Biography

Steve Garber has worked in the Provost’s Immediate Office at UCOP as the Director, Division Administration since August 2016. In this role, Steve is a strategic advisor to the provost and other Academic Affairs leaders in the areas of budget, HR, facilities, IT and other administrative functions. Academic Affairs has a budget of about $280M and over 400 FTE.

Steve came to UCOP from UC Berkeley where he most recently served as Associate Director at Educational Technology Services, where he was responsible for managing the organizations $10M budget and for assuring smooth operations in the areas of HR, facilities, communications, and audio and video production recharge services. He began his UC system career in 2001 working as the Operations Manager at the Haas School of Business Full-time MBA Admissions Office where he made process improvements that are still in place to this day. Steve then joined the Office of Human Resources in 2005 as Manager of Finance and Administration and in 2008 joined the Chancellor’s Office, where he was responsible for managing the budget, finance, HR and facilities.

From 2012 to 2013 Steve served as the Chair for the Council of UC Staff Assemblies where he had the opportunity to meet regularly with the President, Academic Senate, Regents and other systemwide leaders to discuss issues that directly affect non-represented staff. In this role he was instrumental in facilitating the first distribution of the results of the bi-annual UC systemwide staff engagement survey and assisting locations in developing action plans related to the results of the survey.

Steve has experience in both biology and non-profit administration. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and his Master’s degree in Molecular Biology from San Francisco State University. He spends his free time with his husband, Bill, and his dogs, Sophie and Tucker. He has also been an active member of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus for over 20 years.