Staff

System Administrator

Directs computing services for both Geography and the Earth Research Institute.

Manages departmental personnel administration for Student, Staff, Researcher (non-faculty), and Affiliate appointments, including hiring, payroll, timecard procedures, job description facilitation, and benefits questions.

Coordinates activities and projects for the Center for Spatial Studies (spatial@ucsb). Handles planning and administrative functions for the center.

Helps administer department Windows servers and manages all the instructional spaces. Also manages the desktop support for the staff, faculty, and graduate students in the department.

Oversees the following items: miscellaneous reimbursements, travel reimbursements, purchasing, textbooks, newsletters, spatial minor advising, student workshops, social media.

Manages Sustainability accounting, personnel, travel and misc. reimbursements. Staffs the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC).

Manages Geography contract/grant administration and supervises staff in personnel, finances, purchasing/travel, and space.

Oversees all departmental operations: Academic Personnel, Human Resources, Student Affairs, Budget & Finance, C&G, Computing, Procurement, Reimbursements, Facilities & EH&S.

Manages the Sustainability Internship Program. Serves as the Executive Director for the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC) and staffs the UC Healthy Campus Network.

Serves as Undergraduate Advisor, working with students and faculty in areas of undergraduate education.

Responsible for all faculty appointments (including affiliated, adjunct, and emeriti), research merit cases, Department safety representative (DSR), and office and lab space coordinator.

Manages The Green Initiative Fund, UCSB’s sustainability reporting, the Chancellor’s Sustainability Committee, Climate Action Planning, outreach and communication for UCSB Sustainability, and the planning the Annual Central Coast Sustainability Summit.

Pete Peterson is the CHIRPS curator with the CHC, of which he has been involved for ten years.

Responsible for financial administration for departmental, gift, and extramural awards; monthly reconciliation and statement production; interdepartmental and intercampus recharges; transfer of funds, subcontracts and PSA payments.

Manages the graduate program and coordinates TA/GSR/reader/fellowships appointments along with Associates and Lecturers.

I work to improve drought early warning forecasting tools and data sets for famine-susceptible countries.

Edits and coauthors Climate Hazards Center manuscripts, articles, & grant proposals; content manager of CHC's website; maintains outreach activities & social media.