Functional Integration

Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and Senior International Officer at UT San Antonio Lisa Montoya, PhD, has been named as the functional leader for Global Initiatives and International Services effective January 1.

Functional Integration Team (FIT) launched, members include Claudia Delgado, Siobhan Fleming and Anthony Francis.

Three working groups have been established to focus on key priorities:

• Strategic Research Initiatives: identify and align research programs across both campuses. This effort is designed to strengthen collaboration.
• Research Administration & Operations: assess, align, and integrate administrative and operational functions that support research activities across both campuses. This initiative aims to build cohesive and efficient service models, optimize the use of institutional resources, and ensure consistent delivery of high-quality support to faculty and research staff.
• Innovation & Strategic Partnerships: enhance and unify efforts that advance research commercialization, industry collaboration, and strategic alliances across both campuses. This initiative focuses on fostering a cohesive innovation ecosystem that accelerates technology translation, expands partnership opportunities, and amplifies the economic and societal impact of institutional research. Through this effort, we will align programs, leverage shared resources, and strengthen the infrastructure that supports a dynamic and collaborative innovation enterprise.

Functional Integration Team (FIT) launched, members include Chelsea Trotter, Reuben Amaro, Mary Anthony, Derrick Ozuna, Vanessa Lofton, Carol Lizcano, Georgina Martinez, Teresa Sandoval, Travis Brown, Emily Bettancourt, Kathryn Keeton, Matt Scott, Bob Neuhard and Kimberly Maldonado.

Five working groups have been established to focus on key priorities:

• Executive Support & Special Projects: evaluate current VIP services, donor & visitor concierge, and event support, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and recommending future service models.
• Executive Communications: evaluate current executive-level communications in the Office of the President, including an assessment of roles and responsibilities to ensure aligned effort across divisions, while recommending structures, processes, and frameworks to strengthen and scale these efforts.
• Administration & Operations: evaluate current administrative and operational support, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and recommending streamlined processes and systems.
• Presidential Initiatives: evaluating current support for Presidential initiatives, communications, and strategic projects, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and recommending future processes for alignment and delivery.
• SEVP Engagement & Support: evaluate how the Office of the SEVP for Health Affairs and Health Services coordinates with institutional leadership and future frameworks to strengthen collaboration, including an assessment of roles and responsibilities to ensure alignment with the Office of the President and the development of structures that enhance strategic coordination across the enterprise.

Functional Integration Team (FIT) launched, members include Jennifer Bittle, Beth Hubbert, Anne Peters, Joan Duncan, Joe Izbrand, Monica Taylor, Sylvia Geedman, Lety Laurel, Lizette Yanes, Jennifer Horton and Kimberly Maldonado.