UNM 2040 Task Forces

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Goal One: One University

  • Jamie Silva-Steele (Liaison), CEO, SRMC
  • Barbara Rodriguez (Chair), Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
  • Finnie Coleman, Faculty Senate President
  • Mary Gutierrez, Chancellor, UNM Taos
  • Cash Clifton, Academic Foundations Coordinator, Academic Communities; Faculty Senate
  • Michael Devetsikiotis, Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ludmila Bakhireva, Professor, COP
  • Hengameh Heidarian-Raissy, Research Professor, Pediatric Pulmonary
  • Ivan Deutsch, Lead of NSF Center of Quantum Information
  • Eddie Nunez, Athletics
  • Eve Espey, MD, Chair and Professor, Dept. OB-GYN; Family Planning Fellowship Director
  • Joe Kee, Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences, Gallup Campus
  • Jeremy Hamlin, Associate Controller, directs Contract and Grant Accounting Office
  • Lisa Cacari-Stone, Associate Professor, Director Transdisciplinary Research Equity and Engagement Center; Director, Community Engagement Core NM CARES Health Disparities Center
  • Sanjeev Aurora, Director, Project ECHO
  • Brian Pietriewicz, Deputy CIO
  • Liz Hutchison, Associate Vice President for Equity and Inclusion

Goal Two: Student Experience and Educational Innovation

  • Harris Smith (Liaison), Dean, College of Fine Arts
  • Julie Coonrod (Chair), Dean, Graduate Studies
  • Colin Nicholls, Chair and Associate Professor, UNM Taos
  • Randy Ko, Student Regent
  • David Saavedra, GPSA President
  • Ryan Regalado, ASUNM Vice President Elect
  • Stephanie McIver, Head of Counseling at SHAC
  • Megan Chibanga, Residence Life
  • Ryan Swanson, Honors College
  • Stephanie Hands, Advising
  • Jaymie Roybal, Alumni Association Board
  • Eliza Rice, Student Athlete
  • Tiffany Lee, Chair & Professor, Native American Studies
  • Krystal Ward, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, College of Pharmacy 
  • Amy Levi, Vice Chancellor, College of Nursing
  • James McKinnell, Pre-Health Professions Director, University College

Goal Three: Advance New Mexico

  • Ellen Fisher (Liaison), Vice President for Research
  • Mike Richards (Chair), VMD, Vice Chancellor Clinical Affairs, HSC, Clinician, Prof. Emergency Medicine; Int SOM Dean
  • Arthur Kaufman, Director of the Office of Community Health
  • Monica Jojola, Foundation Board
  • Carla Sakiestewa, Senior Operations Manager, A&S Interdisciplinary Programs
  • Rob DelCampo, Exec Director, Innovation Academy
  • Jessica Kelly, Director, Patient Relations
  • Barbara Lovato, Director, UNM Valencia Library
  • Hansel Burley, Dean, College of Education and Human Sciences
  • Kerry Howe, Convener, Sustainable Water Resources Grand Challenge
  • Mitzi Montoya, Dean, ASM
  • Richard Larson, HSC, Executive Vice Chancellor
  • Tracie Collins, Dean, College of Population Health

Goal Four: Inclusive Excellence

  • Pam Agoyo (Liaison), Director, American Indian Student Services, Special Assistant to the President on Indian Affairs
  • Assata Zerai (Chair), Vice President, DEI
  • Duane Arruti, Chief Information Officer
  • Kristina Yu, Associate Dean UC; Associate Professor, SAAP
  • Jesse Aleman, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
  • Lloyd Lee, Professor, Native American Studies & Director of the Center for Regional Studies
  • Eva Chi, Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Valerie Romero-Leggott, Vice Chancellor, HSC Office for Diversity
  • Alexis Kerschner Tappan, Alumni Association Board
  • Amanda Butrum, Director, Accessibility Resource Center
  • Marissa Greenberg, DEI Fellow-Faculty Accessibility; Professor, English
  • Fabian Juan Armijo, Executive Director, DEI at UNM Hospitals
  • Nancy Pandhi, Community Engagement Specialist, Professor SOM, Family and Community Medicine
  • Lisa Marie Turk, Student, College of Nursing
  • Jonathan Hulse, MD/PhD Student, LGBTQ Students and Allies in Healthcare (LSAH)

Goal Five: Sustainability

  • Steve McLaughlin (Liaison), Department Chair, Emergency Medicine
  • Pamela Cheek (Chair), Associate Provost, Student Success
  • Melinda Morgan Benson, School of Law, Assistant Professor Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
  • Joseph Silva, Chief of Police
  • Paul Cassidy, UNM Foundation Board
  • Melanie Moses, Professor, Computer Science
  • Bob Berrens, Professor, Economics
  • Lisa Marbury, Asst Vice President, ISS, Campus Environment
  • Norma Allen, Director, Planning and Budgets
  • Joe Wrobel, HSC, Chief Budget and Facilities Officer
  • Robb McLean, President and Chief Executive Officer, UNM Medical Group
  • Scot Sauder, HSC, Deputy University Counsel
  • Kathy Agnew, Interim Assistant Vice President, Human Resources
  • Mary Tsiongas, Associate Dean of Faculty & Research, College of Fine Arts (CFA)

Goal Six: Key Foundations

  • Meeko Oishi (Liaison), Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Center for Biomedical Engineering
  • Cinnamon Blair (Chair), Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
  • Connie Beimer, Vice President, Alumni Relations
  • Dimitri Kapelianis, Associate Professor, Marketing
  • Heather Mechler, Director, Institutional Analytics
  • Melissa Romine, Director, Health System Marketing
  • Rob Hemsath, Database Design and Analysis Manager
  • Dan Garcia, Vice President, Enrollment Management
  • Elisha Allen, Director, Online and Academic Technologies
  • Roy Sookhoo, HSC CIO
  • Kevin Stevenson, Interim Assistant Vice President, Human Resources
  • Nicole Dopson, Director, Financial Operations for Academic Affairs
  • Rebecca Hartley, Director, PEAR; Assistant Dean, Foundation Medical Sciences, Professor