Katya Armistead—a student-focused administrator with 30 years of experience— serves as the assistant vice chancellor and dean of student life at UC Santa Barbara. In her leadership role, Katya demonstrates broad concern for issues that pertain to the quality of student life of UCSB students; facilitates problem solving and crisis response; promotes inclusion in the campus community and equitable access to learning environment by students of all identities, and liaises between students and University administration by listening broadly to student input and representing student perspectives and interests. Katya supervises 10 Student Affairs departments, several special projects, services, and other initiatives