Members of the CPI Executive Committee (EC) are selected each year by the CPI Chair and ratified by the full Council. The EC meets for a coordination meeting the first Wednesday of every month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and invites research administrative representatives from Texas A&M, HSC, TEES, TTI, and AgriLife Research to attend.
The CPI EC also meets regularly with the Texas A&M President, Provost and Vice President for Research; Distinguished Professor’s Executive Committee; The Texas A&M University System Chancellor; and Congressman Bill Flores and other representatives or administrators upon request.
The CPI-EC can be contacted by sending an email to cpi-ec@listserv.tamu.edu.
2020-2021 CPI Officers (officers are standing members of the Executive Committee)
Stephen Maren, Chair
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
College of Liberal Arts
maren@tamu.edu
979.458.7960
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2022
External Committees: Animal Research Advisory Committee; Research Development Fund Advisory Committee
David Stelly, Vice Chair
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
stelly@tamu.edu
979.845.2745
CPI Membership Term: 2019 – 2022 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Darren Depoy, Past Chair
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
depoy@physics.tamu.edu
979.862.2082
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021 (2nd Term)
External Committees: Presidents Excellence Fund Steering Committee (PEF); Export Control Designated Liaisons Network, TAMU IT Committee
**RATIFICATION APPROVED** 2020-2021 Executive Committee (terms extend from September 1st through August 31st)
Russell Cross
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
hrcross@tamu.edu
979.862.1705
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Nancy Downing
Department of Forensic Nursing
College of Nursing
downing@tamu.edu
979.436.0157
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Kerri Gehring
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
kbgehring@tamu.edu
979.862.3643
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Carl Gregory
Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine
College of Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
cgregory@tamu.edu
979.436.9643
CPI Membership Term 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Melissa Grunlan
Department of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
mgrunlan@tamu.edu
979.845.2406
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Dennis Perkinson
Transportation Safety Center (TSC)
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
d-perkinson@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2246
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Elizabeth (Betsy) Pierson
Department of Horticultural Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
eapierson@tamu.edu
979.862.1307
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Harland Prechel
Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts
hprechel@tamu.edu
979.845.6424
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Jayanth Ramadoss
Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
jramadoss@cvm.tamu.edu
979.845.7261
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Brendan Roark
Department of Geography
College of Geosciences
broark@geos.tamu.edu
979.862.1775
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Lee Tarpley
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont
ltarpley@tamu.edu
409.752.2741 x2235
CPI Membership Term 2020-2023 (2nd Term
External Committee: External Committees: TAMUS Maestro Steering Committee; TAMUS Maestro Budget Forecasting Leadership Committee.