{"682068":{"#nid":"682068","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Susan Burns and Brandon Strickland Joining Leadership Team in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is pleased to announce the appointment of two new leadership positions within the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR). These positions report to the Chief Research Operations Officer.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESusan Burns\u003C\/strong\u003E has agreed to serve as interim Associate Vice President for Research Operations and Infrastructure (AVP-ROI), effective immediately. Susan is a distinguished professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, with extensive experience in research operations and infrastructure. Her leadership and commitment to advancing research excellence will be instrumental in supporting the Institute\u2019s strategic goals. A search for a permanent AVP-ROI will begin in the near future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrandon Strickland\u003C\/strong\u003E will be joining Georgia Tech as the new Associate Vice President for Research Administration (AVP-RA), effective June 16, 2025. Brandon, an engineer and attorney by training, brings a wealth of experience from his previous role as Executive Director of the Office of Research Administration at the University of Miami, where he managed a dynamic research enterprise with an annual portfolio of more than $700 million in expenditures. His expertise streamlining research administration processes, providing strong service to faculty, and fostering interdisciplinary collaborations will be invaluable to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re excited and grateful to welcome Susan Burns and Brandon Strickland to our leadership team. Their combined expertise and dedication to research excellence will undoubtedly strengthen our efforts in research administration processes, operations, and infrastructure. I look forward to working with them,\u201d said Bill Dracos, Interim Chief Research Operations Officer.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe EVPR\u2019s office thanks Susan Puryear for her service as interim AVP-RA over the past several months. Susan will remain at Georgia Tech into the summer during the transition to Brandon.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESusan Burns and Brandon Strickland Joining Leadership Team in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Susan Burns and Brandon Strickland Joining Leadership Team in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research"}],"uid":"27561","created_gmt":"2025-04-25 23:51:19","changed_gmt":"2025-04-26 00:20:36","author":"Angela Ayers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676954":{"id":"676954","type":"image","title":"BurnsStrickland.jpg","body":null,"created":"1745626774","gmt_created":"2025-04-26 00:19:34","changed":"1745626774","gmt_changed":"2025-04-26 00:19:34","alt":"Susan Burns and Brandon Strickland","file":{"fid":"260808","name":"BurnsStrickland.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/25\/BurnsStrickland_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/25\/BurnsStrickland_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":70221,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/25\/BurnsStrickland_0.jpg?itok=6EB1bEgq"}}},"media_ids":["676954"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}