Chair
 Terri Bigham, CRA®, CFRA
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Terri joined the Board of Directors in 2016. She is the Associate Director at the University of Central Florida Research Foundation. She has over two decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2008 and a Certified Financial Research Administrator since 2018. Terri believes the biggest value of certification comes from personal satisfaction, validation of knowledge and skills to peers, sign of commitment to the research administration profession, and investment in one’s career.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/terribigham
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Vice-Chair
 Stormy Staley, CRA®
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Stormy joined the Board of Directors in 2019. She is a Research Administration Manager in the Translational Science and Therapeutics Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. She has over a decade of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2018. Stormy believes knowledge management through certification is key to maximizing individual potential, succeeding in the research administration profession, and most importantly serving the research enterprise.
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Immediate Past Chair Andrew M. Gray, CRA®, CPRA®, CFRA
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Andrew joined the Board of Directors in 2014. He is the Director of Research Development at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He has over two decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2004, a Certified Preaward Research Administrator since 2012, and a Certified Financial Research Administrator since 2019. Andrew believes certification represents a high point in our knowledge as research administrators and wants to proudly represent and promote our profession to encourage the next generations of RAs.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amgray19
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Secretary
 Shelly Berry Hebb, CPRA®
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Shelly joined the Board of Directors in 2019. She is the Associate Director of Proposal Services at Texas A&M University. She has over three decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Preaward Research Administrator since 2017. Shelly believes certification creates awareness among faculty and staff, demonstrates professionalism in this field, and is beneficial when it comes to explaining debatable topics in research administration.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shellyberryhebbcpra
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Treasurer
 Georgetta Dennis, CRA®, CPRA®, CFRA
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Georgetta joined the Board of Directors in 2019. She is a Senior Associate at Attain Partners. She has nearly two decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2016, a Certified Preaward Research Administrator since 2016, and a Certified Financial Research Administrator since 2018. Georgetta believes certification reflects to faculty how committed and knowledgeable one is while assisting them with their sponsored funding.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/georgetta-dennis-ms-cra-cpra-cfra-bab766177
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Suzanne Alstadt, CRA®
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Suzanne joined the Board of Directors in 2018. She is the Senior Director of Research, Sponsored Programs, and Research Information Systems at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She has almost three decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2005. Suzanne believes in certification for personal achievement.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-alstadt-dpa-cra-46191478
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Brent Bell, CRA®
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Brent joined the Board of Directors in 2022. He is the Director of Pre-Award Research Administration at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He has over two decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2015. Brent believes obtaining certification is an excellent way to focus on one’s experience and knowledge while demonstrating commitment to the field.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brent-bell-mra-cra-5165354a
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Gareth Evans, CRA®
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Gareth joined the Board of Directors in 2017. He is the Associate Director of Post Award at the University of Virginia. He has almost two decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2013. Gareth believes obtaining certification has been helpful in converting his UK research administration experience into the US environment.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gareth-evans-76628987
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Jenifer Hoffman, CPRA®, CRA®
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Jenifer joined the Board of Directors in 2017. She is the Director of Research Administration at the College of Nursing at the Pennsylvania State University. She has almost three decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Preaward Research Administrator since 2011 and a Certified Research Administrator since 2012. Jenifer believes in certification as an opportunity to learn more about research administration as well as enhance career opportunities.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jenifer-hoffman-cpra-cra-05726955
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Cathy Le, CRA®
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Cathy joined the Board of Directors in 2022. She is the Senior Research Administrator at the University of Southern California’s Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at Keck School of Medicine. She has over a decade of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2017. Cathy believes in certification for professional growth and job advancement, and its value towards giving credence and credibility to one’s resume.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-le-cra
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Cira Mathis, CRA®
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Cira (Pronounced “Cheera”) joined the Board of Directors in 2018. She is a Manager of Internal Programs at Khalifa University. She has over a decade of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2011. Cira believes certification builds credibility as a young research administrator and highlights knowledge areas needed to strengthen, which motivated her to expand skillsets and accept new job opportunities.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ciramathis
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Jacqueline E. Rearick, CRA®
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Jackie joined the Board of Directors in 2021. She is a Pre-Award Administrator at the Yale University School of Medicine. She has over a decade of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2019. Jackie believes certification demonstrates a proficiency in this profession.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jackierearick
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Rick Roberts, CRA®, CPRA®, CFRA
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Rick joined the Board of Directors in 2022. He is the Director of Finance and Administration at the Morehouse School of Medicine. He has almost three decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2009, and a Certified Financial Research Administrator since 2022. Rick believes certification is necessary to continue working in this profession, especially as this profession grows more complex and technical.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rick-roberts-phd-thm-cra-cpra-cfra-9aa61b41/
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Stephen L. Williams, CRA®
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Stephen joined the Board of Directors in 2022. He is an Assistant Director in the Office of Sponsored Programs at Wake Forest University. He has nearly three decades of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2007. Stephen believes obtaining certification demonstrates expertise and experience in research administration.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenlwilliams
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 Suzanne Wiltgen, CRA®
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Suzanne joined the Board of Directors in 2021. She is a Team Lead at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She has just under a decade of research administration experience and has been a Certified Research Administrator since 2021. Suzanne believes certification was a way to learn more about the scope of research administration and to pursue additional opportunities in the field.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-wiltgen-cra-1a8aa218
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Chair Emerita
 Patricia Buennemeyer, CRA®, CPRA®, CFRA
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