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AVP Position Announcement

Hello Colleagues,

UC ANR is seeking qualified candidates to apply for the position of Associate Vice President (AVP), Research and Cooperative Extension. Reporting to me, the AVP will establish priorities and provide both leadership and strategic direction for UC ANR's research and extension programming across the state. The attached flyer provides detailed information, along with a link to the application site. Please share the opportunity with anyone you know who might like the opportunity to play an important leadership role in our organization.

Thank you for your assistance!

Glenda

 

Napolitano names Glenda Humiston to head Agriculture and Natural Resources

The following message is being released from UCOP today. 

University of California President Janet Napolitano will propose to the UC Board of Regents that they approve a veteran administrator with decades of experience in agriculture, natural resources, and sustainability as the next leader of the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, she announced today (July 10).

Following a national search, Napolitano has tapped Glenda Humiston, Ph.D., currently the California state director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, as her nominee for the vice president for the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Humiston has 25 years of experience working on agriculture, natural resources, sustainability, and economic development in rural communities. President Obama appointed her to her current position in 2009.

“Glenda Humiston is a great fit for the UC system at a time when drought has heightened the importance of sustainable agricultural practices,” said Napolitano, who launched a Global Food Initiative last year. “She is a knowledgeable, thoughtful and action-oriented leader who will expand the impact of an agriculture and natural resources division whose reach already extends across the globe.”

The UC Board of Regents will vote on the terms of the appointment at its July 21-23 meeting.

“I am thrilled to join UC's work on the ground linking world-class research with local know-how to elevate rural economies and boost agricultural production,” Humiston said. “Together we can work to provide innovative science-based solutions to farmers and deliver healthier food systems and healthier environments for all Californians.”

Humiston, who earned her doctorate in Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, served President Clinton as deputy undersecretary for natural resources and environment at USDA. She managed the Sustainable Development Institute at the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development in South Africa, as well as the World Water Forum in Mexico City in 2006. Early in her career, she served in the Peace Corps in Tunisia.

The ANR head oversees 1,350 people working in 60 county offices, nine research and extension centers, and three administrative centers. The position became vacant upon the retirement of Barbara Allen-Diaz, the former vice president, on June 30.

 

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Message from VP Allen-Diaz

2011 has been an amazing year

We hired 3 new advisors
We have 10 new advisor positions getting ready for recruitment
We have 5 new specialist positions getting ready for recruitment

We formed our first multi-county partnership (MCP) — the Central Sierra Multi-county Partnership, which includes El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties
Data and analyses are in progress to inform decisions on next MCPs
Based on analyses, Ventura County and Hansen REC will form a multi-unit partnership

The Program Support Unit staffed 45 conferences and meetings in 2011, serving over 4000 people
The Business Operations Center ensured everyone got paid on time, travel was processed, bills were paid
The Academic and Staff personnel units made sure people got hired, retired, emeriti-status’d
Administrative units throughout the Division found new ways to work together to ensure the highest quality service to our academics, staff and programs

Federal reporting was timely and complete
Strategic Initiative plans were created and conferences held
Opportunities for connections happened in workgroups, Program Teams and meetings
$4.46 million dollars over 5 years were released in competitive grants
Endowment payouts continued to support the donors’ goals and support Division work
Program Council (PC) came together providing their best advice on allocation of scarce resources

We thanked Dan for his leadership over the last 3 years
I accepted the role of Vice President of ANR

The Executive Working Group (EWG) welcomed a new member – the Chief of Staff to VP Allen-Diaz
The EWG and PC continued to address budget challenges
The EWG led the first-ever Divisionwide leadership meetings
The Academic Senate initiated an effort to learn about our programs
Regular conference calls began with County Directors

Every individual academic, program rep, director and staff member continued to do his or her work with utmost professionalism and commitment. Together we are developing and delivering the best science-based information and education programs to benefit people throughout the state.

I want you to know that it is the dedication of every single one of you in this great Division of the University of California, and the work that you do to benefit the people of California, that makes me proud to come to work every day. You are incredible – and I thank you.

I wish you all a wonderful, restful and healthful holiday season full of family and friends, and I look forward to working with you in the coming year.

Barbara

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Commitment and Continuity

Dear Colleagues,

As I assume the responsibilities of vice president, my strongest goal is to ensure that the entire UC Agriculture and Natural Resources community thrives. With the Strategic Vision as our guide for resource allocation and decision-making, I will work to provide continuity in our programs and operations.

To maintain the momentum already established, I will chair the Executive Council, which is comprised of the deans from the three colleges and the School of Veterinary Medicine. We will continue our critical discussions on strategically allocating our existing resources, seeking new resources, and building the research and extension continuum strengthened by the unrivaled breadth of our subject-matter expertise and our professional excellence.

The Executive Working Group will continue with its existing members, with a number of responsibilities redistributed in the new leadership structure.

Bill Frost will continue to report to me, but will assume many of the duties and relationships of my previous position. Bill will chair ANR’s Program Council. He will also provide leadership to ANR statewide and county programs, county administrative operations, academic personnel, and the Research and Extension Center System. County directors and our first multi-county partnership director report to Bill as of October 1, 2011.

Kay Harrison Taber will report to me and continue her critical leadership in seeking efficiencies in business operations. Thus far we have captured significant administrative savings while improving business and operational efficiencies and releasing additional resources for programmatic support.

Bob Sams will report to me and will take on additional responsibilities of expanding our strategic communications capabilities, advancing advocacy efforts, and improving coordination with campus and UCOP external and government relations units. He will continue to oversee Communication Services and Information Technology.

Don Klingborg will report to me and continue to establish new partnership models with county governments and enhance our local program delivery through stabilized county support.

As we progress, I want to emphasize our ability to meet our commitments and advance our vision for California. To ensure this, my top priority is to fill critical academic positions identified over the past year. We will move as quickly as possible to recruit outstanding academic specialists and advisors.

Additionally, we will move promptly to announce the awards in our competitive grants process and get to work on an exciting range of projects identified by the Strategic Initiatives.

Over the 25 years that I’ve been part of ANR, I’ve been proud to belong to this amazing community with its long list of important accomplishments. Under my leadership, ANR will continue to evolve and develop strong programs and far-reaching plans that improve the lives of Californians and, indeed, the world.

Barbara Allen-Diaz
Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Pursuing our Strategic Vision

Dear Colleagues,

I am honored to be asked by Dan Dooley and Mark Yudof to lead ANR, which has been my academic home for the past 25 years.

Over the last three years, the Division has endured dramatic changes:

• $5.2 million permanent budget cut
• $4 million in unfunded mandates
• $4 million cut in temporary funds
• Another $3.2 million cut FY 2011-12 to our permanent budget, plus unfunded liabilities including funding for merits, our portion of the retirement system re-start, and funding represented staff agreements.

We have survived by using our Strategic Vision as a guide for making budget cuts, largely protecting academics and programs; consolidating administrative units across regions, statewide programs, and competitive grants programs; and finding new homes for units that had been part of our Division for years.

But more importantly, we are using the Strategic Vision as our blueprint to rebuild for the future.

We are moving forward based on the strength and long-term vision of our academics and staff, and our collective belief that what we do in the research, education and public service continuum is imperative to the future success of the people of California.

ANR is composed of people who have extraordinary and diverse expertise and we are dispersed all over the state. But we share a passion in our belief that we can improve the quality of life for Californians.

I feel privileged to work with incredibly dedicated, hard-working, mission-oriented people who have borne the brunt of these cuts and still come to work motivated every day because they believe in ANR, the University of California, and the programs that they support and deliver.

In the next few years, together we will find ways to make our ANR continuum stronger, bridging the differences and distances between us. We will continue to build multi-county partnerships, focusing on those county relationships that make the most sense to combine. We will continue to re-invest in our academics, protecting funds saved from retirements, and hiring new advisors and specialists. We will continue to support our programs through our consolidated business services offices and program support unit, and we will make sure that the support is relevant, timely and sufficient to ensure that our programs thrive.

I look forward to working with all of you, as we work collectively to ensure UC’s Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension system accomplishments continue to make California the envy of the world.

Sincerely,

Barbara Allen-Diaz
Associate Vice President - Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives

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