Our Team

InSPIRE's Executive Director, Drew Allen

Drew Allen

Executive Director

Grey Dodge

Grey Dodge

Director of Community Relations & Partnership Engagement

Chase Foster

Chase Foster

Senior Research & Project Engineer – Aerospace

Abdalla Nassar, PhD

Abdalla Nassar, PhD

Vice President, AM Forward Technologies, ASTRO America

Chris Apple

Christopher Apple

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Elliott Barnett

Elliott Barnett

Construction Interface Manager, Strata-G

Carrie Meyers

Carrie Meyers

Director of STEM Outreach, Education and Workforce Development

James Reynolds

Jim Reynolds

Director of STEM Outreach, Education and Workforce Development

Robert Hanna

Robert Hanna

STEM Specialist, Education and Workforce Development

Zaida McGinley

Zaida McGinley

Curriculum Specialist, Education and Workforce Development

Linda Morgan

Linda Morgan

Director, Marketing, Communications & Public Affairs

Tiffany Pelletier

Ms. Tiffany Pelletier

Sr. Administrative Specialist

Carla McClendon

Carla McClendon

Research Administration Manager

Implementation Team

Farrukh Alvi

Dr. Farrukh Alvi

Inaugural Executive Director, Sr. Associate Provost - Strategic Initiatives and Innovation

Rabieh Razzouk

Rabieh Razzouk

Director, Learning Systems Institute and FCR-STEM, and Education and Workforce Development

Deborah Gautier

Mrs. Deborah Gautier

Director for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation

John Hopkins

Dr. John Hopkins

Operations and Facilities Coordinator

Jenn Garye

Jenn Garye

Director of Operations

Laney McLean, MPA, CRA

Laney McLean, MPA, CRA

Director, Strategic Implementation and Project Operations


Advisory Council

Stacey Patterson, Vice President for Research, Florida State University

Farrukh Alvi, InSPIRE Inaugural Executive Director & Sr. Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, Florida State University

Holly Melzer, Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Board of Directors

Becca Hardin, President, Bay Economic Development Alliance

Jennifer Conoley, President & CEO, Florida’s Great Northwest

James Clark, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Florida State University

Valerie McDevitt, Associate Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Florida State University

Clay Ingram, Chief Legislative Affairs Officer, Florida State University

Marissa Langston, Vice President & Chief of Staff, Florida State University

Marla Vickers, Vice President for University Advancement and President of the FSU Foundation, Inc., Florida State University

Suvranu De, Dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Randy Hanna, Co-chair, Dean of FSU Panama City and the College of Applied Studies, Florida State University

Sam Huckaba, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University

Susan Fiorito, Dean of the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship, Florida State University

Michael Hartline Dean of the College of Business, Florida State University

C. “Ed” Edward Meadows, President of Pensacola State College