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Jyl Baldwin, Assistant Director Compliance & Special Projects, Research Admin & Compliance Office

Jyl Baldwin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology. After pursuing graduate work in Islamic studies, Jyl worked as a field archaeologist, tour guide, documentary film maker and international business manager in Egypt.

In 1985, Jyl began her Cal administrative career in Engineering. She moved to the Sponsored Projects Office in 1987, working as an Assistant Director of Non-federal projects. Since October 2003, Jyl has been an Assistant Director for Compliance & Special Projects.

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Lori Cripps, Director, Extramural Funds Accounting

Lori's career in higher education has spanned 25 years and two UC campuses. She served as Budget Director for the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (VCRO) for seven years, where her responsibilities included budgetary, financial and strategic planning, policy development and interpretation, audit coordination, and oversight for over 60 research, administrative, and compliance units. Prior to joining the VCRO, Lori was the Chief Financial Officer for Cal Performances and Student Musical Activities, and held several positions at UC Davis.

In 2008, Lori joined the Extramural Funds Accounting (EFA) department as their Director. In this role, Lori is responsible for the administration of external funding from grants audit management, and financial analysis and reconciliation activities to support the campus' research mission.

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Thomas Cunningham, Financial Analyst, Budget Office

Thomas Cunningham has worked at UC Berkeley for five and a half years, coming from Providian Financial, where he worked as a financial analyst. After eighteen months as an analyst in the Office of Financial Planning and Budget for the Administration control unit, he spent the next three and a half years as Chief Financial Officer for the Law School, overseeing a budget that grew from $45M to $60M spread across some 400 funds. He has recently returned to the Administration control unit, where he works in the Budget Office, maintains the campus financial model, and is assisting with the Operational Excellence efforts.

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Laila DeBerry, Insurance Coordinator, Risk Management

Laila DeBerry joined the Office of Risk Management in February 2006 as an Insurance Coordinator and prior to joining Risk worked with the Budget & Finance User Support group as the Logistics Coordinator for the BFS 8.8 upgrade.

Before joining UC Berkeley, Laila had a corporate background in Human Resources, Consumer Goods and Insurance. She has a B.A. in Mass Communications and an A.A. in Sociology.

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Brian C. Donohue, Business Contracts Administrator

Brian C. Donohue is the Manager of the Business Contracts Office within the Business Services Department. The Business Contracts Office is responsible for counseling campus departments and negotiating and executing agreements to further the business purposes of the campus, whether the university is the supplier or recipient of services covered by the agreement. The position exists to provide a broad range of services to campus units related to non-research business agreements such as business strategic alliances, student affiliations, licensing of business intellectual property and copyright materials, outsourcing and innovative educational agreements.

Brian holds a Master in Business Administration in Information Technology and Juris Doctor degree and is a licensed California attorney. Prior to joining the University he practiced intellectual property law and federal litigation in the private sector.

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Andy Goldblatt, Litigation Coordinator, Risk Management

Andy Goldblatt has worked in the campus Risk Management Office since 1994. He became litigation coordinator in 2003 and has helped the University defend over 100 lawsuits.

In addition to working at UC Berkeley, Andy is a freelance writer. He is co-author of The Hamlet Syndrome: Overthinkers Who Underachieve (non-fiction, William Morrow, 1989) and author of The Bully Pulpit (fiction, Bantam, 1992) and The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry (non-fiction, McFarland, 2003). Last year Andy completed work on seven chapters of a high school-level U.S. history textbook for the Teachers’ Curriculum Institute in Palo Alto.

Andy learned about civil procedure while working as a legal secretary and paralegal to supplement his meager writing income.

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Erin Gore, Associate Vice Chancellor, Budget and Resource Planning

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Hans Gude, Director, Controls & Accountability

Hans Gude joined UC Berkeley's Office of the Controller in September 2008 as Manager of Controls & Accountability. Before joining UC Berkeley, Hans was a senior manager in KPMG LLP's Internal Audit and Regulatory Compliance Services practice. In that role he was responsible for providing consulting services to clients to assess, improve, and audit their financial processes and controls, and to assist them to comply with federal regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley, federal Cost Accounting Standards, and Federal Acquisition Regulations.

Hans has an MBA degree (finance) from California State University, Hayward, and a BA degree in philosophy from UC Berkeley. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and a Certified Internal Auditor.

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Juliann Martinez, Director, Gift Management, University Relations

An advancement professional for 20 years, Juliann brings a broad background to the topic of fund administration, gift administration, and gift policies and procedures. In her current role, she serves as the chief gift policy advisor to the UC Berkeley campus and manages the areas of gift and fund administration as well as institutional reporting. Prior to this role, she served as Director of Development Research and oversaw all aspects of prospect research and records management operations.

Juliann has spoken at regional conferences for CASE and NSFRE, consulted with numerous San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit organizations and other higher education institutions, and led workshops on gift management, identifying prospects, and establishing a research library. Besides her advancement experience, Juliann has a background in tax and is enrolled to practice before the IRS. Juliann graduated from UC Berkeley in 1987.

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Paula J. Milano, Assistant Director, Financial and Management Analysis

Paula Milano is Assistant Director of Financial and Management Analysis in the office of the Associate Vice Chancellor, Budget and Resource Planning. FMA is responsible for negotiating indirect cost rates with the federal government and for campus cost and resource allocation studies. Paula sits on the campus’ Recharge Committee and is the member of this group who is principally responsible for recharge process oversight and proposal review, recommending approval or other actions as appropriate.  She works with the Controller’s Office and campus units in the development and implementation of campus recharge policy and has presented a suite of recharge training programs.

Paula has worked for the University since 1983. Prior to joining FMA in 2000, she worked in several academic departments in a wide range of financial and operational roles, most recently as the Financial Manager for the Department of Physics. She is active in regional professional groups such as the Western Conference on Cost Accounting, where she has presented results from some of FMA’s special cost studies.

Paula has a Bachelor of Science degree from UC Berkeley.

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Pamela Miller, Director, Sponsored Projects

Pam Miller, Director of Sponsored Projects since March, 2009, comes to UC Berkeley from the University of San Francisco where she established their first Office of Sponsored Projects and served as its Director. Prior to joining USF in 2003, Pam was a member of the graduate faculty and a research administrator at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1984-2000), and Director of the Sponsored Projects Office at the University of Southern Mississippi (2000-2003).

Pam also brings to the office her experience working as a researcher. She received her Masters in Education from Penn State University and received her Ph.D. in Education from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She also has published over 25 journal articles and made over 60 professional presentations related to her own research, training, and service interests in the fields of Education and Research Administration.

Pam is also very active in the research administration field nationally. She has served as the Editor of The Journal of Research Administration from 1995 to 2001 and is currently the President of the Society of Research Administrators International (SRA).

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Wanda Lynn Riley, Director, Audit and Advisory Services

After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Hampton University, Wanda Lynn started her career as an auditor with Deloitte & Touche LLP. Before arriving at UC Berkeley, she served as Associate Controller for Tuskegee University, Director of Risk Management and Audit Services for Boise State University; and Director of Audit and Advisory Services at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Wanda Lynn is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and has also been a presenter for the Western Association of College of University Business Officers (WACUBO). She is also on the faculty for WACUBO's Business Management Institute.

The office of Audit and Advisory Services is an independent appraisal activity within the University and provides independent, objective assurance and consulting services designed to add value and improve UCB's operations.

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Barbara VanCleave Smith, Director of Controls, Accountability and Risk Services

Barbara VanCleave Smith is the Director of Controls, Accountability and Risk Services in the Office of Ethics, Risk and Compliance Services (OERCS). OERCS is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the University's ethics, compliance, and enterprise risk management activities, and for developing a culture of accountability in which risk assessment and risk management are part of all university business practices and decision making. OERCS assists functional managers in developing programs and processes to mitigate material risks, comply with laws, regulations and policies, and adhere to the ethical standards of the University.

Prior to coming to Berkeley, Barbara wrote accounting policy for Bank of America, taught Accounting at the University of San Francisco and Saint Mary's College, audited for public accounting firms Deloitte and Touche and Harris, Kerr, Forster, and worked as a cost controller for American Airlines in its airline catering subsidiary.

Barbara has a Ph.D. in Business, a MBA and two BA degrees, one in Hotel and Restaurant Administration and another in History. She is a licensed CPA. She is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and is the president of the North Bay Performing Arts Association.

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Chuck Stoup, Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration, College of Letters and Science

Chuck Stoup is Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration in the College of Letters and Science. His responsibilities include oversight of the broad range of budgetary, financial, and administrative matters for the five divisions and 38 departments in L&S.

Prior to joining the Berkeley staff in 2002, Chuck was Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration in the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. He holds a B.A. degree in Psychology from CSU Northridge and a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Richard Taylor, Director of Procurement Services

Prior to joining UC Berkeley, Richard worked at both the California State University System and the California Community College System. Altogether, Richard has over twenty years of experience working in Higher Education.

Richard obtained an MBA in Finance, holds the Certified Purchasing Manager professional designation (CPM), Certified Professional Property Manager professional designation (CPPM), and the Associate in Risk Management for Public Entities (ARM-P) professional designation.

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For more information on the program please e-mail fmcp@berkeley.edu.

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