Office of Research and Innovation Organization

Vice President, Steven McKnight

Associate Vice President, Jon Porter

Associate Vice President, Brandy Salmon
*dual report to Advancement

Assistant Vice President, Research and Innovation and Director, Sponsored Programs, Linda Feuster Duffy

Senior Associate Vice President, Randy Heflin

• Animal Resources and Care – Associate Vice President, David Schabdach
• Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance – Associate Vice President, Lisa M. Lee
• Export and Secure Research Compliance – Assistant Vice President, Research Security and Chief Research Security Officer, John Talerico
• Research Development – Senior Coordinator, Eleanor Nelsen

Assistant Vice President and Chief of Staff, Laurel Miner

• Electronic Research Administration and Process Improvement – Senior Director, Radka Schenk Kretinska
• Information Technology – Senior Director, Neil Sedlak
• Marketing and Communications – Senior Director**, Lindsey Haugh
• Postdoctoral Affairs – Program Administrator, Chris Smith

** Dual report to University Communications and Marketing

Finance – Senior Director, Odie Fthenos

Human Resources – Division Director***, Lynn Byrd

*** Dual report to University Human Resources

Investment Institutes

• Fralin Life Sciences Institute – Executive Director, Rob McCarley
• Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology – Director, Ben Knapp
• Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science – Executive Director, Stefan Duma
• Institute for Society, Culture and Environment – Executive Director, Karen Roberto

Thematic Institutes

• Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC – Executive Director, Mike Friedlander
• Virginia Tech National Security Institute – Executive Director, Eric Paterson
• Virginia Tech Transportation Institute – Executive Director, Zac Doerzaph

University Center

• Macromolecules Innovation Institute – Director, Robert Moore

• Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation – President, John Forte
• Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties – President, Brandy Salmon
• Commonwealth Cyber Initiative – Executive Director, Luiz DaSilva