Our Team

Executive Office of the President

Dr. Robert C. Robbins

President
Tucson, AZ

president@email.arizona.edu

Craig Henderson

Vice President
Tucson, AZ

craighenderson@email.arizona.edu

Brew G. McKenna

Senior Advisor to the President
Washington, D.C.

brew@email.arizona.edu

Government & Community Relations

Steve Voeller

Vice President
Phoenix, AZ

sjvoeller@arizona.edu

Tiffany Meskimen

Executive Associate
Phoenix, AZ

tcmeskim@arizona.edu

Kody Kelleher

Senior Advisor, Government & Community Relations
Phoenix, AZ

kodykelleher@arizona.edu

Jenell Biggs

Senior Director, Federal Relations
Washington, D.C.

jbiggs@arizona.edu

Karla Nuñez

Special Assistant, Federal Relations
Washington, D.C.

nunezk@arizona.edu

Sabrina Vazquez

Assistant Vice President, Phoenix & State Relations
Phoenix, AZ

svazquez@arizona.edu

Aundrea DeGravina

Assistant Director, State Relations
Phoenix, AZ

degravina@arizona.edu

Barbara Quinlan

Executive Assistant, State Relations
Phoenix, AZ

bquinlan@arizona.edu

Julie Katsel

Assistant Vice President, Community Relations
Tucson, AZ

jkatsel@arizona.edu

Nick Hilton

Assistant Director, Local & Community Relations
Tucson, AZ

hilton@arizona.edu

Cynthia Ramirez

Administrative Associate, Local & Community Relations
Tucson, AZ

cynthiaramirez@arizona.edu

James E. Rogers College of Law

Marc L. Miller

Dean
Ralph W. Bilby Professor of Law
Tucson, Arizona

miller47@arizona.edu

Tara Sklar

Professor of Health Law
Director, Health Law & Policy Program 
Washington, D.C.

trsklar@email.arizona.edu

Office of Research, Innovation & Impact

Elizabeth R. "Betsy" Cantwell Ph.D.

Senior Vice President for Research
Tucson, AZ

ecantwell@email.arizona.edu

John O'Neil Ph.D.

Chief of Staff, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Tucson, AZ

oneilj@email.arizona.edu

Kim J. Patten MS

Assistant Vice President (Research Development) 
Tucson, AZ

kjpatten@email.arizona.edu

The National Institute for Civil Discourse

Keith Allred

Executive Director
Washington, D.C.

keithallred@email.arizona.edu

Robert Boatright

Research Director
Worcester, MA

rboatright@clarku.edu

Cheryl Graeve

National Community Organizer
Washington, D.C.

cgraeve@email.arizona.edu

Hala Harik Haynes

Director of Revive Civility Cities
Washington, D.C.

hharikhayes@email.arizona.edu

Carolyn Lukensmeyer

Volunteer
Washington, D.C.

cjlukensmeyer@email.arizona.edu

Maya Mahoney

Director of Development
Washington, D.C.

mmmahoney@email.arizona.edu

Timothy Shaffer

Principal Research Specialist
Manhattan, KS

tshaffer@email.arizona.edu

Nadine Wise

Program Manager - Next Generation
Cleveland, OH

nwise@email.arizona.edu

University of Arizona Applied Research Corporation (UA-ARC)

 

Lloyd Brown

Business Development
Tucson, AZ

lbrown@ua-arc.org

Christine A. Fox

Cyber/AI/Machine Learning
Tucson, AZ

cfox@ua-arc-.org

Patrick L. Kerr

Hypersonic Research and Technology Development

Tucson, AZ

plkerr@ua-arc.org

Christopher Shinohara

Space Systems and Remote Sensing
Tucson, AZ

crshinohara@ua-arc.org

Austin K. Yamada

President / CEO
Washington, DC and Tucson, AZ

akyamada@ua-arc.org

University of Arizona Foundation

Deborah Kessler

Director of Principal Gifts
New York, NY

Deborah.Kessler@uafoundation.org

John-Paul Roczniak

President & CEO
Tucson, AZ

jp.roczniak@uafoundation.org

Michael Russo

Director of Regional Development
New York Metropolitan Area

Michael.russo@uafoundation.org

Jonelle Vold

Vice President, Development
Tucson, AZ

jonelle.vold@uafoundation.org