Staff
Geoffrey Landward
Commissioner of Higher Education
Nate Talley
Deputy Commissioner & CFO
Alison A. Adams
General Counsel & Secretary of the Board
Taylor Adams
Associate Commissioner of Presidential Leadership and Special Projects
TJ Bliss
Associate Commissioner for Academic and Technical Education
Trisha Dugovic
Director of Communication
Brynn Fronk
Assistant Board Secretary and Executive Assistant
Vic Hockett
Associate Commissioner of Talent Ready Utah
Carrie Mayne
Chief Economist
Katie Mazzie
Associate Commissioner of Government and Trustee Relations
Jefferson Moss
Executive Director of the Nucleus Institute
Angie Stallings
Chief Educational Pathways Officer
Rachel Terry
Chief of Staff
Melissa Van Hien
Assistant Chief of Staff
Kim Ziebarth
Senior Advisor of Technical Education
Amy Andre
Director of State Youth Apprenticeships
Leena Bath
Communication & Marketing Specialist
Matthew Baxter
Assistant Commissioner of Data Governance
Ashlee Blackham
Financial Aid Manager
Wayne Bushman
Audit Director
Dyllen Cafferty
Manager of Educational Pathways
Brett Campbell
Senior Research Scientist
Denise Carter
Scholarship Specialist
Jay Chandra
Assistant Commissioner of Data Systems ORDS
Kathy Cook
Internal Auditor
Ligia Cordero
Administrative Assistant
Trevor Cross
Systems Administrator
Cassidy Dragunat
Assistant Commissioner of Financial Aid
Tyler Dunn
Industry Engagement Manager
Kevin Enright
Assistant Commissioner of Finance and Facilities
Fred Ericksen
Internal Audit Manager
Ari Fenn
Assistant Commissioner of Research
Richard Gonzalez
Assistant Commissioner of Adult Learners
Chance Groskreutz
Senior Data Scientist
Cyd Grua
Assistant Commissioner of Educational Pathways
Merrill Halling
Assistant Commissioner of Academic Affairs
Eddie Hanic
Internal Auditor
Beckie Hermansen
Assistant Commissioner of Analytics
Kennedy Hermansen
Scholarship Specialist
Connor Hill
Data Scientist II
Steve Hood
Assistant Commissioner of Academic Affairs
Emily Ivie
Administrative Assistant
Jillian Jensen
Human Resources Associate Director
Benjamin Johnson
Manager of Workforce Operations and Program Management
Jeff Johnson
Assistant Commissioner of Data Privacy
Britnee Nguyen
Assistant Commissioner of UX
Swathi Kukunarapu
Senior Data Engineer
Richard Lainez
Facilities Director
Benjamin Langley
Controller
Wei Li
Senior Data Scientist Data Narratives
Sarina Ma
Senior Data Engineer
Jimmy McDonough
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Education Workforce Programs
Alicia McIntire
Senior Research Scientist
Hayley Mitchell
Administrative Assistant
Sai Peram
Senior Data Scientist Data Governance
Spriha Pradhan
Senior Data Scientist Analytics
David Pulsipher
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Compliance
Natalie Reidhead
Administrative Assistant Supervisor
Hilary Renshaw
Associate General Counsel
Ashley Reyes
Manager of Compliance
Tess Roundy
Communication & Design Specialist
Brian L. Shuppy
Senior Assistant Commissioner for Budget & Finance
Casey Slater
Utah Healthcare Education Collaboration Program Manager
Jeremias Solari
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Research & Data Systems
Kerry Stack
Manager of Finance & Student Aid Accounting
Kenadie Stanger
Senior Data Analyst
Karen Tao
Senior Research Scientist
Pavan Vasa
Data Science & Visualization Intern
Olivia Wan
Budget & Planning Accountant
Rachel Williams
Internal Auditor
Jessie Winitzky-Stephens
Assistant Commissioner of Technical Education
Mark Wolfson
Academics Special Projects Coordinator
Jacob Wright
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Facilities and Finance