Ms. Pamela A. Webb Associate Vice President for Research University of Minnesota Pamela A. Webb is the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Minnesota. In this capacity, she is responsible for pre-award and post-award non-financial services supporting about $876M in research awards annually, as well as negotiation of F&A rates, effort reporting, and research policy and education. Prior to her appointment at the University of Minnesota in 2007, Pamela led pre- award and post-award administration in the Office of Sponsored Research at Stanford University. Pamela has been involved in research administration for 37 years, including 12 years at the University of California-Los Angeles as well as UC Santa Barbara, Northwestern University, and Stanford. Pamela has served as a national officer of her professional association (the National Council of University Research Administrators, NCURA) and served two terms on NCURA’s Board of Directors. In 2009, she received NCURA’s Distinguished Service award, and in 2016, she received NCURA’s highest honor, the Outstanding Achievement in Research Administration Award. She has recently completed her term as Chair of the Council of Governmental Relations (COGR) Board of Directors and continues to serve on their Research Compliance and Administration Committee. She has co-chaired a national conference on Electronic Research Administration; serves as a reviewer for NCURA’s Peer Review program; and as faculty for their national Leadership Workshop. Pamela previously served on the Federal Demonstration Partnership Executive Committee and currently co- chairs their Foreign Influence Working Group. Pamela is a frequent presenter at the national and regional level, specializing in subawards, policy development and deployment, as well as helping research administrators learn the complex regulatory environment. .