GRAND CHALLENGES - Key Persons


Benjamin Finkelor

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor to the Vice - Provost 's Office

Brooke Genovese

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student Staff

Camille Killorin

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Cheryl Meehan

Job Titles:
  • Education Specialist

David Wolking

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager / Deputy Director, Institute for Pandemic Intelligence
  • Program Manager and Deputy Director, Institute for Pandemic Intelligence

Diana Magallanes

Job Titles:
  • Executive Analyst to Vice Provost

Grace Kim

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Institute for Pandemic Intelligence

Jane Fieldhouse

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student Staff

Jonna Mazet

Job Titles:
  • Vice Provost
Jonna Mazet, DVM, MPVM, PhD, is the Vice Provost of Grand Challenges and the Chancellor's Leadership Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Disease Ecology at the University of California, Davis, where she founded the One Health Institute. Prof. Mazet is active in global health problem-solving, especially for emerging infectious disease and conservation challenges. She was the Global Director of the viral emergence early warning project, PREDICT, developed with the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) Emerging Pandemic Threats Program. An elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine, she also serves on the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats, One Health Action Collaborative, and Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats. Dr. Mazet has extensive experience in developing innovative and collaborative approaches to what she calls the world's "large-scale wicked problems." Dr. Mazet reflecting on her role as Vice Provost of Grand Challenges, "I am deeply honored, and energized, to be entrusted with this new leadership role aimed at stimulating solution-oriented activities across the university for our world's existential crises. I am very proud of UC Davis' deep commitment and record of achievement in improving the health and well-being of people, animals, plants, and our planet. Having the opportunity to serve that commitment as vice provost is a great privilege."

Molly McKinney

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff
  • Senior Program Manager

Monica Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Research Administrator

Nicholas Burnett

Job Titles:
  • Technical Proposal Content Creation Lead / Grant Writer

Paul Dodd

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Vice Chancellor