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	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	Scott Hermstein, JD, MS, FACHE Associate Vice President Clinical Business & Value Attainment Faculty Group Practice	Sharon Comvalius-Goddard, Ed.D, MPH Associate Vice President for Research Regulations and Compliance Office of the Provost Academic Enterprise
Vicente Resto, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS Chief Physician Executive, Faculty Group Practice Senior Vice President, Health System Ambulatory Operations and Surgical Services	Victor Moreno Associate Vice President, Workforce Operations Office of the Provost Academic Enterprise

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
Maida Ortiz Administrative Specialist	Marisol Gomez Administrative Specialist	Natalie Jimenez Administrative Specialist
Nia Hollis Administrative Specialist
AESC HR Team
Linda Nolasco Team Lead, Service Center-AE
Brianna Vuong Administrative Specialist	Vivian Pham 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	Paula Summerly, MSc, PhD Curator Archivist (Old Red Medical Museum)	Marissa McQuitty, MS, SHRM-CP Program Manager

Faculty Ombudsperson

Michele Carter
Faculty Omdubsperson

Office of Faculty Affairs & Professional Development (OFAPD)

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.	Mario Uribe Soto Coordinator II	Rotesha Buckley Business Coordinator, Sr.

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
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 Lead Biosafety Professional	David Blakeman, RBP Sr. Biosafety Specialist
Faith Blum, PhD Biosafety Specialist	Malissa Mayer-Diaz, MS, MSPH Lead Biosafety Professional	Nicolette Ward, CSP, RBP Lead Biosafety Professional
Shane Wilson Biosafety Specialist	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	Heidi Sperger IRB/IACUC Coordinator
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Cathy Simmons IRB/IACUC Coordinator	Erika Main, BS, LVT, RLATG Protocol Advisor & Liaison	Judith Barnett Protocol Advisor & Liaison
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 System 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
Elizabeth Welch Research Regulatory Specialist	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 System Specialist IV
Moeez Agha Software System Specialist IV	Praveen Kumar Sikhakolli Venkata Naga Software System Specialist IV	Sam Oommen Software System Specialist III
Surya Garimella Software Systems Program Manager	Sylvester Vredenburg Software System 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	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
Provider Enrollment
Jessica Ling Manager, Provider Enrollment
Bonnie Rodriguez Provider Enrollment Specialist	Christi Garcia Provider Enrollment Specialist	Deshanda Barrow Provider Enrollment Specialist, Sr.
Kara Gilbert Coordinator I	Madison Smith Provider Enrollment Specialist	Tanieka McGregor Provider Enrollment Specialist, Sr.

Anan El-Mubasher Director AE Finance	Michael Turner Director, Business Analytics and Intelligence
John Rodriguez Finance Manager, Sr	Puja Patel Financial Analyst, Sr.