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Board of Directors & Officers

UTRF Board Of Directors

  • Chair: Shaun Gleason, PhD  |  Director  |  Technology Transfer at ORNL, Oak Ridge
  • Jessica Snowden, MD  |  Vice Chancellor for Research  |  UT Health Science Center, Memphis
  • Deborah Crawford, PhD  |  Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development  |  University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Marty Brown  |  CEO  |  PYA, Knoxville
  • Tracy Thompson  |  CEO  |  Focus Health Group, Knoxville
  • Ted Townsend  |  Chief Economic Development Officer  |  Greater Memphis Chamber, Memphis
  • Bradford Box, Esq.  |  Attorney  |  Rainey, Kizer, Reviere, & Bell  |  UT Board of Trustees Representative

Officers

  • Chair: Shaun Gleason, PhD  |  Director  |  Technology Transfer at ORNL, Oak Ridge
  • President: Maha Krishnamurthy, PhD, MBA  |  UT Research Foundation, University of Tennessee
  • Vice President—Multi-Campus Office: Kusum Rathore, PhD | UT Research Foundation
  • Vice President—UT Health Science Center Office: Todd Ponzio, PhD  |  UT Research Foundation
  • Treasurer: Luke Lybrand, CPA, CIA  |  Treasurer, Office of Finance and Administration, University of Tennessee
  • Assistant Treasurer: Ron Loewen, MBA  |  Budget Director, University of Tennessee
  • Secretary and General Counsel: William E. Mason, JD  |  Kennerly, Montgomery & Finley, P.C., Knoxville

Health Science Center Advisory Committee Members

  • Chair: Jessica Snowden, MD  |  Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
  • Patrick Fisher  |  President, Lower Extremity Biologics, Wright Medical 
  • Charles Hurst  |  Business Executive
  • Maha Krishnamurthy, PhD, MBA  |  President, UT Research Foundation, University of Tennessee
  • Wei Li, PhD  |  Distinguished Professor, College of Pharmacy, UT Health Science Center
  • Alisha Melton  |  Executive Director, Office of Research, Outreach and Economic Development, UT Martin

Multi-Campus Advisory Committee Members

  • Chair: Deborah Crawford, PhD  |  Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Jennifer Caldwell, PhD  |  Group Leader, Technology Commercialization, ORNL, Oak Ridge
  • Dan Hurst  |  President and Founder, Strata-G, Knoxville
  • Maha Krishnamurthy, PhD, MBA  |  President, UT Research Foundation, University of Tennessee
  • Reinhold Mann, PhD  |  Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
  • Hongwei Xin, PhD  |  Dean and Director, UT AgResearch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Auditing Committee

  • Jessica Snowden, MD  |  Vice Chancellor for Research  |  UT Health Science Center
  • Dawn Mosteit, CPA  |  Vice President, Customer Service  |  Knoxville Utilities Board
  • Shaun Gleason, PhD  |  Director, Technology Transfers at ORNL, Oak Ridge

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