AI Council Roster

Alex Bui, PhD, AI Council Co-Chair

Director, Medical & Imaging Informatics Group; Director, Medical Informatics Home Area; Professor, Departments of Radiological Sciences, Bioengineering & Bioinformatics; David Geffen Chair in Informatics

Alex Bui received his PhD in Computer Science in 2000, upon which he joined the UCLA faculty. He is now the Director of the Medical & Imaging Informatics (MII) group. His research includes informatics and data science for biomedical research and healthcare in areas related to distributed information architectures and mHealth; methodological development, application, and evaluation of artificial intelligence (AI) methods, including machine/reinforcement learning; and data visualization. His work bridges contemporary computational approaches with the opportunities arising from the breadth of biomedical observations and the electronic health record (EHR), tackling the associated translational challenges.

Dr. Bui has a long history of leading extramurally funded research, including from multiple different National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes (NCI, NLM, NINDS, NIBIB, etc.). He was Co-Director for the NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Centers Coordination Center; and Application Lead for the NSF-funded Expeditions in Computing Center for Domain-Specific Computing (CDSC), exploring cutting-edge hardware/software techniques for accelerating algorithms used in healthcare. He led the NIH-funded Los Angeles PRISMS Center, a U54 focused on mHealth informatics. He is now Director of UCLA’s Bridge2AI Coordination Center, a landmark NIH initiative to advance the use of AI/ML methods. Dr. Bui is Program Director of multiple separate NIH TL1/T15/T32s at UCLA in the areas of biomedical informatics and data science; Director for the Medical Informatics Home Area in the Graduate Program in Biosciences; Co-Director of the Center for SMART Health; and serves at the Senior Associate Director for Informatics for UCLA’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). He also Co-Chairs the University of California (UC) AI Council.

Alexander Bustamante, AI Council Co-Chair

Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Audit Officer, University of California System

Alexander A. Bustamante serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Audit Officer for the University of California system. Leading the Office of Ethics, Compliance, and Audit Services, Mr. Bustamante oversees the University's corporate compliance, investigative, and audit programs. These programs cover critical areas like capital projects, healthcare compliance, third-party risk management, data governance, financial management, and cybersecurity.

Beyond core compliance areas, Mr. Bustamante extends his focus to emerging threats. His team has invested significant efforts in designing training programs and structures specifically for research security and emerging technologies. To address evolving compliance issues and help partner on solutions, Mr. Bustamante maintains strong working relationships with federal funding and enforcement partners.  Additionally, Mr. Bustamante's office conducts comprehensive cyber-risk audits across the UC system. These combined efforts assist UC in fortifying critical infrastructure, protecting federally funded research and securing the vast datasets used in operations and research, especially those involving machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Mr. Bustamante co-chaired the UC Presidential Working Group on Artificial Intelligence, which established guidelines for the responsible and ethical use of AI applications within the UC system. He continues to serve as the co-chair of UC’s AI Council, tasked with integrating these guidelines, developing AI risk and impact assessment strategies, and documenting the University's use of AI-enabled technologies.

Before joining the University of California, Mr. Bustamante was the Inspector General for the Los Angeles Police Department, where he provided independent oversight of the Department. He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, where he tackled complex investigations involving organized crime, civil rights violations, and white-collar crimes. This work earned him the prestigious United States Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service for his role in a landmark case, involving the federal government's first use of civil rights statutes to combat racially motivated gang violence against African Americans.

Mr. Bustamante holds a Juris Doctor degree from the George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Art in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley.

Rolin Moe is the Associate Vice Provost for UC Online in the Office of Graduate, Undergraduate and Equity Affairs at the University of California, Office of the President. In this role, he leads systemwide strategy and collaboration regarding online education, advancing UC’s 2030 goals to increase degree completion and close equity gaps. Rolin stewards the system’s role as facilitator, convener and nexus for online education policy, infrastructure, and innovation, aligning campus priorities with UC standards, as well as elements of compliance and regulation. He works with multiple constituency groups (Academic Senate, campus leaders, state partners, national entities) to expand access to high-quality online education initiatives that support student success. He holds an Ed.D. in Learning Technologies from Pepperdine University and a Master’s in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin.  Rolin’s teaching and research have focused on a critical look at technological phenomenon as well as the role of new media in instructional modalities.

Rolin serves as Co-Chair of the Risk and Transparency subcommittee.

Joe Sabado, Deputy Chief Information Officer at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), leads teams supporting various critical services, including student and financial information systems, data services/business intelligence, student services, and application development. Joe leads the campus data governance initiative and co-directs UCSB AI Community of Practice. In addition, he serves as a co-leader of the Educause AI Community.

A proud UCSB alumnus, Joe earned his Political Science degree with a minor in Asian American Studies. He later enhanced his educational background by obtaining an MBA from Capella University and completing executive programs at both UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and the UC IT Leadership Academy.

As an immigrant and first-generation professional, Joe champions diversity, equity, and inclusion in various roles at UCSB. With 28 years of experience at the university, he mentors staff and students  and has advised multiple student organizations. Joe also speaks at high school outreach programs and conferences, sharing his journey as a marginalized student and professional to serve as a "possibility model" for others.

Throughout his career, Joe has leveraged his unique background and experiences to foster an inclusive environment in higher education IT, inspiring the next generation of diverse leaders in the field.

Joe serves as the Co-Chair of the Subcommittee on Innovation and Impact.

Zainab Shakoor is Senior Campus Counsel and Campus Privacy Officer at UC Davis where she advises on matters involving privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, public health and safety, and global affairs. As the Privacy Officer, Zainab implements the campus privacy program addressing ethics and compliance with privacy laws and regulations. Prior to joining UC Davis, she served as an attorney for the California Department of Public Health and has previously held various roles in privacy compliance at UCSF. Zainab holds CIPP/US and AIGP certifications.

Zainab serves as Co-Chair of the Risk and Transparency subcommittee.

Van Williams is the Vice President of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer for the University of California, a $40+ billion-dollar enterprise that spans ten campuses and six health care systems. As the UC CIO, Van serves as the university’s chief IT leader and strategist, collaborating with campus and health CIOs, and other leaders across the UC system. Van also oversees IT related strategic priorities for the UC Office of the President (UCOP). Prior to UCOP, Van was the Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Strategic Initiatives at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), and served as the campus Cyber-Risk Responsible Executive. Van oversaw UCSC’s $800M technology organization, and led a staff of 250. Before joining the UC system, Van spent more than 15 years at New York University in various senior roles, including Chief Information Officer for NYU’s Stern School of Business. He has an MBA in finance, entrepreneurship and marketing from Stern, and a bachelor’s degree from NYU, where he majored in classical civilization and minored in chemistry. Van is deeply committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and believes higher education is a key driver toward the creation of a healthy society.

VP Williams serves as senior advisor to the Council Subcommittee on Innovation and Impact bringing expertise from his systemwide leadership in AI enabled technology adoption.

Shanda serves as Strategic Advisor to the Council providing program direction and strategic guidance to the UC AI Council. As Director of Compliance at the University of California headquarters in the Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services. Shanda works on critical emerging issues and manages systemwide compliance experts in providing systemwide oversight in a wide variety of regulatory areas. Shanda was a founding member of the UC Presidential Working Group on Artificial Intelligence and has worked in the AI ethics and compliance space at UC since 2019. Shanda recently served as the interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Research Compliance and Integrity at UC San Diego and has held various compliance roles at UC Berkeley and UCSF. Shanda received her BA in Anthropology with a focus on Genetics and Archaeology from the University of California at Berkeley and her Juris Doctorate from Berkeley Law, University of California at Berkeley.

Jennifer Lofthus serves as an advisor providing logistics and strategic support to the UC AI Council. Jennifer is the Interim Associate Director of General Compliance for the Office of Ethics, Compliance, and Audit Services where she manages general compliance matters. She leads systemwide committees, manages compliance risk assessments, develops compliance training, and provides general compliance oversight in a wide variety of regulatory areas. Previously, Jennifer worked for her alma mater, UC Santa Barbara, as their ADA compliance officer, policy manager, campus privacy officer, records manager, and conflict of interest and delegations of authority coordinator. Prior to coming to the University of California, Jennifer was a civil litigator in Santa Barbara specializing in fraud, elder abuse, and disability law.

Stephanie Morgan is the General Compliance Analyst in the Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services where she provides expert analysis and project management for multiple regulatory compliance areas. Prior to joining the UC Office of the President, Stephanie held a variety of compliance roles at UCSF, Stanford University, and the Foundation for California Community Colleges. Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Psychology from Palo Alto University.

Simon J. Atkinson serves as vice chancellor for research at the University of California, Davis. He oversees the Office of Research, with responsibility for review and acceptance of extramural research awards; research relationships with government and industry; encouraging and assisting faculty in developing research and scholarly studies; oversight of intramural research support; functional responsibility for organized research units and projects; management of certain research-related programs, instrumentation and facilities; management of several UC Natural Reserve sites; review and approval of the use of human subjects and conflict of interest disclosures; and coordination of patenting and licensing of campus intellectual property.

Laura HF Barde, PhD, serves as Senior Advisor in the Center for Data-driven Insights and Innovation (CDI2) at UC Health. She is a cognitive neuroscientist and university operations leader adept at building and directing effective teams, programs, and projects in an academic environment. An innovative and strategic thinker, Laura has a 20-year track record of diplomatically and effectively engaging interdisciplinary teams to catalyze new initiatives, influence decisions through negotiation and collaboration, and define and achieve common goals. Prior to joining UC Health in the Office of the President, Laura was a signing officer and research administration manager at UCSF. She is an alumna of UC Irvine (BA) and the University of Pennsylvania (PhD).

Jennifer Bombasaro Brady is the IT Policy Program Manager at UC Berkeley. She develops and executes strategic policy priorities, provides policy counsel, and convenes and leads campus stakeholders in authoring, revising, and rescinding campus IT policies. She also guides change management efforts to implement UC-wide and Berkeley campus policy and supports BerkeleyIT's engagement in internal and UC-led audits. Jennifer has spent nearly a decade at UC Berkeley; earlier in her career, she worked at the intersection of education and social change in roles at Tulane University and civil society organizations in South Africa and Cambodia. She holds master's degrees from Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University, and a bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Wheaton College.  

 

Gigi Capuyan serves as UC’s systemwide procurement counsel. In her role Gigi supports the UC Office of the President (UCOP) and campus procurement teams to standardize policies, practices, and agreements to facilitate doing business with the University. Gigi provides guidance and advice on a broad range of procurement matters at the systemwide and campus levels, including complex contracts and related policies. Before joining UC Legal, Gigi was a Senior Attorney with Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), serving as the lead procurement counsel, supporting new business development activities, and managing SMUD’s intellectual property portfolio. Gigi previously served as a Research Policy Manager with UCOP’s Research Policy Analysis and Coordination team, advising on UC intellectual property policies and related matters. Prior to public service, Gigi worked as a patent associate for a boutique intellectual property law firm in the Silicon Valley. Gigi is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has a B.A. in Molecular Cell Biology from UC Berkeley and a J.D. from Santa Clara University.

Christine K. Cassel, internist, geriatrician and bioethicist, is the Senior Advisor for Strategy and Policy in the Department of Medicine at UCSF, where she is working on biomedical ethics and the role of technology in health care including the use of patient data in big data applications such as artificial intelligence. Prior to coming to UCSF in 2018, Dr. Cassel served as Planning Dean for the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. From 2013 to 2016 she was the President and CEO of the National Quality Forum, and previously served as president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation. Dr. Cassel was one of 20 scientists serving President Obama on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). She is a leading expert in geriatrics and policy for an aging society, in bioethics, and in professional standards and quality of care.  In her academic career she has served as Dean of the School of Medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences University, as Chairman of the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Chief of General Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago. Among her many professional achievements and honors, Dr. Cassel was elected to membership of the National Academy of Medicine in 1992. She was the first woman to be President of the American College of Physicians and, subsequently, first woman Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine. She has served as Chair of the Board of the Greenwall Foundation, a national foundation for bioethics, was the President of the American Federation for Aging Research; and was a member of the Advisory Committee to the Director at the National Institutes of Health. She currently advises a number of start-up companies using information science to advance healthcare quality. She has received numerous honorary degrees and is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Medicine of the U.K. and Canada. She is author of over 200 articles and author or editor of 11 books, including one of the leading textbooks in geriatric medicine, and Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care.

Mr. Jimmy D Castro is currently the Director, Investment Transactions, for the Office of the Chief Investment Officer at the Regents of the University of California (UC Investments).  He oversees international investments, Operational Risk, Compliance, Operational due diligence and structuring of bespoke transactions. He is currently spearheading an AI Governance program to safely enable the UC Investments staff to utilize AI tools. Additionally, he oversees the Compliance program where the emphasis is on setting a culture of compliance and implementation of Institutional best practice framework.

Prior to UC, he was the COO and Risk Officer at Alpha4x Asset Management, a Global macro fund based in NYC. In 2012 he joined Bladex Asset Management as the Head of Operations and Chief Compliance Officer and spearheaded the Hedge Fund spinoff from Bladex Bank. He previously worked at Santander Investment Securities in the fixed income Team where he led improvements to investment process and syndication transactions and led off-site due diligence and KYC meetings and reviews with trading partners.

In 2004, he Joined JP Morgan Chase as an Associate in the FX Options desk.  In 2001, Mr. Castro joined Lehman Brothers as an analyst in the Fixed Income Division working with the Emerging Markets Foreign Exchange traders primarily with NDF Latam currencies.

Mr. Castro has an MBA in Finance from Fordham Graduate School of Business in New York City and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Manhattan College in New York City. In addition to spending time with family and friends, he enjoys road biking, running, racquetball, hiking and tennis during his time off.

Camille Crittenden, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and co-founder of the CITRIS Policy Lab and EDGE (Expanding Diversity and Gender Equity) in Tech at UC. She also chaired the California Blockchain Working Group (2019-20) and co-chaired the Student Experience subcommittee of the UC Presidential Working Group on Responsible AI (2020-21). Prior to coming to CITRIS in 2012, she was Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law, where she helped to develop its program in human rights, technology, and digital media. She has written and spoken widely on these topics, as well as technology applications for civic engagement, government transparency and accountability, and the digital divide. She held previous positions as Assistant Dean for Development with International and Area Studies at UC Berkeley and in development and public relations at University of California Press and San Francisco Opera. She earned an MA and Ph.D. from Duke University.

Albert Duntugan is the Chief Data Officer of the UCLA Health Sciences, where he leads the Office of Health Informatics & Analytics (OHIA), which is the pillar of data and analytics for the UCLA Health IT organization.  Albert works with colleagues in both health system operations and clinical research to drive advanced analytics initiatives that create value for patients, providers, and staff.  He is focused on leveraging investments made in traditional analytics to accelerate the adoption of AI in a safe and responsible manner.  Albert is committed to developing a data and analytics culture that drives progress toward health justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Matthew Gunkel is the Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer for the University of California, Riverside. Overseeing a period of significant change and growth at UCR, Matthew is charged with enabling support of strategic priorities, collaborative partnerships, and strengthening Information Technology Solutions through improvements in critical IT services (e.g., security, networking, teaching and learning, enterprise applications, support services, etc.).

Cora Han is the Chief Health Data Officer for University of California Health (UCH) and Executive Director of the Center for Data-driven Insights and Innovation (CDI2) at UCH. In her role, she develops and implements strategies for leveraging health data in responsible and innovative ways, and directs UC system-wide health data governance initiatives, including promoting the responsible deployment of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Cora joined UCH from the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection where she played a leading role on health privacy matters for the Commission in both the enforcement and policy arenas. She speaks frequently on the topics of data privacy, data governance, and artificial intelligence, and has taught these topics to law students as adjunct faculty and a guest lecturer.

Shanda serves as Strategic Advisor to the Council providing program direction and strategic guidance to the UC AI Council. As Director of Compliance at the University of California headquarters in the Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services. Shanda works on critical emerging issues and manages systemwide compliance experts in providing systemwide oversight in a wide variety of regulatory areas. Shanda was a founding member of the UC Presidential Working Group on Artificial Intelligence and has worked in the AI ethics and compliance space at UC since 2019. Shanda recently served as the interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Research Compliance and Integrity at UC San Diego and has held various compliance roles at UC Berkeley and UCSF. Shanda received her BA in Anthropology with a focus on Genetics and Archaeology from the University of California at Berkeley and her Juris Doctorate from Berkeley Law, University of California at Berkeley.

Hillary Noll Kalay is Managing Counsel at the University of California’s Office of General Counsel in Oakland, California, advising UC campuses and medical centers on matters relating to clinical research, data rights, privacy, and procurement. Hillary is recognized within the UC system and nationally as an expert in privacy concerns in international and domestic clinical research, and complex data collaborations and artificial intelligence. Hillary supports UC’s institutional review boards, health care and research compliance, clinical research contracting, research policy, and privacy offices throughout the UC system, advising campuses and medical centers on FDA and OHRP regulations, HIPAA and GDPR, and standards for protecting rights to patient and research data. Prior to joining UC’s Office of General Counsel, Hillary developed and advised on UC policies relating to clinical trials and human subject research protection. Hillary previously practiced intellectual property litigation at national law firms in San Francisco. Hillary also holds a Master of Public Policy and a CIPP/US certification.

Mike Kennedy serves as the Deputy Chief Information Officer at the University of California, Riverside. Mike boasts over two decades of leadership within the higher education landscape, primarily within the UC system. He's recognized for his strategic vision in employing IT solutions that drive institutional growth, advance student success, and amplify research capabilities. Mike possesses a deep-seated expertise in data analytics and artificial intelligence, consistently leveraging these avenues to enrich learning outcomes and bolster operational prowess. At the heart of his leadership style is an emphasis on inclusivity, fostering collaboration, and promoting an atmosphere that nurtures creativity and personal evolution. Central to his ethos is an unwavering commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, consistently championing an inclusive technology space. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from UC Riverside and an MBA in Information Management from CSU San Bernardino. Passionate and visionary, he believes in the transformative potential of technology in the realm of education.

Jonnathon Kline is the Systemwide Audit Director at the Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services. In this role, he oversees Office of the President and systemwide internal audit projects, the systemwide audit quality assurance function, and specialized audit projects. Prior to joining the University of California, he was an audit project manager for the California State Auditor’s office and interim director of its data analytics function. He previously served as Director of Audits and Accounting for the New York City Campaign Finance Board, where he oversaw public funds paid to political campaigns through New York City’s matching funds program and assisted with the creation of NYCVotes, a clearinghouse for election information and portal for accepting individual donors’ small dollar political contributions. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and has been a passionate advocate of public service since his first job at Grand Canyon National Park, where he worked as a wildland firefighter and served on an interagency Type II incident management team on large disasters in the Southwestern United States.

Al Lavassani is the UCOP and systemwide Chief Privacy Officer. Al has had leading roles in the privacy, security, and technology governance risk and compliance (GRC) field for over 20 years. He led programs in risk management, security, privacy, and GRC at Wells Fargo, Visa, Lyft, SoFi, and Meta. He was also a consultant in the same field to clients in various industries, from financial services and pharma to IT, retail, and non-profit.

Al holds a BA in Public Administration, and an MBA from UC Davis. He also holds a collection of professional certifications in Security, IT, Privacy, Sustainability, and lately in AI (AIGP).

Jennifer Lofthus serves as an advisor providing logistics and strategic support to the UC AI Council. Jennifer is the Interim Associate Director of General Compliance for the Office of Ethics, Compliance, and Audit Services where she manages general compliance matters. She leads systemwide committees, manages compliance risk assessments, develops compliance training, and provides general compliance oversight in a wide variety of regulatory areas. Previously, Jennifer worked for her alma mater, UC Santa Barbara, as their ADA compliance officer, policy manager, campus privacy officer, records manager, and conflict of interest and delegations of authority coordinator. Prior to coming to the University of California, Jennifer was a civil litigator in Santa Barbara specializing in fraud, elder abuse, and disability law.

Shea Lovan currently serves as the Executive Director of Core IT Services and Chief Technology Officer at the University of California, Santa Barbara, bringing over 30 years of extensive experience in the IT field. His journey at UCSB is marked by a progression through various roles, including service as Interim Chief Information Officer. In his current position, he oversees a broad array of campus-wide IT services, leading efforts improve the information technology practice and guiding significant IT initiatives. Shea earned is Master's degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University's Presidents and Key Executives program in 2022.

Angus MacDonald is the Managing Counsel for Intellectual Property, Investments & Innovation in the University of California’s Office of General Counsel.  He handles a range of intellectual property issues – with a focus on copyright and trademark law – for the UC system.  He also manages a team of UC lawyers focused on intellectual property, investments, corporate and equity transactions, and related subject matter.  Before joining the Office of General Counsel, Angus was an in-house lawyer at several technology companies in the Silicon Valley, including as the General Counsel of a digital music service.  He began his legal career at the intellectual property firm, Townsend and Townsend and Crew (now known as Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton), where he became a partner.  He obtained his undergraduate degrees from UC San Diego and his law degree from UC Davis.  Angus is the most recent past chair of the California Lawyers Association’s copyright interest group.

Sajjad Matin serves as UC’s systemwide cybersecurity counsel. Sajjad advises UC campuses and health centers on emergent issues related to technology and policy. Sajjad also serves as legal support to the Office of Information Technology Services and advises UC stakeholders on a broad range of cybersecurity matters, including incident response and vendor risk. Prior to his arrival at UC, Sajjad served as a federal prosecutor in Miami, Florida, where he focused on investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes. Sajjad’s experience includes civil enforcement as an attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to public service, Sajjad worked in the Silicon Valley as an intellectual property attorney. Sajjad is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law, as well as Johns Hopkins University and MIT.

Bill Maurer is the Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology; Law; and Criminology, Law and Society. Professor Maurer is the Director of the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion. He received his BA from Vassar College and his MA and PhD from Stanford University. In 2016, he was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2018, he was named a Filene Fellow. Professor Maurer is a cultural anthropologist and sociolegal scholar who conducts research on the technological infrastructures and social relations of exchange and payment. He has particular expertise in alternative and experimental forms of money and finance, payment technologies, and their legal implications.

Sesh Murthy is a Computational Data Science researcher at the UCSD Halicioglu Data Science Institute. He is using AI to help improve student outcomes. Prior to this Sesh has built and nurtured successful businesses in AI, security, automated IT operations, & migrating customers to the cloud. Sesh was a Research Staff Member AI group, IBM T. J. Watson Research center where he built and deployed AI systems using multi-agent architectures directed by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). These systems were fielded at multiple paper and steel mills to improve productivity, reduce tardiness, and improve quality. Sesh co-founded Cloud Raxak, a leading edge company to automate security operations. Cloud Raxak customers include the largest payment processor in the world. Sesh was the dean of computer science and software engineering at the Western Governors University. Prior to this Sesh held several roles as Vice President at IBM Global Services. He was responsible for IBM  Cloud Managed Services, and for the first version of the IBM cloud. He helped several large customers move securely to the cloud. Prior to this Sesh was an executive in the IBM Software Group. Sesh holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, an MS from Ohio State University, and a B. Tech from IIT Kanpur. Sesh holds over 20 patents, and was a winner of the AAAI best paper award and the Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice from INFORMS. Sesh enjoys mentoring underprivileged kids through YPIE.

Camille Nebeker, EdD, MS, is a Professor in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego. Dr. Nebeker directs the UC San Diego Research Ethics Program and is voting faculty with the UC San Diego Design Lab. She co-founded and directs the UC San Diego ReCODE Health center, which provides education and consultation services to guide ethical practices in technology-supported health research. Dr. Nebeker applies a human centered design approach to inform ethical and responsible practices in digital health research including risk assessment, informed consent and the return of individual and group-level research results. Dr. Nebeker’s research has received support from federal, foundation and industry sources including the NSF, NIH, Office of Research Integrity and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Publications related to her work are accessible online.

Pegah Parsi is the inaugural chief privacy officer for the UC San Diego campus where she spearheads the privacy and data protection efforts for the research, educational, and service enterprise. She is passionate about data ethics and privacy as human rights and civil liberties issues and is an advocate for the idea that privacy requires much more than legal compliance. She provides thought leadership on privacy values, ethical frameworks, governance, and philosophy.

Pegah manages a complex portfolio of privacy initiatives related to employees, students, applicants, alumni, and research participants and provides guidance on AI and privacy laws and regulations, such as the GDPR, FERPA, HIPAA, PIPL, California privacy laws, and research privacy/Common Rule. Her day may involve anything from a consult on license plate readers to research involving smart devices to using AI and predictive analytics in support of student success.

Prior to San Diego, Pegah was a privacy manager at Stanford University, focusing on medical studies and international collaborations. She is an attorney and holds an MBA. In her spare time, she volunteers for the #AfghanEvac coalition as the Chief Privacy Officer and serves as the Vice Chair of the City of San Diego’s Privacy Advisory Board. She is a Veteran, who, among other things, was the Honor Grad of Army Truck Driver school!

Roshni is the Director of Strategic Sourcing - Information Technology at Systemwide Procurement, UCOP.  In this role, Roshni leads IT strategic sourcing initiatives partnering with the UC community to optimize supply chain strategies, sourcing and processes to innovate, enhance value, mitigate risks, and improve efficiencies to support UC's core mission of teaching, research and public service.

With over 25 years of experience, Roshni brings a deep expertise in procurement strategies, category management, supplier management, and partnership development—key elements that drive improved service delivery, maximize benefits, and elevate the user experience.

Roshni is dedicated to fostering collaboration across the UC system, driving forward-thinking procurement strategies that align with UC's goals, and identifying opportunities for both innovation and cost savings.

She holds a BA in Commerce, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and Public Administration from the University of the South Pacific (Fiji), and a Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (UK).

Justin Sullivan is the Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Procurement Officer for Supply Chain Management (SCM) at the University of California, San Francisco. SCM is responsible for helping UCSF faculty, staff and learners procure, pay for and receive the goods and services they need to advance health worldwide. Justin was previously Director of Strategic Sourcing at UCSF from 2011-2013. Prior to UCSF, Justin was Executive Director of the Strategic Sourcing Centers of Excellence at University of California Office of the President. UC Strategic Sourcing Agreements have provided over $1.5 billion in benefit to UC and are used by more than 2000 US public agencies. Justin began his career as a Policy Analyst for the United States Office of Management and Budget during the Clinton Administration. He spent 10 years with Ariba, helping global companies apply technology to strategic sourcing and procurement and served as the Director of Procurement Services at Carnegie Mellon University before joining UCSF. Justin currently serves on the University of California’s Presidential Artificial Intelligence Council as the Co-Chair of the Risk Subcommittee. He also serves as the co-Chair of the National Association for Educational Procurement Editorial Committee. Justin holds a BS and an MS in Public Management and Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Connect with Justin on LinkedIn.

Duygu Tosun-Turgut, PhD, is a Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF and the Founding Director of Medical Imaging Informatics and Artificial Intelligence at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Tosun-Turgut obtained her BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey in 1999, and she received her MSE in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland in 2001. In 2003, she completed her MA in Mathematics from The Johns Hopkins University, and she earned her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University in 2005, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Neurology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2008. Her independent research career began as a Research Scientist at the Center for Imaging Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIND) at UCSF, followed by a faculty appointment at the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF in 2011. Since her initial faculty appointment at UCSF, she was first appointed as Co-Director of CIND and then transitioned to the Founding Director of the Medical Imaging Informatics and Artificial Intelligence.

Zulema Valdez is Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity, Justice, and Inclusive Excellence at UC Merced and Professor of Sociology. In her role as interim AVC, she is committed to developing sustainable initiatives focused on equity and inclusive excellence for and across our campus community. Professor Valdez's research interests center on the emergence, persistence, and reproduction of social inequality and stratification in the United States, particularly in institutions such as the labor market, higher education, and neighborhoods. She is an expert in the study of undocumented students in higher education, minoritized entrepreneurs, and immigrant health disparities; a program of research she approaches from an intersectional lens. She is the author of two books, an anthology; several edited volumes and dozens of research articles.

Melissa Waver is a research policy manager in UCOP’s Research Policy Analysis and Coordination office. In this role, Melissa develops tools and advises on a variety of research administration matters including extramural funding proposals and awards, federal regulations, non-profit sponsored projects and clinical trial agreements.  She has been a university research administration professional for 10 years. Prior to joining RPAC, Melissa worked in the Sponsored Projects Office at UC Santa Barbara as a sponsored projects officer. She has experience in several aspects of research administration, including pre-award, award negotiation, regulatory compliance implementation and non-financial post-award management.