TEAM TN leadership is primed to create a self-sustaining innovation ecosystem
Oversight
Independent Evaluation Lead
Elizabeth Oyer
Director
Synergy Evaluation Institute
Office of Research, Innovation & Economic Development
Governance Board
To be determined.
External Advisory Board
To be determined.
Leadership Team
CEO
Marc Gibson
University of Tennessee
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development
Media Contact, UT
Michelle McGuffin
University of Tennessee
Center for Transportation Research
Director of Communication
270-763-2962
mmcguffi@utk.edu
Director, Finance and Administration
To be determined.
Chief Operating Officer and Use-Inspired Research & Development Lead
Kevin Heaslip
University of Tennessee
Center for Transportation Research
Director
![Cortney Piper](https://atems.org/wp-content/uploads/Cortney-Piper.jpg)
Director, Communications and Marketing
Cortney PiperPresident, Piper Communications
Project Manager
Marcella Kaplan
University of Tennessee
Center for Transportation Research
Project Manager
![Robert Turner](https://atems.org/wp-content/uploads/Robert-Turner.jpg)
Chief Innovation Officer
Robert TurnerTennessee State University
![Tachaka Hollins](https://atems.org/wp-content/uploads/tachaka_hollins.jpg)
Chief Talent Officer
Tachaka HollinsTennessee Board of Regents
![Jon Shefner](https://atems.org/wp-content/uploads/Jon-Shefner.jpg)
Chief Community Evangelist
Jon ShefnerUniversity of Tennessee
Chief Industry Officer
Ronald Thompson
Eaton Co.
![Barbara Scales](https://teamtn.org/wp-content/uploads/Barbara-Scales-1.jpg)
DEIA Working Group Lead
Barbara Scales
Motlow State Community College
DEIA Working Group Co-Lead
Joy Rich
Nissan
![Abhishek Dubey](https://atems.org/wp-content/uploads/Jon-Shefner.jpg)
Use-Inspired Research & Development Co-PI
Abhishek Dubey
Vanderbilt University
Use-Inspired Research & Development Co-PI
Mina Sartipi
University of Tennessee Chattanooga
![Sabya Mishra](https://teamtn.org/wp-content/uploads/Sabya-Mishra-2.jpg)
Use-Inspired Research & Development Co-PI
Sabya Mishra
University of Memphis
![Maha Krishnamurthy](https://teamtn.org/wp-content/uploads/Maha-Krishnamurthy.jpg)
Translation of Innovation into Practice Collaborator
Maha Krishnamurthy
University of Tennessee
Translation of Innovation into Practice Collaborator
Bryan Barringer
TennSMART and FlowVenture Labs
![Michael Torrence](https://teamtn.org/wp-content/uploads/New-Michael-Torrence.jpg)