Governance
UCDRN is a multi-layered organization, enabling critical collaboration and input at every level of our organizational structure.
The Executive Committee is responsible for proposing and managing UCDRN’s policies, programs and other activities with members appointed by the University Council.
The University Council is the primary governance body, representing all key units in the UC system and providing guidance on strategy, policies and programs.
Campus-based Committees organize local networks, activities, and inputs from particular UC units and nominate representatives to the University Council.
The Advisory Board is a renowned group of external professionals who advise the UCDRN on policies, partnerships, research opportunities, fundraising, outcomes, and reports.
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Our network
We convene experts from across the UC system’s 10 campuses, 5 medical centers, and 3 national labs.
230,000 faculty and staff
UCDRN has access to one of the deepest talent pools in the world, covering more than 160 academic disciplines.
10 Campus-based committees
UCDRN’s strength is in its ability to amplify strengths and resources at the campus level and connect them to broader, system-wide initiatives.
Partnerships
Robust partnerships capable of pooling collective talents are not nice but necessary in order to better prepare for, reduce the risk of, respond to and recover from disasters.
Leading Sectoral Expertise
UCDRN’s Advisory Board helps guide our programmatic work and contains everyone from former elected officials to CEOs of international corporations.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The University of California was founded to ensure broad, equitable access to quality higher education as a fundamental right. Our world-class system has uniquely provided long-term societal benefits through excellence in research, teaching and public service. UCDRN supports and is committed to advancing this critical social contract; our University's policy statement on diversity; and equitable access to opportunity, civility, respect for differences -- with a deep appreciation for diversity in all its forms.
What's next?
We’ve made significant strides to date consolidating and augmenting our early wins in close collaboration with key partners across the system including UC Office of the President.