Institutional Leadership
John L. Hummer, MHA
President & Chief Executive Officer
William Pieratt, DO, FACP
Dean & Chief Academic Officer;
Executive Vice President of Academic Services
Jennifer Taylor, MBA
Chief Financial Officer;
Vice President of Administration/Finance
Don N. Peska, DO
Interim Regional Dean (Proposed Florida Campus);
Professor of Clinical Medicine
H. Eduardo Velasco, PhD, MD, MS
Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Jeff Harris
Associate Vice President of Administration;
Chief Information Officer
Oliver W. Hayes, DO, FACEP
Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education;
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Mary Lacaze, MD
Associate Dean of Community-Based Learning & Social Accountability;
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Charles Metzger, MD
Associate Dean of Clinical Education;
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Nina Nuñez, MAEd
Associate Vice President of Enrollment Services and Institutional Effectiveness;
Title IX Coordinator
Erica Hughey, MBA
Chief Diversity Officer
John Cruickshank, DO, MBA, CPE
Regional Development Officer;
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Lee Scheinbart, MD
Regional Development Officer
Joseph Benoit, PhD
Associate Dean for Research;
Professor of Physiology
Dawn Leake, SHRM-CP
Assistant Vice President of Human Resources
Marcy Oxford, PhD
Assistant Dean of Curriculum Effectiveness & Evaluation;
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Medical Education
Vanessa Richardson, MAEd
Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs
Gabor Szalai, PhD
Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs;
Professor of Biomedical Sciences
