All mail on the UC Santa Barbara campus is routed by the zip code +4, not by street or building addresses. To send snail mail to anyone in the Gevirtz School, write the person's name and the following:
Gevirtz School
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9490
Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology ccspapp@education.ucsb.edu 805-893-3375
Department of Education progoffice@education.ucsb.edu 805-893-4515
Teacher Education Program tepapp@education.ucsb.edu 805-893-2084
Hosford Counseling & Psychological Services Clinic 805-893-8064
Koegel Autism Center autism@ucsb.edu 805-893-2049
Dean's Office
Diego Bier
Executive Assistant to the Deans
Responsible for scheduling meetings and travel on behalf of the Dean, providing administrative support to the Dean, Assistant and Associate Deans, providing support to various school-wide committees and academic personnel.
Briana Villaseñor
Assistant Dean
Responsible for oversight of the Dean's administrative offices, Education Building and resource related issues, coordination and completion of Dean's special projects.
Student Affairs Office
Gayle Gonzales
Student Affairs Assistant
Responsible for assisting in all aspects of GGSE applications and admissions process, overseeing distribution of keys, access cards, lockers, and checks, booking of ED Building rooms, advising, monitoring and processing clearance forms for undergraduate minors, and serving as an informational resource and central point of contact in the Dean’s area.
Amy Meredith
Manager, Student and Academic Affairs
Responsible for oversight of Student Affairs Office, coordinating GGSE course planning and scheduling, fellowship processing, coordinate academic hires as well as Summer Sessions planning.
Samuel Rifkin
Student Affairs Officer
Responsible for coordinating all aspects of the GGSE application and admission process as well as advising, monitoring and processing paperwork for all undergraduate minor students, EDUC and CNCSP students.
Katie Tucciarone
Credential Analyst
Responsible for coordinating and planning certification services, clearing and recommending credentials, acting as liaison to the State Commission on Teacher Credentialing as well as advising, monitoring and performing degree checks for TEP students.
Finance & Administration
Aaron Ballett
Academic Personnel Analyst
Responsible for managing the overall cycle and administration of academic personnel matters, including faculty merits and promotions, faculty recruitment, personnel and payroll issues for academic appointments. Primary resource and point of contact in GGSE regarding Academic Personnel policies and procedures.
Abbey Fragosa
Financial Coordinator
Responsible for processing payments/reimbursements, placing orders & financial administration support for general operating and other discretionary accounts.
Jessica Goff
Clinics & Centers Program Coordinator
Office: Education 2250
Responsible for assisting with the administration of the Center for Publicly Engaged Scholarship, the McEnroe Reading & Language Arts Clinic and the California Teacher Education Research and Improvement Network.
Janselle Justo
Academic Personnel Coordinator
Email: jcjusto@ucsb.edu
Office: Education 4101
Responsible for coordinating, processing and submitting all senate and non-senate faculty and researcher merit and promotion cases, faculty recruitment and sabbatical leaves. Responsible for processing employment actions for senate faculty and continuing appointments.
Lauren Marquez
Business & Financial Analyst
Responsible for monthly reconciliation and set up of all accounts, working on the rates for the School's clinics and centers, reviewing and documenting business processes as well as certain employment functions including staff recruitments.
Katie Nguyen Lake
Program Assistant, The California Writing Project State Office
Responsible for supporting the infrastructure and administration of the California Writing Project (CWP) as the primary staff resource for the successful development and implementation of all CWP programs and events.
Boris Palencia
Manager, Finance and Administration
Responsible for the oversight of financial management and a full range of administrative functions encompassing finance, employment and payroll, gifts, and compliance. As part of the senior management team, develops and implements operating policies and procedures as they relate to overall GGSE goals and objectives.
Tracey Velasquez
Employment Analyst
Email: tracey@education.ucsb.edu
Phone: 805-893-3338
Responsible for processing employment actions for staff, student and temporary academic employees and processing timesheets and payroll.
Communications, Development & Community Relations
Devon Azzam
Assistant Director of Outreach
Email: devonazzam@ucsb.edu
Office: Education 4110
Responsible for exploring, and developing K-12 environmental education/science collaborations that address underserved students in Santa Barbara County, providing support to the Director of Outreach in creating new programming in environmental education/science at Harding University Partnership School (HUPS) and other Santa Barbara County Schools, and supporting the Director with ongoing outreach efforts at HUPS and with other community partners.
Claire Carter
Development Assistant
Responsible for processing the administrative work related to GGSE Development efforts and coordinating calendars for the Development Director and Associate Director.
Lilly Garcia
Director of Outreach
Responsible for the management and coordination of outreach efforts at Harding University Partnership School. Also provides information regarding district priorities and interest in education, including assistance with letters of support for proposals and/or MOUs within Santa Barbara County School Districts. In addition, works with campus and community partners to explore collaborations.
J.R. Glover
Development Analyst
John Hammond
Assistant Dean of Development
Responsible for working with all facets of GGSE’s various constituencies – including alumni, faculty, staff, friends, private foundations/organizations and the local community – to raise philanthropic dollars in support of the Gevirtz School.
Megan Turley
Associate Director of Development
Responsible for working closely with alumni and community members to raise a broad range of gifts in support of GGSE's annual fund. Also manages the outreach strategy to grow and engage GGSE's online community.
Chryss Yost
HUPS Community Resource Center Coordinator
Email: cyost@ucsb.edu
Office: Education 4110
Responsible for coordinating the developing Harding University Partnership School Community Resource Center by reaching out to community members, partners, and donors to assess and expand existing programs and resources to the Westside community surrounding HUPS, as well as identifying new opportunities for collaboration.
Maria Zate
Director of Communications
Responsible for designing and implementing information campaigns, overseeing the alignment with and the execution of the School communication and market branding strategy, requiring a wide variety of communications media including written, visual, digital, electronic and associated technical applications.
Contracts, Grants & Research
Robert Crouch
Research Administrator
Ector Flores-Garcia
Research Administrator
Responsible for budget development, proposal submission and managing awards for assigned principal investigators.
Bethany Guerrero
Research Administrator
Responsible for budget development, proposal submission and managing awards for assigned principal investigators.
Beverly Perkins
Contracts & Grants Manager
Responsible for oversight of the Contracts & Grants Office including proposal submissions and award management. As the lead point of contact and liaison to the UCSB Office of Research and other campus units, is the chief advisor to Principal Investigators (PIs) regarding multiple agencies' guidelines as well as UC policies, working closely with and supporting PIs in the recruitment and hiring of research personnel.
Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology Department
Sofia Muller
CCSP Department Administrator
Responsible for providing support to the CCSP Chair and faculty, coordination of curriculum and faculty workload planning, department events, visiting scholar appointments, financial management of department funds, and collaboration on all department academic recruitments, appointments and merit reviews.
Maria Sanchez
CCSP Program Coordinator
Responsible for providing support to the CCSP chair and faculty, coordinating new student orientation, research festival, interview weekend, annual reviews and fellowships; as well as visiting scholars, faculty recruitment visits, course planning, website maintenance and preparation of reimbursements.
Dyan Wirt
Hosford Clinic Administrator
Responsible for system administration of Point n Click, clinic operational policies and procedures, clinic resource reservations, supervision of clinic coordinators and work study students, HIPAA compliance.
Education Department
Michael Coopersmith
EDUC Department Administrator
Responsible for providing support to the EDUC Chair and faculty, coordination of curriculum and faculty workload planning, department events, visiting scholar appointments, financial management of department funds, and collaboration on all department academic recruitments, appointments and merit reviews.
Brenda Lavin
EDUC Coordinator
Responsible for managing ESCIs, textbook orders, loaner equipment, approval codes, prospective student inquiries, Facebook and Twitter accounts, collects EDUC syllabi, provides student support and coordinates faculty recruitment visits and student fellowship competitions.
Teacher Education Program
Briana Bugarin
TEP Program Coordinator
Responsible for managing applications and admissions, coordination applicant interviews, purchasing, providing SMI minor, pre-professional and MEd support, aiding and monitoring student registration, preparing ESCIs, website maintenance, collecting syllabi, ordering textbooks.
Samantha Cole
TEP Program Administrator
Responsible for providing support to the TEP Director as well as Program Coordinators, supervisors and lecturers, organizing community outreach and recruitment efforts, assisting with academic personnel actions, coordinating fellowship programs, organizing information meetings and various program events throughout the academic year.
ITG/Computing Services
Manny Cintron
Director of Application and Technology Services
Email: mcintron@ucsb.edu
Phone: 805-893-3572
Doug Drury
GGSE Core IT Relationship Manager, IT Strategist
Email: dgdru@ucsb.edu
Phone: 805-893-5036
John Goubeaux
ETS EUC Engineering Team
Mark McCann
Help Desk Manager for GGSE, IT Support for ETS
Responsible for managing user support through the Help Desk as well as leading the technical team.