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Champions Elected Leadership Team

Name Institution Position
Juanjo Garcia Mesa Arizona State University Champions Leadership Team (2024-2027)
Marina Kraeva Iowa State University Champions Leadership Team (2023-2026)
Chuck Pavloski University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champions Leadership Team (2023-2026)
Jason Simms Swarthmore College Champions Leadership Team (2023-2026)
Michael Weiner Georgia Institute of Technology Champions Leadership Team (2022-2025)
Mike Renfro Tennessee Technological University Champions Leadership Team (2022-2025)
Cyd Burrows-Schilling University of California, San Diego Champions Leadership Team (2022-2025)
Nitin Sukhija Slippery Rock University Champions Leadership Team (2022-2025)
Forough Ghahramani NJEDGE Champions Leadership Team (2022-2025)


Champions Leadership Team and Staff Alumni

Name Institution Position
Jack Smith West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission   Champions Leadership Team (2016-2018)
Dan Voss University of Miami Champions Leadership Team (2016-2018)
Aaron Culich University of California-Berkeley Champions Leadership Team (2017-2019)
Erin Hodges University of Houston Champions Leadership Team (2017-2018)
Alla Kammerdiner New Mexico State University Champions Leadership Team (2017-2019)
Hussein Al-Azzawi University of New Mexico Champions Leadership Team (2018-2020)
Shelley Knuth University of Colorado Champions Leadership Team (2019-2021)
BJ Lougee Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas (CADRE) Champions Leadership Team (2019-2021)
Douglas Jennewein Arizona State University Champions Leadership Team (2018-2022)
Timothy Middelkoop Internet2 Champions Leadership Team (2018-2022)
Julie Ma MGHPCC Champions Leadership Team (2018-2022)
Thomas Cheatham University of Utah Champions Leadership Team (2020-2022)
Dana Brunson Internet2 Campus Engagement Co-manager (2016-2022)
Henry Neeman University of Oklahoma Campus Engagement Co-manager (2016-2022)
Cathy Chaplin Internet2 Champions Coordinator (2020-2022)
Jay Alameda University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champions Fellows Coordinator & ECSS Liaison (2016-2022)
Torey Battelle Colorado School of Mines Champions Leadership Team (2019-2023)
Sarvani Chadalapaka University of California Merced Champions Leadership Team (2021-2023)
Shane Sanders The Jackson Laboratory Champions Leadership Team (2021-2023)
Jacob Fosso Tande University of North Carolina Greensboro Champions Leadership Team (2021-2023)
Chris Blanton* North Carolina State University Champions Leadership Team (2023-2024)

* Christopher Blanton, a valued contributor to our community and member of the Leadership Team, passed away on October 24, 2024. We are grateful for his dedication to the Campus Champions and the Research Computing and Data profession. Read more about Chris