Senior Assistant Dean honored by YWCA

Tana Troke Campana, Senior Assistant Dean and Chief of Staff at the Jacobs School of Engineering, has been honored by YWCA San Diego County with the Tribute to Women & Industry (TWIN) Award. This award recognizes the extraordinary achievements of women in managerial, executive or leadership roles. 

In her current role, Troke Campana works directly with Dean Albert P. Pisano and academic and administrative senior leaders on strategic planning, implementation of the dean's vision, and oversight of the school’s finances and administrative operations. In 2015, she developed and implemented a schoolwide Lean Six Sigma-based administrative best practices initiative, which has been expanded across the campus with 19 new tools to date.

Troke Campana is a UC San Diego LEAD Fellow, STRIVE mentor, Academic Affairs Best Practices Co-Chair, and member of many campus-wide committees. Her prior roles at UC San Diego include Administrative Vice Chair for the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health and Assistant Dean for Medical Education. She held multiple management roles at UC Irvine and UC San Francisco and served as the chief administrative officer and IT director at a K-12 public school in New York. She is also a founding Board member of the Drums Along the Waterfront organization. Troke Campana earned her MBA and BS in Information Systems from the University of Redlands.

Troke Campana and other women colleagues throughout the San Diego area were honored at a citywide ceremony in June. Please join us in applauding her dedication, service and leadership.