Jane is the Assistant Vice President for Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. In research administration for forty years, she is a past president of the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) and was the 2002 recipient of its Outstanding Achievement in Research Administration award. She has also served as the Chair of the Board of the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR). Jane earned a BBA from The University of Iowa.

Jane has taught numerous courses on sponsored programs administration and has co-authored publications on regulatory compliance. Presently she serves as an editorial advisor for the newsletter Federal Grants News, a companion to the subscription service publication A Guide to Managing Federal Grants that she co-authored and that is co-sponsored by NACUBO and NCURA. She has also authored the 2007 publication titled Regulation and Compliance, sponsored by NCURA and published by the Atlantic Information Service.