Biography
Bill Johansen currently holds the position of Senior Business Manager for the Life Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Following a rigorous selection process, Bill was appointed Staff Advisor Designate in June 2007 by President Robert C. Dynes. His term will expire in June 2009.

A second generation UC employee, Bill first started working at LBNL in 1987 as a student assistant in the Technical Information Department when he was a junior in high school. He continued to work in various positions while attending UC Berkeley where he received a BA in Political Science in 1991. In 1993, he left the Lab to work in Washington , DC first on Capitol Hill and later as Deputy Director for the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation. When he returned to California in 1996, he returned to LBNL initially supporting the Life Sciences Division Director before taking on a series of new roles including Manager of the Biosciences Proposal Development Center . He was named Business Manager by the Life Sciences Division in 2005.

Bill served from 2004-2006 as LBNL's delegate to the Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA). He also served as the Chair of CUCSA's Policy and Procedures Committee from 2005-2006. In 2006, we was unanimously elected to serve on CUCSA's executive board, one year as Chair-Elect followed by a year as Chair. During his tenure in CUCSA's leadership, the Council has focused its efforts on vital issues to the University including examining staff diversity and planning for the retirement bubble in terms of succession planning through leadership training.

In 2007, Bill served as the inaugural CUCSA representative to the newly established UC Staff Diversity Council.

"I am proud as both a staff member and alumnus of the University of California of its academic, research and public service mission. Over the last four years, I have seen first hand the incredible field of staff members from across the UC system that is committed to the excellence that makes the University the unrivaled international institution that it is. The underlying issues that each of us faces are the same no matter which location you are from. As I have worked during the past two years with senior leadership around the University including The Board of Regents, I have seen an increased recognition of the real contributions that staff makes. That is one of the most important roles that the Staff Advisors serve - to continue the communication between the Regents and staff across UC in order to ensure that a staff voice is heard."