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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

Alex Gasparian, PhD
Assistant Dean of Research
Associate Professor of Physiology & Pathology

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

Lee Reid, MSE
Chief Information Officer