Committee
Tim Raynor, DBA, UB RISE Committee Chair
UB ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS & DIRECTOR, ERNEST C TREFZ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Julie Demers, MA, CRA, UB RISE Committee Coordinator
UB DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION BASED AND SPONSORED RESEARCH
Elizabeth Fles, PhD, Student Poster Subcommittee Chair
UB ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PSYCHOLOGY
Rebecca Bruckenstein (’16), MA, Faculty Poster Subcommittee Co-Chair
UB ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Vinod Dhar, PhD, Faculty Poster Subcommittee Co-Chair
GU PROFESSOR
Elena Cahill (’91), JD, Oral Presentations Subcommittee Co-Chair
UB VICE PRESIDENT OF INNOVATION, STRATEGY, AND ADVANCEMENT
Sherri Dente, Esq, Oral Presentations Subcommittee Co-Chair
UB DIRECTOR OF THE BAUER INNOVATION CENTER
Eric Lehman, MA, Publicity Subcommittee Chair
UB ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Rob Gerowe, Sponsorship Subcommittee Co-Chair
UB DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
William “Bill” Moran (’74) Sponsorship Subcommittee Co-Chair
PRESIDENT, UB ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Stephanie Staffey, MA, Events Subcommittee Co-Chair
UB DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING AND TEACHING
Michael Ciolfi, HBPE, DC, MBA, DBA
DEAN, UB COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Khaled Elleithy, PhD
DEAN, UB COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BUSINESS, AND EDUCATION
Amy Nawrocki, MFA
DEAN, UB COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Clifford E. Thermer, EdD
DEAN, GU SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, & ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Mohammed Aljamal (’21), MS
UB LAB ENGINEER
Janet Dombroski, PhD
UB ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHOOL OF NURSING
Fred Ferraro, MS
UB BIOLOGICAL SAFETY OFFICER & LABORATORY MANAGER FOR BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Meredith Gaffney, MPH
UB DIRECTOR OF MASTER IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM
Maria Gherasimova, PhD
UB DIVISION DIRECTOR, NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS, CHAIR OF PHYSICS, PROFESSOR PHYSICS
Trina Henderson
UB EVENTS MANAGER
Prathyusha Jaddu
UB DEVELOPER WEB SERVICES
Kevin Kelliher, PhD
UB ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHIROPRACTIC
Matt Kuhar
UB EVENTS TECHNICIAN
Lingyan Carol Li
LABORATORY MANAGER, SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Karrie Morrin, MS
GU, CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE DIRECTOR, FACULTY SCHOOL OF APPLIED LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
David Oberleitner, PhD
UB DIVISION DIRECTOR, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, CHAIR OF ONLINE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, PROFESSOR PSYCHOLOGY
Myia Powell-Baldwin (’16), MA
UB TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SPECIALIST
Gary Reeves (’22), BS
UB BUSINESS ANALYST/ERP AND ONLINE STUDIES
Yvrose “Eve” Romulus (’16), MA
UB ADVANCEMENT OFFICER
Nadine Spring, (’06), PhD
UB ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MASTER IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM
Lorraine Taylor (’76)
UB ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lesly Valbrun, (’22, ’16), DC, MBA
UB CLINICAL EDUCATIOR SCHOOL OF CHIROPRACTIC
Jennifer Weiss, LAc
UB ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ACUPUNCTURE INSTITUTE
Trinadh Venna (’16), MS
UB FULL STACK DATA ARCHITECT
Please direct any questions about UB RISE to UBRISE@bridgeport.edu.