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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Dear Campus Community,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">I am pleased to announce that University of California President Drake has approved the appointment of Lorena
<span style="color:black">Peñaloza as UC Riverside’s next Chief Campus Counsel. Her first day at UCR will be January 3, 2023.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Peñaloza is currently the Chief Campus Counsel at UC Santa Cruz, where she provides advice to the university on a broad range of legal issues and leads the Office of Campus Counsel. She
reports jointly to Chancellor Cindy Larive and UC system Senior Vice President and General Counsel Charles Robinson and serves on their respective leadership teams. Peñaloza joined UCSC in 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Previously, Peñaloza worked in the Office of General Counsel for the California State University system, where she first served as a litigator
and then as University Counsel for two of the system’s 23 campuses. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">She also served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Santa Ana, and began her legal career with the Social Security Administration’s
Office of the General Counsel in Maryland through the Presidential Management Fellowship program.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Peñaloza earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and political economies of industrial societies from UC Berkeley, and her Juris Doctor
from the UC Hastings College of the Law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">At UCR she will oversee the Office of Legal Affairs, provide legal assistance and services to the campus, and serve as a senior advisor to me as a member of the Chancellor’s executive
team. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you to the members of the search advisory committee for their support of this important
</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">national <span style="color:black">
search (members are listed below). I also wish to extend my gratitude to Senior Counsel Steve Drown who has agreed to continue his oversight of Legal Affairs through the end of the calendar year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Kim A. Wilcox
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Chancellor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Search Advisory Committee Members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Rodolfo Torres, Vice Chancellor, Research & Economic Development (Chair)</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Helia Aval, Undergraduate Student & Student Conduct Committee Chair</span><br>
<span style="background:white">John Cioffi, Associate Professor, Political Science
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<span style="background:white">Elizabeth Davis, Associate Professor, Psychology </span>
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<span style="background:white">Deborah Deas, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Mark and Pam Rubin Dean of the School of Medicine</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Andrea Eaton, Chief Campus Counsel, UC Irvine</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Kristen Irving, Paralegal</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Dan Jeske, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Agam Patel, Associate Director, Palm Desert Center
</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Anh Pham, Graduate Student</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Hoyt Sze, Managing Counsel of Health, Privacy and Data Protection, UCOP</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Yinsheng Wang, Professor of Chemistry </span><br>
<span style="background:white">George Williams, Director of Employee & Labor Relations</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Darnele Wright, Deputy General Counsel for Business, Transactions & Innovation, UCOP<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Staff Support: Associate Chancellor Christine Victorino, Tanya Adams (ASSET), and Deanna Wheeler (Office of the Chancellor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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