Staff Directory

Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships  (TIP/OAD)

Phone: (703) 292-7009 | Website

Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships list
Assistant Director
Erwin Gianchandani
(703) 292-7009 E 12445 [email protected]
Deputy Assistant Director
Graciela L. Narcho
(703) 292-4825 E 12449 [email protected]
Directorate Operations Officer
Dawn R. Patterson
E 12451 [email protected]
Staff Associate for Technology Policy and Strategy
Tess DeBlanc-Knowles
(703) 292-4647 E 7436 [email protected]
Staff Associate for Business Systems
Joan H. Goetzinger
(703) 292-8188 W 5235 [email protected]
Entrepreneurial Lead
Daniel S. Goetzel
(703) 292-5304 E 14475 [email protected]
Staff Associate for Evaluation and Assessment
Yuen Lau
E 14463 [email protected]
Communications Specialist
Kelly Mccormack Monterroso
E 14479 [email protected]
Staff Associate for Strategic Engagements
Kerstin J. Mukerji
(703) 292-8050 E 14483 [email protected]
Staff Associate for Data & Analytics
Grace W. Yuan
(703) 292-5099 E 14461 [email protected]
Senior Advisor
David Tennenhouse
(703) 292-7417 N/A [email protected]
Expert
Jeffrey D. Alstott
N/A [email protected]
Senior Advisor
Chaitanya K. Baru
(703) 292-4596 E 12414 [email protected]
Expert
Munesh Makhija
(703) 292-8648 E 12466A [email protected]
Expert
Dipanjan Nag
(703) 292-7016 OFFSITE [email protected]
Student Trainee (Program Analyst)
Samuel Soares Walton
(703) 292-8329 OFFSITE [email protected]
Portfolio Manager
Alonda Woodley
(703) 292-7595 E 12452C [email protected]
AAAS FELLOW
R. Anne Stetler
(703) 292-8727 E 12456D [email protected]
Expert
Ian McClure
(703) 292-8274 OFFSITE [email protected]
Assistant
Anna Fenzel
(703) 292-4793 E 12400A [email protected]
Strategic Advisor
Patricia A Finsterbusch
(703) 292-4778 OFFSITE [email protected]
IT Specialist
Asaduz Zaman
(703) 292-8259 E 12462B [email protected]
Directorate Administrative Coordinator
Kevin L. Webster
(703) 292-7050 E 13336 [email protected]

Joseph M. Kittle
(703) 292-2523 HOTELOFC [email protected]
Program Director
Ann Schwartz
(703) 292-2421 OFFSITE [email protected]
Expert
Jordan F Schneider
(703) 292-4747 OFFSITE [email protected]
Special Advisor
Joda A. Thongnopnua
(703) 292-4707 E 12462D [email protected]
Program Director
Emma Rose Westerman
(703) 292-4912 E 7436 [email protected]

Innovation and Technology Ecosystems  (TIP/ITE)

External Website

Innovation and Technology Ecosystems list
Division Director
Thyagarajan Nandagopal
E 12455 [email protected]
Program Director
Forouzan Golshani
(703) 292-2394 E 14346 [email protected]

Convergence Accelerator Section  (CA)



Convergence Accelerator Section list
Section Head
Douglas Maughan
(703) 292-2497 E 12457 [email protected]
Program Director
Aurali E. Dade
E 12434 [email protected]
Program Director
Pradeep P. Fulay
(703) 292-2445 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Jemin George
(703) 292-2251 W 18176 [email protected]
Program Director
Linda Molnar
(703) 292-8316 E 12453 [email protected]
Program Director
Catherine O'Reilly
(703) 292-7934 W 12184 [email protected]
Program Director
Michael Reksulak
(703) 292-8326 N/A [email protected]
Program Director
Christopher Sanford
(703) 292-8132 E 12456C [email protected]
Program Director
Lori Anne Ziolkowski
(703) 292-8133 W 8182 [email protected]
Program Manager
Michael Pozmantier
(703) 292-4475 E 12447 [email protected]
Communications & Outreach Lead
Shelby L. Smith
(703) 292-2647 W 12446 [email protected]
Senior Research Technologist
Yolanda Saunders
N/A [email protected]
Technology Generalist
Lipi Acharya
N/A [email protected]
Technology Generalist
Nicholas Silver
N/A [email protected]
Grants Managements Specialist
Jaedon Wilson
N/A [email protected]

Emerging Technologies Section  (ET)



Emerging Technologies Section list
Program Director
David Darwin
(703) 292-4728 E 14345B [email protected]
Program Director
Sudharman Jayaweera Kankanamge
(703) 292-2828 E 12466B [email protected]
Program Director
Waleed Nasser
(703) 292-8172 E 12400A [email protected]
Program Director
Danielle Frances Sumy
(703) 292-4217 E 12452B [email protected]
Program Director Expert
James Joshi
N/A [email protected]
Program Director
Michael Allan Huff
(703) 292-2286 E 14456C [email protected]
Program Director
Agata Ciesielski
(703) 292-4205 E 14338B [email protected]

Innovation Programs Section  (IP)



Innovation Programs Section list
Section Head
John-David Swanson
(703) 292-2898 W 17105 [email protected]
Program Support Coordinator
Laura Biggerstaff
N/A [email protected]
Program Director
Geoffrey Brown
(703) 292-4979 E 12466A [email protected]
Program Director
Alan Jordan Cohen
(703) 292-7959 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Jessica Lynn Fields
(703) 292-4846 E 12381B [email protected]
AAAS Fellow
Korie Grayson
(703) 292-8885 E 12452D [email protected]
Program Director
Xueying Han
(703) 292-8726 E 12466A [email protected]
Program Director Expert
Nini Maung-Gaona
N/A [email protected]
Program Director
Dmitri Perkins
(703) 292-7463 E 14344 [email protected]
Program Director (detail)
Florence I. Rabanal
(703) 292-8808 HOTELOFC [email protected]
Program Director
Rebecca Shearman
(703) 292-7403 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director Expert
Kimberly Zarecor
(703) 292-2834 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Michal Ziv-El
E 10336 [email protected]
Program Director
Alptekin Aksan
(703) 292-8605 E 14462C [email protected]
Program Director
Sarah Goforth
(703) 292-7438 OFFSITE [email protected]

Operations  (OP)



Operations list
Operations Manager
Tatiana Makarow
(703) 292-8566 E 14451 [email protected]
Program Analyst
David Waldner
E 9456A [email protected]
Student Trainee (Program Analyst)
Victoria Gonzales
(703) 292-7822 E 14345A [email protected]
Program Analyst (detail)
Christopher Lee Kinson
(703) 292-7039 W 18155A [email protected]

Translational Impacts  (TIP/TI)

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Translational Impacts list
Division Director
Barry W. Johnson
(703) 292-4965 E 14486 [email protected]
Program Analyst
Esther Obasiolu
(703) 292-2470 E 14466B [email protected]

Small Business Section  (TIP/TI)

Phone: (703) 292-8050 | Fax: (703) 292-9057

Small Business Section list
Program Director
Henry Ahn
(703) 292-7069 E 14471 [email protected]
Program Director
Peter S. Atherton
(703) 292-8772 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Anna S. Brady-Estevez
(703) 292-7077 E 14465 [email protected]
Program Director
Edward Chinchoy
OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Parvathi Chundi
(703) 292-5198 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Vincent Lee
(703) 292-5041 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Rajesh V. Mehta
(703) 292-2174 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Elizabeth Mirowski
(703) 292-2936 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Alastair Monk
(703) 292-4392 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Erik Pierstorff
(703) 292-2165 E 14469 [email protected]
Program Director
Mara Schindelholz
(703) 292-4506 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director and Policy Liaison
Benaiah D. Schrag
(703) 292-8323 E 14481 [email protected]
Expert
Stephen F. Hahn
(703) 292-7873 N/A [email protected]
Expert
Stacyann Russell
N/A [email protected]
Expert
Farzin Samadani
N/A [email protected]
Program Director
Lindsay Portnoy
(703) 292-8848 TBD [email protected]

Translational Programs Section  (TIP/TI)



Translational Programs Section list
Section Head
Carol A. Bessel
(703) 292-4906 E 14485 [email protected]

Innovation Corps  (TIP/TI)



Innovation Corps list
Program Director
Ruth M. Shuman
(703) 292-2160 E 14334 [email protected]
Expert
Lynore Abbott
N/A [email protected]
Program Director
Molly M Wasko
(703) 292-4749 E 14303A [email protected]
Program Director
Jaime Andres Camelio
(703) 292-2061 E 14335A [email protected]

Partnerships for Innovation  (TIP/TI)



Partnerships for Innovation list
Program Director
Samir M. Iqbal
(703) 292-7529 E 14467 [email protected]

Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems  (TIP/TI)



Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems list
Program Director
Peter S. Atherton
(703) 292-8772 OFFSITE [email protected]
Program Director
Jeffrey Morgan Stanton
(703) 292-7794 E 12452A [email protected]

Operations for Translational Impacts  (TIP/TI)



Operations for Translational Impacts list
Administrative Manager
Gregory L. Misiorek
(703) 292-5352 OFFSITE [email protected]
Operations Manager
LISA Marik
(703) 292-4379 E 14473 [email protected]

Strategic Partnerships Hub  (TIP/SPH)

External Website

Strategic Partnerships Hub list
Strategic Partnerships Officer
Alice Kamens
(703) 292-4394 OFFSITE [email protected]
Strategic Partnerships Officer
Allen D Walker
(703) 292-2291 E 12436 [email protected]

TIP Contract Support  (TIP/OAD)



TIP Contract Support list
Contractor
Yared Adamu
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Sarah Akhtar
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Selah Applin
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Ngoc Cao
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Rachana Chamkur
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
John Chukwumah
(703) 292-8526 E 14462B [email protected]
Contractor
Edward Crockett
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Angela Drumm
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Jennifer Edwards
(703) 292-2661 N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Nahom Fisseha
E14462D [email protected]
Contractor
Lawrence Gabourel
(703) 292-7043 14484A [email protected]
Contractor
Stephanie Harcum
(703) 292-7476 E 14472C [email protected]
Contractor
Matthew Hoagberg
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Kyauna Jones
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Cladoris Kemp
E 14484B [email protected]
Contractor
Wanda Mickens
(703) 292-4759 E 14339D [email protected]
Contractor
Jenny Moon
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Mahesh Padigala
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Kathy Park
(703) 292-2544 E 14462A [email protected]
Contractor
Ayush Pudasaini
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Jamelle Redman
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Cherise Richardson
(703) 292-4418 E 14484A [email protected]
Contractor
Kate Shapiro
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Senthilkumar Thiyagarajan
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Paul Trumble
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Kathryn Weatherly
N/A [email protected]
Contractor
Teresa Westfall
(703) 292-2999 N/A [email protected]