November 6, 2009
Advisory Committee Named to Aid Search for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President
A 24-person advisory committee to assist in selecting a new president for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has been named by Chancellor Kent Hance.
The committee is representative of faculty, staff, students, members of the Texas Tech University Board of Regents, administrators and members of the communities in which the Health Sciences Center operates. The committee will assist with identifying nominees and applicants, screenings of candidates and will ensure that their respective constituency groups are kept up-to-date on the search. The advisory committee will work closely with a five-member search committee established last month by the chancellor.
“The committee will play an extremely important role in the search process,” said Hance. “The new Health Sciences Center president will work with all groups represented on the advisory panel, so it is essential that they have a voice as we move forward. We have an outstanding group of individuals who have agreed to serve and we are looking forward to the collaboration between the search committee and the advisory committee.”
The advisory committee is chaired by Nancy Neal, member of the Texas Tech Board of Regents, of Lubbock.
Also serving on the committee are:
J. Robert Brown, owner of Brownco Capital, LLC and former chairman of the Texas Tech Board of Regents, El Paso
Paul P. Brooke, Jr., dean of the TTUHSC School of Allied Health Sciences, Lubbock
Jim Brunjes, vice chancellor and CFO of the Texas Tech University System, Lubbock
Jose Manuel de la Rosa, dean, TTUHSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso
Dennis B. Dove, regional chairman of the TTUSHC School of Medicine Department of Surgery, Amarillo
F. Scott Dueser, member of Texas Tech University Foundation Board of Directors; former chairman of the Texas Tech Board of Regents; chairman, president and chief executive officer of First Financial Bankshares, Inc., Abilene
Paula Grammas, executive director of the TTUHSC Garrison Institute on Aging, and professor of neurology at the TTUHSC School of Medicine, Lubbock
Alexia Green, dean of the TTUHSC Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing, Lubbock
Timothy Hayes, president of the TTUHSC Staff Senate and senior director of leadership initiatives in the Office of the Dean, TTUHSC School of Medicine, Lubbock
Alan Henry, community member and president of the Alan Henry Insurance Agency and former mayor of the City of Lubbock
Cynthia Jumper, chairperson of the Department of Internal Medicine, TTUHSC School of Medicine, Lubbock
Kyle Miller, student regent on the Texas Tech Board of Regents and TTUHSC School of Medicine student, Lubbock
Arthur A. Nelson, dean of the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy, Amarillo
Carl E. Noe, professor of anesthesiology and pain management in the McDermott Center for Pain Management at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and former member of the Texas Tech Board of Regents, Dallas
Kelly Overley, vice chancellor for institutional advancement for the Texas Tech University System, Lubbock
Beverly Pevehouse, community member and advisory governor for the Permian Basin Area Foundation; former director of the Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research; and president of the Pevehouse Resources Group, Midland
R. Michael Ragain, Braddock Chair in the TTUHSC School of Medicine Department of Family & Community Medicine, Lubbock
Luis Reuss, dean of the TTUHSC Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Lubbock
Cory Robertson, president of the TTUHSC Student Government Association and School of Medicine student, Lubbock
Rebecca B. Sleeper, president of the TTUHSC Faculty Senate and head of the Geriatric Division in the Department of Pharmacy Practice of the School of Pharmacy, Lubbock
Douglas M. Stocco, TTUHSC executive vice president for research, Lubbock
Betsy Triplett-Hurt, community member and past chairperson of the TTUHSC Advisory Council in Odessa; past chairperson of the Texas Tech Foundation Board of Directors; and former member of the Texas Board of Health, Odessa
Surendra Varma, associate dean for graduate medical education and resident affairs; Ted Hartman Endowed Chair in Medical Education; University Distinguished Professor; vice-chairperson and program director in the TTUHSC School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Lubbock
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