leadership

Portrait of Maha Krishnamurthy
Maha Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., MBA
UTRF President
865-974-1882
mkrishn1@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Kusum Rathore
Kusum Rathore, Ph.D.
UTRF Vice President
Multi Campus Office
865-974-1882
krathore@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Todd Ponzio
Todd Ponzio, Ph.D.
UTRF Vice President
Health Science Center Office
901-448-1562
tponzio@tennessee.edu

licensing

Portrait of Gregory Sechrist
Gregory Sechrist, JD
Technology Manager, Multi Campus Office
865-974-1882
gsechris@tennessee.edu
Derek Eitzmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Technology Manager, Multi Campus Office
Engineering, STEM
865-974-1882
deitzman@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Tulika Rastogi
Tulika Rastogi, M.Sc. LL.B.
Assistant Technology Manager, Health Science Center Office
Life Sciences
901-448-7825
trastogi@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Tyler Newton
Tyler Newton, M.S.
Assistant Technology Manager, Multi Campus Office
Life Sciences, Agriculture
865-974-1882
cnewto12@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Emma Vetland
Emma Vetland
Assistant Technology Manager, Multi Campus Office
865-974-1811
evetland@tennessee.edu

legal

Portrait of CeCe Ging
CeCe Ging
Staff Attorney
865-974-1882
cging@tennessee.edu
Portrait of James Parrett, JD, PharmD
James Parrett, JD, PharmD
Staff Attorney, Health Science Center
Human Health, Research Tools
901-448-1146
jparrett@tennessee.edu

marketing

Raven Edwards
Marketing Manager
865-974-1882
raven@tennessee.edu

accounting-compliance

Portrait of Rebecca Latura
Rebecca Latura
Patent Coordinator
865-974-1834
rlatura@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Samantha Jeffers
Samantha Jeffers, CPA
Budget Director
865-974-0772
sjeffer6@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Teresa Cooper
Teresa M. Cooper
Accounting Assistant
865-974-1836
tcoope20@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Kayleen Darrow
Kayleen Darrow
Accounting Assistant
865-974-3093
kdarrow1@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Shelby Miller
Shelby Miller
Office Manager
865-974-1882
smill114@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Tinieka Thrailkill
Tinieka Thrailkill, MPS
Intellectual Property Paralegal, Health Science Center
901-448-7827
ttriple2@tennessee.edu
Portrait of Darleen Weigel
Darleen Weigel
Business Incubator Coordinator
865-974-4607
dweigel@utk.edu