NEW FACES Veronica Alexander
Director of External Relations Prior to her role as Director of External Relations, Veronica Alexander served as Director of Development and Founding Director of Financial Aid at UC Irvine School of Law and the UCLA School of Law, respectively. Veronica developed and grew external fundraising and donor relations from the ground up for Irvine, the youngest public law school in California. Veronica holds a BA in Social Ecology from UC Irvine and just completed an MA in Criminology, Law and Society. In her spare time, she enjoys live theater and going to concerts with her husband, Cedric.
Cassandra Castillo Student Services Advisor Cassandra Castillo comes to the School of Social Welfare from Campus Shared Services, where she worked as an HR Generalist. A Berkeley Social Welfare alumna, she is excited to return to Haviland. She provides academic support to prospective graduate applicants and manages course scheduling, as well as ASE/ GSR appointments and award entry. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, taking Buzzfeed quizzes (because who doesn’t want to know what flavor potato chip they are?), puns, and long romantic walks to the fridge.
Rebecca Dorman Integrated Behavioral Health Project Manager Rebecca Dorman manages day-to-day activities for all Integrated Behavioral Health projects, including the MHSA Stipend Program, the San Francisco Bay Area Integrated Behavioral Health MSW Training Program, the Northern California Substance Use Disorder Treatment MSW Training Program, and evaluation activities for Berkeley Social Welfare’s Latinx Center of Excellence. Previously, she managed monitoring- and evaluation-related projects in the social sector. She earned both her BA in psychology and anthropology and her MPH at UCLA.
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