Meet Our Staff

Dear UCSB Community,

The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships is here to assist you with all of your financial aid related needs and our goal is to provide UCSB families with the services necessary to achieve their educational goals. We are committed to providing accurate, user-friendly, responsive, and respectful service to students and their families. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can help in any way. On behalf of the Office of Financial and Scholarships, I wish you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors.

Regards,

Michael M. Miller, Ed.D.
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services
University of California, Santa Barbara

(805) 893 - 2118
mike.miller@sa.ucsb.edu

Operations Managers

Nathan Cook Associate Director Operations (805) 893 - 3129 nathan.cook@sa.ucsb.edu
Mischa Lopez Assistant Director Summer/Perkins (805) 893 - 5333 mischa.lopez@sa.ucsb.edu
Monique Grant Assistant Director (805) 893 - 4497 monique.grant@sa.ucsb.edu
Alexandra Splan Assistant Director VA Certifying Official/Promise Scholars (805) 893 - 8905 alexandra.splan@sa.ucsb.edu

Student Services, Advising and Direct Loans

Financial Aid Advisors

Maribel Acevedo Advisor Middle Class Scholarship, Food Security, Scholarships (805) 893 - 5528 maribel.acevedo@sa.ucsb.edu
Stephen Eyherabide Advisor Work-Study, Teacher Education Program and TEACH Grant (805) 893 - 4382 stephen.eyherabide@sa.ucsb.edu
Jennifer León Advisor Dream Scholars, Undergrad Resource Reporting (805) 893 - 5528 jennifer.leon@sa.ucsb.edu
Luis Naranjo Advisor Cal Grant (805) 893 - 3760 luis.naranjo@sa.ucsb.edu
Rebecca "Becca" Plotkin Advisor Guardian Scholars, Financial Crisis (805) 893 - 3336 rebecca.plotkin@sa.ucsb.edu
Gerardo "Jerry" Gonzalez Advisor Freshman Summer Start Program, Cancels, UC Cross Campus, Readmits (805) 893 - 5949 gerardo.gonzalez@sa.ucsb.edu
Stacey Eymann Advisor Athletics, Federal Pell Grant, Regents (805) 893 - 4754 stacey.eymann@sa.ucsb.edu
Nancy Eyrie Advisor Education Abroad Program and UCDC (805) 893 - 2386 nancy.eyrie@sa.ucsb.edu
Sergio Lagunas Advisor Outreach, Transfer Students and Non-Traditional Students (805) 893 - 3760 sergio.lagunas@sa.ucsb.edu

Information Specialists

Lorraine Harvey Information Specialist (805) 893 - 2273 lorraine.harvey@sa.ucsb.edu
Lianne Gil Information Specialist (805) 893-5084 lianne.gil@sa.ucsb.edu
Martina Ubaldo Information Specialist (805) 893 - 4609 martina.ubaldo@sa.ucsb.edu
Jose Preciado Information Specialist (805) 893 - 3407 jose.preciado@sa.ucsb.edu

Direct Loan Unit

Kristyn Keylon Direct Loan Analyst (805) 893 - 2816 kristyn.keylon@sa.ucsb.edu
Josephine Miller Direct Loan Assistant (805) 893 - 2816 josephine.miller@sa.ucsb.edu

Compliance, Systems, Records and Fiscal Operations

Jenny McCracken Associate Director (805) 893 - 2616 jenny.mccracken@sa.ucsb.edu
Nicole Dominguez Quality Assurance Manager (805) 893 - 4829 nicole.dominguez@sa.ucsb.edu
Julie Portillo Fiscal Manager (805) 893 - 4828 julie.portillo@sa.ucsb.edu
Andrew Height Fiscal Analyst (805) 893 - 2733 andrew.height@sa.ucsb.edu
Jasmine Moses Fiscal Analyst (805) 893 - 2067 jasmine.moses@sa.ucsb.edu
Nathan Yee Business Systems Analyst (805) 893 - 2067 nathan.yee@sa.ucsb.edu
Christina Gutierrez Records Coordinator (805) 893 - 7055 christina.gutierrez@sa.ucsb.edu
Alexis Wright Financial and Work-Study Analyst (805) 893-2067 alexis.wright@sa.ucsb.edu

Peer Advisors

From left to right: Derek, Esmeralda, Nayely, Tracey, Maria, Melissa and Lauren

Group 2

From left to right, back row: Andrew, Jess, Dylan, Mark and Eddy
From left to right, front row: Sarah, Ahadit, Tammy and Nathaly

Group 3

From left to right: Melissa, Maria, Daniela, Diana and Jessica