The persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges to UCLA and other institutions of higher education. The university must manage the current situation while preparing for the medium- and longer-term effects of the pandemic to its academic and administrative operations. In particular, the campus needs to address the extra burdens placed on faculty, staff, and students by remote education and work as well as the challenges faced in promoting campus health and safety. 

UC Vice-President Carrie Byington suggested that we must prepare for up to two years of direct effects of the pandemic and longer for indirect effects. A key challenge is to learn to “live” with the Coronavirus without downplaying questions of safety and health for the campus community. Consequently, UCLA must plan not only for the Fall 2020 Term but also prepare for the eventual return to campus when the public health situation subsides.

See below for the charge and membership of each group

• Emergency Management Policy Group / Senior Leadership Cabinet
   

• The Charge

  The Emergency Management Policy Group (EMPG), primarily comprised of members of Chancellor Block's leadership cabinet, convenes during emergency incidents or crises that impact UCLA facilities or the campus community. The EMPG coordinates with the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to evaluate the hazards and the potential risk to the safety and well-being of students, faculty, staff, and visitors and then directs the campus communications and response, issuing directives and implementing policies when necessary.

  Although the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force will inform the EMPG and make recommendations regarding the campus response, the EMPG will ultimately make all decisions regarding campus operations. During the pandemic this has been particularly challenging as UCLA's response and any mitigation practices must comply with all state and county public health orders, which are revised frequently in response to local conditions.

  Chair

  Michael Beck, Administrative Vice Chancellor

  Members

  Gene Block, Chancellor 
  Gregg Goldman, Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer 
  Monroe Gorden, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  Yolanda Gorman, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor and Chief of Staff
  Martin Jarmond, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
  Kathleen Komar, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
  Michael Levine, Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost 
  John Mazziotta, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Chief Executive Officer for UCLA Health 
  Jennifer Mnookin, Dean and Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Professor of Law, School of Law
  Louise Nelson, Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs
  Mary Osako, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communications
  David Schaberg, Dean of Humanities and Professor and Chair for Asian Languages and Cultures, College of Letters and Sciences
  Anna Spain Bradley, Vice Chancellor for Equity Diversity and Inclusion
  Rhea Turteltaub, Vice Chancellor for External Affairs
  Roger Wakimoto, Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities

  Advisors

  Colin Dimock, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Environment, Health and Safety 
  Ricardo Barboza, Fire Marshal
  Tony Lee, Chief of UCLA Police, UCPD
  Lubbe Levin, Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Human Resources 
  Lisa Martin, Director of the Emergency Operations Center and Executive Director for the Office of Emergency Management
  Anthony Solana, Director of Employee and Labor Relations at Campus Human Resources
  Emily Rose, Assistant Provost and Chief of Staff to the EVCP

• COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force

• The Charge

  The COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force is charged with planning and monitoring ongoing efforts to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and develop recommendations to enable members of the UCLA community to teach, learn, discover, and work in a sustainable manner.

  The Task Force efforts will include, but not be limited to:

  -Provide recommendations to mitigate the spread of the virus to the campus community and to facilitate teaching, learning, and research in ways that minimizes burdens on faculty, students, and staff.
  -Consider how the campus can best prepare for and manage the periodic easing and reinstating of Safer at Home restrictions. 
  -Incorporate the principles of equity and inclusion in response and recovery actions associated with this pandemic that has highlighted the impacts of inequities in our society on our campus community.
  -Consider ways the campus can better support faculty, staff, and students perform their best work and realize the best educational experience they can under the circumstances.
  -Prepare for and imagine what sustained challenges and opportunities might exist when pandemic-related restrictions are lifted.  Consider what permanent changes may need to be made to campus practices and how to sustain the unique value of a residential teaching and research institution.

  
  Co-Chairs

  Michael Beck, Administrative Vice Chancellor
  Megan McEvoy, Professor, Institute for Society and Genetics, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics

  Members

  Oneyebuchi Arah, Professor of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health
  Amy Blum, Managing Counsel, Legal Affairs
  Anna Spain Bradley, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  Susan Ettner, Dean of Graduate Education
  Renee Fortier, Chair, CRRTF Operational Response Working Group
  Adriana Galván, Dean of Undergraduate Education
  Monroe Gorden, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  Musibau Francis Jimoh, President, Graduate Student Association
  Peter Katona, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA Infections Disease
  Miranda Kim, Past Student, Econ/Psychology, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Jody Kreiman, Chair, Academic Senate
  Joy Kruger, President, Staff Assembly
  Lubbe Levin, Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Human Resources
  Jennifer Mnookin, Dean, Law School
  Chaitali Mukherjee, Executive Director, Ashe Student Health
  Mary Osako, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communications
  Suzanne Seplow, Assistant Vice Chancellor Student Development & Health 
  Michelle A. Sityar, Chief of Staff, UCLA Administration
  Lucy Tseng, Regional Director, San Gabriel Valley, Development
  Daniel Uslan, Co-Chief Infection Prevention Officer, UCLA Health, Clinical Chief, Infectious Diseases
  Roger Wakimoto, Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities
  Breeze Velazquez, President, Undergraduate Students Association
  Shane White, Past Chair of the Academic Senate and Professor of Dentistry at the School of Dentistry

• Case Management Team

• The Charge

  The Case Management Team will be responsible for:

  -Ongoing review and assessment of pivot criteria per the UCLA COVID-19 Pivot Plan and Decision Matrix relative to campus operations. ​
  -Review and evaluate campus and community transmission levels of COVID-19 and the resulting administration of testing, contact tracing, isolation and quarantine.  ​
  -Recommend changes to mitigations and/or protocols to respond to case fluctuations and evolving public health guidelines ​
  -Review COVID-19 clusters and outbreaks and identify response actions as appropriate. ​
  -Monitor evolving local, state and federal guidelines and directives, as well as any new rapidly evolving information in the literature. ​
  -Advise the CRRTF on policy and operational pivots based on the above information.

   

  Chair

  Michael Beck, Administrative Vice Chancellor

  Members

  Margaret Armbruster, Executive Director, Emergency & Trauma Services & Clinical Regulatory Affairs
  Richard Azar, Chief Operating Officer, UCLA Medical Center
  Amy Blum, Managing Campus Counsel
  Renee Fortier, Chair, Operation Response
  Peter Katona, Clinical Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Adjunct Professor of Public Health (Epidemiology)
  Lisa Martin, Director, Emergency Management
  Megan McEvoy, Co-Chair CRRTF, Past Chair, Undergraduate Council
  Chaitali Mukherjee, Executive Director, UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center
  Michelle A. Sityar, Chief of Staff, UCLA Administration
  Daniel Uslan, Co-Chief Infection Prevention Officer, UCLA Health, Clinical Chief, Infectious Diseases

• Education Working Group

• The Charge

  The Education Working Group will:

  -Review and approve onsite courses based on LADPH guidelines for higher education.
  -Ensure approved onsite courses adhere to LADPH guidelines for higher education.
  -Update deans and departments on LADPH regulations and guidelines regarding in-person instruction.

  Chair

  Adriana Galván, Dean of Undergraduate Education

  Members

  Susan Ettner, Dean of Graduate Education
  Adriana Galván, Dean of Undergraduate Education
  Kathleen Bawn, Undergraduate Council Chair
  Andrea Kasko, Associate Professor, Bioengineering
  Leah Lievrouw, Graduate Council Chair
  Frank Wada, University Registrar

• Operational Response Working Group

• The Charge

  The Operational Response Working Group will:

  -Facilitate campus signage in support of Covid-19 mitigation measures.
  -Advise staff on cleaning and disinfecting.
  -Coordinate the logistics for cloth face coverings, sanitizer, PPE and other Covid-19 related supplies.
  -Oversee building management including closures, reopening, security, egress and HVAC and related issues.
  -Manage telework guidelines and resources.

  Chair

  Renee Fortier, Special Assistant to Administrative Vice Chancellor

  Members

  Clinton Bench, Director, Fleet & Transit
  Lauren Santillana Berghell, Integrated Marketing & Communications Manager
  Dave Karwaski, Director, Mobility Planning & Traffic Systems
  Magyn Kydd, Creative Director, Marketing & Communications
  Chris Lechner, Data Analytics & Strategic Project Manager
  Alyssa Leiva, Controlled Substance Program Administrator
  Lisa Martin, Director, Emergency Management
  Dean Malilay, Director, Insurance & Risk Management
  Tizrah Nuno, Commuter & Parking Services
  Bryan Ruiz, Director Research Safety
  Helen Sutton, Manager, Information Technology
  Charles Turner, Executive Director, Financial & Administrative Services
  Steve Wang, Business Procurement Manager
  Justin Wisor,Director, Custodial & Grounds
  Nitin Yadav, Project Manager, ITS
  
   

• Past CRRTF and Working Group Members

• Past Members

  Pouria Abassi, Executive Director & CEO, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Guy Adams, Division Area Director, ASUCLA, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Allison Akbaroff, Senior Safety Specialist, EHS & Campus Protocol Review Chair
  Charles Alexander, Associate Vice Provost, Student Diversity / Director, Academic Advancement Program / Adjunct Associate Professor, Student Life & Housing Working Group
  Jessica Alexander, Past President, Staff Assembly – CRRTF, Wellness and Workload Expectations Working Group
  Lindsay Anderson, Project specialist, Geffen Academy, PreK-12 Working Group
  Pete Angelis, M.B.A., Assistant Vice Chancellor, Housing and Hospitality, Student Life & Housing Working Group, Public Health Compliance Working Group, Infection Control Working Group
  Lucy Avetisyan, Chief Information Officer, Reinventing UCLA Working Group
  Eraka Bath, M.D., Vice Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Semel Institute, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Rosina Becerra, Professor and Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese – CRRTF
  Susan Beeson, Chief Development Officer, Geffen Academy, PreK-12 Working Group
  Bob Bilder, Professor, UCLA Psych & Biobehavioral Sciences, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Maria Blandizzi, Past Dean of Students, Student Life & Housing Working Group
  John Bollard, Past Chief of Operations UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Anita Bralock, Associate Adjunct Professor, UCLA School of Nursing, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Zulieka Bravo, USAC Transfer Student Representative, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Joseph Bristow, Distinguished Professor of English and former Chair, UCLA Academic Senate, Co-Chair, Reinventing UCLA Working Group
  Joseph Callahan, Assistant Biosafety Officer, EHS & Campus Protocol Review Working Group
  Sybyll Catalan, Head of School, Geffen Academy, PreK-12 Working Group
  Jessica Cattelino, Professor, Research Continuity Working Group
  Asiroh Cham, CAO, History, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Erika P. Chau, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Personnel, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Tina Christie, Wasserman Dean/Prof of Education, Student Life & Housing Working Group
  Judy Consales, Associate University Librarian, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Amanda Cruz, Senior Safety Specialist, EHS & Campus Protocol Review Working Group
  Soraya de Chadarevian, History/Institute for Society and Genetics/Council of Research Rep, Research Continuity Working Group
  Annabelle de St. Maurice, Co-Chair Infectious Diseases, UCLA Health – CRRTF, Case Management Team
  Mick Deluca, Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Life, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Christopher DeMasi, Research Consultant, Administration Organizational Effectiveness & Development, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Devin Dillon, Superintendent, PreK-12 Operations, PreK-12 Working Group
  Colin Dimock, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Enivornmental, Health & Safety, Research Continuity Working Group
  Sarah Dundish, Director Housing Services & Strategic Initiatives, Student Life & Housing Working Group, Infection Control Working Group
  Sam Elias, Assistant Medical Director, Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Eric Esrailian, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Annamarie Francois, Executive Director, Center X, School of Education and Information Studies, PreK-12 Working Group
  Lindsey Goldstein, Acting Director, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Laura Gong, Undergraduate Student Representative, Research Continuity Working Group
  Nina Gonzales, Safety Specialist, EHS & Campus Protocol Review Working Group
  Yolanda Gorman, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor and Chief of Staff – CRRTF
  Amanda Gracian, USAC Representative, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Alma Guerrero, UCLA Pediatrics - Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, Wellness & Workload Expectation Working Group
  Edward Ha, Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Reem Hanna-Harwell, Assistant, Dean of Humanities, Reinventing UCLA Working Group, Operational Response Working Group
  Frank Higbie, Professor of History, Faculty in Residence, Student Life & Housing Working Group
  Nancy Holt, MD, Chief of Medical Service UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Dick Jackson, Professor, UCLA Public Health and Environmenal Sciences, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Anna Joyce, Director, Administrative Policies & Strategic Initiatives, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Shawn Kang,  Sr. Director, Human Strategy for DGSOM & UCLA Health, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer - UCLA, Operational Response Working Group
  Bill Kisliuk, Senior Executive Director of Media Relations, Strategic Communications Working Group Co-Chair
  Brian Kite, Interim Dean, Television, Film, Theatre, Research Continuity Working Group
  Jennifer Klahn, Director, Research Safety and Animal Welfare Administration, Research Continuity Working Group
  Adrienne Lavine, Associate Vice Provost, CAT, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Georgia Lazo, Principal, UCLA Lab School, PreK-12 Working Group
  Dr. Carlos Lerner, UCLA Health, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, PreK-12 Working Group
  Lubbe Levin, Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Human Resources
  Jian Li, PhD, MD, Professor, Fielding School of Public Health and UCLA School of Nursing, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Tracie Lockwood, Associate Director, Youth Programs, Recreation, PreK-12 Working Group
  Renate Lux, Associate Dean, Graduate Division, Research Continuity Working Group
  Sabrina Lux, CAO, Psychology and IDP, PreK-12 Working Group
  Victoria Marks (WAC, A&A), Professor, World Arts & Cutures, Teaching & Learning Working Group, Research Continuity Working Group
  Becky Mancuso-Winding, Executive Director, UCLA Health, Strategic Community and Business Relations, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Kelsey C. Martin, Immediate Past Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine – CRRTF
  Marcia Martinez, Director of Operations, ECE, PreK-12 Working Group
  Eric Matsuura, Section Chief for Planning, Emergency Operations Center, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group, Operational Response Working Group
  Muriel McClendon, Associate Professor, History, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Claire McCluskey, Associate Registrar, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Erinn McMahan, Executive Director, UCLA Recreation, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Michael Meranze, Past Chair Academic Senate and Past Chair CRRTF
  Craig Merlic, Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochem, Teaching & Learning Working Group, Research Continuity Working Group
  Kathleen Micham, Assistant Dean, Physical Sciences, Research Continuity Working Group
  Tannaz Moin, Assistant Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Chriss Mott, Lecturer and TA Coordinator, Unit 18, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Michelle Moyer, Director of Business, Compliance & Legal Affairs, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Amrit Nagra, Director of Clinical Operations, Arthur Ashe tudent Health and Wellness Center, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Jason Napolitano, Health Sciences Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Alexandra Norris, Senior Safety Specialist, EHS & Campus Protocol Review Working Group
  Joshua O’Connor, Associate Director of Leadership and Involvement, UCLA Office of Residential Life, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Daniel Paek, Safety Specialist, EHS & Campus Protocol Review Working Group
  Tina Pedone, Director, Clinical Informatics & Quality, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Arpine Panosyan, COVID Coordinator, ECE, PreK-12 Working Group
  Michael Pfeffer, Assistant Vice Chancellor, CIO UCLA Health Sciences, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Jeannine Pham, Sr. Conference Planning Manager, Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Dr. Mike Prelip, UCLA Health, Professor and Chair, Public Health, PreK-12 Working Group
  Jody Priselac, Associate Dean, Community Programs, School of Education and Information Studies, PreK-12 Working Group
  Erin Quinn, Director, Safety, Emergency Preparedness, & Building Operations, Operational Response Working Group
  Christina Read, Commissioner, Student Wellness Council, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Janice L. Reiff, Past Special Assistant to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost – CRRTF, Chair Teaching and Learning Working Group
  Naomi Riley, Past President, Undergraduate Students Association Council – CRRTF, Infection
  Control Working Group, Public Health Compliance Working Group, Student Life Working Group
  Anne Rimoin, Director of the Center for Global and Immigrant Health, Infection Control Working Group
  Adelisa Robles, Senior Safety Specialist, Wellness & Workload Expectation Working Group, EHS & Campus Protocol Review Working Group
  Ted Robles, Professor, Psychology, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Nancy Rodriguez, Chief Administrative Officer, Geffen Academy, PreK-12 Working Group
  Jasmine Rush, Associate Dean of Students & Dir, Office of Student Conduct, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Adam Saby, MD, Occupational Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Tony Sandoval, Director of Community Programs Office, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  JP Santos, Past GSA President – CRRTF, Research Continuity Working Group, Student Life Working Group, Wellness and Workload Working Group
  Shanna Shaked, Sr. Associate Director, Cntr for Education Innovation & Learning in the Sciences, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Jennifer Silvers, Faculty, Assistant Professor Psychology, PreK-12 Working Group
  Wendy Slusser, Associate Vice Provost, Past Chair Wellness and Workload Expectations Working Group, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Steve Smale, Vice Dean for Research-DGSOM, Research Continuity Working Group
  Lisa Snyder, Director, Research Technology Group IDRE, Data/IT, Research Continuity Working Group
  Patricia Solomon, Student Union Manager, USUCLA, Student Life & Housing Working Group
  Virginia Steel, University Librarian, Research Continuity Working Group
  Jim Stigler, Professor, Psychology, Teaching & Learning Working Group
  Eileen Louise Strempel, Dean, Herb Alpert School of Music, Student Life & Housing Working Group
  Christine Tafoya, Biosafety Specialist, EHS & Campus Protocol Review Working Group
  Sarika Thakur, Executive Director, Executive MBA Admissions, Wellness & Workload Expectations Working Group
  Jose Ubeda, Environmental Health Specialist, EHS & Campus Protocol Review Working Group
  Dawn Upchurch, Professor, UCLA Pub Health-Community Health Sciences, Symptom Monitoring & Testing Working Group
  Nancy Velasquez, CAO, Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, Reinventing UCLA Working Group  
  Kirk White, Assistant Director, Student Conduct, Public Health Compliance Working Group
  Jordan Wood, Project Coordinator, Business Transformation Office, Operational Response Working Group
  Dr. Nava Yeganeh, UCLA Health, Infectious Disease Pediatrics, PreK-12 Working Group
  Steven Yu, Chief Administrative Officer/CFO, School of Law, Reinventing UCLA Working Group