Employee Relations

Employee Relations provides responsive, dependable, and consistent customer-centered service through expanded communications. The staff of Employee Relations represents the interest of the University to do the right thing that will support the rights and responsibilities of the UCSD population. The role of Employee Relations is neutral and the staff offers collaborative problem-solving as a means of reaching a resolution to workplace conflict. As the point of contact, Employee Relations provides consulting services, advice, support, and referrals in the Human Resources arena to UCSD employees, supervisors, and administrators. The primary focus encompasses policy and collective bargaining agreement interpretation and application, conflict resolution, personnel programs, public relations and liaison, workforce modification, and affiliated training. 

For Integrated Human Resources (HR) Support, please visit HR Services.

For Health Sciences and Health System Employees, contact Health Human Resources or call (619) 543-3200.

Employee Relations

E-mail:employeerelations@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-4115

Mailing address

9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0922

Street address

10280 N. Torrey Pines Road
Suite 230
La Jolla, CA 92037

Otis J. Crockett
Sr. Director, HR Strategy & Policy
(858) 534-1923
ocrockett@ucsd.edu

Nooria Faizi
Director of Employee Relations
(858) 337-7630
nofaizi@ucsd.edu

Paulo Zavala
Employee Relations Specialist
(858) 761-1448
pzavala@ucsd.edu

Danielle Schulte
Employee Relations Specialist
(858) 534-8011
dgschulte@ucsd.edu

Sara Waller
Employee Relations Specialist
(858) 210-1114
swaller@ucsd.edu