Provost's Council & Council of Deans

The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP) convenes the Provost's Council and Council of Deans (COD) as a regular forum for senior academic leaders to discuss strategic and operational issues and opportunities that impact the academic enterprise. The Councils helps maintain communication and coordination amongst academic leadership and the EVCP; provides an opportunity for academic leadership to influence and develop strategies for addressing critical academic issues; and offers the Chancellor and EVCP a venue for sharing their goals and vision for the university.

If you or your unit would like to request the opportunity to present to or lead a discussion with the Provost's Council or COD Group, please complete this brief request form.

Convener

Benjamin E. Hermalin

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Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost

People

David Ackerly

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Dean, Rausser College of Natural Resources

Mark Asta

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Interim Dean, College of Engineering

Anne Baranger

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Interim Dean, College of Chemistry

Sharon Bentley

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Dean, Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Michael Bolden

Dean, School of Journalism

Jennifer Chatman

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Dean, Haas School of Business

Jennifer Chayes

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Dean, College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

Erwin Chemerinsky

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Dean, School of Law

Renee Chow

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Dean, College of Environmental Design

Sara Guyer

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Dean, College of Letters and Science, Division of Arts and Humanities

Richard Harland

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Dean, College of Letters and Science, Division of Biological Sciences

Jennifer Johnson-Hanks

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Executive Dean, College of Letters and Science

Steven Kahn

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Dean, College of Letters and Science, Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Michael Lu

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Dean, School of Public Health

Eric Meyer

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Dean, School of Information

Raka Ray

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Dean, College of Letters and Science, Division of Social Sciences

Susan Stone

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Dean, School of Social Welfare

David Wilson

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Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy

Michelle Young

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Dean, School of Education

Academic Affairs & Campus Support Units

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

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Vice Provost, Academic Planning

Marc Fisher

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Vice Chancellor for Administration

Lisa García Bedolla

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Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division

Fabrizio Mejia

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Interim Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion

Oliver O'Reilly

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Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education

Victoria Plaut

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Vice Provost, Faculty

Richard Russo

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Dean, Extended Education

Kelly Sparks

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Vice Chancellor for Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Mark Stacey

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Chair, Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate

Stephen Sutton

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Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Suzanne Wones

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University Librarian

Kathy Yelick

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Vice Chancellor, Research

EVCP Senior Staff

Andrea Lambert-Tan

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Assistant Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff

Christopher Yetter

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Senior Advisor to the Provost

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