Attendees of the UCOP Black Staff and Faculty Organization’s farewell celebration for UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D. (Credit: Johnson Photography)

On the evening of Tuesday, July 1, the UCOP Black Staff and Faculty Organization (BSFO) hosted a festive farewell celebration for UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D.

The event began with a special video presentation of President Drake’s history created by Xavier G. Buck, executive director of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and founder of the Black Panther Party Museum in Oakland.

Additional event highlights included:

• A renaming of the BSFO Scholarship Program to the Dr. Michael V. Drake Scholarship Program
• A live performance by Bay Area singer and musician August Lee Stevens
• A photo signed by all event attendees and given to President Drake
• A celebratory photo backdrop for guests to photograph themselves with President Drake and colleagues
• Opening and closing remarks by BSFO Executive Sponsor Paul Wiliams, Associate Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Systemwide Procurement
• Emceeing by BSFO Executive Sponsor Yvette Gullatt, Vice President for Graduate and Undergraduate Affairs, Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Chief Diversity Officer, University of California
• Recognition of President Drake by Charles Robinson, General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs, UC, and Jenny Kao, Vice President and Chief of Staff to President Drake
• A champagne toast led by Dr. Renee Navarro of the UCSF Black Caucus
• Participation by all UCOP employee resource groups, as well as the UC Berkeley Black Staff and Faculty Organization and UCSF Black Caucus

Event photos

(Credit: Johnson Photography)

Thank you!

BSFO leadership is grateful to the many colleagues listed below who helped to organize and produce this memorable event.

Executive Sponsors

• Yvette Gullatt, Vice President and Vice Provost, GUEA – Graduate, Undergraduate and Equity Affairs
• Paul Wiliams, AVP & Chief Procurement Officer, Procurement Services

BSFO Planning Committee:

• Joyce Price, BSFO Steering Committee Chair
• Roni Wilson, BSFO Steering Committee Co-Chair
• Brandi Beaudoin, BSFO Steering Committee Member
• Antoinette Lewis-Long, BSFO Steering Committee Member
• Rondy Epting, BSFO Steering Committee Member
• Bridget O’Neal, BSFO Steering Committee Member
• Monique Carter, BSFO Steering Committee Member
• Brandon Smith-Hagans, BSFO/UCPATH Steering  Committee Member
• Emrica Pitolin, BSFO Steering Committee Member
• Dena Bullard, BSFO Steering Committee Member
• Kandace Shaw, BSFO/UCPATH Steering Committee Member
• Aisha Murphy, BSFO UCPATH Planning Team Member
• Ashley Neal, BSFO UCPATH Planning Team Member
• Leketa Lambert, BSFO Sub-Committee Member
• Stacey Miller, BSFO Sub-Committee Member
• Frederic Roots II, Sub-Committee Member
• Nicole Jenkins, Sub-Committee Member
• SherRon Taylor, Sub-Committee Member
• Loreaner Barron-Lopez, Sub-Committee Member
• Tracy Babbitt, Sub-Committee Member
• Tracee Johnson, Sub-Committee Member
• Chanel Smith, Sub-Committee Member
• Lee West, Sub-Committee Member
• Diane G. Lang, BSFO Berkeley, Chair
• Frederick Smith MBA, BSFO Berkeley
• Latascha Magness-Cotton, BSFO Treasurer

Information Technology Services colleagues

• Daniel Aguilar
• Lily Dimitrova
• Regana Staccato Johnson
• Justice Mickels

Building and Administrative Services colleagues

• Barbara Heilmann
• Margie David
• Mike Zelaya
• Maynor Gutierrez

Business Resource Center colleagues

• Marissa Ortega
• Gary Chavez

For questions, please contact bsfo-ucop@ucop.edu.

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