Leadership

Bringing the best minds together to deliver our bold vision

Our commitment to advancing research, education and clinical care throughout Michigan and beyond is demonstrated by these thought-leading innovators who serve in inaugural leadership positions. National leaders in their respective fields, this team is bringing together hundreds of experts from both organizations to move the partnership goals forward.

President

Norman Hubbard

Senior Associate Vice President
MSU Office of Health Sciences

Administration

Teri Grieb, Ph.D.

Chief Administrative Officer

Cheryl Verbruggen

Finance Director

Board Members

Adnan Munkarah, M.D.

Board Chair
President, Care Delivery System and Chief Clinical Officer, Henry Ford Health

Karen Crosby

Board Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer, MSU Office of Health Sciences 

Aron Sousa, M.D.

Executive Dean, MSU Health Colleges and MSU College of Human Medicine Dean

Robin Damschroder

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Business Development Officer, Henry Ford Health

Joyce deJong, D.O.

Dean, MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine

Walter Esselman, Ph.D. 

Associate Vice President, MSU Health Sciences Research

Christine Johnson, Ph.D.

Henry Ford Health Public Health Sciences Chair

Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D.  

Chair, MSU Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health

Steven Kalkanis, M.D.

Henry Ford Medical Group CEO, Henry Ford Hospital CEO, MSU College of Human Medicine Associate Dean

Eric J. Scher, M.D.

Chief Education Officer and Chair, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Health

Leigh Small, Ph.D.

Dean, MSU College of Nursing

Mark Smith, M.D.

Health Ford Jackson Senior Vice President and CMO, and Henry Ford Allegiance Medical Group CEO

Committees

Cancer

Benjamin Movsas, M.D.

Co-chair, Cancer Committee
Medical Director, Henry Ford Cancer and Chair, Henry Ford Department of Radiation Oncology

Jeffrey MacKeigan, Ph.D.

Co-chair, Cancer Committee
Senior Advisor, Michigan State University Office of Research and Innovation 

Research

Doug Gage, Ph.D.

Chair, Research Committee
Vice President, MSU Research and Innovation

David Lanfear, M.D., M.S.

Vice Chair, Research Committee
Henry Ford Vice President of Research and Chief Scientific Officer; Co-Director, Center for Individualized and Genomic Medicine Research 

Education

Aron Sousa, M.D.

Chair, Education Committee
Executive Dean, MSU Health Colleges and MSU College of Human Medicine Dean

Eric Scher, M.D.

Vice Chair, Education Committee
Chief Education Officer and Chair, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Health

Clinical

Mark Smith, M.D.

Clinical Committee Chair
Health Ford Jackson Senior Vice President and CMO, and Henry Ford Allegiance Medical Group CEO

Seth Ciabotti

Vice Chair, Clinical Committee
Chief Executive Officer, MSU Health Care

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice

Marita Gilbert, Ph.D.

Chair, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Committee
Associate Dean for Diversity and Campus Inclusion, MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine

Henry Lim, M.D.

Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Committee
Senior Vice President of Academic Programs, Henry Ford Health

Administration and Finance

Karen Crosby

Chair, Administration and Finance Committee
Chief Financial Officer, MSU Office of Health Sciences 

J. Douglas Clark

Vice Chair, Administration and Finance Committee
Senior Vice President Financial Services, Henry Ford Health

Innovation Committee

Scott Dulchavsky, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair, Innovation Committee
Henry Ford Innovation Institute CEO and NASA Principal investigator

Christopher H. Contag, Ph.D.

Vice Chair, Innovation Committee
MSU Quantitative Health Science and Engineering Director, MSU Biomedical Engineering Chair, and Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Professor Emeritus