College of Science Advisory Board
The College of Science Advisory Board is comprised of leaders and innovators with diverse backgrounds in the sciences, technology, and industry. The advisory board strengthens the ties between the community and the college, offers advice and assistance, and advocates for the college in the community. The group meets three times per year with College of Science Dean Carmala Garzione.
College of Science Advisory Board Members
Dr. Mark Becker
Board Member
Program Manager at IARPA, focusing on topics related to privacy enhancing technologies.
Ron Carsten
Advisory Board Chair
Retired Senior Principal Engineering Fellow and the Chief Engineer for Missile Systems at Raytheon.
Dr. Vicki Chandler
Board Member
Chief Academic Officer and Provost at Minerva University.
Felipe Garcia
Board Member
President & CEO of Visit Tucson
Alyssa Kirk
Board Member
Groundwater consultant who specializes in water resources and environmental contamination.
Dr. Frank Lederman
Board Member
Physicist who spent 12 years at the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center and helped develop GE's first medical ultrasound system.
Dr. Josh Lee
Board Member
Lead strategist for information, data and technology for TMC Health.
Dr. Dan Linzer
Board Member
President of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and former Provost of Northwestern University.
Lisa Lovallo
Board Member
Former Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce Women of the Year.
Dr. George Mavko
Board Member
Former director of European Missile Defense and Director of Missile Defense Strategy at Raytheon and current advisor at the Steward Observatory and Astronomy Department
Jelena Myers
Board Member
Crime Laboratory Superintendent for the Tucson Police Department Crime Laboratory
Laura Shaw
Board Member
Senior Vice President of Sun Corridor inc.
Ron Shoopman
Board Member
Former President & CEO and current Director of Special Projects for the Southern Arizona Leadership Council.
Sarah Smallhouse
Board Member
President of the Thomas R. Brown Foundations, and current Chair of the Biosphere 2 Advisory Board.
College of Science Advisory Department Board Chairs
Larry Archibald
Chair, Department Board - Geosciences
Non-executive director at Woodside Energy Ltd, Australia's largest exploration and production company
Greg Boyce
Chair, Department Board - Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources
Dr. Andrew Gillette
Chair, Department Board - Mathematics
Dr. Sid Leach
Chair, Department Board - Astronomy/Steward Observatory
Nina Trasoff
Chair, Department Board - Psychology
Corporate communications consultant who serves as the chair of the Psychology Advisory Board, the Dance Advisory Board and the Arthritis Center Advisory Board.