SPO Staff

Please remember for most questions your first resource is your department or unit Research Administrator.

See Contact Us to look up department assignments.

Responsibility Areas

Staff List

Name Phone Email
Angela R. Ford, Executive Director (510) 642‑8117 arford@berkeley.edu
Noam Pines, Associate Director (510) 643‑3891 npines@berkeley.edu
SPO General Inquiries (510) 642‑0120
SPO Contract and Grant Officers
Pod 1: Heidi Gomez, Assistant Director (510) 643‑4661 hdgomez@berkeley.edu
Dave Beza (510) 664‑9278 dbeza@berkeley.edu
Jeffrey Bui (510) 643‑2734 jeffreybui@berkeley.edu
Angela Martinez (510) 642‑8113 angela.m@berkeley.edu
EB Thorpe (510) 642‑8115 epor@berkeley.edu
Pod 2: Joyce So, Assistant Director (510) 643‑7365 joyceso@berkeley.edu
Cora Basada (510) 642‑2783 cbasada@berkeley.edu
Meghan Byers (510) 664‑9204 mbyers@berkeley.edu
Thanh Nguyen (510) 664‑9014 thanhnguyen@berkeley.edu
Pod 3: Joy Ayson-Yu, Assistant Director (510) 664‑4458 laysonyu@berkeley.edu
Jason Cheung (510) 642‑8112 jasoncheung91@berkeley.edu
Joyce Chun Diaz (510) 642‑8109 joycechun@berkeley.edu
Elaina Wiggins (510) 664‑9517 ewiggins@berkeley.edu
Bridget Zwimpfer (510) 664‑9200 bzwimpfer@berkeley.edu
Pod 4: Sabina Gafarova, Assistant Director (510) 664‑4460 sabina_g@berkeley.edu
Mary Bonvillain (510) 643‑5603 mary.bonvillain@berkeley.edu
Jessie Brown (510) 642‑8120 jwbrown@berkeley.edu
Artawood Chitamitara (510) 664‑9205 artawood@berkeley.edu
Margaret Nguyen (510) 664‑7489 nguyen_m@berkeley.edu
SPO Contract and Grant Analysts
Glenn Chen (510) 642‑0120 glennchen@berkeley.edu
SPO Subaward Specialists (outgoing subawards)
Erin Lentz (510) 643‑2152 erin.lentz@berkeley.edu
Theresa Saunders-Landreth (510) 664‑7401 tsaunders@berkeley.edu
Attention External Sponsors: Notices of awards to UC Berkeley should be sent to spoawards@berkeley.edu.