UTRF Board Of Directors

  • Chair: Michael Paulus, PhD, Director, Technology Transfer ORNL, Oak Ridge
  • Bradford Box, Esq., Rainey Kizer Reviere & Bell, PLC, Jackson
  • Brendan Boyd, PhD, Director, Additives and Functional Products Technology at Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport
  • Deborah Crawford, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Steve Goodman, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
  • Stacey S. Patterson, PhD, President, UT Research Foundation, Vice President of Research, Outreach, and Engagement, University of Tennessee
  • Tracy Thompson, CEO, Focus Health Group, Knoxville

Health Science Center Executive Committee Members

  • Chair: Steve Goodman, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research, UT Health Science Center
  • Bradford Box, Esq., Rainey Kizer Reviere & Bell, PLC, Jackson
  • 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
  • Stacey S. Patterson, PhD, President, UT Research Foundation, Vice President of Research, Outreach, and Engagement, University of Tennessee

Multi-Campus Executive Committee Members

  • Chair: Deborah Crawford, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Bradford Box, Esq., Rainey Kizer Reviere & Bell, PLC, Jackson
  • Jennifer Caldwell, PhD, Group Leader, Technology Commercialization, ORNL, Oak Ridge
  • Dan Hurst, President and Founder, Strata-G, Knoxville
  • Maha Krishnamurthy, PhD, UTRF Vice President
  • Stacey S. Patterson, PhD, President, UT Research Foundation, Vice President of Research, Outreach, and Engagement, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • 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

Officers

  • Chair: Michael Paulus, PhD, Director, Technology Transfer ORNL, Oak Ridge
  • 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
  • Dawn Mosteit, CPA, Vice President, Customer Service, Knoxville Utilities Board
  • Rhonda Rice, Executive Vice President, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce