Director
Lisa Perry, MA, is director of UC Merced’s Students First Center (SFC). She has been with the SFC since the campus opened in fall 2005 and is a key player in the development and implementation of the unit, which primarily serves the Offices of Admissions, Financial and Scholarships and Registration. Perry is a graduate of California State University, Chico, and has worked in all three tiers of California’s higher education system. She authored a chapter titled “What was it like? Being in the Pioneer Class at UC Merced,” which appeared in New Directions for Higher Education Special Issue: From Rangeland to Research University: The Birth of University of California, Merced. In addition to her work in enrollment services, Perry also volunteers as the campus’s Cheer Coach.
