faciities management avc accepts new challenge

Paige Macias, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Facilities Management has been appointed Associate Vice Chancellor of Administrative & Business Services effective June 15, 2006. Paige has been with Facilities Management since 2001. During her tenure, she has focused on customer service, developing a leaner more responsive organization, and estabishing strict fiscal controls.

Paige is an "Anteater" with considerable experience extending through a succession of increasingly responsible positions. She graduated from UCI with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in administration from the Paul Merage School of Business. Prior to serving in Facilities, she held various management positions in the College of Medicine and Administrative Computing Services before taking the position of Administrative & Business Services' Budget Officer.

Paige has appointed Jim Hay as Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Facilities Management. Jim has been with UCI since 1972, and is currently the Director of Buildings & Grounds, Skilled Trades, and Renovations. Jim's long-term experience in Facilities Management and effectual working relationships in Facilities as well as across the campus community will allow him to quickly transition and maintain continuity of important ongoing Facilities initiatives.

Those of us in Facilities congratulate Paige on her new position, and welcome Jim in his new role.