LIAM, a program designed to help UofL faculty members cultivate leadership and innovation skills, graduated its fifth class, bringing the number of individuals who have completed the program to 143.
Over its five-year history, the program has increased the population of leadership-prepared faculty members across both campuses. LIAM graduates have moved on to accept leadership positions at UofL, including Russ Farmer, assistant dean – clinical skills and medical director of the Paris Simulation Center in the School of Medicine; Susan Ryan, associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Arts & Sciences; Brandon McCormack, director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research; Doug Craddock Jr., vice president of community engagement and chief of staff to the executive vice president and university provost; and Jeff Guan, who recently was named interim dean of the College of Business.
The mission of LIAM is to develop the next generation of leaders at UofL by teaching them the skills needed first to lead themselves, then lead with others and finally, lead an organization. Faculty members enroll in an 11-month training program that includes regular discussions and capstone team projects.
“Leadership is a set of skills that you can practice. It’s not something you are born with or not born with, but there is a set of definable skills, and with any skill, if you practice it, you get better at it,” said Gerard Rabalais, who developed and directs the LIAM program with Staci Saner.
Originally created for School of Medicine faculty and named Leadership and Innovation in Academic Medicine, LIAM quickly expanded to include faculty members from across the university as well as staff from UofL Health. Reflecting this broader scope, the program has been renamed Leadership and Innovation in Academics Matter.
The LIAM class of 2022, listed below, includes 46 faculty members from HSC and Belknap campuses and UofL Health.
LIAM graduating class (2022):
Cara Cashon, Arts & Sciences
David Schultz, Arts & Sciences
Michael Losavio, Arts & Sciences
Michael Menze, Arts & Sciences
Sherri Wallace, Arts & Sciences
Thomas Edison, Arts & Sciences
Daniela Terson de Paleville, Education and Human Development
Gianina Fink, Education and Human Development
Laurie Dawn McCubbin, Education and Human Development
Samantha Walte, Education and Human Development
Stefanie Wooten Burnett, Education and Human Development
Jeff Guan, Business
Jose Fernandez, Business
Michael Wade, Business
Robert Garrett Jr., Business
Zachary Goldman, Business
Brittney Richardson, Medicine
Cindy Crabtree, Medicine
Erin Davis, Medicine
Hannah Fischer, Medicine
Jessica Kline, Medicine
Katherine Pohlgeers, Medicine
Katie Canalichio, Medicine
Katrina Erickson, Medicine
Keri Marques, Medicine
Marcie Cole, Medicine
Marx de Sa, Medicine
Mary McClanahan, Medicine
Matthew Lawrenz, Medicine
Mohiuddin Hadi, Medicine
Nana Yaw Ohene Baah, Medicine
Natalie Henderson, Medicine
Ronald Morton, Medicine
Stacy Lenger, Medicine
Rebecca Gesler, Nursing
Dongfeng Wu, Public Health and Information Sciences
Shesh Rai, Public Health and Information Sciences
Christina John, UofL Physicians
Cindy Lucchese, UofL Physicians
M Renae Gagnon, UofL Physicians
Mariam Traore, UofL Physicians
Zachary Bostock, UofL Physicians
Adam Hall, Dentistry
Alia Eldairi, Dentistry
Breacya Washington, Dentistry
Pin-Chuang Lai, Dentistry
The 45-member LIAM class of 2023 also has been announced and is listed below.
LIAM incoming class (2023):
Kristi King, Education and Human Development
Justin McFadden, Education and Human Development
Dylan Naeger, Education and Human Development
Ashley Shelton, Education and Human Development
Eduardo Antunes Bortoluzzi, Dentistry
Grace De Souza, Dentistry
Timothy Followell, Dentistry
Liliana Rozo (Gaeth), Dentistry
Hammam Al Makadma, Medicine
Tracy Ander, Medicine
Forest Arnold, Medicine
Virginia Barbosa, Medicine
Michael Chorney, Medicine
Samantha Cotton, Medicine
Dale Ding, Medicine
Susan Harkema, Medicine
Lauren Herrmann, Medicine
Gagandeep Kaur, Medicine
Jerry Lin, Medicine
Wei Liu, Medicine
Jonathan Newsom, Medicine
Siddharth Pahwa, Medicine
Adriana Palade, Medicine
Melissa Perrotta, Medicine
Ryan Shapiro, Medicine
Caitlin Thomas, Medicine
Nelleke van Wouwe, Medicine
Nagma Zafar, Medicine
Jian Zheng, Medicine
Lynn Roser, Nursing
Andrew Scott LaJoie, Public Health and Information Sciences
Tina Vandergriff, UofL Hospital
Abbey Roach, UofL Hospital
Amy Capps, UofL Hospital
Aundrea Lewis, UofL Hospital
Kim Wilson, UofL Hospital
Brandi Meyer, UofL Hospital
Erzsi Sleder, UofL Hospital
Rachel Riggs, UofL Hospital
Fay Knott, UofL Physicians
Mindy Sherman, UofL Physicians
Susi Gillis, UofL Physicians
Westley Covington, UofL Physicians
Sherri Ryan, UofL Physicians
Jamieson Forristal, UofL Physicians
