Academic Senate (with aerial photo of campus in background)
Photograph © 2003 by Alan Nyiri, courtesy of the Atkinson Photographic Archive.

Contact Info

Academic Senate Executive Office
University of California, Los Angeles
3125 Murphy Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1408
Phone: (310) 825-3851
Fax: (310) 206-5273
senateoffice@senate.ucla.edu

Academic Senate Office Management


Chief Administrative Officer
Jaime Ronaldo Balboa, Ph.D.
jbalboa@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 825-3852
Fax (310) 206-5273

  • Executive Board
  • Legislative Assembly (LgA)
  • Academic Assembly
  • Academic Council
  • Council of Faculty Chairs (CFC)
  • Senate Committee Chairs (SCC)
  • Elections
  • Strategic Planning
  • Buget Officer

Jaime Balboa assumed the post of Chief Administrative Officer for the UCLA Academic Senate in July 2005. In this capacity, he serves as the chief of staff for the Senate Chair, and the chief policy analyst for the Senate. Before joining the Senate Office, Jaime served as the Chief of Staff for Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco—an agency that helps homeless and runaway youth and young adults permanently exit street life. There he was the number two executive for the agency with a $9.2M budget and a staff of 120. In his free time, Balboa swims with the Bruin Masters Swim Club and competes as an amateur triathlete. He earned his bachelor degree in English from Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan, completed a master of theological studies, magna cum laude, from Duke University and earned his PhD from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.Welcome to the Academic Senate Website. Through the Academic Senate, the UCLA faculty participates in a system of dual authority and responsibility called shared governance. In the shared governance system, the Regents invest the faculty, through the Academic Senate, with responsibility to exercise direct control over academic matters.


Assistant Chief Administrative Officer
Linda Mohr
mohr@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 206-2470
Fax (310) 206-5273

  • Director of Program Reviews
  • Council on Planning & Budget (CPB)
  • Department Security Administrator

Linda Mohr, Academic Senate Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, has worked at UCLA for over 25 years. Linda’s career at UCLA started with working for Administration followed by working in the Life Sciences departments, and now supports faculty and administration for the Academic Senate in the appointment of faculty to the Senate’s twenty-three committees, managing the program review process, and the review of budget and strategic plans. Linda enjoys working with the vast diversity of faculty, as each brings their own personality and wisdom to the various committees.

Academic Senate Office Staff

 


Administrative Assistant
Jennifer Caulfield
jcaulfield@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 206-2959
Fax (310) 206-5273

  • Support for Kyle Cunningham & Melissa Spagnuolo

 

 

Senior Administrative Analyst
Kyle Cunningham
kcunningham@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 825-1162
Fax (310) 206-5273

  • Committee on Committees (ConC)
  • Graduate Council (GC)
  • Program Review

Principal Administrative Analyst
Carolynne Hogg
hogg@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 825-3854
Fax (310) 206-4429

  • Council on Academic Personnel (CAP)

Administrative Specialist
Mark Kaminsky
mkaminsky@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 206-2070
Fax (310) 206-5273

  • Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
  • Committee on Library & Scholarly Communication (COLASC)
  • Committee on International Education (CIE)
  • Committee on Instructional Technology (CIT)
  • Committee on Teaching (COT)
  • Faculty Research Lectureship (FRL)
  • Gold Shield Faculty Prize Committee
  • Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
  • Administrative Duties/Backup Receptionist

 

Senior Administrative Analyst

John Leary
jleary@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 206-2469
Fax (310) 206-5273

  • Academic Freedom (AF)
  • Committee on Charges
  • Grievance Advisory Committee (GAC)
  • Privilege & Tenure (P&T)
  • Rules & Jurisdiction (R&J)

 

Administrative Assistant
Lorena Rodriguez
lrodriguez@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 206-3804
Fax (310) 206-4429

  • Gold Shield Faculty Prize Committee
  • Support for Carolynne Hogg
  • Scheduling & Support for the Senate Leadership & CAO (Back-up support)
  • Personnel/Payroll/Benefits (Back-up support)


Principal Administrative Analyst

Melissa Spagnuolo
mspagnuolo@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 825-1194
Fax (310) 206-5273


  • Committee on Undergraduate Admissions & Relations with Schools (CUARS)
  • Sustainability Taskforce
  • Undergraduate Council (UgC)
  • Undergraduate Learning Assessment Committee (ULAC)
  • Program Review

 

 

Administrative Specialist

Maya Moore
mmoore@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 825-3851
Fax (310) 206-5273

  • Committee on Diversity & Equal Opportunity (CODEO)
  • Faculty Welfare Committee (FWC)
  • University Emeriti and Pre-Retirement Relations Committee (UEPRRC)
  • Committee on Development (COD)
  • General Administration
  • Office Reception/Conference Room Booking
  • Council on Planning & Budget (CPB) support

Management Services Officer

Steven Truong
struong@senate.ucla.edu
Phone (310) 206-3802
Fax (310) 206-5273

 

  • Council on Research (COR)
  • Facutly & Travel Grants Program Coordinator
  • Internal Budgeting and Administrative Functions
  • Executive Assistant to the Chair, Vice Chair, Immediate Past Chair, and CAO
  • Elections, Legislative Assembly (LgA), and Executive Board support
  • Payroll, Benefits and Operations