Josie Solis serves as the Assistant Vice President for Research in the Office of Research & Innovation. She provides support in the coordination and supervision of programs through the development, implementation, maintenance, reconciliation and tracking of budgets for the OR&I, the Associate Vice President for Research-Responsible Research, Faculty Fellows, and Institutional Review Board. This includes departmental operating budgets, research division distributed funding, and university-wide research initiatives. She also is the human resources coordinator for the OR&I.

Josie joined the OR&I in March 2012, after working as Senior Business Assistant for the SOAR Learning Center. Josie is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family Studies. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her husband and their three kids.