University Of Alabama In Huntsville: Gloria Greene Is President-Elect Of Society Of Research Administrators International

Press release from the University of Alabama in Huntsville:

NOV 08, 2021

Gloria Greene, assistant vice president for contracts and grants in The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), is the first woman of color to become president-elect of the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI).

SRAI is the premier global research management society providing education, professional development and the latest comprehensive information about research management to professionals from over 40 countries.

Greene became the first woman of color elected to the SRAI board of directors in 2016. She credits the support of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and the OSP staff at UAH, a part of the University of Alabama System, for her new career milestone.

“The best part about this position is that I learn new things that I can adapt here at UAH to assist our faculty and research staff in making their jobs much easier and less cumbersome when engaging with the Office of Sponsored Programs,” says Greene.

Her three-year term begins in November 2022 and includes time as president-elect from 2021-2022, president from 2022-2023 and immediate past president from 2023-2024.

“My number one goal is to build upon the outstanding accomplishments of the society,” says Greene, who adds that her emotions ran the gamut when she found out she had been elected. “I am humbly honored by those who voted for me.”

She plans to work with the SRAI headquarters staff, the board of directors and the membership to develop and offer educational programs, including developing a program explicitly designed for principal investigators and post-doctoral researchers.

“I believe we can do this with the support of the headquarters staff, our membership and one of our newest board members, Dr. Jennifer E. Woodward, vice chancellor for Sponsored Programs and Research Operations at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology,” Greene says. “She is also a professor of surgery and immunology who I am looking forward to working with on this project.”

SRAI executive director Evan Roberts says that Greene’s contributions to the profession of research administration have been broad and deep and are among the many reasons SRAI is excited that she has been elected to serve as president.

“Gloria’s tireless dedication to investing in the future of our field, while providing the practical day-to-day knowledge essential to success, can be seen through her daily updates in our Connect social media platform, her highly regarded training sessions at conferences and her intellectual contributions to our strategic planning,” Roberts says.

“UAH is fortunate to have such an exceptional leader within your midst,” he says, “and SRAI is grateful that your organization has supported her in helping lift the technical proficiency and professional prospects for the larger research administration community.”

SRAI maintains the largest network of research managers in the world, and it is the only research management society in the world whose membership spans the entire spectrum of research institutions, including colleges and universities, research hospitals and institutes, government agencies, non-profit funders of research and industry.

This press release was produced by the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The views expressed here are the author’s own.