Graduate School Board of Directors

James B. Fahner, M.D., Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology & Senior Administrative Physician for Philanthropy & Community Relations at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Peter A. Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc. (hon), Chief Scientific Officer, Distinguished Professor, Director, Center for Epigenetics

Karen Klomparens, Ph.D., Vice Chair; Dean of the Graduate School & Associate Provost for Graduate Education, Michigan State University

Juan R. Olivarez, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board; Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University; President Emeritus, Aquinas College

Mary O’Riordan, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies and Frederick C. Neidhardt Collegiate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School (not pictured)

Candace T. Smith-King, M.D., Vice President, Spectrum Health Academic Affairs, Spectrum Health System; Pediatric Specialist, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Danny R. Welch, Ph.D., Founding Chair, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Kansas Cancer Center