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Board of Directors

  • Chair: Shaun Gleason, Ph.D. | Director of Partnerships, ORNL
  • Jessica Snowden, MD, M.S., MHPTT | Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
  • Bradford Box, Esq. | Attorney, Rainey, Kizer, Reviere, & Bell, UT Board of Trustees Representative
  • Deborah Crawford, Ph.D. | Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation & Economic Development, UT Knoxville
  • Tracy Thompson | CEO, Focus Health Group
  • Marty Brown | CEO, PYA
  • Maha Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., MBA | President & CEO, UT Research Foundation

Memphis Office Advisory Committee

  • Chair: Jessica Snowden, MD, M.S., MHPTT | Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
  • Charles Hurst  |  Business Executive
  • Wei Li, Ph.D.  |  Distinguished Professor, College of Pharmacy, UT Health Science Center
  • Patrick Fisher |  President, Global Biologics & Limb Reconstruction, Orthofix
  • Alisha Melton  |  Executive Director, Office of Research, Outreach and Economic Development, UT Martin
  • Maha Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., MBA  | President & CEO, UT Research Foundation

Knoxville Office Advisory Committee

  • Chair: Deborah Crawford, Ph.D.  |  Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation & Economic Development, UT Knoxville
  • Mina Sartipi, Ph.D. | Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Chattanooga
  • Hongwei Xin, Ph.D.  |  Dean, Director & Professor, UT AgResearch, UT Knoxville
  • Dan Hurst  |  President and Founder, Strata-G
  • Jennifer Caldwell, Ph.D.  |  Group Leader, Technology Commercialization, ORNL
  • Maha Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., MBA  |  President & CEO, UT Research Foundation

Officers

  • Chair: Shaun Gleason, Ph.D. | Director of Partnerships, ORNL
  • President: Maha Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., MBA | President & CEO, UT Research Foundation
  • Vice President – Knoxville Office: Kusum Rathore, Ph.D., M.S. | Vice President – Knoxville Office, UT Research Foundation
  • Vice President – Memphis Office: James Parrett, J.D., PharmD, M.S. | Vice President – Memphis Office, UT Research Foundation
  • Assistant Treasurer: Jennifer Easley, Ph.D., M.S., M.S. | Associate Vice President, Budget, Analysis & Planning, UT System
  • Secretary & General Counsel: William E. Mason, Esq. | Attorney, Kennerly, Montgomery & Finley, P.C.

Auditing Committee

  • Jessica Snowden, MD, M.S., MHPTT | Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
  • Dawn Mosteit, CPA  |  Vice President, Customer Service Knoxville Utilities Board
  • Shaun Gleason, Ph.D.  |  Director of Partnerships, ORNL

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Phone: 901-448-7827

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