Meet the Team

IDEAL Team

Project Manager

Jenny Martinez, Provost, Richard E. Lang Professor, School of Law at Stanford University and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Executive Director

Patrick H. Dunkley, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity, Access, and Community, and Special Advisor to the President

Deputy Project Managers

Sarah Church, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Freeman-Thornton Chair for the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Physics
Dan Schwartz, Dean of the Graduate School of Education and the Nomellini-Olivier Professor of Educational Technology

Recruitment System

System Leader: Stacey Bent, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor in the School of Engineering, and Professor, by courtesy, of Materials Science & Engineering and of Electrical Engineering
- Project Manager: Nikki Shechtman, Director of Evaluation, VPGE
- Undergraduate Student Subsystem Leader: Richard Shaw, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid
- Graduate Student Subsystem Leader: Chris Gonzalez Clarke, Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Director, EDGE Fellowship Program
  - Anika Green, Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Education
- Postdoctoral Scholar Subsystem Leader: Sofie Kleppner, Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs
- Faculty Subsystem Leader: Matthew Snipp, Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Engagement and Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences
  - Bonnie Maldonado, Senior Associate Dean for FDD and Professor in the School of Medicine
  - Susan Drange, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of Programs, VPFDD&E
- Staff Subsystem Leader: Elizabeth Zacharias, Vice President for Human Resources
  - Marguerite Kunze, Associate Vice President for Talent Management & Workforce Strategy
  - Danielle Hilmes, Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

Engagement System

System Leader: Susie Brubaker-Cole, Vice Provost for Student Affairs
- Student Subsystem Leader: Susie Brubaker-Cole, Vice Provost for Student Affairs
  - Postdoctoral Scholar Subsystem Leader: Sofie Kleppner, Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs
  - Faculty Subsystem Leader: Matthew Snipp, Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Engagement and Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences
- Staff Subsystem Leader: Elizabeth Zacharias, Vice President for Human Resources
  - Marguerite Kunze, Associate Vice President for Talent Management & Workforce Strategy
  - Sampurna Sikdar, Director, Talent Management and Organization Development

Education System

System Leader: Sarah Church, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Freeman-Thornton Chair for the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Physics
- Lourdes Andrade, Senior Director of Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, School of Engineering
- Lupe Carillo, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences
- Warren Chiang, Associate Dean and Senior Director of First Year Experience, Academic Advising
- Jennifer R. Cohen, Director of Equity and Inclusion, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- Patrick H. Dunkley, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity, Access, and Community, and Special Advisor to the President
- Cassandra Volpe Horii, Associate Vice Provost for Education and Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Steve Lee, Assistant Dean of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, School of Humanities and Sciences
- Mary Beth Mudgett, Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences and Professor of Biology
- Kathryn Payne-Gray, Director, Stanford Learning Lab
- Corrie Potter, Associate Vice Provost and Director of Institutional Research and Decision Support
- Shima Salehi, Assistant Professor (Research) of Education

Research System

System Leader: Dan Schwartz, Dean of the Graduate School of Education and the Nomellini-Olivier Professor of Educational Technology
- Corrie Potter, Associate Vice Provost and Director of Institutional Research & Decision Support
- Stephanie Kalfayan, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
- Adrian Daub, Barbara D. Finberg Director, Clayman Institute for Gender Research; Director, Program in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Professor, Comparative Literature and German Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences
- Jennifer DeVere Brody, Director, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity; Professor, Theater and Performance Studies
- Matthew Snipp, Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Engagement and Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences
- Shima Salehi, Assistant Professor (Research) of Education
- Brian Cook, Director of Assessment and Program Evaluation
- Jessica Sharkness, Director for Institutional Research

University Office & School Representatives

Thomas Fenner, Deputy General Counsel
Timothy Warner, Vice Provost for Budget and Auxiliaries Management
Chris Bliss, Director, University Affairs Communications
Greg Beroza, Wayne Loel Professor
Thomas Kenny, Richard W. Weiland Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the School of Engineering
Peter Michelson, Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences and the Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences
Lanier Anderson, Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities and Arts and J. E. Wallace Sterling Professor of the Humanities
Shelley Goldman, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor (Teaching) of Education
Yvonne A Maldonado, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity, Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Health Research and Policy
Rick Banks, The Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Professor, by courtesy, of Education
Joanne Hewett, Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics