Partners

People

Steering Committee
  • Shawn Anderson, Director of Student Engagement, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
  • Amy Clobes, Assistant Dean of Graduate Affairs, School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Mary Denlinger, Executive Director, Madison House
  • Ellie Graff, Graduate Student, Master of Public Health, School of Medicine and Graduate Assistant for Public Service Pathways, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Outreach
  • Jamala Massenburg, Director of Graduate Fellows Program, Jefferson Scholars Foundation
  • Melanie Sinche*, Former Director of Career and Professional Development, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and PhD Plus
  • Christian Steinmetz, Associate Professor, School of Education and Human Development

*Currently Director of Graduate Student Success at University of Connecticut

Advisory Board (organized by school)
  • C.L. Bohannon, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Community Engagement, School of Architecture
  • Kyle Sturgeon, Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Director of Design Discovery Program, School of Architecture
  • Brent Gunnoe, Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Tyisha Hathorn, Assistant Dean for Graduate Education, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Irtefa Binte-Farid, Associate Director for Student Engagement and Belonging, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Jeff Chidester, Executive Director of External Affairs, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
  • Ben Castleman, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
  • Christie Julien, Senior Assistant Dean and Chief Community and Connection Officer, Darden School of Business
  • Maggie Morse, Director of the Institute for Business in Society, Darden School of Business
  • Christian West, Senior Director of Global Recruitment, Darden School of Business
  • Reggie Leonard, Associate Director for Career Connections and Community Engagement, School of Data Science
  • Mona Sloane, Assistant Professor of Data Science and Assistant Professor of Media Studies, School of Data Science
  • Navya Annapareddy, Doctoral Student, School of Data Science
  • Bethany Bell, Associate Professor, School of Education and Human Development
  • Nancy Deutsch, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Linda K. Bunker Professor of Education, School of Education and Human Development
  • Priya Date, Director of Graduate Affairs, School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Jon Goodall, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the UVA Engineering Link Lab, School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Kimberly Emery, Assistant Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest, School of Law
  • Judi Byers, Executive Director of Graduate Marketing and Admissions, McIntire School of Commerce
  • Ryan Wright, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and Professor of Commerce, McIntire School of Commerce
  • Janet Cross, Associate Dean of Graduate and Medical Scientist Programs and Harrison Distinguished Associate Professor of Medical Education and Pathology, School of Medicine
  • Mo Nadkarni, Harry T. Peters Jr. Professor of Medicine and Founder of Charlottesville Free Clinic, School of Medicine
  • Max Luna, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Latino Health Initiative, School of Medicine
  • Tracy Downs, Chief Community Engagement and Health Outcomes Officer and Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
  • Toy Andrews, Executive Officer and Associate Professor of Naval Science, Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
  • Shelly Smith, Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing Programs and Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
  • Randy Jones, Associate Dean for Partner Development and Engagement, Jeanette Lancaster Alumni Professor of Nursing, and Assistant Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, School of Nursing
  • Phil Trella, Associate Vice Provost and Director of the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and PhD Plus
  • Catherine Walden, Program Director of Mellon Race, Place, and Equity Program, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Outreach
  • Ellen Blackmon, Senior Academic Program Officer, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Outreach
  • Sherica Jones-Lewis, Director of Community Research, Center for Community Partnerships
  • Stefanie Georgakis Abbott, Director of Programming, Karsh Institute of Democracy
  • Caren Freeman, International Student and Scholar Advisor, International Studies Office
  • Michelle Bair, Director of Hoos First: First-Generation and Limited-Income Initiatives, Student Affairs