Leadership

Kiruba S. Haran, PhD

Center Director

University of Illinois

kharan@illinois.edu

(217) 244-1838

Owen Doyle

Director of Industry and Innovation

University of Illinois

odoyle@illinois.edu

(217) 244-0776

John Wierschem

Associate Director of Operations & Finance

University of Illinois

jwiersch@illinois.edu

217 333 6741

Kenneth Goodson, PhD

Stanford University Lead

Stanford University

goodson@stanford.edu

(650) 736-1283

Alan Mantooth, PHD

Deputy Director, University of Arkansas Lead, Thrust 1 Lead

University of Arkansas

mantooth@uark.edu

(479) 575-4838

Kai James

Thrust 1 Deputy Lead

University of Illinois

kaijames@illinois.edu

Sonya Smith, PhD

Howard University Lead, Thrust 2 Lead

Howard University

ssmith@howard.edu

(217) 265-0550

Debbie Senesky

Thrust 2 Deputy Lead

Stanford University

dsenesky@stanford.edu

Paul V. Braun, PhD

University of Illinois Lead, Thrust 3 Lead

University of Illinois

pbraun@illinois.edu

217 244 7293

Nenad Miljkovic

Thrust 3 Deputy Lead

University of Illinois

nmiljkov@illinois.edu

Philip T. Krein, PhD

Interim Associate Director of Education and Inclusivity

University of Illinois

krein@illinois.edu

(217) 333-4732

Council of Deans

Jennifer Widom

Stanford University

Rashid Bashir

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

John M. M. Anderson

Howard University

Kim LaScola Needy

University of Arkansas

Management Committee

Paul V. Braun, PhD

University of Illinois

pbraun@illinois.edu

Kenneth Goodson, PhD

Stanford University

goodson@stanford.edu

Jodi Gritten

University of Illinois

grittend@illinois.edu

Kiruba S. Haran, PhD

University of Illinois

kharan@illinois.edu

Sonya Smith, PhD

Howard University

ssmith@howard.edu

John Wierschem

University of Illinois

jwiersch@illinois.edu

Owen Doyle

University of Illinois

odoyle@illinois.edu

Philip T. Krein, PhD

University of Illinois

krein@illinois.edu

Alan Mantooth, PHD

University of Arkansas

mantooth@uark.edu