Operations Team

The HOG Administrative office is responsible for the coordination of research development and study conduct. The office responds to inquiries about membership, disseminates HOG research information, manages budgets, agreements, IRB approvals, and maintains required regulatory documentations for conducting research. 

EXECUTIVE Office

• Quake Pletcher, Executive Director
• Georgia Gould, Executive Assistant

FINANCE

• Darren Dedman, Controller
• Charlene Minor, Financial Specialist
• Deb Cole, Information Services Admin.

Research Development

• Vaishali Rajeev, Project Development Director
• Shelly Huck, Database Developer Associate
• LeaEtta Hyer, Project Mgmt Consultant  

RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

• Cyndi Burkhardt, Program Director
• Colleen Currie, Project Mgmt Associate
• Corinne Williams, Project Mgmt Associate
• Alison Coombs, Regulatory Associate

RESEARCH SERVICES

• Anita Camic, Service Manager
• Kristina Kirkpatrick, Biorepository Associate
• Tom Kendrick, Research Specialist

DATA SYSTEMS

• Doug Smidebush, Data Systems Director
• Brian Bottema, Data Management Consultant
• John Mathis, Data Management Associate
• Susan Hunter, Data Validation Associate

STATISTICAL SERVICES

• Menggang Yu, Biostatistics Director
• Tim Breen, Biostatistics Clinical Data Manager 
• Yan Zeng, Biostatistics Clinical Data Manager

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