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MBDH phase 2, June 2019–present

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PI: Catherine (Cathy) Blake (from May 2020; Co-PI in year 1)
Co-PI: William (Bill) Gropp (PI in year 1)
Co-PI: Elif Ertekin
Executive Director: W. John MacMullen
Research Coordinator: Armgard Haken
Outreach and Engagement Specialist: J.D. Graham

Indiana University

PI: Anjanette (Angie) Raymond
Co-PI and Site Coordinator: Inna Kouper

Iowa State University

PI: James (Jim) Reecy
Co-PI: Carolyn J. Lawrence-Dill
Site Coordinator: Karen Bramow

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

PI: H. V. (Jag) Jagadish
Co-PI: Ivo Dinov
Site Coordinator: Beth Uberseder

University of Minnesota

PI: Jeffrey (Jeff) Peterson 
Co-PI: Shashi Shekhar
Co-PI: James (Jim) Wilgenbusch
Site Co-Coordinator: Dana Wilson
Site Co-Coordinator: Sarah Roth

University of North Dakota

Co-PI: Ryan Adams
Site Coordinator: Aaron Bergstrom

University of North Carolina–Greensboro

PI, External Evaluation Lead: Aileen Reid

Seed Fund Steering Committee (phase 2)
  • • Chair, voting member: Jennifer Clarke, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • • Ex-Officio, voting member: Catherine (Cathy) Blake, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • • Ex-Officio, nonvoting member: W. John MacMullen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • • Voting member: James (Jim) Barkley, Ekta Corp.
  • • Voting member: Paul Capel, University of Minnesota
  • • Voting member: Julie Dickerson, Iowa State University
  • • Voting member: John Marcotte, University of Michigan
  • • Voting member: Lior Shamir, Kansas State University
  • • Interim member, year 1: Ivo Dinov, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • • Interim member, year 1: Elif Ertekin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • • Interim member, year 1: Inna Kouper, Indiana University
  • • Interim member, year 1: James (Jim) Reecy, Iowa State University
  • • Interim member, year 1: James (Jim) Wilgenbusch, University of Minnesota

     Ad Hoc Community Development and Engagement Program (Seed Fund) Proposal Reviewers

  • • Mothanna Battah, Trilogy Education
  • • George Czapar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • • Allissa Dillman, Workforce Development and Continuing Education Bio-Trac Program, Montgomery College
  • • Alex Haddad, Graham Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan
  • • Atena Haghighattalab, Self-employed
  • • Tony Mancuso, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • • Alvinus Melius, Government of Saint Lucia (Caribbean)
  • • Francisco Muñoz-Arriola, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • • Rajiv Puli, Office of Data, Assessment and Institutional Research, Kansas State University
  • • Angelica Spratley, Flatiron School
  • • Shari L. Wilson, Project Central, LLC
  • • Wenbin Zhang, Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Science, Florida International University
Community Advisory Panel Core Advisors (phase 2)
  • • Özgür Araz, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • • Moussa Ayyash, Chicago State University
  • • Ron T. Brown, Independent Consultant
  • • Rajeev Bukralia, Minnesota State University, Mankato
  • • Lauren Burke, Women in Analytics/CoverMyMeds
  • • Vetria Byrd, Purdue University
  • • Alycia Crall, The Carpentries
  • • William (Bill) Hsu, Kansas State University
  • • Suzanne Macey, American Museum of Natural History
  • • Erin Mullenix, Iowa League of Cities
  • • Tracy Smith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Phase 2 Alumni
  • • Melanie Rodriguez, Project Manager, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • • Marissa Torrison, Project Manager, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • • Alice Delage, Project Manager, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • • Valentin (Val) Pentchev, PI, Indiana University
  • • Franco Pestilli, PI, Indiana University
  • • Lourdes Gonzalez, Site Coordinator, Indiana University
  • • Sandra Hanekamp, Site Coordinator, Indiana University
  • • Stephanie McGavin, Site Coordinator, Indiana University
  • • Joe Colletti, Co-PI, Iowa State University
  • • Sarah Nusser, Co-PI, Iowa State University
  • • Brian Athey, Co-PI, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • • Shane Redman, Site Coordinator, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • • Sean Meyer, Site Coordinator, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • • Kristin Burgard, Site Coordinator, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • • Trisha Fountain, Site Coordinator, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • • Adam Wilke, Site Coordinator, University of Minnesota
  • • John Mihelich, Co-PI, University of North Dakota
  • • Ayesha Boyce, PI, External Evaluation Lead, University of North Carolina–Greensboro
  • • Melissa Hendrian, Seed Fund Steering Committee member, Urbana, IL Police Department

MBDH phase 1, 2015–2019

PI: William (Bill) Gropp, National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-PI: Brian Athey, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Co-PI: Inna Kouper, Indiana University
Co-PI: John Mihelich, University of North Dakota
Co-PI: Sarah Nusser, Iowa State University
Executive Director: Melissa Cragin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Coordinator: W. John MacMullen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Manager: Alice Delage, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Site Coordinator: Jill Minor, Indiana University
Site Coordinator: Karen Bramow (from Nov. 2017), Erin Mullenix (to Nov. 2017), Iowa State University
Site Coordinator: Kevin Smith, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Site Coordinator: Aaron Bergstrom, University of North Dakota

Steering Committee (phase 1)

Specific and Regular Seats

  • • PI: William (Bill) Gropp, National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • • Co-PI: Brian Athey, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • • Co-PI: Inna Kouper, Indiana University
  • • Co-PI: John Mihelich, University of North Dakota
  • • Co-PI: Sarah Nusser, Iowa State University
  • • R. Babu Chinnam, Wayne State University
  • • Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
  • • James (Jim) Barkley, Ekta Corp.
  • • Bernice Pescosolido, Indiana University
  • • Carolyn Lawrence-Dill, Iowa State University
  • • Carol Flannagan, University of Michigan
  • • Lior Shamir, Lawrence Technological University

At-Large Members

Elected

2018–2020

  • • Carrie Brown, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • • Jennifer Clarke, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • • Melissa Hendrian, City of Urbana, IL Police Department
  • • Valentin (Val) Pentchev, Indiana University
  • • Kimberly Zarecor, Iowa State University

2016–2018

  • • Dan Reed, University of Iowa (2-year term, 2016–2018) – Steering Committee Chair
  • • Vetria Byrd, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University (2-year term, 2016–2018)
  • • Jennifer Clarke, University of Nebraska–Lincoln (2-year term, 2016–2018)
  • • Annetha Gopalan, Conservis Corp, Minneapolis (2-year term, 2016–2018)
  • • Hridesh Rajan, Iowa State University (2-year term, 2016–2018)
Appointed by Executive Committee
  • • Keith Elliston, tranSMART Foundation (2-year term, 2016–2018)

Former Members

  • • Greg Monaco, Great Plains Network (2-year term, 2016–2018)