Executive Council (EXC)

The Executive Council reviews and coordinates policies, actions and reports of the standing committees of the San Francisco Division.

Members are appointed to this committee by virtue of another role within the Academic Senate (i.e. committee chair) or the campus administration (i.e. Dean).

Meeting Schedule

Date Location Day Time Agenda Minutes Attachments Description
October 1, 2026 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
November 5, 2026 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
December 3, 2026 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
January 7, 2027 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
February 4, 2027 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
March 4, 2027 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
April 1, 2027 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
May 6, 2027 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
June 3, 2027 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
July 1, 2027 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
August 5, 2027 Zoom Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Senate Officers

Name, Details Term
Errol Lobo, MD, PhD, Division Chair, Professor Emeritus, Recalled Faculty, Anesthesia, (M)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027
Marta Margeta, MD, PhD, Division Vice Chair, Committee on Committees Chair 2026-2027, Professor, Clinical X, Full, Pathology, (M)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027
Spencer Behr, MD, Division Parliamentarian, Professor Clinical Radiology, Clinical X, Full, Radiology, (M)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027

Chairs of the Standing Committees of the Division

Name, Details Term
Aleksandar Rajkovic, PhD, MD, Academic Freedom Chair, Chief Genomics Officer, In Residence, Full, Pathology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Ashish Raj, PhD, Academic Personnel-Blue Chair, Professor In Residence, In Residence, Full, Radiology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Mary Margaretten, MD, Academic Personnel-Gold Chair, Hs Clin Prof-hcomp, HS Clinical, Full, Medicine, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Torsten Wittmann, PhD, Academic Planning & Budget Chair, Professor, Ladder Rank, Full, Cell And Tissue Biology, (D)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027
Melike Pekmezci, MD, Clinical Affairs Committee Chair, Associate Professor, Clinical X, Full, Pathology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Marta Margeta, MD, PhD, Committee on Committees Chair, Professor, Clinical X, Full, Pathology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Crystal Zhou, PharmD, Courses of Instruction Chair, Associate Professor, HS Clinical, Associate, Clinical Pharmacy, (P)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Nailyn Rasool, MD, Educational Policy Chair, Associate Professor, Clinical X, Full, Ophthalmology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
William Martinez, PhD, Equal Opportunity Chair, Assoc Prof Of Clin Psychiatry, Clinical X, Associate, Psychiatry, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Alon Witztum, PhD, Faculty Welfare Chair, Associate Prof Of Clinical, Clinical X, Associate, Radiation Oncology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Igor Mitrovic, MD, Graduate Council Chair, Vice Dean & Professor, Adjunct, Full, Physiology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Srikantan Nagarajan, PhD, Library and Scholarly Communication Chair, Professor, Ladder Rank, Full, Radiology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Jacqueline Leung, MD, MPH, Privilege and Tenure Chair, Professor Emeritus, Recalled Faculty, Anesthesia, (M)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027
Jeannie Bailey, PhD, Research Chair, Associate Professor, In Residence, Associate, Orthopaedic Surgery, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2028
Anthony Baker, PhD, Rules and Jurisdiction Chair, Adjunct Professor, Adjunct, Full, Medicine, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Susan Lynch, PhD, Space Chair, Prof In Res-hcomp, In Residence, Full, Medicine, (M)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027
Michael Hoff, PhD, Sustainability Chair, Associate Professor, Clinical X, Full, Radiology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027

Faculty Council Chairs

Name, Details Term
Ramneek Rai, Dentistry Faculty Council Chair, Ehs Specialist 4, HS Clinical, Assistant, Preventive & Restor Dent Sci, (D)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Cynthia Gasper, MD, Medicine Faculty Council Chair, Hs Clinical Assist. Professor, HS Clinical, Associate, Pathology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Sandra Weiss, PhD, RN, FAAN, Nursing Faculty Council Chair, Professor, Ladder Rank, Full, Chs-Operations, (N)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Bo Huang, PhD, Pharmacy Faculty Council Chair, Professor, Ladder Rank, Full, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, (P)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027

Delegates to the Assembly of the Academic Senate

Name, Details Term
Ana Delgado, MS, RN, CNM, Delegate, Clinical Professor, HS Clinical, Full, Obgyn, Reproductive Sciences, (M)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027
Jennifer James, PhD, MS, MSW, Delegate, Assoc Professor In Residence, In Residence, Associate, Sbs Operations, (N)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027
Leigh Kimberg, MD, Delegate, Professor Of Medicine, HS Clinical, Full, Medicine, (M)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027
Melike Pekmezci, MD, Delegate, Associate Professor, Clinical X, Full, Pathology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2028
Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, RN, FAAN, Delegate, Professor, Ladder Rank, Full, Pn_operations, (N)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2027

Ex Officio Members

Name, Details Term
Brian Alldredge, PharmD, Ex Officio, Vice Provost Academic Affairs Chair, Vice Provost-academic Affairs, Clinical X, Full, Clinical Pharmacy, (P)11/01/2013 - 08/31/2030
Nicquet Blake, PhD, Ex Officio, Vice Provost of Student Academic Affairs, Professor In Residence, In Residence, Full, Medicine, (M)09/01/2021 - 08/31/2030
Harold Collard, MD, MS, Ex Officio, Vc, Research, In Residence, Full, Medicine, (M)01/01/2023 - 08/31/2030
Paul Garcia, MD, Ex Officio, School of Medicine Associate Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs, Prof Of Clinical Neurology, Clinical X, Full, Neurology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027
Chris Shaffer, Ex Officio, University Librarian and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Information Management, Asst Vc, University Librarian, Adjunct, Full, Medicine, (M)09/01/2020 - 08/31/2030

Deans of the Schools

Name, Details Term
Michael Reddy, DMD, Dentistry Dean, Dean-sod/assoc Vc, Oral Hlth, Ladder Rank, Full, Ofs, (D)09/01/2017 - 08/31/2030
Nicquet Blake, PhD, Graduate Dean, Professor In Residence, In Residence, Full, Medicine, (M)09/01/2021 - 08/31/2030
S Andrew Josephson, MD, Medicine Dean, Vc, Hlth Affrs & Dean Som, Ladder Rank, Full, Neurology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2030
Carol Dawson-Rose, RN, PhD, FAAN, Nursing Dean, Dean/assoc Vc, Nursing, Ladder Rank, Full, Chs-Operations, (N)04/01/2024 - 08/31/2030
Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, Pharmacy Dean, Dean Sop/assoc Vc, Ladder Rank, Full, Bioengineering, (P)09/01/2024 - 08/31/2030

Chairs of UC Systemwide Committees

Name, Details Term
Wayne Steward, PhD, MPH, BA, Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs (CCGA), Vice Chair, Professor In Residence, In Residence, Full, Medicine, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2028
Andrea Hasenstaub, PhD, University Committee on Academic Freedom (UCAF), UCAF Vice Chair, Professor, Ladder Rank, Full, Oto-General Ohns, (M)09/01/2025 - 08/31/2028
Michael Oldham, PhD, University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication (UCOLASC), Chair, Assoc Professor In Residence, In Residence, Full, Neurological Surgery, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2028

Representatives to UC Systemwide Committees without local counterpart committees

Name, Details Term
Zachary Knight, PhD, Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS), Professor, Ladder Rank, Full, Physiology, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2028
Matthew Gribble, PhD, DABT, Editorial Committee (EDIT), Assoc Prof In Res-hcomp, In Residence, Associate, Medicine, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2028
Duygu Tosun-Turgut, PhD, University Committee on Academic Computing and Communications (UCACC), Professor In Residence, In Residence, Full, Radiology, (M)09/01/2023 - 08/31/2027
Claas Siegmueller, MD, PhD, MBA, University Committee on International Education (UCIE), Clinical Professor, HS Clinical, Full, Anesthesia, (M)09/01/2026 - 08/31/2028

Documents of Interest

• Academic Planning and Budget - Communication To Coordinating Committee - Mission Hall Survey Review (4/28/15).
• Committee on Faculty Welfare - Post Occupancy Survey Comments.
Activity Based Workplace Research Project (9/26/15).
Organizational Chart of the Academic Senate.
2026-2027 Roster of Senate Officers, Standing Committees, Faculty Councils, Delegates to the Assembly, and UCSF Representatives to Systemwide Committees.
• Academic Senate Overview.
Shared Governance by D. L. Simons (1995, 2009).
• Descriptions of Standing Committees and Faculty Councils.
Campus Review Process per the Compendium.
• Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction Communication re: Basic Parliamentary Procedures (10/11/16).
Committee Management Overview.
• Academic Senate Yearly Calendar of Meetings and Events.

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