Global Affairs Advisory Council
Supporting the Global Affairs mission to inspire global curiosity, understanding, and engagement.
Council members are ambassadors who promote Global Affairs initiatives, including Global Education for All, and support Global Affairs priorities through events, alumni engagement and philanthropic leadership.
Global Affairs Advisory Council Members
Sudikshya Bhandari
Graduate Student Representative
Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Caroline Cabias '72
Former Chief Financial Officer, State of California Board of Equalization
Pamela Ching '81
Former Senior Research Epidemiologist, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Jennifer Clinton Ph.D. '03
President and CEO, Cultural Vistas
Allan E. Goodman
President, Institute of International Education (IIE)
Ralph Hexter
Former UC Davis Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor and Former Interim Chancellor
Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature
Eivind Lange, III '77
President, Paradigm Sports
David W. Pearson '84
Former CEO, Opus One Winery
Sandra Perez '84
Former Director, UC California Program on Access to Care
Naoki Shimazaki '80
Partner, GCA Law Partners LLP
Chair, Global Affairs Advisory Council
Cecelia Lakatos Sullivan '83
President and CEO, CLS Consultants
Chair, Nominations and Recruitment Sub-Committee
Chair, UC Davis Foundation Board
Evie White
Undergraduate Student Representative
Majoring in International Relations with a minor in Communications
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Former Global Affairs Advisory Council Members
Daniel “Dan” M. Dooley '73
Principal, New Current Water and Land, LLC
Esther Luna DeLozier
Graduate Student Representative
Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnomusicology
Evan Pearson '22
Undergraduate Student Representative
Ann M. Veneman '70
Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
About UC Davis Global Affairs
Global Affairs brings the world to UC Davis, welcoming more than 10,000 international students, scholars and leaders, and hosting programs that inspire global curiosity, understanding and engagement. Compelled by the valuable outcomes of thinking globally, we make transformative opportunities a reality by supporting the thousands of students and faculty learning and researching globally—and by facilitating collaborations that tackle the world’s most pressing challenges through more than 150 global partnerships.
Putting our vision of a UC Davis community that engages, thrives, and leads in this interconnected world into action, Global Affairs is in pursuit of an ambitious goal: Global Education for All.