Instructors
Rachel Croson, Ph.D.
Dean, UT Arlington College of Business
Dr. Croson is Dean of the UT Arlington College of Business. Prior to joining UT Arlington in 2013, she was a professor and the director of the UT Dallas Negotiations Center (2007-2013). She also served for two years as the National Science Foundation’s division Director for Social and Economic Sciences, managing a $100 million annual budget and eight programs.
Prior to joining UT Dallas, Rachel was an assistant and associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Operations and Information Management. She earned her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Harvard University.
Rachel has taught Negotiation to MBA, PhD and Executive Education students for almost 20 years. She has served on the board of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, where she was pivotal in developing and running mentoring workshops. Rachel is also the co-editor of the 2012 Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, with Gary Bolton.
Diane Darling
Darling Institute, Effective Networking, Inc.
Ms. Diane Darling is a national expert on networking and business relationships. She authored the definitive book on networking called The Networking Survival Guide (McGraw Hill 2003), and her second book Networking for Career Success (McGraw Hill 2005) is also a great success.
Diane is the principal consultant for Effective Networking, Inc., and she has received rave reviews for her seminars that combine interactive training and strategic planning to demystify the process of networking. She has consulted with multinational corporations, academic medical centers and non-profit organizations.
Diane has appeared on NBC Nightly News, in The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe. She was a former columnist for the Boston Business Journal and taught in Boston University’s MBA program.
Suzanne J. Farmer, Ph.D.
Assistant VP, Organization Development & Training, Chief Learning Officer
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Farmer is the Chief Learning Officer at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she leads the enterprise organizational development and learning strategy. Her key responsibilities include identifying and building key physician and professional leadership talent, leading organization design, galvanizing change, and driving employee engagement. Suzanne is also a co-director of the UT Southwestern Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments (LEAD) training program for junior clinical and basic science faculty.
Prior to joining UT Southwestern, Suzanne led Talent and Organization Development at Dean Foods, Sales Communication at Frito-Lay North America, and gained global experience leading talent management and succession planning at Celanese. Suzanne earned her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Central Michigan University.
Raymond Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at the University of Texas System
Dr. Greenberg joined The UT System as Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs in 2013. He is responsible for the 6 UT System Health Institutions. Before coming to the UT System, Ray served for 13 years as President of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and 5 years as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of MUSC. Under his guidance, MUSC successfully competed for designation as a National Cancer Institute cancer center and a NIH Clinical and Translational Science award.
Before joining MUSC, Ray served for 12 years at Emory University, where he held multiple leadership positions, including Chair of the medical school’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Deputy Director of the Winship Cancer Center and founding Dean of the Rollins School of Public Health.
Ray earned his M.D. degree from Duke University, M.P.H. from Harvard University, and Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina. He holds honorary degrees from several institutions, and has served on many scientific advisory boards.
Stephanie Huie, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for the Office of Strategic Initiatives for the University of Texas System
Dr. Huie leads a team of research and policy analysts to develop metrics that align with the UT System Chancellor's strategic vision. In addition, she is responsible for monitoring higher education issues at the System, State, and national levels, and for making recommendations on trends and best practices in higher education. Stephanie oversees the development and implementation of the UT System Productivity Dashboard, a web-based business intelligence system that provides analytics for policy decisions and measures productivity and accountability in higher education.
Before joining The UT System, Stephanie served in multiple roles at Huston-Tillotson University. She received her master's and Ph.D. degrees in Sociology at UT Austin. She is a graduate of Harvard University's Institute for Education Management and has completed the planning certification program through the Society for College and University Planners.
Patricia Hurn, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Texas System
Dr. Hurn is Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at The University of Texas System. She joined the UT System in 2012 and is the Chief Health Research Officer to the UT System and its six Health Institutions. She is also a Professor in Neurobiology in the College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin.
Her focus at the UT System is on building collaborative models of bio-health research, creating innovative science education programs and constructing technological systems and infrastructure for the mission of discovery.
Prior to joining the UT System, Patti was the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs at The Oregon Health & Science University, Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. She is also the founding Director of the Oregon Research Center for Gender-based Medicine. She has created university-wide programs in faculty mentorship, evaluation, leadership development, the advancement of women in science and medicine, and attaining excellence through collaboration. Her view that collaboration shortens the distance to any goal and enhances the outcome is continuously shared with her many protégés over the years.
Patti launched the UT System Women Senior Leaders Network together with Dr. Liz Travis in Oct. 2012.
Susan Miller, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
President, Voicetrainer LLC
Dr. Miller is President of Voicetrainer LLC, a voice, speech and communication consulting business (http://www.voicetrainer.com/about-us) who has worked closely with individuals at all stages of their career, from corporate executives, government officials, broadcasters, and doctors.
Susan is a popular trainer whose presentations, group seminars, and training programs have included topics on communicating confidently, using vocal power, developing a commanding presence, diminishing stage fright, diffusing conflict in the workplace, and maintaining vocal health. She has been featured on ABC, CBS, CNN, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Voice of America, and NPR. She has been a frequent instructor in the AAMC Women Career Development seminars.
Susan is an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at the Georgetown University Hospital, a scientific fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, a certified speech-language pathologist, and a member of the editorial board of the Voice Foundation. She received her Ph.D. in Human Development and Communication Science from the University of Texas at Dallas. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Hearing and Language Association.
Elizabeth LaTorre Travis, Ph.D., FASTRO
Associate Vice President for Women Faculty Programs and Professor
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Travis is the Associate Vice President for Women Faculty Programs, Mattie Allen Fair Professor in Cancer Research and Professor in the Departments of Experimental Radiation Oncology and Pulmonary Medicine at The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is an internationally recognized scientist and past President of the Radiation Research Society.
In her leadership role in Women Faculty Programs at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Liz is a consummate advocate for women faculty and is committed to furthering their academic careers by ensuring they are appointed to high profile committees and leadership positions, by leading institutional policy change to address obstacles that interfere with women’s success, and by providing career guidance to countless women faculty. She is the recipient of the Association of American Medical College (AAMC) Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) Leadership Development Award in 2009 (for an individual) and in 2012 (for an organization) and the Chair of the 2014-2015 GWIMS steering committee. She is the immediate past President of Women Executives in Science and Healthcare and was recently elected to the board of the Association for Women in Science.
Liz launched the UT System Women Senior Leaders Network together with Dr. Patricia Hurn in Oct. 2012. Her 2013 Perspective article in Academic Medicine “Sponsorship: A Path to the Academic C-suite for Women Faculty” is an inspiration for this UT System Sponsorship Workshop.
Panelists & Invited Speakers
Thomas Burke, M.D.
Executive Vice President, MD Anderson Cancer Network
Dr. Burke as Executive Vice President of The MD Anderson Cancer Network leads a team focused on engaging community hospitals and health care systems nationally and internationally. The goal is to improve the quality of cancer care in those communities. He works to ensure that MD Anderson quality care is delivered by the network partners, certified and specialty members, and by the outpatient centers located in regional communities around Houston. Prior to this position, Tom was executive vice president and physician-in-chief at MD Anderson where he was responsible for oversight and strategic planning for patient care delivery throughout the hospital, clinics and outreach programs.
Tom joined the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1988 after serving in the United States Armed Forces. He is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and provides clinical care for women with gynecologic malignancies. His clinical research focus has been on vulvar and endometrial cancers.
Tom is a member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Surgeons, the Felix Rutledge Society, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. His clinical and educational activities have been recognized nationally and internationally and he was nominated as Woodward and White's "Best Doctors in America" and Good Housekeeping's "Best Doctors for Women."
Kathleen M. Gibson
President and CEO of Southwestern Medical Foundation
Kathleen Gibson is President and CEO of Southwestern Medical Foundation - a leading charitable institution supporting advancement in medical education, medical research and health care. The Foundation’s assets currently exceed $800 million, arrayed across more than 1,000 funds, creating a financial resource that enables advances in health care benefiting the citizens of our community, state, and world for years to come. During 1943, the Foundation formed Southwestern Medical College, now known as UT Southwestern Medical Center, and remains its most significant philanthropic partner.
Prior to joining Southwestern Medical Foundation, Kathleen spent thirty years in financial services, holding numerous leadership positions with Citibank and Bank of America. Kathleen joined Citibank in 2006, as Head of Citibank Texas Commercial and President of Citibank Texas. In 2007, she was named President of the Central Division, Commercial Banking, with responsibility for the Central US Commercial Business. Prior to joining Citibank, Kathleen spent 25 years with Bank of America and its predecessor banks, where she held leadership roles in Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking and Asset Management and served as President, Bank of America-Dallas.
Kathleen has been involved in community activities in Dallas and Texas for many years. She currently serves as Chairman of the Board of The Association of Former Students at Texas A&M University, and as Strategy Chair for the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations Board. She serves on the Boards of the SMU Tate Lecture Series and the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, and is a member of the International Women’s Forum – Dallas, Charter 100, Dallas Woman’s Club, Marianne Scruggs Garden Club, and Junior League of Dallas.
She has been recognized in the Dallas Business Journal as a ‘Top 25 Industry Leader in Women in Business’, and by the Profiles in Diversity Journal in the 10th Annual Women Worth Watching edition. Kathleen is a recipient of Texas A&M’s Tyrus R. Timm Honor Registry Award, Women’s Legacy Award, and was recently honored as a 2014 Fish Camp Namesake. She serves on the Advisory Council for the Center for International Business Studies at Texas A&M and the Mays Business School Development Council. Kathleen’s prior involvement in civic activities includes serving on the Dallas Regional Chamber Board and Executive Committee, Chairing the Dallas March for Babies Walk, and serving on the Boards of Children’s Medical Center, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, The Dallas Opera, The Lamplighter School, Dallas Citizens Council, The City Club, and the Dallas 2012 Olympic Bid Committee.
Born in Texas, Ms. Gibson lived several early years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, and attended school at Southern Methodist University in Oxford and in Russia. Kathleen and her husband, Robert, have two daughters, Catherine and Sarah.
Margaret L. Kripke, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
Dr. Kripke joined CPRIT in January of 2013. She oversees CPRIT’s Research portfolio, which funds the majority of the Institute’s $300 million in annual grant awards.
Margaret retired in 2007 from The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center where she was the Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer. While there, she founded the Department of Immunology and was also a Professor of Immunology. She recently completed a nine-year term on the three-person President’s Cancer Panel, an honor reserved for the most distinguished oncology scientists in the nation.
Margaret holds a Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of California at Berkeley and is a world-renowned expert in the immunology of skin cancers. Due to her esteemed position within the scientific community, particularly as a champion of diversity in the workplace, the Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award was established by MD Anderson in 2008 to honor individuals who have enhanced the careers of women in cancer medicine and cancer science.
Havidán Rodríguez, Ph.D.
President, Ad Interim, University of Texas – Pan American; and
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Dr. Havidán Rodríguez is the President, Ad Interim, of The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA). Dr. Rodríguez was named by The University of Texas System to guide the University through its final year before it becomes a part of the newly created The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Prior to his appointment as President, Ad Interim, he served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at UT Pan American. He also is a tenured professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Following his year as UTPA’s Interim President, Dr. Rodríguez will become the founding Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of the multi-campus UTRGV.
Before joining UT Pan American in January 2011, Dr. Rodríguez was the Deputy Provost, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and International Programs, and Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. He was also a core faculty member and former director of the Disaster Research Center, the oldest and one of the leading social science disaster research centers in the world.
Dr. Rodríguez, who obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, held a faculty position and several administrative positions at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM) for over a decade, and he served as Director of the Minority Affairs Program for the American Sociological Association (1995-1998). He has also been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan’s Population Fellow’s Program (Summers, 2001-2003), was selected as the Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Spring, 2002), received a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Disaster Medical System Outstanding Achievement Award (2004), and was recognized as one of the Hispanics of the Year in the State of Delaware for which he received the Professional Achievement Award (2007).
Dr. Rodríguez has served on a number of committees for the National Academy of Sciences and on review panels for the National Science Foundation and the Ford Foundation, and was the Chair of the Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.
He has received funding from NSF, the Ford Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, FEMA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the UPRM Sea Grant Program, among others, for a number of research projects focusing on the social science aspects of disasters and for projects aimed at providing hands-on research training and mentoring to undergraduate and graduate students. He was also the principal investigator for the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: Training the Next Generation of Disaster Researchers, funded by NSF. Currently, he serves as the principal investigator for an NSF ADVANCE IT grant aimed at increasing the representation, participation, and leadership of women faculty in STEM fields.
Dr. Rodríguez has led and participated in a number of field research projects, including trips to Honduras, following Hurricane Mitch; India and Sri Lanka, following the Indian Ocean Tsunami; and the U.S. Gulf Coast, following Hurricane Katrina. He also has a significant number of publications in the area of disasters, as well as Latinos/as in the United States. He is the co-editor (with Quarantelli and Dynes) of the Handbook of Disaster Researchand the co-editor (with Sáenz and Menjívar) of Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of América.
