Governance & Advisory Council

Dr. Rashonda Harris, MBA, CRA

CEO, Purple Sheep™
Chief Learning Architect, Purple Sheep Institute™

PSI Role: Governance Board Chair

Dr. Harris brings more than two decades of research administration leadership spanning institutional strategy, compliance, financial operations, workforce development, and organizational transformation. She created the CODE Framework™ and Purple Emergence Methodology™ and leads the Institute’s learning architecture and capability-development strategy.

Dr. Quincy J. Byrdsong, MA, CCRP

Vice President for Research Operations & Institutional Official
Ballad Health

PSI Role: Governance Board Member

Dr. Byrdsong provides strategic and operational oversight of research programs, compliance, and human research protection. His executive experience across academic medical centers and health systems contributes expertise in institutional oversight, ethical research practice, accountability, and operational effectiveness.

Dr. Karreem Hogan

Faculty, Computer Systems Technology
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, KALO Education

PSI Role: Governance Board Member

Dr. Hogan connects higher education, workforce development, STEM talent development, professional learning, and industry-aligned training. His experience includes curriculum development, cybersecurity, robotics, artificial intelligence, research mentoring, technology-enabled learning, and scalable workforce programs.

Marchon Jackson, MBA

Founder & Principal
MJackson Consulting LLC
Research Administration Strategy & Capacity Building

PSI Role: Governance Board Member

Marchon Jackson brings more than 20 years of research administration experience across research-intensive universities, academic medical centers, and HBCUs. His expertise includes sponsored programs operations, post-award compliance, research finance, enterprise strategy, shared-services design, and institutional capacity building.

Lamar K. Oglesby, M.ED. CRA

Executive Director
Research Financial Services
Rutgers University

PSI Role: Governance Board Member

Lamar Oglesby is a research administration executive with leadership experience overseeing post-award financial operations across a $1B+ sponsored research portfolio. His expertise includes financial stewardship, institutional compliance, reporting, accountability, operational effectiveness, and high-performing team development.

Lori Schultz

Assistant Vice President for Research Administration
Colorado State University
Deputy Director, NSF SECURE Center

PSI Role: Governance Board Member

Lori Schultz brings more than 30 years of research administration experience spanning policy, process, research security, data, artificial intelligence, and technology. Her work emphasizes evidence-based policy, data-informed institutional strategy, and planning for resilient research environments.

Dr. Marianne Woods, PhD, JD

President & Founder, MRWPHD, LLC
Emeritus Director & Faculty, Johns Hopkins University
Former Senior Associate Vice President for Research, University of Texas at San Antonio

PSI Role: Governance Board Member

Dr. Woods is an internationally recognized research administration leader specializing in institutional infrastructure, compliance, and capacity building across academic and global research environments. Her executive experience spans sponsored programs, research integrity, compliance, and technology transfer.

Tanya M. Blackwell, M.S.

Research Administration Leader
Educator, Author, & Speaker

PSI Role: Advisory Council Member

Tanya Blackwell brings nearly two decades of research administration experience across academic, healthcare, and research institutions. Her work includes professional development, leadership, organizational culture, mentorship, career development, and service in national and regional professional programming.

Danielle T. Boone, MBA

Founder & Managing Director
Aegis Advisory Group, LLC
Senior Research Administration Leader

PSI Role: Advisory Council Member

Danielle Boone brings more than 25 years of research administration experience from departmental operations through executive oversight, including leadership of a $600M+ sponsored programs portfolio. Her expertise includes institutional infrastructure, pre-award and compliance processes, enterprise systems, and modern research administration practice.

Dr. Laneika Musalini

Executive Director
Office of Sponsored Research & Programs
Metropolitan State University of Denver

PSI Role: Advisory Council Member

Dr. Musalini brings more than 25 years of experience in research administration, educational leadership, and workforce development. She has built sponsored programs offices, managed funded research, and contributed nationally through professional development, scholarship, and thought leadership on leadership and research administration.

Debra Y. Murray, B.B.A.

Assistant Vice President
Sponsored Programs Accounting & Compliance
University of Maryland, College Park

PSI Role: Advisory Council Member

Debra Murray brings more than 28 years of experience in sponsored programs accounting, financial compliance, audit management, and post-award administration. Her expertise includes financial stewardship, internal controls, policy development, federal audits, regulatory review, and institutional accountability.

Dr. Tanta Myles

Associate Vice President
Research Integrity Assurance
Research Integrity Officer & Senior Research Scientist
Georgia Institute of Technology

PSI Role: Advisory Council Member

Dr. Myles brings more than 20 years of experience in research compliance, strategic operations, research integrity, and federal collaboration. She leads a broad portfolio of research-integrity and compliance programs and contributes nationally through professional service, publications, and presentations.