Jeff Minhas serves as the Executive Director for Alumni Relations at the University of California, Irvine. He helps to lead alumni engagement initiatives with 187,000 alumni for the UC Irvine Alumni Association. He focuses on building meaningful relationships with alumni and all areas of UC Irvine, enriching the lives of those alumni and engaging them in a lifelong advancement of the university. In his role, Jeff oversees marketing, communications, events, alumni chapters, regional engagement, young alumni engagement, student engagement, career services, finance and administration.
Jeff started with the UC Irvine Alumni Association in 2005, having responsibility for all areas of the alumni relations enterprise over that time, including in his previous role of Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor. In 13 years of alumni relations, Jeff has grown and stewarded campus-wide traditions including Homecoming, the Lauds & Laurels alumni awards gala, the senior Anteater experience, alumni career services and more. Jeff has previously served UC Irvine in Athletics, Student Government, Student Life & Leadership, the Cross Cultural Center and Housing. A proud UC Irvine Anteater, Jeff graduated from UC Irvine with a B.A. in political science and a minor in information and computer science.