EFA Members
The WSU Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors are comprised of faculty with significant experience in translational research and technology commercialization at WSU.
Collectively they offer a substantial resource for faculty interested in learning more about how to design, develop, fund and implement efforts to transform research into products and services that benefit the public. The EFA is a Presidential Commission and its mission is based on recommendations from WSU’s external review of innovation and entrepreneurship activities (ERIE).
Please click here if you would like to recommend someone as a member of the EFA.
| EFA Founding Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Last | Title | College/WSU Unit |
| Cliff | Berkman | Professor | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Allison | Coffin | Associate Professor | College of Arts and Sciences/WSU Vancouver |
| Amit | Dhingra | Professor, and Former Chair EFA | CAHNRS |
| Boel | Fransson | Associate Professor | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Phil | Garner | Professor | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Joe | Harding | Regents Professor | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| John | Harkness | Post-doctoral Scientist | College of Veterinary Medicine/WSU Vancouver |
| Brian | Kraft | Former Assistant Vice President | WSU Office of Research |
| Jacob | Leachman | Associate Professor | Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture |
| David | Makin | Associate Professor, Co-Chair, EFA | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Marie | Mayes | Professor | Carson College of Business |
| Katrina | Mealey | Regents Professor | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Heidi | Medford | Coordinator | WSU Office of Research/WSU Spokane |
| Grant | Norton | Dean and Professor | Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture |
| Glenn | Prestwich | Distinguished Professor, Founding Chair, EFA | WSU Spokane Chancellor Office/WSU Spokane |
| Reza | Safavi | Professor, Co-Chair, EFA | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Mark | Vandam | Associate Professor | ESF College of Medicine/WSU Spokane |
| Bin | Yang | Professor | CAHNRS/WSU TriCities |
| WSU EFA Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Amber | Adams-Progar | Associate Professor | CAHNRS |
| Celestina | Barbosa-Leiker | Associate Professor, Vice Chancellor for Research | College of Nursing |
| Mark | Beattie | Associate Professor | Carson College of Business |
| Frances | Benjamin | Information Systems Coordinator | |
| Jan | Boll | Professor | Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture |
| Trevor | Bond | Associate Dean WSU Libraries | |
| Porismita | Borah | Associate Professor | Murrow College of Comunication |
| Dedra | Buchwald | Director/Professor | ESF College of Medicine |
| Ian | Burke | Professor | CHANRS |
| Todd | Butler | CAS Dean and Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - English |
| Lynn | Carpenter-Boggs | Professor | CAHNRS |
| Asif | Chaudhry | Vice President | WSU International Programs |
| Kim | Christen | Professor, Director | College of Arts and Sciences - DTC |
| Candis | Claiborn | Professor | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Aurora | Clark | Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry |
| Susan | Collins | Assistant Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - Psycology |
| Chris | Cooney | Clinical Assistant Professor | Department of Management, Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship |
| Rebecca | Cooney | Clinical Associate Professor | Murrow College of Comunication |
| Carrie | Cuttler | Assistant Professor | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Julia | Day | Associate Professor | School of Design and Construction |
| Trymaine | Gaither | Special Assistant to the Provost for Inclusive Excellence | Office of the Provost |
| David | Gang | Professor | CAHNRS |
| Girish | Ganjyal | Associate Professor | CAHNRS |
| Brad | Gaolach | Associate Professor | CAHNRS |
| Maria | Gartstein | Professor, Director | College of Arts and Sciences - Psycology |
| Amir | Gilmore | Assistant Professor | College of Education |
| Janessa | Graves | Assistant Professor | College of Nursing |
| Anthony | Gromko | Acting Director and Assistant Professor | WSU Snohomish County Extension and Community & Economic Development |
| Ryan | Hardesty | Executive Director, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art | Museum of Art/WSU |
| JJ | Harty | Engineering Tech | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Joe | Hedges | Associate Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - Fine Arts |
| Devanie | Helsing | Principal Assistant | Innovation & Research Engagement Office |
| Holly | Henning-Yeager | Clinical Assistant Professor | CAHNRS |
| Stacey | Hust | Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs | Murrow College of Comunication |
| Pete | Jacoby | Professor | CAHNRS |
| Babu | John Mariadoss | Associate Professor | Carson College of Business |
| Jolie | Kates | Professor | Landscape Architecture |
| Lav | Khot | Assistant Professor | Department of Biological Systems Engineering |
| Julie | Kmec | Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - Sociology |
| Brian | Kraft | Assistant Vice President | Office of Research |
| First | Last | Title | College/WSU Unit |
| Laura | Lavine | Professor, Chair | Department of Entomology |
| Debbie | Lee | Regents Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - English |
| Aziz | Makhani | Certified Business Advisor | |
| Scott | Maloney | Director of Innovation and Private Sector Research Engagement | |
| Jonathan | Manwaring | Assistant Director Learning Innovations | Academic Outreach & Innovation |
| Amy | Mazur | Professor | College of Arts and Sciences -PPPA |
| Jill | McCluskey | Regents Professor, Director | School of Economic Sciences |
| Matt | McCluskey | Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - Physics and Astronomy |
| Ryan | McLaughlin | Associate Professor | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Sterling | McPherson | Associate Professor | ESF College of Medicine |
| Heidi | Medford | Assistant Director | Office of Research |
| Courtney | Meehan | Professor, Associate Dean | College of Arts and Sciences - Anthropology |
| Squeak | Meisel | Chair, Fine Arts | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Hillary | Mellinger | Assistant Professor | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Charles | Moore | Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - Math |
| Rabindra | Nanda | Technology Licensing Associate | |
| Samantha | Noll | Assistant Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - PPPA |
| Julie | Padowski | Assistant Professor, Assistant Director | Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach (CEREO) |
| Guy | Palmer | Regents Professor | Pathology & Infectious Diseases and the Senior Director of Global Health |
| Io | Palmer | Associate Professor Fine Arts | Deparmetn of Fine Arts |
| Craig | Parks | Vice Provost for System Innovation and Policy | Office of the Provost |
| Miles | Pepper | Engineering Shops Manager | Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture |
| Sammy | Perrone | Assistant Professor | Department of Human Development |
| Chuck | Pezeshki | Professor | Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture |
| Ann | Pisor | Assistant Professor | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Tiffany | Reiss | Clinical Associate Professor | College of Education |
| Kathleen | Rodgers | Associate Professor | Department of Human Development |
| Sammy | Rodriguez | Interim Director, Research Advancement & Partnerships, WSU | |
| Eric | Rogers | Director | WSU Purchasing |
| Carolyn | Ross | Professor | School of Food Science |
| Carolyn | Ross | Professor | CAHNRS |
| Linda | Russo | Clinical Associate Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - English |
| Shyam | Sablani | Professor | CAHNRS |
| Arvin | Sahaym | Associate Professor | Carson College of Business |
| Ed | Sala | Asst. Exec. Director | WSU University Publishing |
| Shannon | Scott | Assistant Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - Music |
| Rishi | Sharma | Director of Business Development | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Andrei | Smertenko | Associate Professor | Institute of Biological Chemistry |
| Mark | Swanson | Associate Professor | School of Environment |
| Carolina | Torres | Associate Professor | CAHNRS |
| Kevin | Vixie | Associate Professor | College of Arts and Sciences - Math |
| Sarah | Zaske | WSU Science Writer | |
| Devanie | Zinn | Principal Assistant |