The University of California employs approximately 180,000 faculty and staff across 10 campuses and five medical centers. New hirings, resignations, promotions, transfers to new duties and the like occur frequently across the system. Total systemwide salaries are reported annually to the UC Board of Regents as a group and posted at www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/compensation/.

UC policy for salary and appointments of Senior Management Group (SMG) positions requires that compensation be reviewed and approved by the Regents. Salary and appointments of non-SMG members whose total compensation is higher than $214,000 and whose actions are approved by campuses or other UC locations must be reported to the Regents at the next meeting following approval of the action.

The following appointments and compensation were approved by the University of California Board of Regents today (Nov. 19):

UCSD Medical Center

Mona Sonnenshein, as acting associate vice chancellor and acting chief executive officer (CEO), UC San Diego Medical Center to replace Richard Liekweg who submitted his resignation, ending his employment with the University effective Aug. 21, 2009. In order to maintain medical center operations after the departure of Liekweg and until the appointment of his successor, Mona Sonnenshein has been serving as Acting CEO. Sonnenshein has served as chief operating officer (COO) at the medical center for the last three years and will continue to serve as the COO while in the acting CEO capacity, including overseeing UCSD Medical Center on the Hillcrest and La Jolla East (Thornton Hospital) campuses. The campus submitted a separate action at this November meeting to appoint the new CEO. The appointment of Sonnenshein as the acting CEO will be without additional compensation, and will terminate upon the appointment of the new CEO. This position is funded from medical center operating revenue.

(Questions may be directed to UC San Diego Medical Center Public Affairs; phone: 619-543-6163.)

Thomas Jackiewicz, as chief executive officer and associate vice chancellor at UC San Diego Medical Center, replacing Richard Liekweg who resigned to accept a position outside the UC system. Following an internal search, Jackiewicz was selected as the top candidate. For the previous eight years, he served as an associate vice chancellor in health sciences, and he had 11 years of executive-level experience in academic medicine before assuming his UC San Diego position in 2001. In addition to his new duties, effective Jan. 1, 2010, he will retain responsibility for two areas he oversaw in his previous positions: resource strategy and planning, and marketing and communications for all of health sciences. A health sciences leadership position will be eliminated, saving the university approximately $625,000 annually, and the position vacated by Jackiewicz will be filled at a lower level. The proposed base annual salary of $600,000 — $54,675 less than the average base salary of CEOs at other medical centers and $60,500 less than the salary of his predecessor — represents a 22.4 percent promotional increase over his previous base salary of $490,000. The position is funded from medical center operating revenue. This position is subject to a 10 percent base salary reduction due to the Regents' approved furlough plan.

(Questions may be directed to UC San Diego Medical Center Public Affairs; phone: 619-543-6163.)

UC San Diego Campus

Amy Binder, as provost of the Thurgood Marshall College at the San Diego campus in response to the campus's need to appoint a provost to serve during Provost Alan Havis' sabbatical leave, effective April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010. In addition to filling this role, she will also assist with the transition back to the returning provost, during the month of July, in her capacity as a faculty member. Binder's scholarly accomplishments and her commitment to undergraduate education make her well qualified to provide leadership as provost of Thurgood Marshall College during this period. Her annualized compensation rate of $130,961, is 5.8 percent below the salary range midpoint of $139,000 and 9.2 percent below the salary of Havis ($144,300). This position is funded from UC general funds provided by the state. Thurgood Marshall College, known for affording students the opportunity and advantages of attending a small liberal arts college within the setting of a renowned world-class research university, offers a variety of general education requirements, including natural sciences, humanities, fine arts, public service, quantitative/formal skills and social sciences. The college's programs include a core interdisciplinary writing sequence with themes of diversity, justice and imagination and weekly honors seminars. It also sponsors a public service minor and African American Studies minor for all UC San Diego students.

(Questions may be directed to UC San Diego Public Affairs; phone: 858-534-3120 or 858-534-5952.)

UCSF Medical Center

As part of a reorganization of the UCSF Medical Center, the following compensation actions were recommended for approval (all positions in this recommendation are funded 100 percent by medical center operating revenue — no state general funds are used for these positions):

• Promotion and compensation for Kenneth M. Jones as chief operating officer at an annual salary of $547,600, which is slightly above the range midpoint of $541,200. The recommended compensation aligns the position with the closest comparator, the COO at UCLA's Medical Center. This position is subject to a 10 percent base salary reduction due to the Regents' approved furlough plan.
• An extension of an existing stipend for Sheila Antrum as chief nursing and patient care services officer and an increase in grade for assuming additional responsibilities of pharmacy and perioperative services, bringing her total annual salary to $287,500 which is above the median base salary of $245,000 and below the 75th percentile market salary of $300,000. This position is subject to a 10 percent base salary reduction during participation in the university's approved furlough plan.
• An extension of an existing stipend for Susan Moore as continuing acting chief financial officer, until the appointment of a permanent chief financial officer is determined, with an annual salary of $293,125 which is below the 25th percentile base salary of $322,100. This position is not subject to the furlough plan decrease.

These actions were recommended in connection with a new organizational structure aimed at maintaining organizational momentum while increasing capacity to execute the strategic plan, streamlining operational efficiency and providing development opportunities for succession management.

(Questions may be directed to UCSF Public Affairs; phone: 415-476-2557.)

UC Santa Barbara Campus

Steven Gaines, as dean of the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara, following a national search and consultation with the Academic Senate. He has an extraordinary record of accomplishments in administration, research and teaching, as a professor of ecology, evolution and marine biology since 1994 and director of the Marine Science Institute at UC Santa Barbara since 1997. He served as acting vice chancellor for research from 2002 to 2005, and for a year as acting dean of the division of mathematical, life and physical sciences in the College of Letters and Sciences. As dean, he will be responsible for all management aspects of the Bren School's research in environmental issues and training of research scientists and professionals, as well as efforts to identify and solve environmental problems and foster multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of the environment and the impact of humans on natural resources. The Bren School has both a Ph.D. program and a master's program. His proposed total compensation as dean, effective Jan. 1, 2010, is $234,000, a 6.8 percent increase over his current total compensation of $219,092. The position is funded entirely by UC general funds from the state.

(Questions may be directed to UC Santa Barbara Public Affairs; phone: 805-893-8273 or 805-893 3071.)

UCLA Campus

Vijay Dhir, as dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, with a salary adjustment. Dhir's administrative salary has fallen behind his underlying adjusted faculty appointment salary ($300,300, inclusive of 2.5 summer pay) thus disadvantaging him in serving as dean. In addition, his salary reflects a significant market lag and has fallen behind more recent hires of deans of engineering at other UC campuses whose salaries more appropriately reflect market rates. The proposed action will bring Dhir's administrative salary equal to the salary he would receive as a faculty member if he were not serving as dean. As a result, his compensation better aligns with his cohorts' pay both within UC and in the market place. UC deans' salaries are funded by state funds. Thus, this position is subject to the university's salary reduction/furlough plan as approved by the Regents. Market data provided by Mercer Consulting reveals a market median salary of $300,000.

(Questions may be directed to UCLA Public Affairs; phone: 310-825-2585.)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The following appointment and compensation was approved jointly by the Committee on Oversight of the Department of Energy Laboratories and the Committee on Compensation of the University of California Board of Regents:

Dr. A. Paul Alivisatos, as the next permanent director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), after a national search. Since being named interim director of Berkeley Lab by the Board of Regents in January 2009, Alivisatos has successfully led the laboratory in obtaining more than $220 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Previously, Alivisatos was the deputy director of Berkeley Lab, serving as the lab's chief research officer and overseeing the discretionary research budget, key research initiatives and technology transfer functions. In addition, he assisted the director in developing the overall strategic direction and institutional planning for the laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. in chemical physics from UC Berkeley and a bachelor of arts in chemistry from the University of Chicago. As director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Alivisatos will earn $417,155 annually, representing a 2.5 percent ($10,175) increase over the current annual salary and a 16.9 percent ($60,155) increase over his current base salary as laboratory deputy director. The director's salary, like that of all other UC employees at the laboratory, is paid from funds derived from the federal Department of Energy contract. No general funds from the state are used to pay the director's salary. Additional details about Alivisatos' appointment and compensation are available in the university's news release.

(Questions may be directed to Chris Harrington in the University of California's Washington, D.C., office at 202-974-6314.)

The following appointments and compensation were approved by the Chair of the Committee on Compensation and the UC President as interim actions, which arise between meetings and must be dealt with more quickly for a variety of reasons, then come to the board as informational items:

UC Irvine Campus

Joseph S. Lewis III, as dean of UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, effective March 24, 2010. Interim action was taken to enable him to provide immediate notice to his current institution, Alfred University. An annual salary of $195,000, reduced by 9 percent to $177,450 during participation in the salary reduction and furlough plan, is 14.1 percent below the market median of $227,000, according to data provided by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, using the 2008-09 College and Universities Professional Association (CUPA) Compensation Survey. The position is funded entirely by UC general funds from the state.

Alan L. Terricciano, as acting dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts to March 31, 2010, extending an appointment that began in July 2008, when UC Irvine started a national search for a permanent dean. The campus requested an interim action extending the appointment to allow for a transitional period with the new dean, Joseph S. Lewis III, whose appointment is effective March 24, 2010. As an exception to policy, an administrative stipend of $43,722 was approved, resulting in a total salary of $160,000 when combined with a faculty salary of $116,278. The total salary is 29.5 percent below the market median of $227,000, according to data from Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The position is funded entirely by UC general funds from the state.

(Questions may be directed to UC Irvine Public Affairs; phone: 949-824-1151.)

UC Riverside School of Medicine

G. Richard Olds, as UC Riverside's vice chancellor-health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, effective no later than Feb. 1, 2010, to oversee an existing program that provides the first two years of accredited medical education at UC Riverside, and to begin building the base to bring the third and fourth years of medical education to the campus. The new school of medicine will build on the existing UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences, founded in 1974. Students participating in this program at UC Riverside complete their third and fourth years (clinical clerkships) at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where they obtain their M.D.s. By fall 2010, UC Riverside plans to have in place a program to provide clinical clerkships to third-year students, meaning they will work and learn in local regional hospitals with area physicians, serving the local community. The interim action was requested to fill this critical position immediately and allow Dr. Olds to provide immediate notice to his current employer. Initially the position will be funded entirely by non-state general funds from United Healthcare, until appropriate state funds become available. The proposed base salary of $525,000 is slightly above the market median of $499,900, according to data from Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Compared with other permanent vice chancellors-school of medicine deans at other UC locations, the proposed salary is above the average base of $492,450, and total compensation of $625,000 is below the average total cash compensation of $687,914. The base salary of $525,000 is 8.6 percent less than Dr. Olds' current base salary.

(Questions may be directed to UC Riverside Health Affairs; phone: 951-827-4598.)