Finalist Interviews | Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success and Equity

The Division of Student Affairs and Success welcomes 4 finalists to campus next week for interviews for the Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Success and Equity position.

January 03, 2022

By , Special Adviser 

I hope this message finds you well as we begin 2022! I write on behalf of the search committee for the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success and Equity to share that we will be hosting finalists January 10-13, 2022. There will be a number of opportunities for students, staff and faculty to meet the candidates. All of the campus-wide Open Forums and Student Meet & Greets are listed below. Please share widely with your teams, any colleagues, and students who could, should, or would be in attendance if given the opportunity. 

Open Forums
Monday, January 10, 2022
1:00 PM
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
1:00 PM
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
1:00 PM
Thursday, January 13, 2022
1:00 PM
Student Meet & Greets
Monday, January 10, 2022
5:00 PM
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
5:00 PM
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
5:00 PM
Thursday, January 13, 2022
5:00 PM

The job description can be found here. Candidate materials, the link to the feedback form, and recordings of each presentation will be available below.
Candidate (link to materials) Interview Date Link To Recording
Cindy Pickett January 10th SSE Forum 
Elisa Huerta January 11th Open Forum
Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado January 12th Open Forum
Ebonée Williams January 13th Open Forum
Candidates were asked to respond to the following prompt for the open fora:

1.Introduction:

a. Include a personal introduction at the beginning of your presentation.

i. As part of this introduction, please make sure to touch on your specific values,
philosophy, and approach.


2. Leading educational equity:

a. How does your current work promote educational equity?

b. How would you like to move this work forward in collaboration with faculty, staff,
students, and administration at UCSC?