Dana Brunson

Dr. Dana Brunson is Executive Director for Research Engagement at Internet2, leading a team that supports effective use and development of research cyberinfrastructure. She serves as Principal Investigator of the NSF-supported “EAGER: Empowering RCD Professionals to Broaden Participation in the NAIRR Pilot” and co-Principal Investigator on two NAIRR Pilot Annual Meeting conference grants. She previously served as PI of the Research Computing and Data Nexus, an NSF Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence Pilot that concluded in April 2025.

As Chair of the Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC) Transitional Board, Dana is leading the organization’s progress toward 501(c)(3) status. She co-chairs CaRCC’s Logistics Operations Group and co-founded (with Lauren Michael) the CaRCC People Network. Dana served as General Co-chair (with Daphne McCanse) of PEARC25 and co-managed (with Henry Neeman) the NSF-supported XSEDE Campus Engagement Program from 2016-2022. From 2019-2021, she served on the Trusted CI leadership team and developed the Trusted CI Fellows Program.

Prior to joining Internet2 in 2019, she was Assistant VP for Research Cyberinfrastructure and Director of the Oklahoma State University High Performance Computing Center and co-lead the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin.

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