Department Leadership

The Department is led by its leadership team, which includes the Chair, Vice Chair of Personnel, Vice Chair of Scholarship and Space, Program Directors of Community and Regional Development (CRD), Human Development (HD), and Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design (LDA+ED), the Chair of the JEDI committee, an Academic Federation representative, and the Director of the Early Childhood Lab (ECL). 

Current Leadership Team for AY 2024-2025

• Chair: Adrienne Nishina
• Vice Chair of Personnel: Brett Milligan
• Vice Chair of Scholarship: Noli Brazil
• Program Director of CRD: Jonathan London
• Program Director of HDE: Leah Hibel
• Program Director of LDA+ED: Claire Napawan
• Academic Federation Rep: Kali Trzesniewski
• Director of ECL: Kelly Twibell

Executive Staff & Staff Support - Cluster 5

The department has executive staff and staff support from Cluster 5 of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Their website is an excellent resource. Support staff includes,

• HR
• Business Services
• Accounting

Additional information is located under different topics in this guide (for instance see purchasing and reimbursement).