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BeAM Advisory Board

The BeAM Advisory Board provides mission-based leadership and strategic guidance to BeAM, the UNC network of Makerspaces. The BeAM director leads day-to-day operations; however, partnership between the Director and Advisory Board is important to ensure that BeAM operates with the most effective impact for all campus stakeholders. The Advisory Board reflects the broad scope of BeAM’s mission to serve and support campus education, teaching, research, innovation and workforce development. Appropriate involvement of the Board is critical and expected with Board members serving in an advisory capacity as the following:

  • Provide feedback and input to the Director on relevant issues.
  • Serve as BeAM ambassadors and advocates to support and enhance BeAM partnerships with UNC departments and resources.
  • Review outcomes and metrics to evaluate BeAM performance and effectiveness with teaching, learning, scholarship, research and innovation.

Andy Johns
Andy Johns

Andy Johns
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

Andy Lang
Andy Lang

Andy Lang
Associate Dean of Information Technology and Data Analytics, College of Arts & Sciences

Annette Lawrence
Annette Lawrence

Annette Lawrence
Chair, Department of Art and Art History

Bob Dieterle
Bob Dieterle

Bob Dieterle 
Eshelman Institute for Innovation; Managing Director of Digital Health Venture Studio

Chrissy Kinkade
Chrissy Kinkade

Chrissy Kinkade
Director of Industry Engagement, Foundation Relations and Industry Engagement

Greg Copenhaver
Greg Copenhaver

Greg Copenhaver
Director of the Institute for Convergent Science

Jay Aikat
Jay Aikat

Jay Aikat
Vice Dean, School of Data Science and Society

Jaye Cable
Jaye Cable

Jaye Cable
Senior Associate Dean for Natural Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Josh Alexander
Josh Alexander

Josh Alexander
Chair of the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UNC Health Care

Kate Henz
Kate Henz

Kate Henz
Vice Provost for Strategy and Resource Management

Kelly Giovanello
Kelly Giovanello

Kelly Giovanello
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation

Laura Pates
Laura Pates

Laura Pates
Teaching Assistant Professor, Dramatic Art and Technical Director for PlayMakers Repertory Company

Lisa Miller
Lisa Miller

Lisa Miller
Associate Dean for Administration, School of Nursing

Maggie Melo
Maggie Melo

Maggie Melo
Assistant Professor, School of Information and Library Science

Paul Dayton
Paul Dayton

Paul Dayton
Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Patrick Preudhomme
Patrick Preudhomme

Patrick Preudhomme
Assistant Director Student Learning Initiatives, Carolina Housing

Rich Goldberg
Rich Goldberg

Rich Goldberg
Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Applied Physical Sciences

Rich Superfine
Rich Superfine

Rich Superfine
Taylor-Williams Distinguished Professor, Department of Applied Physical Sciences

Bob Pleasants
Robert Pleasants

Robert Pleasants
Director, Office for Undergraduate Research

Sam Lai
Sam Lai

Sam Lai
Professor, Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Sheryl Waddell
Sheryl Waddell

Sheryl Waddell
Director of Economic Development and Innovation Hubs

Theo Dingemans
Theo Dingemans

Theo Dingemans
Chair of Applied Physical Sciences

Viji Sathy
Viji Sathy

Viji Sathy
Associate Dean for Evaluation and Assessment, CAS

Wei You
Wei You

Wei You
Chair, Department of Chemistry

Wendy Clark
Wendy Clark

Wendy Clark
Clinical Assistant Professor, Adams School of Dentistry