Chief of Staff
Holly Hauck is chief of staff to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research (SVCR), serving as a strategic advisor and key business partner to the SVCR, and assisting in managing internal and external relationships and objectives. Hauck brings more than 15 years of experience in strategic planning and operations, including serving seven years in higher education. She most recently served as assistant dean of strategic partnerships and projects at the University of Washington School of Nursing, working closely with the executive dean, faculty, staff, students, and key stakeholders on strategic organizational development projects and major change initiatives with far-reaching impact across the state of Washington and nursing profession.
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Inclusion and Outreach Strategy
Jennifer Iriti is Pitt’s new assistant vice chancellor for research inclusion and outreach strategy. A research scientist at Pitt’s Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), Iriti leads boundary-spanning work at the intersections of evaluation, design thinking, equitable systems and learning sciences. She continues her post at LRDC, and will help large multidisciplinary research proposal teams (potentially multi-university) design their diversity, equity, inclusion, outreach and workforce development components. Iriti is Co-PI for a $10 million NSF INCLUDES Alliance, the STEM PUSH Network, intended to increase access for underrepresented minoritized populations in undergraduate STEM programs.
Assistant Director for Research Development
Tobias Rodriguez is Pitt’s new assistant director for research development, in the Office of Sponsored Programs, where he will lead the expansion of research development services and offerings for the Pitt research community. Rodriguez has a 16-year career in higher education. He completed his doctoral training at the University of Michigan, which was followed by a faculty appointment at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans where he taught, conducted research and led strategic planning, faculty development, and student research efforts. He then served as vice president of a higher education consultancy where he was responsible for leading institutional-level initiatives in research and program development for more than 100 higher education and corporate clients.