In 2007, he was appointed as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kent State University.

Frank grew up in an Army family and lived in many places including France, Massachusetts, Georgia, California, Iran and New Mexico.

In his senior year, he was a co-caption of the men's swimming team that placed 10th at the NCAA championship.

[1] He and his wife Janet have two adult children, Daniel and Brian and a Labrador retriever, Coach.

Frank first appointment was at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he moved through the academic ranks to become the youngest professor in the School of Medicine.

Frank served as the Provost and Senior Vice President at Kent State University in Ohio for five years.

The Lobo Rainforest building includes space for start-ups and offices for organizations critical to Albuquerque'd innovation ecosystem.

The Lobo Rainforest Building also is home to UNM's Innovation Academy, a program created with Frank's leadership to offer classes on entrepreneurship across all the colleges in the university.

He is also leading UNM's effort to develop a health policy center serving New Mexico's Medicaid program.