Administrative Management Group (AMG)

2024 AMG Annual Leadership Conference
2024-04-24 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Carnesale Commons, 251 Charles E Young Drive West, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
REIMAGINING LEADERSHIP TODAY
FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
This leadership conference will provide a full day of keynote speakers and professional development workshops. Both managers and staff will be inspired by fresh ideas and discussion, begin to rethink the status quo, and leave ready to tackle challenges in creative and innovative ways.

This year’s conference theme considers what it means to lead in a post-pandemic world, where leaders are faced with the challenges of managing hybrid work, recruiting for and retaining staff, encouraging low staff engagement, and leading with empathy through mental illness and burnout, amongst many other hurdles. At the same time, the theme celebrates the opportunities we have as leaders to shape our workplaces into an environment where all our staff thrive and grow as leaders as we serve UCLA. This conference is open to all UCLA staff. Continental breakfast and a lunch buffet will be served.

2024 AMG Excel Awards Ceremony
2024-06-07 12:00 - 13:30 | AMG Zoom Event, UCLA
We are honored to announce this year’s recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Career Award, the Excellence in Leadership (EXCEL) Award, and the Rising Star Award. Each year, the Administrative Management Group (AMG) shines the spotlight on employees who have been dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in their careers at UCLA. We received many outstanding nominations this year.
Congratulations go to the following 2024 AMG award recipients:
For the Distinguished Career Award:

Paul Abramson, Director, Central Ticket Office
Michael Deluca, Associate Vice Chancellor, Campus Life

For the Excellence in Leadership (EXCEL) Award:

Kathleen Micham, Associate Dean of Finance & Administration, Physical Sciences

For the Rising Star Award:

Uyen Ha, Management Services Officer, Department of Community Health Sciences

All award nominees will be recognized in a virtual ceremony scheduled for Friday, June 7, 2024 from 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Please RSVP at: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvcOmsqjkqHt03p1dkT5pSZ7cTneayWQgt.
To view the list of nominees, visit the AMG website at: http://amg.ucla.edu/.
Supervisors are encouraged to approve release time so that employees can attend the celebration on June 7, 2024, provided that the absence would not infringe upon the performance of required job duties.
We look forward to celebrating the extraordinary achievements of this year’s recipients of the 2024 AMG Awards.

Sincerely,

Gina Romero
Chair
Administrative Management Group
Lubbe Levin
Associate Vice Chancellor
Campus Human Resources

AMG Lunch & Learn - Intentional Leadership: Fostering a Culture of Curiosity, Growth, Collaboration, & Inclusion
2025-04-15 12:00 - 13:00
The last several years have presented us with great challenges & opportunities within & beyond UCLA. It has become all the more critical to practice intentional & inclusive leadership to not only promote operational efficiencies but also staff growth, curiosity, collaboration & belonging. The Advising Communities of Excellence (ACE) Professional Development Program in which we lead, & the Center for Academic Advising in the College (CAAC) practice a staff-centered approach that cultivates learning, amplifies staff voices, & integrates staff perspectives into decision-making spaces. The result of a staff-centered model has been greater engagement, an openness to innovate, a drive for more thoughtful collaboration, & comprehensive support for students, staff, & each other within a community of care.
This session will share a framework for intentional leadership & demonstrate concrete strategies & initiatives to achieve these goals.
Marian H. Gabra, Ph.D. is the Senior Director of Learning & Development & Strategic Partnerships. In her role, she works collaboratively across campus to cultivate spaces of learning & growth for staff & students. She also works intentionally to build strategic collaborations between staff, faculty, & students. Marian also advises students in the Center for Academic Advising in the College. She earned her BA in English from Occidental College in 2002 & her doctorate in Comparative Literature from UCLA in 2010.
Alina Avila is the Coordinator of Advising Curricular Initiatives & Academic Advisor with the Center for Academic Advising in the College. Her experiences in ACE changed how she viewed her value & voice in various spaces across the institution & inspired her to turn the skills she has honed, such as advocating for students to faculty & leadership, towards amplifying staff voices. In her current role, she is able to work more directly with ACE to shift the campus culture built on institutional hierarchies.
Alina Avila. Coordinator of Advising Curricular Initiatives & Academic Advisor with the Center for Academic Advising in the College
Marian Gabra, Ph.D.Director, Advisor Training &Professional Development

AMG Lunch & Learn - Habits That Work: Building Better Professional Routines
2025-08-27 12:00 - 13:00 | AMG Zoom Event, UCLA
Join AMG on August 27th for a Lunch & Learn with Lola Ivy from Campus Human Resources!

Session Description
Discover how small, intentional habits can enhance your professional development in this engaging one-hour workshop, Habits That Work. This session encourages participants to reflect on the routines that shape their daily work lives. Through guided activities and useful tools, attendees will understand what and how effective habits are formed, as well as explore how habits can be intentionally designed for greater success.
Presenter Bio
Lola Ivy is a workshop facilitator and career management coach with over thirteen years of experience working for UCLA. Currently, she works for Campus Human Resources (CHR), managing a year-long career development program called the Staff Enrichment Program (SEP). Lola also serves as Vice Chair on the Administrative Management Group (AMG) board. Her educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UCLA and a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Learning from Pepperdine University.
