Lauren Bailes

Board Member | lbailes@udel.edu

Dr. Lauren Bailes is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. She also serves as the program coordinator for the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership program. Her scholarship focuses on the ways in which organizational, social-cognitive, and leadership theory unite to promote the success of school leaders and K12 students.

 

 

 

Mona Batish

Board Member | batish@udel.edu

Dr. Mona Batish is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical and Molecular Sciences at the University of Delaware. She holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University and specializes in gene expression regulation, focusing on RNA synthesis, processing, and transport. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, with an emphasis on Biotechnology and Molecular Diagnostics, and directs her department’s graduate seminar series. Dr. Batish is deeply committed to student mentorship, serving on the Health Professions Evaluation Committee (HPEC) and guiding both graduate and undergraduate students in her lab. Her involvement extends beyond the university, as she lends her expertise in Cell and RNA biology to professional organizations, federal funding agencies, and publishers as an examiner, panelist, and peer reviewer.

 

Renee Stewart Brown

Board Member | stewartr@udel.edu

Renee Stewart Brown is the Director of Human Subjects Research Compliance in the Research Office with a Masters of Science in Public Health Sciences and a Certified IRB Professional.  With more then fifteen years experience in human subject research, Renee navigates daily the intersection of science, ethics, and regulatory policies.  Outside of campus, she is part-time railroad heiress, voracious reader, and an amateur aerialist.

 

 

 

Alexis Milam

Board Member | aalbanes@udel.edu

Alexis Milam has been an employee of the University of Delaware for over 18 years.  She is currently a Business Administrator for the School of Education in the College of Education and Human Development and previously worked with Conference and Event Services for the majority of her UD career.  She is also a proud Blue Hen alumna, having earned both her B.A (International Relations) and M.B.A from the University of Delaware. In addition to serving on the board of the Women’s Caucus, Alexis has also volunteered to be a mentor in the Lerner Executive Mentoring Program, serves on the alumni advisory board for a sorority on campus and has been a past peer mentor for the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition.  When Alexis is not at UD, you can find her running or hiking the nearby trails of White Clay Creek State Park, trying out a new recipe and cheering on her daughter from the sidelines of the soccer and softball fields. 

 

 

Shannon Mortimer

Board Member | smortime@udel.edu

Shannon is the Divisional HR Director for both Information Technologies and Strategic Budget and Finance and has been with the University of Delaware since 2021. Shannon’s HR experience spans 23 years in specialized and generalized roles. In addition, Shannon is on the Board of Directors for Delaware SHRM and holds the role of DEI Chair. 

 

 

 

 

Stephanie Raible 

Board Member | sraible@udel.edu

Stephanie Raible is an associate professor of entrepreneurship at the Lerner College of Business and Economics and is affiliated faculty with the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration. She has been a faculty member at UD since Fall 2018, when she held a primary appointment with the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, and she is a two-time alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences.

 

 

 

Jennifer Semrau

Jennifer Semrau

Board Member | semrau@udel.edu

Jennifer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware. She received her PhD from Washington University in St Louis and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on the use of robotics and other technologies for the assessment and rehabilitation of stroke and other neurologic injuries. She has been involved in a variety of STEM outreach efforts aimed at increasing the representation of women and other underrepresented groups in science and engineering.

 

 

Shelly Silva 

Board Member | stsilva@udel.edu

Shelly Silva is a Digital Communication Specialist in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware. She holds an M.S. in Management with a concentration in Marketing from Wilmington University and a B.F.A. from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Fine Art Photography. Shelly is an experienced digital marketing professional specializing in creative design, content creation, brand development, and project management and has worked in the higher education, public gardens, nonprofit and wine industries. Outside of work, she can be found making cyanotypes in her native plant garden or spending time with her son, husband, and their two cats, Hagrid and Harry.