Courtney Mankowski is the Director of Research Infrastructure & Strategic Initiatives for the Enterprise for Research, Innovation, and Knowledge (ERIK) at the Ohio State University. In this role, Courtney advises and enables the university to translate its vision for research growth and impact into actionable plans supported by quality infrastructure. She directs infrastructure project planning, utilization strategies, capital review/approval, finances, and developed and led activation efforts (including serving as owner representative) associated with a new portfolio of ERIK buildings, including the Pelotonia Research Center ($238M project; 305,000sf) and Energy Advancement and Innovation Center ($49M project, 60,000sf). Courtney continues to lead daily operations in these spaces, as well as ERIK’s construction and strategic partnership efforts within OSU’s innovation district, Carmenton. Her Battery Cell Research and Demonstration Center and Midwest Microelectronics Commons renovation projects totaling $27M will be opening this summer. Courtney possesses more than twenty years experience in research, academic research administration, and compliance, along with an unsurpassed understanding of the university’s governance, mission, vision, and values.