Alumni Engagement Staff
Shayna Kent - Executive Director, Alumni Engagement
skent1@ucsc.edu
(831) 459-3966Vacant - Director of Alumni Programs
Kara Snider - Associate Director of Alumni Engagement, The Network
Oversees Student Engagement programs, recent grads and developing career readiness support for students and alumni.
klea@ucsc.edu
(831) 502-7647Sam Li - Interim Associate Director, Regional / Volunteers
Organizes alumni events all throughout California and work with alumni volunteers outside of California to organize events in their respective city or region. Events range from happy hours to sporting games, volunteer service days to faculty speaker events.
sakli@ucsc.edu
(831) 459-4631Barbara Oden-Petree - Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement, Team Coordinator
Supports the Alumni Council, handles special projects, supervises student interns and serves as the first responder to alumni inquiries.
baoden@ucsc.edu
(831) 502-8032Rhonda Kinard - Assistant Director, Outreach Programs
Works with our resource centers in developing and managing programs and events to engage their alumni.
rkinard@ucsc.edu
(831) 459-1909Samantha Brandon - Alumni & Student Outreach Development Coordinator
Works to engage students with UC Santa Cruz and to connect alumni with students to model active alumni behavior.
sabrando@ucsc.edu
(831) 459-2434Sara Walpole - Temporary Administrative Assistant
Provides administrative support to the Alumni Engagement team and the UC Santa Cruz Alumni Council.
swalpole@ucsc.edu
(831) 459-2489Vacant - Administrative Assistant - Alumni Engagement/Information Management
Financial support and budget oversight, administrative support, special projects for Executive Director and Director of Information Management.