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

Michael E. Woods, PhD

Assistant Dean of Preclinical Education;
Associate Professor of Pathology