Dawn Howard Position: Associate Athletic Director

Dawn Howard, who joined the Golden Bear staff in 1991, serves as Cal's associate athletic director for human resources and finance. She oversees a staff of 17 that manages the purchasing, payables, travel, human resources, payroll, business contracts, budgets, financial reporting and risk management, as well as the administration of youth camps, for the department.

During her time at Cal, Howard has filled several roles in the business office, working her way up from an administrative assistant to the business manager to her current role. She has also worked with the information systems unit as a computer programmer, including the Bear Hunt of the 1990s, and she continues to consult on programming projects, most recently automating financial aid processing and developing the department's intranet. In addition, Howard acts as a liaison between the department and IMG College.

Howard graduated Phi Beta Kappa, earning her bachelor's degree in economics, with minors in business and mathematics, from Oregon in 1991. She has long ties to Berkeley, having been born and raised in the city and having graduating from Berkeley High School. Her parents are both Cal graduates, and her 15-year old nephew Garrett yearns to be a Cal graduate.