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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