Our People

Meet the RISE UPP Leadership Team

  • Philip Rous, PI

    Provost, UMBC

  • Robin Cresiski, Co-PI

    Assistant Vice Provost, UMBC

  • Leslie D. Gonzales, Co-PI

    Professor of Higher Education & Department Head, University of Arizona

  • Archie Holmes, Co-PI

    Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UT System

  • David English, Co-PI

    Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs, UNC System

  • Clarenda Phillips

    Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Texas A&M University

  • Blessing Enekwe, Executive Director

    UM College Park

  • Carleen Vande Zande

    Chief Academic Officer, National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH)

  • Rohit Tandon, Assistant Director

    Principal, edBridge Partners, LLC

  • Tom Kimbis

    Executive Director, National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)

  • Yvette Huet

    Director, UNC Charlotte ADVANCE

  • Mark Lawson

    Director, PPFP , University of California

Meet the Evaluation Team

  • Pamela Leggett-Robinson, External Evaluator

    Executive Director, PLR Consulting

  • Wendy Carter-Veale, Internal Evaluator

    Director of Social Science Research, Evaluator, UMBC

Meet the Social Science Research Team

  • Leslie D. Gonzales, Co-PI

    Professor of Higher Education & Department Head, University of Arizona

  • Dawn Culpepper

    Senior Personnel and Asst. Research Professor, UMCP

  • Ivet Parra-Gaete

    Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona

Meet the Advisory Board Members (Internal & External)

  • Nykia Walker, IAB

    UMBC

  • Kimberly Griffin, IAB

    UMCP

  • Emilce Santana

    TAMU ACES Scholar

  • Joi-Lynn Mondisa, EAB

    University of Michigan

  • Stacey Garrett, EAB

    Appalachian State University

  • Jessica Bennett, EAB

    Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)

  • Jason Lane, EAB

    National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH)

  • Daryl Chubin, EAB

    Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science

  • Caleb McKinney, EAB

    Georgetown University