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DRI PRESIDENT
Stephen G. Wells, Ph.D.
DRI PRESIDENT’S CABINET
Ellie Oppenheim, Senior Vice
President for Finance and
Administration and Chief
Operations Officer
Alan Gertler, Ph.D., Vice President
for Research and Chief Science
Officer
Rina Schumer, Ph.D., Assistant
Vice President for Research and
Academic Affairs Officer
Chris Ipsen, Assistant Vice President
for Information Technology, Chief
Information Officer
Peter Ross, Assistant Vice President
for Campus Planning and Physical
Plant
Karen Stewart-Carrico, Assistant
Vice President and Controller
Marc Pitchford, Ph.D., Executive
Director for Division of
Atmospheric Sciences
DRI FOUNDATION
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Charles T. Creigh, Jr., Chair
Stephanie Tyler, Vice-Chair
Soraya Tabibi Aguirre, Treasurer
Holger Liepmann, Secretary
TRUSTEES
Dr. Nazir Ansari
Mike Benjamin
Linda Brinkley, Ph.D.
Mark F. Bruce, ESQ.
Theodore Dake
Pat Egan
John J. Entsminger
Dr. W. Michael Fagen
Robert B. Gagosian, Ph.D.
Tom Gallagher
C. Joseph Guild, III
Paul J. Kaleta
Gary M. Kvistad
Leonard LaFrance,
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER
EDUCATION BOARD OF REGENTS
Rick Trachok, Chairman
Michael B. Wixom, Vice Chairman
Dr. Andrea Anderson
Cedric Crear
Robert Davidson
Mark W. Doubrava, M.D.
Jason Geddes, Ph.D.
Trevor Hayes
James Dean Leavitt
Sam Lieberman
Kevin C. Melcher
Kevin J. Page
Allison Stephens
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER
EDUCATION CHANCELLOR
Daniel Klaich
AFFILIATED ENTITIES
DRI Foundation (DRIF)
DRI Tennessee (DRI-TN)
DRI Research Park (DRP)
Desert Research Corporation (DRC)
Beverly Ramsey, Ph.D., Executive
Director for Division of Earth and
Ecosystem Sciences
Jim Thomas, Ph.D., Executive
Director for Division of Hydrologic
Sciences
Braimah Apambire, Ph.D.,
Director, Center for International
Water and Sustainability (CIWAS)
John Albrecht, Legal Counsel, DRI
and Nevada System of Higher
Education
Mark Bowers, Director of Human
Resources
John A. Gardner II, Special Assistant
to the President in Southern
Nevada
Ken Ladd, Special Assistant to the
President for Innovation Based
Economic Development
ADVISORY BODIES
Faculty Senate – Dana Trimble, Chair
Technologist Advisory Council (TAC) –
Dawn Coots, Chair
Graduate Student Advisory (GRAD) –
Jessica Connolly, President
Robert E. Lewis
Michael Prescott
Ron Randolph-Wall
Ian Rogoff
Tom Skancke
Terry Van Noy
Stephen G. Wells, Ph.D.
Roger A. Wittenberg
John R. Worthington
Missy Young
Dr. Kenneth W. Ciriacks
Jens Peter Clausen
Gayle Crowell
Dr. Farouk El-Baz
Lou Emmert
Fred D. Gibson, Jr.
Dr. Charles R. Goldman
Walter M. Higgins, III
Bruce James
Brian J. Kennedy
Howard “Hal” Lenox
Keith L. Lee
Lauralyn McCarthy
Dr. D. Warner North
Michael A. Saltman
Thomas J. Schoeman
Robb Smith
Terry Van Noy
Amy Vernetti
Troy E. Wade, II
Steven Weber, Ph.D.
EMERITUS TRUSTEES
Dr. Arthur Anderson
Hal Furman
Sandy Miller
Robert L. Noland
Howard Wahl
FOUNDATION FELLOWS
Marybel Batjer
William Botts
Joseph W. Brown
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2016 DRI NEVADA MEDALIST
DR. MARY “MISSY” CUMMINGS
In April 2016, the Desert Research
Institute proudly honored Dr. Mary
“Missy” Cummings as its 29th DRI Nevada
Medalist.
As the director of the Humans and
Autonomy Lab at Duke University,
Cummings leads a pioneering team of
researchers and engineers focused on the
complex interactions of human interaction
with unmanned aerial systems (UAS),
commonly known as drones; and the
social and ethical implications of such
new technologies that have the potential
to dramatically impact both industry and
humanity.
Cummings also spent eleven years
(1988–1999) as a naval officer and military
pilot, earning the rank of lieute