The University of California Regents Governance Committee on Oct. 5, 2025, approved the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Dean of the School of Marine Sciences and Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for the San Diego campus.
Rachel Nava and Cheryl Lloyd noted the appointment had been discussed in closed session and asked if there were questions; no substantive public discussion or objections were recorded in the transcript. A motion to approve the appointment was moved and seconded and the committee recorded an affirmative vote with no opposed votes; the motion passed.
The committee’s action authorizes the appointment and associated compensation as presented in closed session. No candidate name was stated aloud in the recorded discussion on the public transcript.