Office of Research and Innovation Organization

Associate Vice President, Jon Porter

Associate Vice President, Brandy Salmon
*dual report to Advancement

Sponsored Programs, Pre-Award – Interim Director, Randy Heflin

Sponsored Programs, Post-Award, Compliance, Contracts, and Front Office – Interim Director, Lisa M. Lee

Senior Associate Vice President, Randy Heflin

• Animal Resources and Care – Associate Vice President, Dave Schabdach
• Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance – Senior Associate Vice President, Lisa M. Lee
• Export and Secure Research Compliance – Director, John Talerico

Assistant Vice President and Chief of Staff, Laurel Miner

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

Finance – Senior Director, Odie Fthenos

Human Resources – Division Director, Lynn Byrd

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

Thematic Institutes and University Centers

• 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
• 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