Keri Askew Bailey has spent more than a quarter century working in California politics and public policy. While working in the State Capitol as a policy aide and Chief of Staff to various members of the State Assembly, she staffed issues in the financial services, insurance, and tax arenas for more than a decade. After leaving the Capitol, Keri initially lobbied in both California and Nevada on behalf of the credit union movement working on policy issues including financial literacy, data security, and expanding credit union services to members. When leaving the financial services arena, Keri moved into the grocery retail space working on behalf of a major trade association in the arena. Among other things, her policy work focused on food access, California’s Proposition 65, and industry environmental initiatives. In 2018, Keri joined Charter Communications and serves as Group Vice President, State Government Affairs for the West Region. In that role, she manages state and local government affairs activities for the company in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Hawaii, Arizona, and Idaho. Keri lives just outside Auburn, California with her husband Jeff. They have two adult children and three grandsons.

Chris Bradney serves as the Assistant Director of the Technology Support Center (TSC) located in the Pfau Library addition, first floor. The Technology Support Center is a division of Technology Operations and Customer Support, which provides CSUSB students, faculty and staff with training and access to software, issues the Coyote OneCard and 24/7 tech support.

After earning a BS in Computer Science from Azusa Pacific University and a MA in Leadership and Organizational Studies, Bradney joined the CSUSB staff in February 2018. As the Assistant Director, Bradney oversees the day-to-day operations of the Technology Support Center including the ITS Training Service Office, the Coyote OneCard and the Enterprise Service Management team.

Bradney is most proud of his work that brings efficiencies and automation to the ITS Department and the campus in general. He strives to make technology easy for students to navigate, as he is a firm believer that technology should be used to help stimulate student learning.

Bradney has a passion for technology and helping people, stating “I’ve always liked to say that what brought me to IT was the desire to help people.”

If he is not at the TSC, you may be able to find Bradney hiking at Mammoth Lakes with his family, woodworking and building furniture, or watching his favorite film, About Time. He hopes to travel with family to rural Japan for authentic ramen, his favorite dish.

Bradney describes CSUSB saying, “It means the opportunity for transformation.”