Leadership Council
The Leadership Council will provide direction for the initiative and provide advice related to policy and resources. The Council's charge is to identify strategic priorities, advise on deployment of resources, and to develop relationships with academia, government, and the private sector in Mexico. Led by Chancellor Kim Wilcox, the Council will seek to leverage the UC investment in the Initiative with external funding, both public and private.
Structure and Charge
Standing Members
Guillermo Aguilar 
Chair, Mechanical Engineering, UC Riverside
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UC Riverside
Tel: 951.827.7717
Email: gaguilar[at]ucr.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Stefano Bertozzi 
Dean, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Professor, Health Policy and Management, UC Berkeley
Tel: 510.664.7771
Email: ph_dean[at]berkeley.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Exequiel Ezcurra 
Director, UC Mexus
Professor, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside
Tel: 951.827.3519
Email: exequiel[at]ucr.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Melissa Floca 
Interim Director, Center for US-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego
Tel: 858.534.6066
Email: mfloca[at]ucsd.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Patricia Gándara 
Co-Chair, The Civil Rights Project, UC Los Angeles
Professor, Education, UC Los Angeles
Tel: 310.267.5562
Email: larussman[at]gmail.com*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Elyse Gonzales 
Assistant Director, AD&A Museum, UC Santa Barbara
Curator of Exhibitions, AD&A Museum, UC Santa Barbara
Tel: 805.893.5299
Email: egonzales[at]museum.ucsb.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Harley Shaiken 
Director, Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley
Professor, Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley
Tel: 510.642.9678
Email: hshaiken[at]berkeley.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Horst Simon 
Deputy Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Tel: 510.486.6100
Email: hdsimon[at]lbl.gov*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Ed Taylor 
Director, Rural Economics of the Americas and Pacific Rim, UC Davis
Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
Co-Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Tel: 510.388.0773
Email: taylor[at]primal.ucdavis.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Kim Wilcox 
Chancellor, UC Riverside
Tel: 951.827.5201
Email: chancellor[at]ucr.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Ex Officio Members
Allert Brown-Gort 
Executive Director, UC Casa de California, UC Office of the President
Tel (Mexico): 011.52.55.5662.4163
Email: allert.brown[at]ucop.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Art Ellis 
Vice President for Research, UC Office of the President
Tel: 510.987.9615
Email: arthur.ellis[at]ucop.edu*
Term: July 2017 - June 2019
Cynthia Giorgio
Director, UC-Mexico Initiative
Tel: 951.827.7884
Email: cynthia.giorgio[at]ucr.edu*
Term:July 2017 - June 2019
Veronique Rorive
Assistant Director, UC-Mexico Initiative
Tel: 951.827.4558
Email: veronique.rorive[at]ucr.edu*
Term:July 2017 - June 2019
TBD 
UCOP Liason, UC Office of the President
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