In 1994, Susie Castillo-Robson became Registrar at UC Berkeley. Many of the technological improvements and innovations now in place and underway began under her leadership. A victim of childhood Polio, Susie was also passionately engaged in disability accessand student privacy, issues she continued to support in her final position at Cal as Associate Vice Chancellor (AVC) of Student Affairs from 2006 to 2010. Before becoming AVC of Student Affairs she held various positions at Berkeley including Senior Analyst in Student Affairs and Services for the UC Office of the President (UCOP from 1989-1994.
“She was sought out as a mentor and her legacy at the University can be found in the people that she worked with,” commented a co-worker. Former colleague Anne De Luca described Susie’s work ethic in this way: Susie’s mantra was, "if it’s not excellent, it’s not worth doing." That helped to shape my thinking as I worked on her team - what could we improve so that it was excellent? We sometimes fell short of that mark, but I appreciated Susie’s encouragement to continuously improve the services Admissions and Enrollment offers for students, faculty, and staff.” Susie built relationships, and it was through these personal relationships, through her honed skills as an analyst, director or manager, and through her incredibly keen ethical, visionary, humble and quiet but strong leadership abilities that made colleagues want to work with her and her team.”
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