Barney Ellis-Perry is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations and CEO of the UC Irvine Alumni Association. He is passionate about engaging people with organizations that make a difference in the world.
Barney has a long and successful career in alumni engagement and fundraising. Previously, he served in a leadership role at his alma mater, the University of British Columbia. During his time there, Barney’s passion for innovation played a pivotal role in the university’s comprehensive re-engineering of alumni engagement, especially in the creation and successful execution of a campaign with the dual goals of raising $1.5 billion in private support and doubling alumni engagement. He is a recent recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Prime Minister of Canada for his volunteer efforts at the national level in Canada.
His informal and creative presentation style is proven to engage and motivate audiences