The RIT-RISE Advisory Board oversees the RIT-RISE Program to ensure that the program meets its stated objectives and benchmarks. The Advisory Board meets twice a year and provides the RIT-RISE Leadership Team with valuable feedback to help ensure the success of our program.
| CHAIR | |
| Robert Pollard, Ph.D. | Associate Dean for Research, NTID |
| MEMBERS | |
| Steve Barnett, M.D. | Director of the National Center on Deaf Health Research |
| Gerard Buckley, Ed.D. | President, NTID |
| Diane Clark, Ph.D. | RIT-RISE External Program Evaluator |
| Ellen Granberg, Ph.D. | Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, RIT |
| Anne Haake, Ph.D. | Dean of B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences |
| Edward Hensel, Ph.D. | Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Kate Gleason College of Engineering |
| Daniel Ornt, M.D. | Dean, College of Health Science and Technology |
| Ryne Raffaelle, Ph.D. | Vice-President for Research and Associate Provost, RIT |
| James Raynor, Ph.D. | RISE Program Director at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, NC |
| Deirdre Schlehofer, Ed.D. | Assistant Professor, Cultural and Creative Studies Department, NTID |
| Tomicka Wagstaff, Ed.D. | Senior Director for Academic Access & Success at RIT |
| James Winebrake, Ph.D | Dean, College of Liberal Arts, RIT |