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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues, </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">After a national search, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Richards as Associate Chancellor. His first day will be August 1, 2023.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Richards is currently the Senior Advisor & Chief of Staff in the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost at UC Merced. In his position he serves as the principal staff advisor for
the chief academic officer on matters of strategic planning, resource allocation, personnel, and policy. He provides guidance and analytical support on a broad range of complex subjects while partnering with campus constituencies to address issues related
to planning and budget, equity, human resources, risk services, audit and compliance, procurement, information technology, and external relations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Prior to his tenure at UC Merced, Richards served as the Chief Student Affairs & Compliance Officer at Lim College. Richards also served as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at Otis College
and Area Director/Assistant Director of Campus Life at University of Redlands. <s>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">At UCR, Richards will work closely with the UC Office of the President and Board of Regents, coordinate strategic goals and implementation among Vice Chancellors and campus leadership, and provide
analysis and guidance related to UCR’s external priorities, including national reputation, philanthropy, and regional economic development.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Thank you to the members of the search advisory committee (listed below) for their work on this important search.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><img width="81" height="61" style="width:.8437in;height:.6354in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D9B4A9.76A0C260"></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Kim A. Wilcox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Chancellor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Search Advisory Committee Members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Lorena Peņaloza, Chief Campus Counsel (Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Songling Chen, Graduate Student<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Jay A. Farrell, KA Endowed Chair and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Academic Senate Representative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Mariam Lam, Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Alex Najera, Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief Human Resources Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Agam Patel, Associate Director, Palm Desert Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Marko Princevac, Vice Provost for International Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Raquel Rall, Associate Professor of Education Policy Analysis & Leadership; and Academic Senate Representative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">John Warren, Director of News and Content<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Staff support: Tanya Adams (ASSET)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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