The University of Iowa has several Strategic Plan Action and Resource Committees (SPARCs) working to implement the 2022-2027 Strategic Plan. One of those committees is the Artificial Intelligence SPARC, which aims to achieve strategic initiatives related to AI.

AI SPARC Committee

  • Brad Rohrer (co-lead), associate vice president and chief information officer, Office of the CIO
  • Barry Thomas (co-lead), associate provost for faculty and strategic operations, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
  • Katie Kahler (support), chief of staff, Office of the CIO
  • Terry Johnson, university chief financial officer and treasurer, Treasury Operations, Finance and Operations
  • Amy Kristof-Brown, dean, Tippie College of Business
  • Cheryl Reardon, chief human resources officer and associate vice president, University Human Resources
  • Tanya Uden-Holman, associate provost for undergraduate education and dean of University College, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
  • Josh Wilda, associate vice president for Information Systems, chief information digital officer, Health Care Information Systems, UI Health Care

AI SPARC Tactic Teams

Research

  • Brad Rohrer (co-lead), associate vice president and chief information officer, Office of the CIO
  • Barry Thomas (co-lead), associate provost for faculty and strategic operations, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
  • Katie Kahler (support), chief of staff, Office of the CIO
  • Mark Berg, director of Center for Social Science Innovation, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Jim Blum, associate professor of Anesthesia, Carver College of Medicine
  • Maddi Brenner, AI support team consultant, Information Technology Services
  • Heath Davis, associate director for biomedical informatics, Carver College of Medicine 
  • Gary Christensen, DEO of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Tori Forbes, director of MATFab Facility, Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences & Engineering
  • Jake Michaelson, Roy J. Carver Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Carver College of Medicine
  • Robert Piper, associate dean for research, director of CCOM Core Research Facilities, Carver College of Medicine
  • Nick Street, associate dean for research and PhD programs, Tippie College of Business

Academic

  • Brad Rohrer (co-lead), associate vice president and chief information officer, Office of the CIO
  • Barry Thomas (co-lead), associate provost for faculty and strategic operations, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
  • Katie Kahler (support), chief of staff, Office of the CIO
  • Tyler Bell, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, College of Engineering
  • Ken Brown, Tippie Children Professor of Management, Tippie College of Business and College of Education
  • Heath Davis, associate director for biomedical informatics, Carver College of Medicine
  • Carl Follmer, assistant DEO of Accounting, Tippie College of Business
  • Vicky Maloy, associate director of Instructional Services Academic Technologies, Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology
  • Shannon Manley, operations information technology director, Carver College of Medicine 
  • Jan Steyn, director of graduate studies in Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Tanya Uden-Holman, associate provost for undergraduate education and dean of University College
  • Heather Dunn, director of adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner program, College of Nursing
  • Cornelia Lang, associate dean for undergraduate education, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Administrative

  • Brad Rohrer (co-lead), associate vice president and chief information officer, Office of the CIO
  • Barry Thomas (co-lead), associate provost for faculty and strategic operations, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
  • Katie Kahler (support), chief of staff, Office of the CIO
  • Vedansh Airen, AI support team consultant, Information Technology Services
  • Jim Blum, associate professor of Anesthesia, Carver College of Medicine
  • Emily Campbell, associate vice president of operations and decision support, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
  • Alaina Hanson, senior director of faculty human resources, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
  • Mark Henrichs, associate vice president for finance and chief financial officer, UI Health Care
  • Ed Hill, executive director of administrative information systems and deputy CIO, Information Technology Services
  • Mike Kaplan, assistant vice president, University Human Resources
  • Angie Reams, associate vice president and dean of students, Division of Student Life