Speakers
Tony Cucolo
Associate Vice Chancellor for Leadership Development and Veterans Affairs, UT System
Tony Cucolo joined The University of Texas System in April 2015 as Associate Vice Chancellor for Leadership Development and Veterans Affairs. In this role, Mr. Cucolo is responsible for working with all academic and health institutions in the areas of leadership development for undergraduate and graduate students, leadership development programs for mid-level and senior campus leaders, and the establishment of an executive level leadership institute. Additionally, he is responsible for the coordination and integration of veterans' affairs and veterans support activities across all institutions. He serves as the system's liaison to campus ROTC programs and is also a member of UT System's Department of Defense Advisory Group.
Mr. Cucolo served more than 35 years in the U.S. Army, retiring at the rank of Major General in September 2014. Before joining the UT System, his final tour of duty was spent leading the US Army War College, an accredited institution for strategic studies, whose student bodies include senior US and foreign national security professionals preparing for leadership positions at the strategic level of the government and the military.
He earned a bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a master's degree from the University of San Francisco. Among his awards are three Distinguished Service medals, the Bronze Star, the U.S. State Department Superior Achievement award and the French Legion of Honor. He is a Disabled Veteran.
Mr. Cucolo and his wife Ginger have three grown children, a devoted Great Dane, an ambivalent cat, and divide time between Austin and Wimberley.
David E. Daniel, Ph.D.
Deputy Chancellor, UT System
David E. Daniel, Ph.D. was appointed Deputy Chancellor of The University of Texas System in July 2015. He earned bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Between degrees, he worked for three years as an engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served on the faculty at UT Austin from 1980 to 1996. In 1996, he moved to the University of Illinois serving first as Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and from 2001-2005 as Dean of Engineering. Dr. Daniel was appointed President of The University of Texas at Dallas in 2005 and served in the role until 2015.
Dr. Daniel's professional work has been recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers, which awarded him its highest honor for papers published in its journals, the Norman Medal, and on two separate occasions its second highest honor, the Croes Medal. He has also received the President's Award, the Geotechnical Hero's Award, and the Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award for Education. In 2000, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the nation's most prestigious honor recognizing engineering achievement.
From 2005 through 2008, Daniel served as Chair of the External Review Panel of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which examined the facts surrounding the performance of New Orleans' levees during Hurricane Katrina. In 2009 Daniel served as President of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas (TAMEST), which is comprised of all Texas residents who have won Nobel Prizes or been elected to one of the National Academies. In July 2010, Daniel was appointed by the National Academy of Engineering to a committee that investigated the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Daniel served on the Board of Directors for Sandia Corporation, which oversees Sandia National Laboratory, from 2008-2015. He serves on the governing Council of the National Academy of Engineering.
Daniel has advocated widely for developing and cultivating world-class research universities. The approach that he suggested for creating more top-tier research universities in Texas gained widespread support that led to major legislation and that to him being named a finalist for "Texan of the Year" by the Dallas Morning News in December 2009.
Kathy Edwards, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, McCombs School of Business at UT Austin
Kathy Edwards, Ph.D. is a faculty member in the Management Department of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. She has taught in both the MBA and the Undergraduate Business programs for almost two decades. Dr. Edwards is the recipient of numerous academic teaching awards, including the UT Regents Award for Outstanding Teaching, Texas Exes Teaching Award, Faculty Honor Roll, and the Harkins Foundation Award for Effective Teaching in Business. In addition to her work as a faculty member, she has held HRD leadership positions in business, non-profit and governmental organizations and entrepreneurial ventures. The training and consulting firm she founded has been in business for over thirty years. She is the co-author with Ann Brooks of the book, Consulting in Uncertainty: The Power of Inquiry. Her current research interests include consulting, conflict management, and family businesses. Dr. Edwards received her Ph.D. in Adult Education and Human Resource Development from The University of Texas at Austin. She is also a summa cum laude graduate of Texas Christian University where she holds both a bachelor's and master's degree.
Dr. Edwards is the immediate-past chair of the Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management.
Suzanne J. Farmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President of Talent Management/Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Suzanne Farmer, Ph.D. is the Assistant Vice President of Talent Management and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and she also serves as the Chief Learning Officer for UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she leads the enterprise recruitment, organizational development, succession and learning strategy for the Medical School, and its University Hospitals and Clinics. Her key responsibilities include identifying and building key physician and professional leadership talent, leading organization design, galvanizing change, and driving employee engagement. Her accomplishments since joining the organization in 2012 include consolidating learning entities across the enterprise and launching the Academy for Career Enrichment (ACE) that expands access to personalized learning opportunities through technology and customized programs for key talent segments.
Prior to her role as CLO, Farmer led Talent and Organization Development at Dean Foods, led Sales Communication at Frito-Lay North America, and gained global experience leading talent management and succession planning at Celanese. She began her career at Dell Inc. in Austin as an Organization Development consultant. Farmer earned her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Central Michigan University and her B.S. in Psychology from Texas A&M University. Her assessment and selection research is published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and she is also published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and the Journal of Occupational and Health Psychology. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Society for Human Resource Management and the International Association of Business Communicators.
Maria Martinez-Cosio, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, UT Arlington
Maria Martinez-Cosio [Coh-see-oh] is a first-generation college graduate, whose interests gravitate towards understanding the experience of immigrants, particularly those from Latin America in the urban environment. An urban sociologist with a Ph.D. from UC San Diego, she most recently published a book on private foundations engaged in comprehensive efforts to improve communities populated by English-language-learners. In keeping with her commitment to underserved communities, Dr. Cosio led a team of faculty and staff at UT Arlington that successfully applied for the university's first Hispanic Serving Institution grant. The five-year Title V $2.6 million grant is entering its second year supporting the success of transfer students. Dr. Cosio also serves as the Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at UT Arlington.
Susan Miller, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Founder, Voicetrainer, LLC
Susan Miller, Ph.D. is Principal and Founder of Voicetrainer LLC, a voice, speech and communication consulting business (http://www.voicetrainer.com/about-us). She 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, presenting concise messages 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. She currently provides online coaching for professionals who wish to fine-tune their communication and presentation skills.
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.
Sharon Reimold, M.D., M.S.
Vice Chair of Medicine for Ambulatory Operations & Faculty Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Sharon Reimold, M.D., M.S. is the Vice Chair of Medicine for Ambulatory Operations and Faculty Development at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Trained as a Cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, she served as the Fellowship Program Director for over a decade and was the Associate Director of the Cardiology Noninvasive Imaging Laboratory. After relocating to Dallas in 2000, she served as the Clinical Chief of Cardiology at UTSW where one of her goals was to recruit, develop, and retain female academic cardiologists. UTSW has one of the largest proportions of female cardiologists in the country. She was honored as the 2012 Patricia and William L. Watson. Jr., M.D. Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine, the highest award granted to clinical faculty at UT Southwestern. She is a member of WISMAC (Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee) for the University. This committee focuses on the providing resources for women to be successful in their academic medical careers. In her short time working with faculty development in the Internal Medicine Department, she has successfully deployed an onboarding program as well as a faculty process to evaluate readiness for promotion. Current interests include examining differences between career development programs for men and women as well as promoting programs on the physician experience.
Rogelio Sáenz, Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Public Policy, UT San Antonio
Rogelio Sáenz, Ph.D. is Dean of the College of Public Policy and holds the Mark G. Yudof Endowed Chair at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Sáenz has written extensively in the areas of demography, Latina/os, race and ethnic relations, inequality, immigration, public policy, social justice, and human rights. He is co-author of Latinos in the United States: Diversity and Change (Polity Press) and is also co-editor of The International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity (Springer Press). Sáenz regularly writes op-ed essays on current demographic, social, race, economic, and political issues with his contributions appearing in such newspaper as the Austin American-Statesman, El Paso Times, New York Times, Rio Grande Guardian, and the San Antonio Express-News. He is also a Policy Fellow of the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.
Mary Anne Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor, McCombs School of Business at UT Austin
Marry Anne Taylor, Ph.D. is a professor of Business and Strategic Communication, and is a Communication and Leadership Coach at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. She also consults independently for state and local government entities, and specializes in independent career management consulting. She earned her Masters of Public Affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Language (Communication Studies) at The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Taylor specializes in presentation effectiveness, business pitches, interview preparation, written communication, cultivating a personal brand, and networking. In addition to individualized executive and communication coaching, Dr. Taylor works frequently with the Texas MBA + Leadership Program and Executive Education center on career management. In 2015-16, she has coached full time MBA, TEMBA, and EMBA professionals who have placed in companies including: Apple, 3M, Bain & Company, BCG, Chevron, Deloitte, Dell, Intel, GE, PwC-Strategy&, McKinsey, Microsoft, start-up incubators, VC's, Nike, and more. Finally, Dr. Taylor also consults with local city government officials and city managers on media messaging, persuasion, and strategic communication.
Elizabeth LaTorre Travis, Ph.D., FASTRO
Associate Vice President, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Elizabeth Travis, Ph.D. is the Associate Vice President, Women and Minority Faculty Inclusion, and Mattie Allen Fair Professor in Cancer Research in the departments of Experimental Radiation Oncology and Pulmonary Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is an internationally recognized scientist who has made significant contributions to our understanding of the effects of radiation on normal tissues in her 25 years in the field. For the past eight years, she served as Associate Vice President, Women Faculty Programs, where she led efforts to further the academic careers of women physicians and scientists 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. The office recently expanded under her leadership to include minority faculty, where she will apply similar and new strategies to address their specific career needs. Dr. Travis is a principal investigator on two NIH grants: a U54 partnership grant with Puerto Rico, 'Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research,' and an R001 grant 'Gatekeepers and Gender Schemas," which seeks to understand the role that gender plays in choosing faculty for tenure track positions. She is a fellow of the American Society of Radiation Oncology, recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges' Group on Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Development Award for an individual (2009) and an institution (2012). Dr. Travis was inducted into the Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame in 2012 and elected as a member of its Board of Directors in 2013 and became chair in January 2017. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Women in Science. She was recognized at the Houston Italian Cultural and Community Center's 12th annual gala honoring the Italian Influence in Medicine and is the recipient of the 2014 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award by The American Association for Women Radiologists. She is the past Chair of the Group on Women in Medicine and Science, Association of American Medical Colleges.
Janet F. Williams, M.D.
Associate Dean for Faculty, UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine
Janet F. Williams, M.D. from rural Illinois is the first women in her family to earn a college degree. Her other 'family firsts' include: a medical degree, academic medicine career, tenured Professor (of Pediatrics), and UT System Distinguished Teaching Professor. In 2011, she became the (inaugural) Associate Dean for Faculty at the UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine where she has introduced and orchestrated numerous initiatives, including a continuous quality improvement-based approach to faculty development, and a 'lean' electronic faculty recruitment and onboarding system for the campus. Her teaching interests lie in pediatric growth and development, parenting, motivational behavior change and substance use education. Through the American Academy of Pediatrics, she has led the development of numerous alcohol, tobacco and other substance use related national policy, clinical and technical reports. As a SAMHSA grant PI, she developed a large South Texas multisite training program to instill substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBRIT) skills and practices. Recently, Dr. Williams was recognized for her 30 years of dedicated UT service.
