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
Doris Newman, DO, FAAO
Campus Dean - Florida
Lee Scheinbart, MD
Chief Health Affairs Officer
Nina Nuñez, MAEd
Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness;
Chief of Staff
Muneer Assi, DO
Associate Dean of Clinical Education; Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine
Jeff Harris
Associate Vice President of Administration
Tammy Fowler, EdD
Associate Vice President of Enrollment Services
Oliver W. Hayes, DO, FACEP
Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education
Professor, Clinical Medicine
Clerkship Director - Emergency Medicine
Mary Lacaze, MD
Associate Dean of Community-Based Learning;
Associate Professor of Hematology & Oncology, Preclinical Medicine
Michael E. Woods, PhD
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs;
Associate Professor of Pathology
Erica Hughey, MBA
Chief Diversity Officer
Title IX Coordinator
John Cruickshank, DO, MBA, CPE
Regional Development Officer-NM;
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Lee Reid, MSE
Chief Information Officer
Alex Gasparian, PhD
Assistant Dean of Research
Associate Professor of Physiology & Pathology
Marc Benson, PhD
Assistant Dean of Evaluation and Assessment
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Dawn Leake, SHRM-CP
Assistant Vice President of Human Resources
Vanessa Richardson, MAEd
Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs
Gabor Szalai, PhD
Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs;
Professor of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences
