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.

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Executive Leadership

Susan Chubinskaya, PhD, MS Senior Vice President and Provost (Interim) Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Thomas N. and Gleaves T. James Distinguished Chair Peaches and Shrub Kempner Distinguished Professor	David Hileman, MHA/MBA, FACHE Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Academic Enterprise	Michelle Moreno Chief of Staff Office of the Provost Academic Enterprise
Victor Moreno Associate Vice President, Workforce Operations Office of the Provost Academic Enterprise

AE Capital Planning and Space Management

Zachary House
Associate Director
Carlos Galvez Dominguez
Facility Coordinator
AE Communications

Cortney Martin
Manager, Communications & Community Initiatives
Ashley Torres
Senior Communications Specialist - Enterprise Support Richard "Joey" McCusker
Communications Specialist AE
Academic Finance

Ann Borja, MHA/MBA
Vice President, Academic Finance
Anan El-Mubasher
Director, Academic Finance
John Rodriguez
Finance Manager, Sr
Marlo Alcala
Financial Analyst, Sr. Puja Patel
Financial Analyst, Sr.

AE Service Center

AESC Procurement Team
Eileen Garza Director Service Center - AE
Jennifer Taylor Team Lead, Service Center - AE
Bianca Salazar Administrative Specialist	Blanca Major Administrative Specialist, Sr.	Elaine Bullard Administrative Specialist
Hillary Goodgion Administrative Specialist	Jordan Sechelski Administrative Specialist	Katharine Gibson Administrative Specialist
Krystle Reyna Administrative Specialist	Maida Ortiz Administrative Specialist	Marisol Gomez Administrative Specialist
Whitney Chavez Administrative Specialist
AESC HR Team
Brianna Vuong Team Lead, Service Center - AE
Michellstefany Perez Administrative Specialist	Vivian Ward Administrative Specialist
AESC Travel and Entertainment Team
Delilah Hymas Team Lead, Service Center-AE
Griselda Varvarekos Administrative Specialist	Jonisha Tisino Administrative Specialist	Karina Alaniz Administrative Specialist

Tricia Pemberton Team Lead, Service Center-AE
Diego Garza Administrative Specialist	Jeanette Correa Administrative Specialist	Kasey Kirby Administrative Specialist
Patrice Lewis Administrative Specialist

Faculty Group Practice

Vicente Resto, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS Chief Physician Executive, Faculty Group Practice Senior Vice President, Health System Ambulatory Operations and Surgical Services

Salim Hayek, MD Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, Faculty Group Practice
Pennelope Kunkle Program Manager

Robert Trieu, MPH Associate Vice President Faculty Group Practice Business Development and Clinical Operations
Eimilly Cabrera Ortiz, MBA Program Manager	Jasmine Garza, MBA, MHA Administrative Manager	Loreal Hawthorne Administrative Coordinator
Matthew "Matt" Graham, MHA Director, Faculty Group Practice	Nicole Huynh, MBA, MHA Management Analyst I

Scott Hermstein, JD, MS, FACHE Associate Vice President Clinical Business & Value Attainment Faculty Group Practice
Paula Summerly, MSc, PhD Curator Archivist (Old Red Medical Museum)

Faculty Ombudsperson

Michele Carter
Faculty Omdubsperson
Provost Office – Global Operations

Robert A. Rodriguez, PhD, MPH
Director, Business Operations AE
Sadie Odem
Administrative Coordinator

Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA)

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH Associate Vice Provost, Leadership Development
Amanda Persons, PhD Director, Mentoring Programs	Holly West, DHEd, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA Director, Educational Mentoring Programs Senior Medical Educator, John Sealy School of Medicine, Office of Educational Development	Dina Rubakha, MEd Associate Director, Business Operations
Dena Bannan Executive Assistant	Lindsay Davis Administrative Manager	Sara Martin Executive Assistant

Provost Office Administration

Provost Office Business & Finance Operations
Belinda Orta Administrative Coordinator	Cassandra Gaylord Administrative Specialist	Crystal Baker Administrative Manager
Janie Garcia Sr. Business Operations Manager	Jennifer Anderson Program Manager	Kharla Lisano Financial Analyst, Sr.

UTMB Visiting Education

Rawan Harirah Director, Visiting Education
Ashley Lewis Business Manager	Christopher Gilbert Business Coordinator, Sr.	Kasandra Barbalena Administrative Coordinator
Tayja Lewis Business Coordinator, Sr.	Winshelle Green Administrative Coordinator

Workforce Operations

Faculty Relations
Business and Academic Solutions (Power/myPower)
Mark Schultze Executive Director, Business and Academic Systems
Bhargav Patel Software Systems Program Manager	Erin Bannen IT Instructional Designer, Sr.	Kanimozhi Chinnapayah Data & Business Intelligence Manager
Kumudini Mandava Software Systems Specialist IV	Moeez Agha Software Systems Specialist IV	Praveen Kumar Sikhakolli Venkata Naga Software Systems Specialist IV
Sam Oommen Software Systems Specialist III	Surya Garimella Software Systems Program Manager	Sylvester Vredenburg Software Systems Specialist II
Uday Kiran Pachalla Senior Cloud Architect
Endowment/Compliance
Kristian Knowlton Finance Manager
Faculty and Executive Recruitment
Erika Van Landingham Faculty Recruitment Associate	Esther Martinez Faculty Recruitment Associate
Tho Ayala Director, Faculty Relations and Performance
Cherra Wehe Faculty Recruitment Specialist	Colleen Suthon Manager, Faculty Relations	Dana Laviolette Executive Assistant
Deshanda Barrow Business Coordinator, Sr.	Josephine Hancock Business Coordinator, Sr.	Kristin Harris Faculty Recruitment Specialist
Linda Nolasco Administrative Manager, Sr.	Sandra Prolic Program Manager	Toya Stewart, MM Faculty Recruitment Specialist
Performance Services
Robert "Bobby" Moore Manager, Performance Services
Karen Loock Senior Management Analyst	Mason Schmalriede Senior Management Analyst