Meet Our Team
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Matt Snipp
Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Diversity, and Engagement
- Faculty Development Initiative (FDI)
- Gabilan Fellowship Program
Susan Drange
Associate Vice Provost & Executive Director of Faculty Development Programs
- Faculty recruitment: faculty search committee briefings, resources, FSAT governance
- New Faculty Orientation
- New Department Chair Orientation; professional development for chairs and academic leaders
- Faculty development programs (early career, mid-career)
- Mentorship programs
- Faculty Advancement Network (FAN) institutional representative
- OFDDE strategic planning & budget
Lourdes V. Andrade
Executive Director, Faculty Engagement / Director - IDEAL Provostial Fellows
- IDEAL Provostial Fellowship Program
- Faculty engagement programs and events
- Faculty Women's Forum
- Faculty writing cohorts and programs
- Gabilan Fellows events
Candice Butte
Event Planner
- Emeriti/ae Council support
- IDEAL Provostial Fellows program support
- Faculty Women's Forum programming support
- OFDDE events support
- OFDDE financial transactions, vendor management
- Support for Lourdes Andrade and Bryan Brown
Chia-Huan Ho
Organizational Insight Analyst
- Faculty demographic data
- Faculty recruitment, advancement, and retention analyses
- Faculty availability data
- Annual report to Faculty Senate: Gains & Losses
Melanie Rappa
Executive Assistant
- Executive assistant to Matt Snipp & Susan Drange
- OFDDE Office Manager
- Provost's and President's Leadership and Department Chair events
- New Faculty Orientation planning and support
- President's Awards for Excellence through Diversity
- Emeriti/ae Council event support
- Faculty development program planning and support
Laurita Wheeler
Communications Specialist
- OFDDE quarterly bulletin; Emeriti/ae Council newsletter
- OFDDE website development and management
- CANVAS curriculum support
- Workshop and event communications and materials
Ways to contact our office
Telephone: (650) 736-0384
Fax: (650) 724-0160