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MBDH phase 2, June 2019–present
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PI: Catherine 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
Indiana University
PI: Franco Pestilli
co-PI: Inna Kouper
co-PI: Valentin Pentchev
Site Coordinator: Sandra Hanekamp
Iowa State University
PI: James Reecy
co-PI: Joe Colletti
co-PI: Carolyn J Lawrence-Dill
Site Coordinator: Karen Bramow
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
PI: H. V. Jagadish
co-PI: Ivo Dinov
Site Coordinator: Kristin Burgard
University of Minnesota
PI: Jeffrey Peterson
co-PI: Shashi Shekhar
co-PI: James Wilgenbusch
Site Coordinator: Adam Wilke
University of North Dakota
co-PI: Ryan Adams
Site Coordinator: Aaron Bergstrom
University of North Carolina–Greensboro
PI, External Evaluation Lead: Ayesha Boyce
Project co-Lead: Aileen Reid
Seed Fund Steering Committee (phase 2)
- • Chair, voting member: Jennifer Clarke, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- • Ex-Officio, voting member: Catherine Blake, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- • Ex-Officio, non-voting member: John MacMullen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- • Voting member: James Barkley, Ekta Corp.
- • Voting member: Paul Capel, University of Minnesota
- • Voting member: Julie Dickerson, Iowa State University
- • Voting member: Melissa Hendrian, Urbana, IL Police Department
- • Voting member: John Marcotte, University of Michigan
- • Voting member: Lior Shamir, Kansas State University
- • Interim member, year 1: Ivo Dinov, University of Michigan
- • 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 Reecy, Iowa State University
- • Interim member, year 1: James Wilgenbusch, University of Minnesota
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
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
Steering Committee (phase 1)
Specific and Regular Seats
- • PI: Bill Gropp, National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- • co-PI: Brian Athey, University of Michigan
- • 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
- • Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
- • Jim Barkley, Ekta Co, LLC
- • 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 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)