Basics of RA- Instructors

Program Instructors

Judy Bristow

Judy Bristow is currently Vice President of Grants and Compliance at Louisville Healthcare CEO Council (CEOC). Prior to her current position, she was a Specialist Leader with Attain Partners, LLC, where she provided grant administration services for institutions of higher education across the country. However, Judy developed her passion for research administration while at the University of Louisville, a Research I institution with a funding portfolio of ~$200M. In February of 2022 Judy retired as Senior Director of Sponsored Programs, after leading the largest central administration team under the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation, having proudly served the University for over 45 years. 

Judy is also extremely committed to her involvement with the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAi), the premier global research management society that provides professional development and education to professionals from over 40 countries and maintains the largest network of research managers in the world, having served two terms on the Board of Directors, and the Executive Committee; and Co-Chairing two Annual Meetings. She co-chairs the Basics of Research Administration Intensive program and is a PRAM review board member. 
When not frolicking in the world of grant administration and compliance, Judy can be found hanging out with her Olde English Bulldogge, Opal … who refuses to comply to anything other than exactly what Opal chooses! 

Dominic Esposito

Dominic Esposito, M.S., CRA, has been in the field of research administration since 1997 and currently serves as the Director of Sponsored Programs Administration at Farmingdale State College. Dominic received a Master of Science in Computer Science from Lehman College, CUNY and met the requirements to become a Certified Research Administrator in 2009. Prior to his arrival at the Farmingdale State, he served as the Director of Corporate, Foundation and Government Relations at The College of New Rochelle, Director of Sponsored Programs and Research (SPAR) at Baruch College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Inaugural Director of Grants Administration at Manhattan College, Director of Operations and Research at the CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, Project Associate on a U.S. Department of Education GEAR UP grant and Electronic Research Administration Specialist and Associate Director at Lehman College. He regularly attends and presents at SRA regional and national meetings and is always seeking to enhance the research administration profession by sharing information with his peers and inviting them to participate in professional development activities. Dominic regularly explores collaborative efforts with his SRA colleagues strongly believes that SRA is the industry standard in delivering top-quality educational material to a national network of research administration professionals.