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Ohio State EmPOWERment Program – Internal Advisory Council

July 31, 2025

Randy Smith, Chair 
Vice Provost for Academic Programs, Office of Academic Affairs

Kate Bartter* 
Executive Director, Sustainability Institute

Julia Beckner 
Consultant, Corporate Partnerships

Tanya Berger-Wolf 
Faculty Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering; Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology; and Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alicia Bertone* 
Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean, Graduate School

Michael Bisesi 
Former Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Academic Administration and Professor, College of Public Health

David Cole 
Professor, School of Earth Sciences

Robert Greenbaum 
Associate Dean of Curriculum, John Glenn College of Public Affairs

Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska* 
Vice President for Knowledge Enterprise, Office of Knowledge Enterprise; Distinguished University Professor and Lowber B. Strange Professor in Civil Engineering, Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering

Deborah Hernandez 
Associate Vice President of Strategic Research Development, Enterprise for Research, Innovation, and Knowledge

Chris Jaroniec 
Associate Dean for Research and Creative Inquiry, College of Arts and Sciences; Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor

James Moore* 
Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Office of Academic Affairs

Gary Pierzynski* 
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Steven Ringel 
Associate Vice President for Research, Office of Research; Executive Director, Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research

LaTonia Stiner-Jones 
Associate Dean, College of Engineering; Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Mary Stromberger 
Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School

Jan Weisenberger* 
Senior Associate Vice President, Office of Research

Mike Wiseman* 
Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships

Yolanda Zepeda* 
Interim Vice Provost, Office of Diversity and Inclusion

*Former member