Executive Staff
Operations Organizational Chart
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Annie Hightower
Chief Operating Officer
Ask me about:
- Untangling complex organizational challenges.
- How universities really work behind the scenes.
- Family-friendly Idaho hikes and adventures.
Ask me about:
- Untangling complex organizational challenges.
- How universities really work behind the scenes.
- Family-friendly Idaho hikes and adventures.
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Cynthia Espinosa
Business Operations Manager
Ask me about:
- Time management and effective resolution of scheduling conflicts.
- Translating interpersonal skills into cross-functional collaboration.
- Crime documentaries, reality competition, or my next adventure.
Ask me about:
- Time management and effective resolution of scheduling conflicts.
- Translating interpersonal skills into cross-functional collaboration.
- Crime documentaries, reality competition, or my next adventure.
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Drew Alexander
Associate Vice President for Campus Operations
Ask me about:
- How Boise State’s facilities and spaces support the academic mission.
- What campus may look like ten years from now.
- My last bike ride in the Foothills.
Ask me about:
- How Boise State’s facilities and spaces support the academic mission.
- What campus may look like ten years from now.
- My last bike ride in the Foothills.
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Tana Monroe
Associate Vice President for Public Safety
Ask me about:
- Helping campus partners navigate complex safety concerns with care and practical solutions.
- How Public Safety supports students and campus partners through preparedness, parking and transportation, and connections to campus and police resources.
- The last good book I read: A Will of the Many by James Islington.
Ask me about:
- Helping campus partners navigate complex safety concerns with care and practical solutions.
- How Public Safety supports students and campus partners through preparedness, parking and transportation, and connections to campus and police resources.
- The last good book I read: A Will of the Many by James Islington.
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Katie Thomas
Chief Human Resource Officer
Ask me about:
- Championing a people-first, strengths-based culture for individual, team, and organizational potential.
- Building a thriving workplace through transparent communication and collaboration.
- Baking, goats, and geology.
Ask me about:
- Championing a people-first, strengths-based culture for individual, team, and organizational potential.
- Building a thriving workplace through transparent communication and collaboration.
- Baking, goats, and geology.
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Nichole Billetz
Director of the Children’s Center
Ask me about:
- Early childhood education, child development, and quality learning environments.
- Employee well-being and educator support.
- Children’s books, Idaho family adventures, and Taylor Swift.
Ask me about:
- Early childhood education, child development, and quality learning environments.
- Employee well-being and educator support.
- Children’s books, Idaho family adventures, and Taylor Swift.
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Jon Scaggs
Director of Chemical and Lab Safety
Ask me about:
- Protection and safety standards impacting students, faculty, staff and our environment.
- Facilitating the integration of new equipment, processes, and hazardous materials into laboratory operations.
- My passion for all things boarding – snowboarding, SUP, or wake boarding.
Ask me about:
- Protection and safety standards impacting students, faculty, staff and our environment.
- Facilitating the integration of new equipment, processes, and hazardous materials into laboratory operations.
- My passion for all things boarding – snowboarding, SUP, or wake boarding.
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Leanne Downs
Director of the Enterprise Project Management Office
Ask me about:
- Projects or governance related to the new University Budget Model.
- How the various project management groups are working to support the university.
- Wine, food, Italian, and Italy.
Ask me about:
- Projects or governance related to the new University Budget Model.
- How the various project management groups are working to support the university.
- Wine, food, Italian, and Italy.
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Robby Tabuchi
Director of the Next Frontier Program
Ask me about:
- Building a data-empowered university culture and promoting collaborative data strategies
- Data governance, standardized data definitions, and effective use of institutional data resources.
- Old Ford pickups.
Ask me about:
- Building a data-empowered university culture and promoting collaborative data strategies
- Data governance, standardized data definitions, and effective use of institutional data resources.
- Old Ford pickups.
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Amaia Guerricabeitia
Policy Manager
Ask me about:
- Steps to create, delete or revise University Policies
- The University Policy Library and website
- Travel in the Basque Country
Ask me about:
- Steps to create, delete or revise University Policies
- The University Policy Library and website
- Travel in the Basque Country
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Fonda Portales
Director of University Arts
Ask me about:
- Incorporating the campus art collection and Print Study Room into your course curricula and activities.
- Donating your art collection to the university.
- Traveling the world on a budget.
Ask me about:
- Incorporating the campus art collection and Print Study Room into your course curricula and activities.
- Donating your art collection to the university.
- Traveling the world on a budget.
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Tiffany Keeley
Finance Director
Ask me about:
- Division-level budget development and resource allocation to align institutional operations with strategic priorities.
- Analyzing key financial metrics and consulting with senior leadership to optimize efficiency and decision-making.
- Siberian Huskies.
Ask me about:
- Division-level budget development and resource allocation to align institutional operations with strategic priorities.
- Analyzing key financial metrics and consulting with senior leadership to optimize efficiency and decision-making.
- Siberian Huskies.