UC Berkeley Retirement Center Staff

Full-Time

Patrick Cullinane

Patrick Cullinane joined the Center team in October 2008.

Patrick Cullinane has been active in community health development for some 40 years, including the following activities: community mental health development program; comprehensive health systems planning; service on the Illinois legislature’s joint committee on implementation of a statewide network of detoxification facilities, later chairing the state advisory council; developing Illinois’s first care coordination unit for 2,000 frail elders to allow them to remain safely at home; at the American Society on Aging (ASA), contributing author to The Blues: Not a Normal Part of Aging and developer of ASA’s CD-ROM on late-life depression and suicide; and director of a SAMHSA/CSAP inaugural study of a brief alcohol prevention intervention with at risk older drinkers in traditional aging network settings.

Mr. Cullinane directed ASA’s national civic engagement program, which leverages educational resources to expand the knowledge and activity of ASA members and other professionals in work with older adults to recognize and support older adults’ capacity for continued growth and value in addressing agency and community needs. He also directed the Alcohol and Other Drugs and Problem Gambling and aging training contracts for the California Department of Alcohol and Drugs, and chairs the Aging Workgroup of the Older Californian Traffic Safety Task Force. He was the staff liaison to ASA’s constituent groups, the Forum on Religion, Spirituality and Aging and the Lifetime Education and Renewal Network.

Patrick has a master’s degree in community development from Southern Illinois University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from St. Louis University.

Andre Porter

Andre Porter serves as program manager and has worked for the Retirement Center since 2001. His responsibilities include the Learning in Retirement, Cal Retirement Center Network and other programs. Andre also serves as computer systems, database and web administrator for the department and is a recipient of the 2006 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award. He received his B.S. in Business Administration (Finance) from California State University, East Bay (Hayward). Andre enjoys international travel, golf, cultural events, and hiking/backpacking.

Summer Scanlan

Summer Scanlan joined the Retirement Center in April, 2009, after 2.5 at the UC Berkeley Library. Before joining the UC Berkeley staff, Summer worked as an Administrative Assistant at a multi-service retirement community in Grass Valley, CA. She graduated with a B.A. in English from UC Davis, and spent her last quarter studying English Literature in London, England. Summer's identical twin sister is a Ph.D. candidate in Molecular Toxicology here at Cal, so if you see and say hi to Summer on campus, don't be insulted if she doesn't respond!

Part-Time

Gloria Parra

Gloria Parra, who retired from her full-time position as the Center’s program manager in June 2006, currently serves as a part-time program manager, responsible for the Retiree Work Opportunities program.