Board Chair: Thomas McMorrow
Thomas McMorrow is responsible for the law firm Manatt's California policy practice and the management of the Sacramento office.
Advisory Board
The advisory board is an important part of UCCS. The board is made up of leaders from throughout the California policy community and the University of California system.
Ben Allen
Ben Allen is the State Senator for the 26th Senate District which contains the Westside, Hollywood, and coastal South Bay communities of Los Angeles County. He is the chair of the Senate Education Committee and the legislature's Joint Committee of the Arts.
Stephen A. Arditti
Stephen A. Arditti has worked in Sacramento representing the University of California for over 30 years. He serves as the Assistant Vice President and Director, State Government Relations, University of California, Emeritus.
Angela Blanchard
Angela Blanchard is the Associate Partner for Political Solutions, LLC.
A.G. Block
A.G. Block is the co-chair of the Community Relations Committee at the Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento. He is the former associate director of UC Center Sacramento.
Susan Carlson
Susan Carlson is Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Programs at the UC Office of the President, and professor of English at UC Davis. Dr. Carlson has responsibility for UC systemwide policy, data, and processes that support faculty recruitment, retention, advancement, and diversity.
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin was in the California State Assembly from 1986 to 1994 representing the 18th and 20th district. Eastin served as the 25th Superintendent of Public Instruction of California from 1995 to 2003. She served as the UCCS Governance Fellow in 2014.
Kieran Flaherty
Kieran Flaherty is an Associate Vice President & Director of State Governmental Relations at the UC Office of the President.
Diane Griffiths
Diane Griffiths retired as State Senator Bob Hertzberg's Chief of Staff in June 2017 but continues to assist the senator. She served as the Chief of Staff to the UC Board of Regents and as General Counsel to the California Fair Political Practices Commission.
Jackson R. Gualco
Jackson R. Gualco is the President and CEO of the Gualco Group Inc.
Robert Huckfeldt
Robert Huckfeldt is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Communication at UC Davis.
Ari Kelman
Ari Kelman is the Interim Dean for the UC Davis College of Letters and Sciences
Karl Mohr
Karl Mohr serves as the Chief of Staff to the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at UC Davis. Previously, he managed the UC Davis capital planning program and served as the Finance Director for the City of Davis.
Roger Niello
Roger Niello served as a member of the California State Assembly from the 5th district from 2004 to 2010. He served as the UCCS Governance Fellow in 2011.
Oladele A. Ogunseitan
Dele Ogunseitan is Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention at the University of California, Irvine. He is also Professor of Social Ecology, and a member of the Board of Directors of the UC Systemwide Global Health Institute.
Patricia Osorio-O'Dea
Patricia Osorio-O'Dea is the Director of Academic Program Coordination at the UC Office of the President
Richard Kravitz
Richard Kravitz is the director of the UC Center Sacramento. He is also Professor and Co-vice Chair for Research in the Department of Internal Medicine at UC Davis.