[Vcsa-announcements] Career Center Director Announcement

[Anna Tognazzini]

>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Randy Williams as the new 
>Director of Career Services Center.  His start date is January 3, 2006, 
>but will be at the Directors' retreat this week so those who will also be 
>attending please join me in welcoming him in person.
>
>I would like to recognize and thank Deb McCoy for her dedication and years 
>of service to the Center.  As you know, for the past several years she has 
>been wearing two hats, as the director of the Career and Campus Health 
>Centers, both of which are large units to manage.  Her willingness to 
>continue to assume dual responsibilities enabled us to get through the 
>difficult budgetary periods while ensuring the integrity and stability of 
>the two centers' operations.
>
>Randy is a native Southern Californian born in Long Beach.  He grew up and 
>attended public schools in Orange County, California.
>
>He has nearly 27 years of work experience and expertise in college level 
>career services.  His experience includes positions with Orange Coast, 
>Golden West, and Foothill Community Colleges and over 21 years with the 
>University of California at Irvine.  After 6 years in the UCI Career 
>Center, he was recruited by the Merage School of Business to create a 
>stand alone MBA Career Center.  Starting with a blank slate and limited 
>resources he designed and formed a top fifty ranked MBA Career Center 
>within 6 years.
>
>Under his leadership the UCI Merage School of Business MBA Career Center 
>was nationally ranked # 3 in 2002 and # 8 in 2003 by the Wall Street 
>Journal in the category of "Service to Recruiters".  In 2004 Randy was one 
>of three UCI professional staff members to receive the UCI "Excellence in 
>Leadership" award.    He was recently recognized and given an award by the 
>National Association of Hispanic MBA's for his support and contribution in 
>organizing a joint University of California sponsorship for the NSHMBA 
>national conference.
>
>In 1991 he co- founded the West Coast MBA Consortium, an annual 3-day 
>recruiting event for MBA graduates hosted by fourteen universities in the 
>western U.S.   In 1994 he was one of the founding members of the MBA 
>Career Services Council, a new global professional association for 
>individuals in the field of graduate management career services.  MBA CSC 
>currently has over 240 member organizations representing a diverse group 
>of MBA programs and corporations located in U.S., Canada and the broader 
>global community.
>
>He has been elected and served on the MBA CSC national board for three 
>terms and most recently was co-chairing the Corporate Relations Committee 
>for the organization.  He is a member of National Association of Colleges 
>and Employers, Mountain Pacific Association of Colleges and Employers, 
>Orange County Employment Managers Association, and Orange County Chapter 
>of National Human Resources Association.
>
>In addition to his experience in career services he taught high school, 
>worked for the City of Huntington Beach and State of California Employment 
>Development Department providing job search and retraining assistance to 
>the unemployed.
>
>Randy attended California State University, Fullerton.   Post graduation 
>he completed the teacher education program receiving a secondary teaching 
>credential from CSUF.  He also holds a community college teaching 
>credential in the area of cooperative education.
>
>In his spare time Randy is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys a variety of 
>interests including, surfing, mountain biking, tennis, volleyball, 
>sailing, skiing, backpacking, and gardening.  He has traveled extensively 
>including a summer when he trekked through Africa.
>
>He currently resides in Irvine with his spouse, Julie Sully, and two 
>step-daughters, Alaina and Leah Sully.  Julie is employed at UCI as the 
>Associate Director of Development for the UCI Libraries and his two 
>daughters attend Woodbridge High School where they are student athletes 
>playing  varsity volleyball and softball.
>
>
>
>
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>===================================
>Danny Kim
>Assistant Vice Chancellor
>Student Affairs
>University of California, Riverside
>951-827-3091
>
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