Jean Cheng

Jean Cheng is Director of Strategy and Innovation for UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy. As a member of the GSPP leadership team, she works to advance the dean's vision and the mission of the school, collaborating with internal and external partners to strengthen operational and programmatic excellence, manage institutional change, and foster promising innovations and enterpreneurial activities. 

Over the course of her career, Jean Cheng has shepherded many complex initiatives and projects, working with diverse stakeholders across multiple arenas and issue areas. From 2016-2021, she was the first program manager for the Academic Innovation Studio—bringing together UC Berkeley faculty and academic staff to advance teaching, learning, and research. She then served as advisor to both Berkeley’s Chief Academic Technology Officer and the Associate Vice Chancellor for IT/Chief Information Officer, researching future trends and leading One IT strategic planning. Prior to UC Berkeley, Cheng led the development of award-winning apps, websites, and hybrid/online digital experiences, as Director of Digital Learning at San Francisco’s famed Exploratorium and as Director of Online Exhibitions for the International Museum of Women. With California Newsreel, Cheng co-produced the acclaimed public television series and companion website for RACE—The Power of an Illusion (2003) and the website for the duPont-Columbia award-winning documentary series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? (2008).

Cheng is a long-time Bay Area resident. She holds a BA in Semiotics from Brown University and an MFA in Cinema Studies and Production from San Francisco State University.

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• Anti-Racism Steering Committee
• Staff Council

Last updated on 09/21/2023