Office Contact Information
Academic Planning
University of California, Berkeley
242 California Hall #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720
Office Email: vpap@berkeley.edu
Web: vpap.berkeley.edu
![Vice Provost for Academic Planning Lisa Alvarez-Cohen](https://cdn.statically.io/img/vpap.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_image_full/public/general/alvarez-cohen_0_0.jpg?itok=qU_bWxmw×tamp=1585175751)
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Vice Provost
California Hall
510-664-7213
vpap@berkeley.edu
![Chief of Staff James Ford](https://cdn.statically.io/img/vpap.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_image_full/public/general/jf_1.png?itok=FFX_o3TQ×tamp=1585175795)
James Ford, PhD
AVP & Chief of Staff
California Hall
510-664-7211
jamesford@berkeley.edu
![Executive Assistant Emily Strange](https://cdn.statically.io/img/vpap.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_image_full/public/general/es.jpg?itok=odfVHn2K×tamp=1585175844)
![Institutional Research Analyst Malcolm Quon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/vpap.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_image_full/public/general/malcolm_0.png?itok=P6Pi1TMZ×tamp=1585176501)
Malcolm Quon
Senior Institutional Research Analyst
malcolm@berkeley.edu
![Principal Space Planner Maria Garcia-Alvarez](https://cdn.statically.io/img/vpap.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_image_full/public/general/maria-garcia-alvarez-2019_2.jpg?itok=VgF8nC1V×tamp=1585176052)
Maria Garcia-Alvarez
Director
Space Planning
Architects & Engineers Building
510.812.0835
malvarez@berkeley.edu
Andrew Weiss
Academic Space Planner
Architects & Engineers Building
andrewweiss@berkeley.edu
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Evelyn Parnell
Space Planner
Architects & Engineers Building
spaceplanning@berkeley.edu
![Senior Global Engagement Specialist Ashley Spinelli](https://cdn.statically.io/img/vpap.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_image_full/public/general/aps.jpg?itok=c5w4QIHF×tamp=1585175905)
Ashley Spinelli
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/vpap.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_image_full/public/general/ying_sing_profile_photo_resized_6.2024_0.jpeg?itok=F7K7WY6d×tamp=1718746889)
Ying Sing (Cynthia) Lai
Global Engagement Officer
yslai@berkeley.edu
![Christopher Reed Christopher Reed](https://cdn.statically.io/img/vpap.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_image_full/public/general/christopher_reed_may_2022.jpeg?itok=QthtBjka×tamp=1653602365)
Christopher Reed
Global Engagement Coordinator
geo@berkeley.edu
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Ivor Emmanuel
Director
Berkeley International Office
internationaloffice@berkeley.edu
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Verna Bowie
Director, Academic Program Reviews
California Hall, Room 244
510-642-9018
vernabowie@berkeley.edu