Adriana Kuiper is the Associate Vice President & Chief Operating Officer for Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University. In this role, she is a senior member of the leadership team responsible for the execution of strategic, operational, and cultural changes. Kuiper leads large-scale, complex projects on behalf of the enterprise, and oversees a variety of operational units including project management, business analysis, quality management, analytics, marketing and communications, human resources, and research facilities.
Prior to this role, Kuiper served as Associate Vice President of Strategy and Chief of Staff. Before coming to the Knowledge Enterprise, Kuiper served as a leader for multiple research-centric projects including the National Cancer Institute Physical Sciences in Oncology Center; the establishment of ASU as the first university in the United States to receive ISO 9000 certification; and setting up the ASU international offices in Vietnam, Mexico and Malawi. Kuiper also served on multiple task forces for the HIBAR Research Alliance and the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), specifically in evaluating the characteristics of use-inspired, society-oriented research. She also co-published, with colleagues at Kings College London and the Global Federation for Competitiveness Councils (GFCC), a report on Leveraging Extreme Innovation. She is currently a board member for the Future Talent Council’s Faculty and Staff Development board, and a member of The National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers for the Council on Competitiveness.
Kuiper holds a Bachelor of Science in biology and Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University. She has been recognized as one of the top 50 women leaders of Arizona for 2022. She has served as president of ASU’s Project Management Network and has served on the board since its inception, is an active member of the Commission for the Status of Women, and mentors aspiring professionals in and outside of the university. Kuiper is also an accredited Project Management Professional (PMP) and an active member of the Project Management Network (PMI), National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA).