Anna Finn

Anna Finn is the current Associate Chancellor and Chief of Staff at UC Santa Cruz. Anna has held this position since June 2019. Prior to that, they were the Special Assistant to the Provost at University of California, Riverside from September 2016 to June 2019.

Before their time at University of California, Riverside, Anna Finn was the Graduate Student Researcher at University of California Humanities Research Institute from September 2013 to August 2016. During their time there, they delivered programmatic leadership and support across two 3-year, grant-funded initiatives and twenty fields of study. Additionally, they used UCI budget software systems to manage expenses for UCHRI grantees and stakeholders, ensuring adherence to UC policies. Finn also led grant writing and submission for an NEH Next Generation Humanities Implementation Grant.

In their role as Graduate Student Researcher, Finn also coordinated community relationships, guest speakers and events, research acquisition and digitization, and travel for 5 Residential Research Groups. Anna collaborated with a four person team to create print and web outreach materials for a variety of initiatives and events using Adobe Creative Cloud. In addition, they used WordPress and Adobe Creative Cloud to build and maintain 5 websites for UC-wide events and initiatives. Lastly, they managed production pipeline between MIT University Press and 40 authors for Between Humanities and the Digital (2015).

Anna Finn has a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature/Letters from UC Irvine, a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature/Letters from UC Irvine, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature/Letters and in Philosophy from American University.

A direct report to Anna Finn is and Sonya Kiernan - Executive Assistant to the Associate Chancellor. Anna Finn reports to Cynthia K. Larive, Chancellor. Some of their coworkers include Christina Armstrong - Special Advisor & Director of Strategic Initiatives.