UTRF Board Of Directors

  • Chair: Rhonda Rice, Executive Vice President, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
  • Keith Helton, MD, CEO, One to One PPN, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Brendan Boyd, PhD, Director, Additives and Functional Products Technology at Eastman Chemical Company
  • Steve Goodman, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
  • Matthew Mench, PhD, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Tennessee
  • Mike Paulus, PhD, Director of Technology Transfer, ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  • Jamie Woodson, JD, Senior Advisor, State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE)

Health Science Center Executive Committee Members

  • Chair: Steve Goodman, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
  • Gabor Tigyi, MD, PhD, Professor, and Chair, UT Health Science Center
  • Charles Hurst, Vice President of Sales, Ultimate Dental/Endoco, Inc.
  • Charley Deal, PhD,  Executive Director, UT Martin
  • Stacey S. Patterson, PhD, President, UT Research Foundation, Vice President of Research, Outreach, and Engagement, University of Tennessee
  • Patrick Fisher, MBA, President, Lower Extremity Business Unit, Wright Medical

Multi-Campus Executive Committee Members

  • Hongwei Xin, Dean, PhD, UT AgResearch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Jennifer Caldwell, Group Leader, Technology Commercialization, ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  • Stacey S. Patterson, PhD, President, UT Research Foundation, Vice President of Research, Outreach, and Engagement, University of Tennessee
  • Dan Hurst, President and Founder, Strata-G, Knoxville, Tennessee

Officers

  • Chair: Rhonda Rice, Executive Vice President, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
  • President: Stacey S. Patterson, PhD, President, UT Research Foundation, Vice President of Research, Outreach, and Engagement, University of Tennessee
  • Vice President—Health Science Center Office: Richard Magid, PhD, UT Research Foundation
  • Vice President—Multi-Campus Office: Maha Krishnamurthy, PhD, MBA, UT Research Foundation
  • Treasurer: Mark A. Paganelli, CPA, Executive Director, Administration and Finance, Office of the Treasurer, 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, Tennessee

Auditing Committee

  • Steve Goodman, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
  • Rhonda Rice, Executive Vice President, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
  • Dawn Mosteit, CPA, Vice President, Customer Service, Knoxville Utilities Board