​​Administrative highlights as department chair of Apparel, Events, & Hospitality Management (AESHM):​

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• Increased departmental external funding to over $3 million since 2017, a one faculty team received a $1.5 million grant.

• Launched the Event Management Masters Program with the first cohort starting Fall 2019 and first graduates were Spring 2022.​

• Two faculty have start-up businesses based on research and 3 patents are pending.

• Providing leadership to the establishment of new textile science and product development research labs in the Human Nutritional Sciences Building.

• Establishment of three new Executive Advisory Councils for: (a) Hospitality Management, (b) Event Management, and (c) the Textiles & Clothing Museum.

• The establishment of two new departmental led facilities in the Iowa State University Student Innovation Center https://www.sictr.iastate.edu/, which opened in August 2020: (a) INNOVATE 1858 (student operated retail store) and (b) SPARKS (student operated café).

• Opened and manage the College of Human Sciences Culinary Creation Lab in the Iowa State University Student Innovation Center.

• Established new student learning facilities: (a) AESHM Data Analytics Laboratory, (b) THE MEETING ROOM: Where Experiences and Technology Innovative, (d) AESHM Photo Studio, and (e) AESHM 3D Body Scanning Lab.

• Facilitated curricular and operational updates to the Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom (student operated dining facility) and classrooms and studio spaces in both MacKay Hall and LeBaron Hall.

• Managed approximately $429,000.00 of undergraduate and graduate scholarships for all 3 programs.