Julie Greenwood joined UC Davis as its dean of Continuing and Professional Education in October 2023. She oversees more than 160 staff and over 850 contract instructors, and a division that generates $41 million in self-supporting revenue. CPE has more than 56,000 enrollments annually—the third-largest UC extension as measured by enrollment—and serves learners in all 50 U.S. states and more than 100 countries.
Greenwood came to UC Davis from Arizona State University, where she served for four years as vice dean for Educational Initiatives in the EdPlus enterprise unit, overseeing Instructional Design and New Media, Learning Experience and Student Success, Adaptive and Personalized Learning, Assessment and Compliance, and the EdPlus Action Lab. She also was the EdPlus liaison to the University Innovation Alliance and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Personalized Learning Consortium.
Prior to Arizona State University, Greenwood held several leadership roles at Oregon State University over nearly 20 years, including associate provost for Transformative Learning in the Division of Academic Programs & Learning Innovation, associate dean for Undergraduate Studies, and associate dean for Academic and Student Affairs in the College of Science.
Greenwood has a Bachelor of Science in biology from Siena College in New York and a Ph.D. in neuroscience/pharmacology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Anneli Adams, Ph.D., serves as associate dean for International Education and leads the division’s International and Access Programs, including a portfolio of academic programs for international students, scholars and professionals, the UC Davis Pre-College Program, and the university’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute program. Adams holds a Ph.D. in higher education leadership and has taught sociology full-time at the undergraduate level and educational leadership in the doctoral program at Cal Poly Pomona.
Prior to her work at UC Davis, she led international programs at Cal Poly Pomona, California State University, San Bernardino, and the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. Before her career in higher education, Adams served the Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland for 20 years.
Alison Book, MSW, LCSW, ACC, serves as the executive director of Human Services—CPE’s largest portfolio, which delivers training, workforce development and educational support services to human services professionals and organizations across California through state, county, university and community-based contracts and partnerships. Book’s experience includes training, coaching and consultation for the child welfare workforce with an emphasis on leadership, organizational improvement and implementation science to support best practice. Prior to joining UC Davis, Book worked in county child welfare services as a social worker, supervisor and manager after receiving her master’s degree in social work, which followed a previous career in public relations and marketing. In addition to being a licensed clinical social worker, she holds an Associate Certified Coach credential with the International Coaching Federation and brings more than 16 years of leadership experience to her role.
Michelle Kreuzer-Moore, MBA, serves as assistant dean of Student and Academic Affairs, providing strategic leadership in marketing, student recruitment and retention, curricular design, and new program development. She served as executive director of Enrollment Management at CPE and was executive campus director and dean of Academic Affairs at Carrington College.
With nearly 25 years of experience in higher education, she specializes in serving adult learners and non-traditional students. Passionate about equity and access, she has led numerous initiatives to support student success, including building community partnerships, expanding funding opportunities and advocating for policy reform. Kreuzer-Moore holds an MBA from National University and is currently earning her ED.D. from the UC Davis School of Education, where her research focuses on expanding educational access for under-represented populations through flexible learning modalities.
Sean Lynch serves as assistant dean and chief business officer, where he oversees the daily operations of CPE, including business intelligence and project management, facilities, finance, HR, IT, and market research, with a particular emphasis on strategic planning. He works cross functionally to ensure the Division’s strategic goals align with CPE’s academic mission and account for resource constraints. Lynch focuses heavily on data and financial analytics, which allows for a deeper understanding of how CPE can better serve current and future learners. Prior to joining UC Davis, Lynch served as executive director of Finance and Operations for the Auxiliaries/Fiscal Innovation Department at UC Merced. There, he led day-to-day operations management, planning, budgeting and forecasting for an array of fee-based auxiliary services with an estimated revenue base of $75M annually. Lynch also served as senior project manager and financial manager for BioIq Inc., an analytics-driven population health and testing platform company.