All interested UC staff and non-Senate academic employees are encouraged to visit the staff advisors' Web site for information about the roles and responsibilities of the position, how to apply and a complete explanation of eligibility requirements.
Two UC staff advisors serve as non-voting advisors to designated Regents' committees and have direct input into the board's deliberations. The staff advisors serve on the Committee on Educational Policy, the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Long Range Planning, and participate in all meetings of the board and their assigned committees with the exception of closed or Regents-only sessions.
Each year's newly appointed staff advisor is called the staff advisor designate. The staff advisor and staff advisor designate jointly participate on assigned committees to allow cross-coverage and mentorship by the more experienced staff advisor.
Since the staff advisor positions were made permanent in January 2007 after a two-year pilot program, there have been four: David Bell (UC San Francisco), Dave Miller (UCLA), Lynda Brewer (UC Irvine) and Bill Johansen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).
Brewer and Johansen are the current staff advisors. Brewer's appointment ends in June, when a new staff advisor designate will be appointed.
"The point that I have been emphasizing in our campus meetings is that this is an extraordinary professional development opportunity," said Brewer. "The staff advisor program allows a staff member to interact with a group of the most talented business people in California on issues critical to the university.
"In addition, it's important for staff to know that we are recruiting constantly. If a staff member doesn't think that they are qualified to do the job at this time or it doesn't fit into their current plan, they can add it to their professional development plan for the future. We staff advisors - Bill, Dave and David and I - are available to give advice and counsel to prospective candidates throughout the process."
For employees without computer or Internet access, hard copies of the application form and all relevant information on the process can be obtained from your location's central Human Resources Office. Questions about the program should be directed to Lynn Boland, deputy to the Executive Vice President-Business Operations, at (510) 987-9996.