Katya Armistead is a student-focused administrator with over 34 years of experience and is the Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Life at UC Santa Barbara. She has been a member of the Women's Fund for over ten years and is involved with several nonprofits within Santa Barbara County, including Leading From Within as a co-facilitator of the Emerging Leaders Program and on the Board of Directors, a member of Women's Economic Venture Board of Directors, co-facilitator for Antioch University's Women in Leadership Certificate Program, and is an elected member of the Santa Barbara County School Board. Katya is a trained facilitator for the Leadership Challenge Workshop® and works with Equity Practice Group, facilitating DEI-related workshops for businesses and nonprofits. Katya has a doctorate in educational leadership from UC Santa Barbara.