Steering Committee
UNM Grand Challenges Steering Committee
Permanent members
President's representative
Terry Babbitt
Presidents Office
Chief Of Staff
Executive Vice President for HSC (or designee)
TBD
Vice President for Research
Ellen Fisher, PhD
Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
James Holloway, PhD
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, HSC
Hengameh Raissy, Pharm.D
Term members (10)
Faculty/main campus (1 required)
Melissa Emery-Thompson, PhD
Assistant Vice President for Research
Tryphenia B Peele-Eady, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Education, and Director, College of Education Multicultural Education Center
Faculty/HSC campus (1 required)
vacant
Faculty/branch campuses (1 required)
vacant
Staff (1 required)
Cinnamon Blair
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Deputy Chief of Staff
Gina Urias-Sandoval
Chief of Staff, UNM HSC EEVP Office
Industry, government and community partners (2 required)
Matt Fetrow, MBA
Outreach Lead at The Space Rapid Capabilities Office
Student representative (1 required)
vacant
Additional members
1 additional vacancy from any category
Are you interested in serving on the Steering Committee?
The UNM Grand Challenges Program is seeking nominations for individuals interested in serving on the steering committee. The program’s steering committee makes recommendations and provides feedback on current and future grand challenges. The committee seeks faculty, staff, and student representation from all campuses, as well as community member participation. If you are interested or know someone who would make a great addition to the committee, please nominate them here.
The next terms begin in October. The student term is one year with the option to renew for a total of three years; all other terms are three years.
Committee charge
- Provide feedback and recommendations on Grand Challenge (GC) initiatives, including requests for proposals (RFPs) and opportunities for additional team funding, student fellowship and/or training programs, and others;
- Monitor GC team progress and provide feedback, recommendations, and/or links to resources to the teams;
- Review and make recommendations on program applications; and
- Regularly attend GC public events.
