Meet the Team

Office Contact Information

Academic Planning
University of California, Berkeley 
242 California Hall #1500 
Berkeley, CA 94720 

Office Email: vpap@berkeley.edu
Web: vpap.berkeley.edu

Divisional Team Members

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen 

Vice Provost
California Hall, Room 243
510-664-7213
vpap@berkeley.edu

James Ford

James Ford, PhD

AVP & Chief of Staff
California Hall, Room 241
510-664-7211
jamesford@berkeley.edu

Emily Strange

Emily M. Strange

Executive Assistant
California Hall
510-664-7213
Malcolm Quon

Malcolm Quon

Senior Institutional Research Analyst
malcolm@berkeley.edu

Space Planning

Maria Garcia-Alvarez

Maria Garcia-Alvarez

Principal Space Planner
University Hall, Room 669
510.812.0835
malvarez@berkeley.edu

Andrew Weiss,  Academic Space Planner

Andrew Weiss

Academic Space Planner
University Hall
andrewweiss@berkeley.edu

Timothy Green

Timothy Green

Space Planner
University Hall
greent1@berkeley.edu

Global Engagement

Ashley Spinelli

Ashley Spinelli

Director, Global Engagement Office
California Hall
510-642-5462
aspinelli@berkeley.edu

New Academic Ventures

Nicolas Gold

Senior Contracts Administrator

Chris Stawski

Project & Policy Analyst
Alice Tsai

Alice Chia-Hua Tsai

Global Engagement Specialist
California Hall
510-642-2547 

alice.tsai@berkeley.edu

Berkeley International Office

Christopher Reed

Christopher Reed

Global Engagement Coordinator
California Hall
geo@berkeley.edu
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Academic Program Reviews

Verna Bowie

Director, Academic Program Reviews
California Hall, Room 244
510-642-9018
vernabowie@berkeley.edu