Fall Conference 2025
CUCEA/CUCRA
Joint Meeting Agenda
Council of UC Emeriti Associations (CUCEA) and
Council of UC Retiree Associations (CUCRA)
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
UC San Francisco via Zoom
Joint Meeting Agenda – October 29 -- 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Zoom link will be provided to registrants in advance of the meeting
1:00 p.m. Welcome and introductions
Sue Abeles (Chair, CUCRA)
Campus Association Host Introductions
- Susan Janson, PhD, NP, FAAN (President, UCSF Emeriti and Retired Faculty Association)
- E. Eastman (President, UCSF Retirees Association)
Introductions of Attendees
1:30 p.m. Welcome by Chancellor Sam Hawgood, UCSF (Video)
1:40 p.m. UCSF Campus Update (Video)
1:50- 2:00 p.m. Approval of Minutes
Joint Meeting of April 23, 2025
Mary Gauvain (CUCEA Secretary)
2:00-2:30 p.m. A discussion of information technology and artificial intelligence
Van Williams (Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Information Technology, UCOP)
Monte Ratzlaff (Chief Information Security Officer, UCOP)
2:30-2:45 p.m. Break
Post break session coordinator: Joel Dimsdale (CUCEA chair)
2:45 p.m. Overview of issues raised in Joint Benefits Committee Report
Roger Anderson (JBC Chair)
3:00 p.m. Systemwide Human Resources Current Issues, including:
Response to JBC report- Return to Active Duty (RTAD)
- Updates on retiree health benefits
- Open Enrollment
Cheryl Lloyd (Vice President, Systemwide Human Resources), assisted by Maynard Jenkins (Senior Executive Director, Benefits Programs and Strategy)
Susan Pon-Gee (Executive Director, Health & Welfare Benefits)
Hyun Swanson (Executive Director, Retirement Program Services)
3:30 p.m. RASC Update and Response to JBC report
Bill Perez (Executive Director, RASC)
Ming Wung (Sr. Director, RASC)
Calvin W. Turner, Jr. (Interim Vice President, Systemwide Shared Services)
3:45 p.m. Open discussion
other issues of interest to campus associations
4:00 p.m. CUCRA Travel Program Update
Sue Barnes (UC Retirees Travel Coordinator)
4:15 p.m. Spring 2026 Meeting, April 29-30, 2026 - UCLA (hybrid meeting)
Judith Tuch (President UCLARA)
Ayesha Dixon (UCLA ERRC Director)
4:30 p.m. Adjournment