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CSU names Loretta Lamb new vice chancellor for human resources

Starting September, the California State University system will have Loretta Lamb as the new vice chancellor for human resources, according to a press release from the office of CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White.

The release indicates that Lamb will report directly to the chancellor as a part of his executive leadership team.

“Lori’s knack for building cross-functional teams will help the university advance its mission and meet the needs of California’s highly diverse student population,” said Chancellor Timothy P. White in the press release.

Some of the areas that Lamb will oversee in her new position are human resource management, labor and employee relations, statewide professional development, equal opportunity and whistleblower compliance, academic human resources and human resource policy development, according to the release.

This appointment marks the second time that Lamb has been named vice chancellor for human resources for a state university system. In 2009, she was appointed to the same title for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees. In this position, Lamb advised the chancellor and Board of Trustees on succession planning, executive search and collective bargaining contract negotiations.

At the time of her appointment to this position, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System website indicated that Chancellor Emeritus of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system James H. McCormick recommended Lamb’s appointment to the trustees.

“She is recognized as a committed and successful leader in our system, and she has demonstrated an ability to adapt to changing environments,” McCormick said in 2009, according the MnSCU website.

Lamb currently serves as director of human resource operations for the University of Minnesota. Her career includes 20 years of experience in higher education human resources. She has served in a variety of offices within the Minnesota system, from affirmative action officer to chief human resources officer at Minnesota State University.

She has also served as the associate vice president for Personnel and Administration at Washington State University, not too far from Gonzaga University and Gonzaga University School of Law, where Lamb earned her bachelor’s degree in social justice and juris doctorate, respectively.

CSU spokesman Michael Uhlenkamp emphasized that that there are some areas of interest that Lamb may not be prepared to discuss in full, as she will not officially begin in her new role with the CSU until September.

Lamb’s appointment will be affirmed at the Board’s next regularly scheduled meeting on July 22.

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