Capital
Resource Network has transitioned to Academic Affairs. We
are so appreciative of the below members for their contributions
while serving on the ADVANCE CRN Committee. Please note
this page is not updated and biographical information of
committee members may no longer be accurate.
As the managing director of the Capital Resource
Network, Linda Assadian helps to welcome newly relocated
professionals and their families to the Capital Region. After 17
years of living in four different countries, raising two children
and supporting the career advancement of her engineer husband of
22 years, Linda understands the unique tests and blessings that
can accompany relocation.
Her personal insight as the “trailing spouse” brings invaluable
perspective to her role as she assists the entire family
acclimate to their new community, from social, dual career,
cultural, and linguistic challenges. Linda knows that finding the
right network of resources can be an invaluable lifeline and
understands that the right start can have a huge positive impact
on the overall relocation experience.
Prior to becoming director of the Capital Resource Network, Linda
lived her years abroad in France, Germany and lastly England
where she served as the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as a Trade
Marketing Officer responsible for growing trade partners within
the hospitality sector. Linda began her career at Pacific
Gas and Electric Company and served in several roles including
marketing, business services and regional government relations. A
Registered Nurse with the State of California, Linda also earned
an MBA from California State University, Sacramento. While in the
UK, she served as a Trustee of the Stratford-upon-Avon Food Bank.
Kimberlee Shauman is a Professor of Sociology at the University
of California, Davis. Her main areas of interest are social
stratification, family and kinship, demography, sociology of
education, and quantitative methodology. Her research
focuses on gender differences in educational and occupational
trajectories with particular attention to the causal effects of
family characteristics. Her book, Women in Science:
Career Processes and Outcomes (co-authored with Yu Xie),
examines the underrepresentation of women in science from a life
course perspective.
Binnie Singh is the Assistant Vice Provost, in the Office of the
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs. In this role, she serves as the
primary liaison between Academic Affairs and other units and
organizations, both campus and systemwide, and assists the Vice
Provost – Academic Affairs in strategic planning, implementation
and innovation for all matters affecting academic personnel at UC
Davis. Prior to this role, she served for over 10 years as the
Director of Faculty Relations and Development in Academic Affairs
consulting with campus leaders on resolving conflicts that
involve academic employees, mediates and settles formal
complaints and grievances, coordinates and delivers
development/training programs for faculty, especially department
chairs and new faculty, manages faculty medical leaves and issues
related to accommodations, and administers the Work Life Program
for academics.
