Executive Committee

Chair: Lon Kaufman, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost

Principle Investigators, Dr. Tam

Co-Principle Investigators, Dr. Dutta, Dr. Tantillo, Dr. Nelson, Dr. Shipley

Stacie Geller, Director of Center for Research on Women and Gender

Linda Siebert Rapoport, WISEST Director

Martin Newcomb, WISEST LEAD Facilitator

Ex Officio: Mrinalini C. Rao , Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor of Physiology and Biophysics

Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation (WISEST)

The goal of the WISEST Initiative is to increase the number, participation, and leadership status of women — majority and minority — in academic science and engineering through institutional transformation at UIC.