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Executive Steering Committee

UC LEADS Executive Steering Committee
The UC LEADS Executive Steering Committee at the 2025 UC LEADS Symposium at UC Los Angeles

The purpose of the UC LEADS Executive Steering Committee is to oversee the policies, procedures, best practices and direction of the program on a state wide level. It includes the following members: 

  • Dr. Jean-Pierre Delplanque, Chair and Vice Provost & Dean of Graduate Studies, UC Davis
  • Dr. Alex Filippenko, Northern California Faculty Representative, UC Berkeley
  • Dr. Huinan Liu, Southern California Faculty Representative, UC Riverside
  • Yuli Ortega, Northern California UC LEADS Coordinator Representative, UC Santa Cruz
  • Karen van Gool, Southern California UC LEADS Coordinator Representative, UC Santa Barbara
  • Michele Johnson, UC LEADS Statewide Director, UC Santa Barbara