To: Brumar89 who wrote (653978 ) 5/6/2012 10:56:08 AM From: joseffy 1 Recommendation Respond to UC Berkeley adviser fired after affair San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 5/6/12 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross, Chronicle Columnists university . Diane Leite , 47, who had already been bumped from her assistant vice chancellor's job, was dismissed from the six-figure-salary adviser's job where she had landed, UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof confirmed Friday.Jonathan Caniezo , who is 17 years her junior, was detailed in a whistle-blower letter to her boss back in August. Records show that Caniezo's pay grew from $57,864 in late 2008 to $120,000 in 2010. Leite, who oversaw Caniezo's campus research department, had broken the school's sexual harassment policies. She was subsequently reassigned from her $188,000-a-year job as head of the research office to an adviser's role that paid $175,000.Amid the subsequent public furor , sources familiar with the case tell us, Leite was asked to resign. Instead, she hired attorney and Oakland City Councilwoman Jane Brunner to fight her case. Her dismissal was recently upheld at an internal hearing.sfgate.com ...
