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department update
Administrative Appointments
Heather Nichols Beck
Heather Nichols Beck, who joined the
department in January 2015 as Special
Projects analyst, is responsible
for strategic and operational projects,
including those in key quality and
safety areas. She works closely with
senior leaders including the vice chair
of Clinical Services, associate chair of
Quality and Safety and the director of
Hospital Operations.
She served as accreditation
manager (2009–2015) in the School
of Medicine’s Office of Graduate Medical
Education, working with 80 clinical
departments, residency and fellowship
programs on ACGME accreditation.
From 2006–2009, she worked in
the Office of the Vice Provost, Academic
Affairs, as the Faculty Mentoring
Program coordinator and Academic
Affairs analyst, where she helped
develop and launch Chancellor’s
Council on Faculty Life initiatives. From
2001–2006, she worked in the Dean’s
Office, School of Pharmacy, supporting
the Educational Policy Committee,
coordinating events and retreats, and
assisting with communications. She
holds a BA from San Francisco State
University.
Laurel Skurko
Laurel Skurko joined the department
in February 2015 as marketing
director.
Skurko has helped institutions
achieve their goals for 20 years through
effective strategies paired with quantitative
metrics to measure results. She
uses tools like blogs and social media
alongside traditional approaches to
build community trust and amplify
institutional voice.
As principal of Linc Marketing,
Skurko’s healthcare engagements
included supporting the Lucile Packard
Foundation with fundraising and
social media; working with Children’s
Medical Center of Dallas to reduce ER
visits; and implementing a re-branding
for The Blende Dental Group. Skurko
also worked in the consumer products
industry with Procter & Gamble
in brand-management and with Estee
Lauder in business development.
Her writing has appeared in the
San Francisco Chronicle and the peerreviewed
American Journal of Chinese
Medicine.
Fluent in French and Japanese,
Skurko holds a BA in Human Biology
from Stanford University and an MBA
from the Harvard Business School.
Daniel Dominguez-Moncada
In January 2015, Daniel Dominguez-
Moncada became director of administration
for Radiology and Biomedical
Imaging and Otolaryngology–Head
and Neck Surgery. He also provides
consultation to Radiology at the UCSF
Medical Center. He is responsible for
career consultation, human resources
and employee services, and learning
and development initiatives.
Dominguez-Moncada has more
than 20 years of human resources,
training and development, administration,
operations, and business
experience. He served in leadership
as a manager for HR Service Center E
(2012–2015), providing strategic skills
as UCSF HR was centralized campus
wide. He is “most proud” of serving
as the HR manager in the School of
Medicine, Dean’s Office (2010–2012)
when Chancellor Hawgood was the
Dean. In that role, he managed the
Leadership Development Program,
from which many UCSF administrative
leaders have graduated.
He received his BS in Business
Management and Marketing from the
University of Phoenix. He describes
himself as a “strong advocate for taking
charge of your own career.”
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