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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
Research Coordinator: Armgard Haken
Outreach and Engagement Specialist: J.D. Graham
Indiana University
PI: Angie Raymond
Co-PI and Site Coordinator: Inna Kouper
Iowa State University
PI: James Reecy
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: Beth Uberseder
University of Minnesota
PI: Jeffrey Peterson
Co-PI: Shashi Shekhar
Co-PI: James 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 Blake, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- • Ex-Officio, nonvoting 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: 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 Reecy, Iowa State University
- • Interim member, year 1: James Wilgenbusch, University of Minnesota
Community Advisory Panel Core Advisors (phase 2)
- • Özgür Araz, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- • Moussa Ayyash, Chicago State University
- • Ron T. Brown, Red Hat, Inc.
- • Rajeev Bukralia, Minnesota State University, Mankato
- • Lauren Burke, Women in Analytics/CoverMyMeds
- • Vetria Byrd, Purdue University
- • Alycia Crall, The Carpentries
- • William 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 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: 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
- • 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)