Committee
Ioana Badara, PhD, UB RISE Committee Chair
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION & DIRECTOR, EDUCATION DOCTORATE (ED.D.) PROGRAM IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Julie Demers, MA, CRA, UB RISE Committee Coordinator
DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION BASED AND SPONSORED RESEARCH
Elizabeth Fles, PhD, Student Poster Subcommittee Co-Chair
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PSYCHOLOGY
Kathleen “Kat” Wallace (’20), EdD, Student Poster Subcommittee Co-Chair
PROFESSOR OF LITERACY EDUCATION
Rebecca Bruckenstein (’16), MA, Faculty Poster Subcommittee & Oral Presentations Subcommittee Chair
ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Eric Lehman, MA, Publicity Subcommittee Co-Chair
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Liz Belleau, MBA, Publicity Subcommittee Co-Chair
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Rob Gerowe, Sponsorship Subcommittee Chair
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Elena Cahill, JD
VICE PRESIDENT OF INNOVATION, STRATEGY, AND ADVANCEMENT
Michael Ciolfi, HBPE, DC, MBA, DBA
DEAN, COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Khaled Elleithy, PhD
DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BUSINESS, AND EDUCATION
Kathleen “Kitty” Engelmann, PhD
DEAN, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Mohammed Aljamal (’21), MS
LAB ENGINEER
Fred Ferraro, MS
BIOLOGICAL SAFETY OFFICER & LABORATORY MANAGER FOR BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Trina Henderson
EVENTS MANAGER
Kevin Kelliher, PhD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHIROPRACTIC
Matt Kuhar
EVENTS TECHNICIAN
Maria Gherasimova, PhD
DIVISION DIRECTOR, NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS, CHAIR OF PHYSICS
Myia Powell-Baldwin (’16), MA
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SPECIALIST
Tim Raynor, PhD
DIRECTOR & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ERNEST C. TREFZ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Gary Reeves (’22), BS
BUSINESS ANALYST/ERP AND ONLINE STUDIES
Yvrose “Eve” Romulus (’16), MA
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PROGRAMS
Stephanie Staffey, MA
DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING AND TEACHING
Trinadh Venna (’16), MS
FULL STACK DATA ARCHITECT
William “Bill” Moran (’74)
PRESIDENT, UB ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lorraine Taylor (Alumnae)
UB ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Deepalakshmi “Dolly” Balaji (’22), MA
UB ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Please direct any questions about UB RISE to UBRISE@bridgeport.edu.