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Campus Community:<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I

write to announce the launch of a national search for the <a href="https://chancellor.ucr.edu/associate-vice-chancellor-and-chief-communications-marketing-officer" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">Associate

Vice Chancellor and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer</a> (AVC/CCMO)

at UC Riverside. The search officially launched on Monday, January 12, and we

are encouraging prospective candidates to submit their materials no later than 11:59

p.m. (PST) on February 10, 2026. <span> </span><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The campus has retained Berkeley Executive Search (BES), an

executive search team founded at the University of California, Berkeley, and

serving the entire UC system, to assist in this critical search. Screening of

complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion

of the search process. Candidates will be recruited over the coming months, and

we plan to conduct finalist interviews in early May.<span>  </span><span></span></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As a valued member of our campus community, we encourage you to

participate in the process by offering feedback and submitting nominations of

individuals who may be well-suited for this opportunity. Nominations and

inquiries can be directed, confidentially, to James Kao, Esha Bharati, and

Tracey Frink of Berkeley Executive Search at <a href="mailto:ExecutiveSearch@berkeley.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">ExecutiveSearch@berkeley.edu</a>. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I also want to take this opportunity to thank the members of the

Search Advisory Committee, listed below, and especially Michael Richards,

Associate Chancellor, for serving as Chair. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Michael

Richards, Associate Chancellor (Chair)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>

<span style="color:black;background:white">Kendall

Burks, Communications Director, RED</span><br>

<span style="color:black;background:white">Pam Coe,

Communications Director, Health, Well-being & Safety</span><br>

<span style="color:black;background:white">Kate Dorff,

Manager, External Relations & Protocol</span><br>

<span style="color:black;background:white">David

Edgerton, Assistant Director, Creative</span><br>

<span style="color:black;background:white">Emily

Engelschall, Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Services</span><br>

<span style="color:black;background:white">Mark Long,

Dean of the School of Public Policy</span><br>

<span style="color:black;background:white">Sarah

Nightingale, Assistant Director, Content & Publications (Compliance

Liaison)</span><br>

<span style="color:black;background:white">Mia Rose

Tuifua, ASUCR Executive Vice President</span><span style="background:white"><span></span></span></span></p>

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Representative (TBC)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Your willingness to provide feedback, along with input from other

campus constituents and the search committee, helps to shape the overall

picture and ideal candidate characteristics for this vital campus leadership

position.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For questions regarding the search, please contact our search partners

at <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Berkeley

Executive Search (<a href="mailto:ExecutiveSearch@berkeley.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">ExecutiveSearch@berkeley.edu</a>).

You may also reach out to <span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tanya Adams, Director of Human Resources & Executive Searches,

at <a href="mailto:tanya.adams@ucr.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">tanya.adams@ucr.edu</a>. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">S. Jack Hu, Ph.D.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University of California, Riverside<span></span></span></p>

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