UTRF Board Of Directors
- Chair: Michael Paulus, PhD | Director | Partnerships at ORNL, Oak Ridge
- Lang Wiseman, Esq. | UT Board of Trustees Representative
- Chris Glover | CEO and President | VW Group of America Chattanooga Operations LLC, Chattanooga
- Deborah Crawford, PhD | Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development | University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Wesley Byerly, PharmD | Interim Vice Chancellor for Research | UT Health Science Center, Memphis
- Tracy Thompson | CEO | Focus Health Group, Knoxville
- Ted Townsend | President and CEO | Greater Memphis Chamber, Memphis
Officers
- Chair: Michael Paulus, PhD | Director | Partnerships at ORNL, Oak Ridge
- President, Vice President—Multi-Campus Office: Maha Krishnamurthy, PhD, MBA | UT Research Foundation, University of Tennessee
- Vice President—UT Health Science Center Office: Todd Ponzio, PhD | UT Research Foundation
- Treasurer: Luke Lybrand | 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, Tennessee
Health Science Center Executive Committee Members
- Chair: Wesley Byerly, PharmD | Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
- Charley Deal, PhD | Executive Director, UT Martin
- Patrick Fisher, MBA | President, Lower Extremity Business Unit, Wright Medical
- Gabor Tigyi, MD, PhD | Professor, and Chair, UT Health Science Center
- Maha Krishnamurthy, PhD, MBA | President, UT Research Foundation, University of Tennessee
- Charles Hurst | Business Executive
Multi-Campus Executive 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 and Vice President, UT Research Foundation, University of Tennessee
- Joanne Romagni, PhD | Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
- Hongwei Xin, Dean, PhD | UT AgResearch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Auditing Committee
- Wesley Byerly, PharmD | Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
- Dawn Mosteit, CPA | Vice President, Customer Service, Knoxville Utilities Board
- Michael Paulus, PhD | Director, Partnerships at ORNL, Oak Ridge