Meet the Provost's Office Team

The Provost's Office proudly supports the success of the UTMB's Academic Enterprise.

Members of our team provide a wide array of services and resources to meet the needs of our faculty, staff, students, and trainees. We work collaboratively with colleagues across the AE to ensure UTMB's continued excellence in education, research, and patient care.

View all of the Provost's Office's business areas below and get to know the talented and knowledgeable people who make up our team.

Provost - Meet the Team

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Executive Leadership

Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS, MBA Executive Vice President, Provost and Dean, John Sealy School of Medicine Thomas N. and Gleaves T. James Distinguished Chair	Vicente Resto, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS Chief Physician Executive, Faculty Group Practice Senior Vice President, Health System Ambulatory Operations and Surgical Services	Susan Chubinskaya, PhD Vice President and Executive Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Peaches and Shrub Kempner Distinguished Professor in Health Disparities
Salim Hayek, MD Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer Faculty Group Practice	David Hileman, MHA/MBA, FACHE Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Academic Enterprise	Gabriel Hernandez, MBA, CPA Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Academic Enterprise
Michelle Moreno Chief of Staff Office of the Provost Academic Enterprise	Victor Moreno Associate Vice President, Workforce Operations Office of the Provost Academic Enterprise	Sharon Comvalius-Goddard, Ed.D, MPH Associate Vice President for Research Regulations and Compliance Office of the Provost Academic Enterprise
Scott Hermstein, JD, MS, FACHE Associate Vice President Clinical Business & Value Attainment Faculty Group Practice

AE Capital Planning and Space Management

Zachary House
Associate Director
AE Communications

Cortney Martin
Manager, Communications & Community Initiatives
Ashley Torres
Communications Specialist
AE Finance

Anan El-Mubasher
Director AE Finance Michael Turner
Director, Business Analytics and Intelligence

John Rodriguez
Finance Manager, Sr Puja Patel
Financial Analyst, Sr.

AE Service Center

AESC Procurement Team
Eileen Garza Associate Director Service Center - AE
Jennifer Taylor Team Lead, Service Center - AE
Bianca Salazar Administrative Specialist	Blanca Major Administrative Specialist	Elaine Bullard Administrative Specialist
Hillary Goodgion Administrative Specialist	Huyen Vi Le Administrative Specialist	Imelda Mendoza Administrative Specialist
Jordan Sechelski Administrative Specialist	Maida Ortiz Administrative Specialist	Marisol Gomez Administrative Specialist
Natalie Jimenez Administrative Specialist
AESC HR Team
Linda Nolasco Team Lead, Service Center-AE
Brianna Vuong Administrative Specialist	Vivian Ward Administrative Specialist
AESC Travel and Entertainment Team
Delilah Hymas Team Lead, Service Center-AE	Tricia Pemberton Team Lead, Service Center-AE
Diego Garza Administrative Specialist	Griselda Varvarekos Administrative Specialist	Jeanette Correa Administrative Specialist
Jennifer Patenia Administrative Specialist	Jonisha Tisino Administrative Specialist	Kasey Kirby Administrative Specialist
Patrice Lewis Administrative Specialist

Faculty Group Practice

Robert Trieu, MPH Associate Vice President Faculty Group Practice Business Development and Clinical Operations
Eimilly Cabrera Ortiz Management Analyst II	Marissa McQuitty, MS, SHRM-CP Program Manager	Paula Summerly, MSc, PhD Curator Archivist (Old Red Medical Museum)
Pennelope Kunkle Program Manager

Faculty Ombudsperson

Michele Carter
Faculty Omdubsperson

Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA)

Kirk Nealy, MBA Business Manager
Alexandria Murphy Community Education Specialist	Anasthasia Guajardo Business Coordinator, Sr.	Anne Looper Program Manager, Student Affairs SOM
Helen Bullard Business Coordinator, Sr.	Lauren Bailey Training Specialist II	Mario Soto Uribe Coordinator II

Provost Office Administration

Executive Level Support
Brittany Wallace Executive Assistant	Claudia Young Sr. Executive Assistant	Dana Laviolette Executive Assistant
Dena Bannan Executive Assistant	Esther Martinez Executive Assistant	Jacenta Stallworth Executive Assistant
Sara Martin Executive Assistant
Provost Office Business & Finance Operations
Ashley Wyers Business Manager	Crystal Baker Administrative Manager	Janie Garcia Sr. Business Operations Manager
Jennifer Anderson Program Manager	Kharla Lisano Financial Analyst II	Sonia Rodriguez Administrative Specialist, Sr.

Research Regulations and Compliance

Department of Biosafety
Belinda Rivera, MLAS, MLS, LVT, CMAR Lead Biosafety Professional	Corrie Ntiforo, MSPH, RBP Assistant Director, Biosafety	David Blakeman, RBP Sr. Biosafety Specialist
Faith Blum, PhD Biosafety Specialist	Kathia Johnson Biosafety Specialist	Nicolette Ward, CSP, RBP Lead Biosafety Professional
Susie Del Bosque Administrative Support Associate, Sr.	Thomas Shelite, MS, PhD Sr. Biosafety Specialist
Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)
Anne Clark Director, Human Research Protection Program
Adrienne Richardson Research Regulatory Specialist	Amanda Barber Regulatory Associate	Tiffany Powell IRB/IACUC Coordinator
Toni Hernandez IRB/IACUC Coordinator
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Gina Lungu, MS, PhD, CPIA Director, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Cathy Simmons IRB/IACUC Coordinator	Judith Barnett Protocol Advisor & Liaison, Sr.
ORNCS Regulatory Operations
Melissa Eitzen, MLS(ASCP), MS, RQAP-GLP Director, Regulatory Operations
Brooke Niederhaus QC Analyst-Regulated Studies	Jeanna Leek Sr. QC Analyst-Regulated Studies	Katherine Rosen Training Manager
Lorraine "Terrell" Davis Training Specialist II	Steve Fawcett, CISA Software Systems Program Manager	Tasha Ri'card-Washington, MA, BS, RQAP-GLP QA Manager-Regulated Studies
William Ledbetter QC Analyst-Regulated Studies	Windi Fleming, CH-ERIM Lead, Records Specialist
Research Integrity and Regulatory Affairs
Karen Jarvis-Thorne Director, Research Integrity and Regulatory Affairs
Pallavi Ramu Research Regulatory Specialist	Tina Mack-Moshay Research Regulatory Specialist

UTMB Visiting Education

Rawan Harirah Director, Visiting Education
Christopher Gilbert Administrative Coordinator	Kasandra Barbalena Administrative Specialist	Tayja Lewis Administrative Specialist
Winshelle Green Administrative Specialist

Workforce Operations

Faculty Relations
Business and Academic Solutions (Power/myPower)
Mark Schultze Executive Director, Business and Academic Systems
Bhargav Patel Software Systems Program Manager	Kanimozhi Chinnapayah Data & Business Intelligence Manager	Kumudini Mandava Software Systems Specialist IV
Moeez Agha Software Systems Specialist IV	Praveen Kumar Sikhakolli Venkata Naga Software Systems Specialist IV	Sam Oommen Software Systems Specialist III
Surya Garimella Software Systems Program Manager	Sylvester Vredenburg Software Systems Specialist II	Uday Kiran Pachalla Senior Cloud Architect
Endowment/Compliance
Kristian Knowlton Endowment Program Manager
Faculty and Executive Recruitment
Lindsay Davis Faculty Recruitment Associate
Tho Ayala Director, Faculty Relations and Performance
Cherra Wehe Faculty Recruitment Specialist	Colleen Suthon Program Manager	Deshanda Barrow Business Coordinator, Sr.
Josephine Hancock Business Coordinator, Sr.	Kristin Harris Faculty Recruitment Specialist	Sandra Prolic Program Manager
Shelly Lewis Business Coordinator, Sr.	Terra Davis, MBA Business Coordinator, Sr.	Toya Stewart, MM Faculty Recruitment Specialist
Verlinda Collins Manager, Faculty Relations
Performance Services
Robert "Bobby" Moore Manager, Performance Services
Karen Loock Senior Management Analyst	Mason Schmalriede Senior Management Analyst