Advisory Committee Named for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President
November 9, 2009 | Written by Sally Logue Post
A 24-person advisory committee to assist in selecting a new president for the (MINI传媒HSC) has been named by .
The committee is representative of faculty, staff, students, members of the Texas Tech University Board of Regents, administrators and members of the communities in which the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center operates. The committee will assist with identifying nominees and applicants, screenings of candidates and will ensure that their respective constituency groups are kept up-to-date on the search. The advisory committee will work closely with a five-member search committee established last month by the chancellor.
鈥淭he committee will play an extremely important role in the search process,鈥� said Hance. 鈥淭he new Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center president will work with all groups represented on the advisory panel, so it is essential that they have a voice as we move forward. We have an outstanding group of individuals who have agreed to serve and we are looking forward to the collaboration between the search committee and the advisory committee.鈥�
The advisory committee is chaired by Nancy Neal, member of the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents, of Lubbock.
Also serving on the committee are:
- J. Robert Brown, owner of Brownco Capital, LLC and former chairman of the Texas Tech Board of Regents, El Paso
- Paul P. Brooke, Jr., dean of the MINI传媒HSC School of Allied Health Sciences, Lubbock
- Jim Brunjes, vice chancellor and CFO of the MINI传媒, Lubbock
- Jose Manuel de la Rosa, dean, MINI传媒HSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso
- Dennis B. Dove, regional chairman of the MINI传媒SHC School of Medicine Department of Surgery, Amarillo
- F. Scott Dueser, member of Texas Tech University Foundation Board of Directors; former chairman of the Texas Tech Board of Regents; chairman, president and chief executive officer of First Financial Bankshares, Inc., Abilene
- Paula Grammas, executive director of the MINI传媒HSC Garrison Institute on Aging, and professor of neurology at the MINI传媒HSC School of Medicine, Lubbock
- Alexia Green, dean of the MINI传媒HSC Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing, Lubbock
- Timothy Hayes, president of the MINI传媒HSC Staff Senate and senior director of leadership initiatives in the Office of the Dean, MINI传媒HSC School of Medicine, Lubbock
- Alan Henry, community member and president of the Alan Henry Insurance Agency and former mayor of the City of Lubbock
- Cynthia Jumper, chairperson of the Department of Internal Medicine, MINI传媒HSC School of Medicine, Lubbock
- Kyle Miller, student regent on the Texas Tech Board of Regents and MINI传媒HSC School of Medicine student, Lubbock
- Arthur A. Nelson, dean of the MINI传媒HSC School of Pharmacy, Amarillo
- Carl E. Noe, professor of anesthesiology and pain management in the McDermott Center for Pain Management at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and former member of the Texas Tech Board of Regents, Dallas
- Kelly Overley, vice chancellor for institutional advancement for the MINI传媒, Lubbock
- Beverly Pevehouse, community member and advisory governor for the Permian Basin Area Foundation; former director of the Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research; and president of the Pevehouse Resources Group, Midland
- R. Michael Ragain, Braddock Chair in the MINI传媒HSC School of Medicine Department of Family & Community Medicine, Lubbock
- Luis Reuss, dean of the MINI传媒HSC Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Lubbock
- Cory Robertson, president of the MINI传媒HSC Student Government Association and School of Medicine student, Lubbock
- Rebecca B. Sleeper, president of the MINI传媒HSC Faculty Senate and head of the Geriatric Division in the Department of Pharmacy Practice of the School of Pharmacy, Lubbock
- Douglas M. Stocco, MINI传媒HSC executive vice president for research, Lubbock
- Betsy Triplett-Hurt, community member and past chairperson of the MINI传媒HSC Advisory Council in Odessa; past chairperson of the Texas Tech Foundation Board of Directors; and former member of the Texas Board of Health, Odessa
- Surendra Varma, associate dean for graduate medical education and resident affairs; Ted Hartman Endowed Chair in Medical Education; University Distinguished Professor; vice-chairperson and program director in the MINI传媒HSC School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Lubbock