Talent Acquisition

Melinda Crawford
Director of Talent Acquisition & Emeriti-Retiree Programs

Melinda Crawford

805.893.5781
melinda.crawford@ucsb.edu

  • Background Checks Administration
  • Dilling Yang Staff Scholarship Program
  • Exception to Policy Requests
    • Dual Employment
    • Exceptions to Recruitment
    • Multi-Location Appointments (Non-Academic)
    • Near Relative Hires
    • Waivers of Open Recruitment
  • Employment Contracts Administration
    • Athletics
    • Institutional Advancement Development Officers
  • Non-Academic Volunteers
  • Staff Employment Misconduct Disclosures

Katherine Abad
Talent Acquisition Supervisor

Katherine Abad

805.893.4664
katherine.abad@ucsb.edu

  • Talent Acquisition for Non-Academic Staff:
    • Executive Search Firm recruitment
    • Academic Senate
    • Athletics
    • Chancellor's Office
    • Finance & Resource Management
    • General Counsel
    • Human Resources
    • Macroeconomics Institute
    • UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP)
  • AB 5 Determinations
  • Alternate Job Search
  • Background Checks Administration
  • Employment Contracts Administration
  • Exception to Policy Requests
    • Dual Employment
    • Exceptions to Recruitment
    • Exceptions to 1,000-hour limited to career conversions
  • Preference for Reemployment, Alternate Job Search, and Special Reappointment
  • Sourcing and Other Resources: LinkedIn account management
  • Staff Employment Misconduct Disclosures
  • Staff Supervision

Sal Avila
Talent Acquisition & Training Analyst

Katherine Abad

805.893.4662
sal_avila@ucsb.edu

  • Talent Acquisition for Non-Academic Staff:
    • Administrative Services
    • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    • Student Affairs (except Counseling & Psychological Services and Student Health Services)
  • Background Checks Administration
  • Job Advertising
  • Job Fairs and Other Outreach Initiatives

Barb Freeman
Talent Acquisition & Training Analyst 

Barb Freeman

805.893.3133
bfreeman@ucsb.edu

  • Talent Acquisition for Non-Academic Staff:
    • Academic Affairs
    • Counseling & Psychological Servcies
    • Institutional Advancement
    • Office of Research
    • Student Health Services
  • Dilling Yang Staff Scholarship Program
  • Job Fairs and Other Outreach Initiatives
  • Rehired Retiree Program

Emeriti-Retiree Programs

Ellen Pasternack
Coordinator

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805.893.2168
epasternack@ucsb.edu