UC Berkeley Retirement Center Staff

Retirement Center Staff (Full-Time)

Shelley Glazer

Shelley Glazer is the founding executive director of the UC Berkeley Retirement Center. She is also a founding board member and President of the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE).   During her 27 years in the field of gerontology, Shelley has worked in a multitude of settings including a senior multipurpose center, health care corporation, hospital, medical group, and a community health clinic. She holds two master's degrees from Cal Berkeley; a master's in social welfare with an emphasis on management and planning and gerontology and a master's degree in public health with an emphasis on community health education. She did her undergraduate work at UC Davis and UCLA and has been “blue and gold” since she was ten years old.  

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,the staff Pre-Retirement Planning and other programs. Andre also serves as computer systems, database and web administrator for the department. He 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. He also serves on the Berkeley-Albany YMCA Teen Center Capital Campaign Steering Committee.

Retirement Center Staff (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.

Linda Dayce

Linda Dayce has worked as an administrative assistant at the Retirement Center since retiring in 2001. Before retiring after working 18 years at the university, she worked as an assistant administrative analyst and office manager at the UC Energy Institute. Her favorite pastimes are working with the elderly and disadvantaged youth in her community.

Student Assistant

Kay Chan

Kay Chan has been a student assistant at the Retirement Center since 2005. Her main duties are to provide administrative support for the Pre-Retirement Planning and Retiree Work Opportunities programs. Kay’s aspiration is to work in the medical field and is currently a junior, majoring in Integrative Biology.