<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Pursuant to <a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/manuals/smg-hr-policies.html" target="_blank">Regents Policy 7702 ‒ Performance Management Review Process</a>, a senior leadership development assessment of all Senior Management Group (SMG) members is required every five years. I am writing to review the accomplishments of Elizabeth Watkins, who has served as Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor since 2021.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I would appreciate your thoughts and comments via <a href="https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b7cOif8E9lmWiJU" target="_blank">this confidential online form</a>. Please comment specifically on Provost Watkins’ leadership, vision, and skills. This can include strengths and areas for development, as well as any specific challenges you observe in her areas of responsibility and your advice on confronting these challenges and providing leadership in the future. Your response will be shared with the confidential review committee and be held in strict confidence.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">For further information on the criteria for evaluation for this assessment and materials related to this position, I encourage you to review the <a href="https://chancellor.ucr.edu/senior-leadership-development-assessments" target="_blank">Senior Leadership Development Assessment Site</a>, including the position profile/job description and <a href="https://documents.ucr.edu/HR-Documents/hr-organization-chart-Officers-Reporting-to-the-Provost.pdf?_gl=1*ww5a40*_gcl_au*NjI0OTg0NDgxLjE3NjU4MjYyMjE.*_ga*NTgwMjM4NzUwLjE3Njg1MTQwMTg.*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*czE3NzE2MjYyMzgkbzc3JGcxJHQxNzcxNjI5MzIxJGo1NyRsMCRoMA..*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*czE3NzE2MjYyMzgkbzc3JGcxJHQxNzcxNjI5MzIxJGo1OCRsMCRoMA.." target="_blank">org chart</a>. This is also an important time to remind the campus community of the regular avenues to provide feedback, including the annual review process and the <a href="https://help.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">campus hub to assist with reporting concerns</a>.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">If you have any questions about this request, please contact Associate Chancellor Michael Richards at <a href="mailto:michael.richards@ucr.edu" target="_blank">michael.richards@ucr.edu</a>. I hope to receive your response by <b>April 3</b>. Thank you for your participation.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">        <br>Sincerely,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">S. Jack Hu, Ph.D.<br>Chancellor</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Confidentiality of Evaluative Responses</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Contributors are highly encouraged to provide their name and institutional affiliation with the feedback to provide context, and the University of California will strive to keep your name and institutional affiliation confidential to the extent permitted by university policy and/or applicable state and federal law. In order to keep their identity confidential, contributors may want to avoid putting information in the body of their responses that would identify them.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">If contributors choose to remain anonymous when providing feedback, it may not be possible to follow up or take action on specific concerns. Anonymous responses will be shared with the supervisor, but not the review committee.</div></div></div>