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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Dear Campus Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">After a nationwide search, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Samuel Alexander "Alex" Najera as UC Riverside’s next Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief Human Resources Officer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Najera is not new to UCR. He previously supported the campus in various human resources roles, including Director of Employee and Labor Relations and Interim Associate Vice Chancellor.
Most recently, he worked at Inland Empire Utilities Agency and as Associate Vice President for Human Resources and Co-Chief Diversity Officer at California State University—San Bernardino (CSUSB).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Najera has also worked in human resource positions for the City of Indio and County of Riverside after first serving as an Admissions Counselor & Recruiter for CSUSB. He received
his Bachelor of Arts in history from UC Berkeley and his Master’s in Public Administration at CSUSB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Najera brings to UCR experience and depth of knowledge in leadership and organizational development, human resource policy and practice, recruitment, and employee and labor relations
in university and government institutions. I look forward to his leadership of the human resources organization and his advisement as a member of my team. His first day at UCR will be October 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Thank you to the members of the search advisory committee for their diligence in supporting this successful search. Their names are listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">I also want to thank and congratulate John Stephen Henderson, who has served as Interim Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources. John Stephen will be assuming the role of Associate
Vice President, Total Rewards at the UC Office of the President, effective October 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><img width="98" height="73" style="width:1.0208in;height:.7638in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D8C903.57BEDA40"></span><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Kim A. Wilcox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Chancellor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Search Advisory Committee Members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Christine Victorino, Associate Chancellor (Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Scott Biggerstaff, Principal Compensation/Classification Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Takesha Cooper, Assistant Clinical Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Johnny Cruz, Associate Vice Chancellor for University Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Ivett Gabriella, PhD Student & President of the Graduate Student Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Jennifer Vogel Farias, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, CNAS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Abhijit Ghosh, Associate Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Andrea Hidalgo, Sculpture Lab & Painting/Drawing Studios Supervisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Erika Leon, Human Resources Business Partner, CHASS
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Jamie Lopez, Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Katina Napper, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Personnel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Victoria Nguyen, Undergraduate Student<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Veronica Ruiz, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, ASSET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sylvia Vasquez, Human Resources Director, School of Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Lorena Velasquez, Human Resources Project Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Daryle Williams, Dean, College of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-HK" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Staff Support: Tanya Adams and Rocio Hidalgo (ASSET), and Deanna Wheeler (Office of the Chancellor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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