Membership Overview

Members of the Leadership Alliance include thirty-five of the nation’s leading research and teaching academic institutions and one associate member from industry. Member institutions from the academic community are highly diverse in geographic distribution and range in size from roughly 1,000 to more than 50,000 students. A core value of each institution is an intimate scholarly relationship built upon student-faculty mentoring, through which opportunities for undergraduate research in the biological, physical and social sciences as well as the humanities are promoted.

The Alliance welcomed its first Associate Member, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), in 2013. Novartis helped develop and is actively involved in the External Advisory Board, through which Associate Members will provide advice on matters related to the development and implementation of fundraising, partnership and programmatic activities of the Alliance.

Each Alliance member is represented in the consortium by an institutional coordinator. Leadership Alliance coordinators are high-level administrators, faculty, staff or program managers at their respective member institution or organization.

The Leadership Alliance's Membership Committee handles all communication regarding membership. It strives to create and maintain a vital consortium through thoughtful consideration of the Alliance's mission, strategic goals and organizational balance.

 

 

Institutions

The following list of member institutions includes the names and academic positions of the institutional coordinators.

1. Brooklyn College
   Louise Hainline
   Professor of Psychology
2. Brown University
   Marlina Duncan
   Associate Dean of Diversity Initiatives
   Vanessa Ryan
   Associate Dean of Graduate School
3. Chaminade University of Honolulu
   Patricia M. Lee-Robinson
   Associate Provost & Director of the Office of Health Professions Advising and Undergraduate Research
4. Claflin University
   Roosevelt Ratliff, Jr.
   Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
5. Columbia University
   S. Isabel Geathers
   Assistant Dean for Academic Diversity
6. Cornell University
   Laurel Southard
   Director, Undergraduate Research
7. Dartmouth College
   F. Jon Kull
   Dean, Graduate Studies
8. Dillard University
   Eric Buckles
   Associate Professor of Biology
9. Harvard University
   Sheila Thomas
   Dean for Academic Programs & Diversity
10. Heritage University
    Winona Wynn
    Associate Professor of Humanities
11. Howard University
    Dexter Lee
    Associate Professor
12. Hunter College
    John Rose
    Dean for Diversity & Compliance
13. Johns Hopkins University
    Joel Schildbach
    Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education
14. Montana State University
    Carina Beck
    Director, Allen Yarnell Center for Student Success
15. Morehouse College
    Jann Adams
    Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
16. Morgan State University
    Dean, College of Liberal Arts
17. New York University
    Debra Szybinski
    Executive Director, Office of Faculty Resources/Faculty Resource Network
18. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    Tonya Hargett
    Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
19. Princeton University
    Aly Kassam-Remtulla
    Acting Associate Dean, Graduate School
20. Spelman College
    Cynthia Neal Spence
    Associate Professor, Sociology
    Director, UNCF/Mellon Programs
21. Stanford University
    Anika Green
    Director of Educational Programs, Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education
22. Tougaloo College
    Robert Blaine
    Associate Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
23. Tufts University
    Yvette Dalton
    Associate Director, Graduate Diversity Programs
24. University of Chicago
    Melissa Gilliam
    Associate Dean, Diversity & Inclusion
25. University of Colorado Boulder
    Mark Hernandez
    Professor, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
26. University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    Earnestine Baker
    Ret. Assistant to the Vice President, Institutional Advancement;
    Executive Director of the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program
27. University of Miami
    Michael S. Gaines
    Professor of Biology & Assistant Provost of Undergraduate Research & Community Outreach
28. University of Pennsylvania
    Arnaldo Diaz
    Assistant Dean for Research Training Programs; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Office of Research Training Programs
29. University of Puerto Rico
    Luis Raul Camara
    Director of the Honors Program
30. University of South Florida
    Michael Cross
    Interim Director, Office for Undergraduate Research
31. University of Virginia
    Keisha John
    Director of Diversity Programs
32. Vanderbilt University
    Don C. Brunson
    Assistant Dean, Graduate School
33. Washington University in St. Louis
    Rochelle D. Smith
    Assistant Provost, Diversity Initiatives
34. Xavier University of Louisiana
    Ja'Wanda S. Grant
    Director, Center for Undergraduate Research
35. Yale University
    Michelle Nearon
    Associate Dean for Graduate Student Development & Diversity
36. [Associate Member] Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
    Anastacia Awad
    Associate Director, Diversity & Inclusion