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  • Annie Hightower Headshot

    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.
  • Cynthia Espinosa Headshot

    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.
  • Drew Alexander Headshot

    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.
  • Tana Monroe Headshot

    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.
  • Katie Thomas Headshot

    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.
  • Nichole Billetz Headshot

    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.
  • Jon Scaggs Headshot

    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.
  • Leanne Downs Headshot

    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.
  • Robby Tabuchi Headshot

    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.
  • Amaia Guerricabeitia headshot

    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
  • Portrait of Fonda Portales

    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.
  • Tiffany Keeley Headshot

    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.