This task force is charged with designing a unified, flexible, and strategic framework to govern research partnerships between UCLA and industry sponsors, across both the UCLA campus and the UCLA Research Park. The task force will develop policy recommendations, agreement templates, and administrative pathways to streamline collaboration, protect academic and institutional integrity, and enhance UCLA’s competitiveness in securing and sustaining corporate research alliances.
Membership
Alissa Park
Committee Chair & Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean and Professor, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Ina Bryant
Deputy Chief Campus Counsel, Chancellor’s Office – Legal Affairs
Steven Dubinett
Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Miguel García-Garibay
Dean, Division of Physical Sciences, UCLA College of Letters & Science
Martha Lawrence
CEO, Co-Founder of AccendoWave
Harold Monbouquette
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and Special Advisor to the Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities on the UCLA Research Park
Amir Naiberg
Associate Vice Chancellor, CEO & President, UCLA Technology Development Group
Arvin Patel
Board, UCLA Technology Development Group
Roger Wakimoto
Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities, UCLA
Karla Zepeda
Senior Director, UCLA Technology Development Group