Staff Directory

Mailing Address:
UC Berkeley Dining
2610 Channing Way #MC2272
Berkeley, CA 94720-2272

Central Office Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

General Phone: 510-643-8323
Fax: 510-642-6990
E-mail: dining@berkeley.edu

Unless noted, the area code for the listed phone numbers is (510)

Central Administration, 2610 Channing Way

Name	Title	Email	Phone
General Information	N/A	dining@berkeley.edu	643-8323
Christopher Henning	Executive Director	chenning@berkeley.edu	643-8323
Melvin Garcia	Director of Residential Dining	melvin.garcia@berkeley.edu	612-7967
Matt Rasmussen	Director of Campus Restaurants & Retail	matt.rasmussen@berkeley.edu	925-393-4388
Galen Vasquez	Director of Catering	galenvasquez@berkeley.edu	697-0705
Sunil Chacko	Associate Director of Purchasing	schacko@berkeley.edu	642-0197
Katie Urbanowich	Director of Administration	kurbanowich@berkeley.edu	316-1178
Stacey Williams	Systems Coordinator	stacey.williams@berkeley.edu	643-1565
Neil Crawford	Systems Coordinator	neil.crawford@berkeley.edu	643-1565
Jaylene Tang, MS. RD	Registered Dietitian	jaylenerd@berkeley.edu	289-6514
Brian Muganda Ashiali	Business Improvement Analyst	brianmuganda@berkeley.edu	561-4044
LaQuetta Riley	Student Employee Program Coordinator	laquetta_riley@berkeley.edu	502-7190
Xitlali Parada	Hiring Coordinator	xitlalip@berkeley.edu	332-1313
Kate Bennett	Training Coordinator	katherinebennett@berkeley.edu	316-5515
Adolfo Guerra	Brand & Marketing Manager	adolfo@berkeley.edu	520-7325

Name	Title	Email	Phone
General Information	Crossroads		642-3142
Debora Vallejo Chin	General Manager	debchinvallejo1@berkeley.edu	642-3142
Kristen Scott	Assistant General Manager	kscott83@berkeley.edu	642-3142
James Whittle	Executive Chef	jwhittle@berkeley.edu	642-3142
Rose Zendejas	Manager	rbz@berkeley.edu	642-3142
Jacqueline Hill	Manager	hilljacqueline@berkeley.edu	642-3142
Christina Bernhardson	Manager	christinamats80@berkeley.edu	642-3142
Betty Nesbitt	Manager, The Den	optimus67@berkeley.edu	326-7766

Name	Title	Email	Phone
General Information	Café 3		642-5392
Bettye Boles	General Manager	bettye@berkeley.edu	642-5392
Mike Stelly	Assistant General Manager	mike.stelly@berkeley.edu	642-5392
Sean O’Donnell	Executive Chef	sodonnell7@berkeley.edu	642-5392
Synettra Glenn	Manager	synettra@berkeley.edu	642-5392
William McConnico	Manager	wmcconnico@berkeley.edu	642-5392
Andrea Brendlinger	Manager	andreabrendlinger@berkeley.edu	642-5392
Graciela Guerrero	Manager, Bear Market	gguerero@berkeley.edu	341-229-7777

Name	Title	Email	Phone
General Information	Clark Kerr	n/a	642-6292
David Murray	General Manager	djmurray@berkeley.edu	642-6292
John Acuna	Executive Chef	acunajg@berkeley.edu	642-6292
Lydia Guintu	Manager	rosalinda.guintu@berkeley.edu	642-6292
Gemma Holmes	Manager	gemmaholmes@berkeley.edu	642-6292

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Jaime Nodal	General Manager & Executive Chef	nodalj@berkeley.edu	332-0710
Robert Lopez	Sous Chef	robert_a_lopez@berkeley.edu

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Matt Rasmussen	Director of Campus Restaurants	matt.rasmussen@berkeley.edu	925-393-4388
Jason Maddy	General Manager Campus Restaurants	jrmaddy@berkeley.edu	708-7460
Nora Aung	Food Service Manager Campus Restaurants	nwenweaung@berkeley.edu	326-0990
Michael Oldham	Assistant General Manager (GBC)	manyo@berkeley.edu	642-7479
Graciela Pena	Manager (GBC)	graciela@berkeley.edu	642-7479
Qwanisha Stokes	Assistant General Manager (The Eateries)	stokes2022@berkeley.edu	664-5466
Jeramy Chester	Manager (The Eateries)	jeramy@berkeley.edu	664-5466
David Bell	Assistant General Manager (Brown’s)	dbell@berkeley.edu	642-1004
David Jackson	Assistant General Manager (Local x Design)	davidjackson@berkeley.edu	664-4677
The Golden Bear Café	N/A	N/A	642-7479
Brown’s	N/A	N/A	642-1004
The Eateries	N/A	N/A	664-5466
Local x Design	N/A	N/A	664-4677

Updated: 9/6/25