Development

510-561-5750
kristav@berkeley.edu

Tyler Martz
Tyler Martz
Program Director

510-642-7540
tmartz@berkeley.edu

Vacant
Development Associate
Kimberly Carl
Kimberly Carl
IT Director

510-642-7540
kcarl@berkeley.edu

Berkeley Research Development Office

David Trinkle
David Trinkle
Director

510-207-6233 
dtrinkle@berkeley.edu

Erica Whitney
Associate Director for Strategy and Training

evwhitney@berkeley.edu

Panagiotis Vagenas
Panagiotis Vagenas
Deputy Director

510-664-9104
pvagenas@berkeley.edu

Emma Attard
Emma Attard
Research Development Analyst

510-664-9102
eattard@berkeley.edu

Cassie Byrd
Cassie Byrd
Research Outreach Specialist

cabyrd@berkeley.edu

Victoria Steffes
Victoria Steffes
Research Development Analyst

510-664-9108
vsteffes@berkeley.edu

Tanya Volkert
Tanya Volkert
Program Manager, Limited Submissions

tvolkert@berkeley.edu