Leadership Team

Leadership team members are selected to bring STEM and program management expertise to the collaborative's work. Leadership team members also provide regional representation within the collaborative. Current Leadership members are:

• Jennifer Allen
  Development Director, College of Basic and Applied Sciences
  Middle Tennessee State University
• Sylvia Brown
  Budget Technician
  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Cacy DeSheles
  GRITS
  Middle Tennessee State University
• Lisa A. Eccles, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biology
  Walters State Community College
• Saeed Foroudastan, Ph.D.
  Associate Dean Basic and Applied Sciences
  Middle Tennessee State University
• Joshua Francois
  Outreach Coordinator
  TN-SCORE
• Kaylene Gebert, Ph.D.
  Professor, Speech and Theatre
  Middle Tennessee State University
• Leigh Gostowski
  Program Coordinator
  MTeach
• Mary Groff
  P.E. Quality Manager, New Product Development
  Schneider Electric
• Glenn Hudson, Ph.D.
  Science, Technology, & Math Division
  Columbia State Community College
• Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross
  Professor, Department of Chemistry
  GRITS and GRITS Collaborative Project
  Middle Tennessee State University
• Cheryl Johnson
  Product Development Chemist, LMTC
  Sanford - A Newell Rubbermaid Company
• Freneka Minter
  Health Education Specialist
  Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• Mary Moore
  Principal Technologist
  Eastman Chemical
• Shelia Moses
  Academic Services Coordinator, Herff College of Engineering
  University of Memphis
• Myra Norman, Ph.D.
  AAUW Murfreesboro Branch
  Director, Office of Research Services
  Middle Tennessee State University
• Jennifer Rawls
  Executive Director
  Tennessee Economic Council of Women
• Rachel Rigsby, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
  Belmont University
• Rick Vanosdall, Ph.D.
  Director, Tennessee Math, Science, and Technology Education Center
  Middle Tennessee State University