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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><b>Sent on behalf of Dean Tedesco</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><b>-----------------------------------------------<br><br></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Dear Cullen College Faculty, Staff and Students,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">As we continue to implement the Cullen College’s Strategic Plan 2020, I am pleased to announce the launch of our new initiative aimed at Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship to be headed up by one of our own, Ms. Lisa Robertson.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Lisa is a familiar face at the Cullen College, having served as the executive director of external relations and strategic partnerships for nearly 7 years before taking on a position as the inaugural managing director for the NSF ADVANCE Center at UH.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Prior to her career at UH, Lisa was the chief of staff to the provost and executive vice president for academics at Texas A&M University. Before that, she served as the director of strategic initiatives and special assistant to the dean at Purdue University’s College of Science.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Lisa received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a master’s degree in international relations from Lancaster University, UK. She holds a certificate in fundraising management from the IU School of Philanthropy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">In her new role, Lisa will develop new entrepreneurship programs in the college and will cultivate a culture that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship with the goal of developing an engineering technology incubator by 2020. The incubator will support increased student and faculty IP generation and start-ups, coordinating with other ongoing activities in this domain at the University level and within other public and private institutions outside of UH.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Please join me in welcoming Lisa back to our community!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Joseph W. Tedesco Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Cullen College of Engineering</p></body></html>