Don Diettinger brings more than 30 years experience in line management, consulting, project management, and learning program development and delivery. Much of Don's most recent experience prior to coming to UC in 2001 is in dealing with large organizational re-engineering and change management.

Aja Duncan is a professional writer and diversity educator with extensive experience designing learning programs for individual and organizational development. Aja is also a co-active coach, facilitating transformation in individuals' professional and personal lives.

Patsy Kennedy joins UCSF as a Learning Consultant for Development and Training. She brings more than 14 years experience in leadership and talent development, organizational research and survey, succession planning, diversity integration, and consulting and coaching services. Patsy’s industry experience includes pharmaceutical retail, health care, financial services, staffing and non-profit. She graduated, summa cum laude, from Arizona State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Psychology and a Masters of Arts degree in Intercultural/Organizational Communication from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Patsy is passionate about optimizing talent and engaging others to succeed beyond self and other's expectations, while leveraging operational processes and existing resources to achieve an organization's mission and vision.

Katy Liddell joins our learning and development team with more than 20 years of HR experience with special focus on learning, organization development, and change management. She has demonstrated success in design, development, and delivery in both systems and soft skills training. In addition, Katy has a proven track record of partnering extensively with senior managers and their direct report to improve their working relationships. She has facilitated numerous teambuilding sessions to improve processes and business efforts. Katy also brings a diverse business perspective having worked in the United States, Mexico, and Chile.

Prior to joining UCSF as an instructional designer in 2008, Tacy Trowbridge worked in education technology for 15 years managing professional development programs for educators, teaching, writing curriculum, and designing online learning. She has worked with Teachscape, Classroom Connect, PBS, Stanford University's Persuasive Technology Lab, and San Francisco-area schools. Tacy Trowbridge earned a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University and a Master's degree from Stanford University's School of Education in Learning, Design, and Technology.