VINSE - Key Persons


Alayna Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Provost and Senior Director of the Career Center

Alexis Coulter

Job Titles:
  • Career Coach

Allison Otto

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Badging & Skills

Andra DeVincenzo

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Reunion and Class Engagement

Anna Flagg

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Employer Relations

B. Antonella Valdivia

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Initiatives

Benjamin W. Schmidt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the User Committee
  • Cleanroom Manager / Technical Lead, Industry Partnerships
Ben is interested in the development of advanced nanomaterials to further the research needs of the Vanderbilt community and beyond. He has experience with deposition and etching of thin films for understanding and optimizing process-property relationships especially related to gate dielectrics and high-temperature ceramics. As a Staff Scientist at a surface analysis instrumentation manufacturer, he consulted with users worldwide to improve photoelectron spectroscopy methods that can be applied to a variety of materials for contamination control, process development, and chemical composition of interfaces. In VINSE, Ben manages operations in the cleanroom, coordinates testing and maintenance on tools and facility infrastructure, and trains users on processes and safety protocols. He is also eager to engage outside industrial and academic partners for projects utilizing the fabrication and characterization capabilities within VINSE.

Bethany Reilly

Job Titles:
  • Career Coach

Bri Jimenez

Job Titles:
  • Employer Relations Specialist

Brooke Ruskaup

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Class and Community Engagement

Cathy Weisbrodt

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Engagement

Christina Keeton

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Coaching and Engagement

Christina L. McGahan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the User Committee

Destiny Rumble

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Immersive Experiences & Treks

Dmitry S. Koktysh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the User Committee

Eileen Cunningham

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving / Quinqs and Classes

Elizabeth Harrington Lambert

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Fellowships

Erica M. Betz

Job Titles:
  • Director of External Partner Engagement

Ethan Fesperman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Undergraduate Coaching and Engagement

Grace Janoski

Job Titles:
  • Director of Center Innovation

Jacob Chabowski

Job Titles:
  • Master of Arts in Human Resources Management, Claremont Lincoln University

James Hoon

Job Titles:
  • Career Coach

James R. McBride

Job Titles:
  • Member of the User Committee
  • Advanced Imaging

Janet E. Macdonald

Job Titles:
  • Member of the User Committee
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry / Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Materials Science

Jason G. Valentine

Job Titles:
  • Member of the User Committee
  • Professor of Mechanical Engineering / Professor of Electrical Engineering

Jess Evans - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer

Jessica Abner

Job Titles:
  • Senior Career Coach

Jim Bradford

Job Titles:
  • Dean Emeritus of the Owen Graduate School of Management, Dead at 76

Joe Toye

Job Titles:
  • Guard and Leader

John Jumper

Job Titles:
  • Developer of AlphaFold, to Present an Apex Lecture on Aug. 30

John T. Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the User Committee
  • Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering / Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Josh D. Caldwell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the User Committee
  • Professor of Mechanical Engineering / Professor of Electrical Engineering

Katie Carnes

Job Titles:
  • Employer Relations Specialist

Kendall Rosati

Job Titles:
  • Director of Reunion and Class Engagement

Lindsey Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator for External Partner Engagement

Mariah Strike

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations and Strategy

Mary Frances Moore

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Reunion and Class Engagement

Meg Vaysben

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Planned Giving

Megan K. Dernberger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the User Committee
  • Cleanroom Staff Engineer II

Nia Dorsey

Job Titles:
  • Commodore Defender and Community Volunteer

Nicole O'Block

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager

Paresh Patel

Job Titles:
  • Career Coach

Penny Baga

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Employer Relations

Samantha "Sam" Mazzuca

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Reunion and Class Engagement

Sara Tsai

Job Titles:
  • Runner and Engineer

Sarah Poteete

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Alumni Relations and Stewardship

Sarah Ross, Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Whitney B. Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Senior Career Coach