Nora Moore Jimenez, director of UC Davis CONNECT, has been promoted to a new role in the University Relations Development Office, to support of the Office of Research.

Jimenez, who has served as director of UC Davis CONNECT since 2001, begins her appointment as director of development, Office of Research, on Sept. 19 and will launch the office's development activities. CONNECT focuses the existing resources of UC Davis and the business community on the growth of new business ventures in the Sacramento region.

In her new post, Moore Jimenez will focus on fundraising priorities for the Office of Research and will help to provide public visibility for campus research to build philanthropic support.