Action Team

Mission Statement

The Action Team works with and on behalf of Berkeley IT community members in identifying and removing professional barriers related to inequality and racial trauma.

The Action Team is a group of volunteers — staff, and managers from across Berkeley IT — who are working to develop initiatives to help change our culture. We are working to improve transparency and communication across the organization, to reduce harassment, discrimination, and bullying, and to improve equity and inclusion.

Meet the Team

Feel free to reach out to any of the action team members listed below or to the team email at ist-action-team@berkeley.edu

Co-Chairs:

• Britt McClintock, People, Performance, and Culture for Berkeley IT

• Luis O. Hernández Muñiz, Productivity and Collaboration Services

• Simone Burns, Business Operations - Admin Support

Members

• Executive Director of Strategy & Partnerships and Chief of Staff (Ex-Officio, TBD)

• Lupe Leon, Executive Director of People, Performance, and Culture for Berkeley IT (Ex-Officio)

• Emily Gladstone Cole, Information Security Office

• Faye Snowden, Technology Program Office

• Tracy Schroeder, Associate Vice Chancellor for IT and CIO (Ex-officio)

• Irene Walsh, Campus Applications & Data - Data Solutions 

• John Ives, Information Security Office - Operations 

• Jorge Solorio, IT Client Services - Device Support

• Laurie Millward, Campus Applications and Data - Application Delivery

• Leslie Wills, Campus Applications and Data - SIS

• Lexie Patten, Campus IT Experience - Productivity and Collaboration Services

• Robert Rainey, IT Client Services

• Saundra Busch, Campus IT Experience - Productivity and Collaboration Services

• Tamara Foster, Campus Applications & Data - Applications Admin

• Taneya Neal, Communications and Network Support

• Yoshita Mukherjee, Technology Program Office

Many thanks to past members of the Action Team for their contributions:

• Irma Donaldson, Communications and Network Support

• Allison Layton, Interim Executive Director of People, Performance, and Culture for Berkeley IT (Ex-Officio)

• Michelle Davis, Executive Director of People, Performance, and Culture for Berkeley IT (Ex-Officio)

• Jenn Stringer, Associate Vice Chancellor for IT and CIO (Ex-officio)

• Nili Ovaici, Campus Applications & Data

• Caroline Boyden, Web Platform Services

• Casey Hennig, Strategy and Partnerships

• Colette Jackson, Campus Applications & Data

• Patricia Juarez, Information Management and Workflow

• Gladys Oddoye, Communications and Network Support

• Rana Silver, Campus Applications & Data

• Kerry Hays, bConnected Service Team

• Christy Weber, IT Client Services

• Naseem Ghaffari, People, Performance & Business Operations

• Dave Browne, Executive Director of Campus IT Infrastructure

• Lucy Greco, Accessibility Evangelist

• Allison Henry, Chief Information Security Officer

• Jen Bellenger, bConnected Service Team

• Laurie Graham, Production Control and Endpoint Operations and Services

• Zoey Lin, Database and Platform Services

• Katy Maloney, Student Information Systems

Get Involved

We want to hear from you! If you have ideas for actions we could take to improve the culture in Berkeley IT, please contact any member of the action team. The Action Team meets every other Thursday at 4 p.m.

As part of the culture change process, there will be opportunities for you to participate in different activities and initiatives. The more people involved in pushing culture in a positive direction, the more quickly we can create a more positive culture. We really encourage everyone to be involved in whatever way they are comfortable.