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The Staff Assembly board recently elected the assembly’s Executive Committee for 2013-15:

• Chair — Lina Layiktez, director, Conference and Event Services
• Vice chair — Jessica Potts, chief administrative officer, Department of Chemistry
• Secretary — Theresa Costa, undergraduate adviser, Department of Plant Sciences
• Communications chair — Pam Nardinelli, marking manager, Conference and Event Services (and former coordinator of Staff Assembly)
• Membership chair — Nathan Ellstrand, office coordinator, Cross-Cultural Center
• Member at-large — Vickie Gomez, director, Campus and Student Community Engagement, Office of Campus Community Relations
• Member at-large — Pilar Rivera, program assistant, Government and Community Relations

Reshaping Human Resources

As the result of a strategic review, HR organizations on the Davis and Sacramento campuses are now operating jointly under the leadership of Associate Vice Chancellor Susan Gilbert, who joined �ٺ���Ƶ as head of Davis campus Human Resources in June 2012.

The recently concluded review of HR activities across the university led to a “future state” design, announced in May, based on several key strategies, including:

• Creating a cohesive HR organization
• Providing streamlined access to HR services
• Improving communication about HR processes and issues

This summer, the Davis and Sacramento HR organizations are engaged in a strategic planning process with a goal of designing a single, high-performing organization equipped to help �ٺ���Ƶ attract and support the work force that will make the 2020 Initiative plan a success.

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Licensing Academy held

�ٺ���Ƶ recently hosted its third annual on intellectual property management, a two-week course for lawyers, technology managers and scientific professionals from abroad. The course assists the participants in promoting licensing and commercialization of research and development in their countries.

The 40 people in this year’s course came from 17 countries in Latin America, South America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the West Indies.

The academy is presented by the School of Law; the �ٺ���Ƶ-based , or PIPRA; and �ٺ���Ƶ Extension. A number of campus faculty and staff from the Office of Research, the Graduate School of Management and �ٺ���Ƶ Innovation Access also participated.

“The �ٺ���Ƶ School of Law and �ٺ���Ƶ Extension have been thrilled to partner with Alan Bennett and PIPRA in bringing to campus this important international program that strengthens intellectual property protections and nurtures entrepreneurship and economic development in emergent countries,” said Beth Greenwood, executive director for International Programs at the School of Law, and associate dean for the Center for International Education at �ٺ���Ƶ Extension.