About
About the UC Santa Cruz Foundation
The UC Santa Cruz Foundation is a not-for-profit, public-benefit corporation (tax ID 23-7394590) organized in 1974 to raise and manage private support for UC Santa Cruz.
Working in close partnership with the UC Santa Cruz chancellor, administration, faculty, and staff, the Foundation Board shares the university’s vision of academic excellence and its commitment to public service.
Mission and purpose
By advancing philanthropy in partnership with campus leadership, the UC Santa Cruz Foundation fosters student success, excellence in teaching, and impactful research and discovery that benefit local and global communities.
Our history
Since the earliest days of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation established in 1974, trustees have played a pivotal role in bringing the UC Santa Cruz vision to life. Through their generosity, stewardship, leadership, and advocacy, and in opening doors to new relationships, the Foundation Board’s impact has resounded throughout the campus and beyond. The trustees’ support, energies, expertise, and dedication have helped UC Santa Cruz grow from an experiment on a hill to a leading U.S. public research university with global reach.
Corporate documents
Executive officers
Chair – Linda Peterson ’70
Vice Chair – Loren Kinczel
Immediate Past Chair – Richard F. Moss ’85
Parliamentarian – Paul J. Hall ’72
Administrative officers
President – Mark Delos Reyes Davis, Vice Chancellor, University Advancement
Vice President – Priya Mehta, Associate Vice Chancellor, Development
Secretary – Adrienne Harrell, Executive Director of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation
Treasurer – Kimberly Chamlin, Executive Director of Finance and Operations and Controller, University Advancement
Assistant Treasurer – Biju Kamaleswaran, Associate Vice Chancellor & Campus Controller
Assistant Treasurer – Edward F. Moran III, Director of Accounting Services
Contact us
Foundation staff
Adrienne Harrell, Secretary
Executive Director & Senior Diversity Officer, University Advancement
Phone: 831-332-7437 Email: harrell@ucsc.edu
Foundation Assistant
Email: foundatn@ucsc.edu
Mark Delos Reyes Davis, President
Vice Chancellor, University Advancement
Phone: 831-459-2654
Email: mdrdavis@ucsc.edu
Priya Mehta, Vice President
Associate Vice Chancellor of Development, University Advancement
Phone: 646-287-1534
Email: pmehta7@ucsc.edu
Kimberly Chamlin, Treasurer
Executive Director of Finance and Operations and Controller, University Advancement
Phone: 831-459-4134 Email: kchamlin@ucsc.edu
Chrissie Reynolds, Foundation Accountant
Phone: 831-459-1940 Email: chareyno@ucsc.edu