David W. Richardson
Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation/Security Management Officer
Dave leads Sponsored Programs Administration, supporting the research enterprise throughout the entire lifecycle of an externally sponsored project, from proposal submission to award closeout.
Robin Beach
Director, SPA Pre-Award
Robin leads the Sponsored Programs Administration functional teams of the lifecycle, responsible for proposal submission and review, agreement negotiation and execution, and the related electronic systems and communications.
Linda Gregory
Director, SPA Post-Award
Linda leads the post-award function teams of the sponsored project lifecycle that administer the award account setups and management, invoicing, reporting, and closeouts.
Dan Harmon
Director, Data and Systems
Dan leads the data and systems team, responsible for cash management, oversight of eRA software development and maintenance, and reporting.
Bryan Bachman
Assistant Director, Data and Systems
Bryan supports electronic systems used in the administration of sponsored projects, including the myResearch Portal, myProposals, and a variety of sponsor-specific online portals.
Steffany Ballas
Senior Award Management Coordinator, NSF Awards
Steffany administers NSF awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Ben Bamberger
Proposal Coordinator
Ben reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office for the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Search Ben's department assignments here.
Katie Bateman
Senior Proposal Coordinator
Katie reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office for the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Find Katie's department assignments here.
Carrie Blount
Assistant Director, Award Management, Federal Awards
Carrie oversees post-award administration for the Department of Defense, Department of Education, and Department of Interior projects. She also acts as a liaison between department personnel and sponsor administrators, provides financial reports, and manages award invoicing.
Justin Blount
Senior Award Negotiator
Justin is responsible for the timely negotiation of various types of sponsored project agreements, ensuring reasonable terms and conditions that comply with university policies, federal and state regulations, and sponsor requirements. See Justin's department assignments here.
Traci Buras
Senior Coordinator, Cash and Data Management
Traci provides cash management and data retrieval support for SPA.
Neda Burtman-Wetmore
Senior Proposal Coordinator
Neda reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office for the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Find Neda's department assignments here.
Meghan Calandro-Howell
Senior Award Negotiator
Meghan is responsible for timely negotiation of various types of sponsored project agreements, ensuring reasonable terms and conditions that comply with university policies, federal and state regulations, and sponsor requirements. See Meghan's department assignments here.
Susan Canfield
Advanced Senior Award Management Coordinator, Non-Federal Awards
Susan administers private awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Namneet Carreon
Senior Award Management Coordinator, Non-Federal Awards
Nam administers private awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Tamara Chapman
Award Management Coordinator, NSF Awards
Tamara administers NSF awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Connor Dalzell
Senior Systems Specialist
Connor performs duties related to data entry for incoming and outgoing proposal and award information within the university's grants management system, routes communication between internal staff and external customers, and assists in the management of SPA's general email inbox.
Cale Doubet
Assistant Director, Data and Systems
Cale oversees sponsored project billing, automated financial reporting, and letter of credit draw processing and provides support for the Banner Grants module.
Jeff Eaton
Award Management Coordinator, NSF Awards
Jeff administers NSF awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Peter Elliott
Assistant Director, Processing and Records Management
Peter leads the system specialist team, with oversight related to data entry for incoming and outgoing proposal and award information within the university's grants management system, routing communication between internal staff and external customers, and assisting in the management of SPA's general email inbox.
Matt Feely
Senior Award Negotiator
Matt is responsible for timely negotiation of various types of sponsored project agreements, ensuring reasonable terms and conditions that comply with university policies, federal and state regulations, and sponsor requirements. See Matt's department assignments here.
Stephanie Fellmann
Assistant Director, Proposals
Stephanie reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office for the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Find Stephanie's department assignments here.
Kevin Frerichs
Assistant Director, Award Management, Non-Federal Awards
Kevin oversees post-award administration for private and State of Illinois projects. He also acts as a liaison between department personnel and sponsor administrators, provides financial reports, and manages award invoicing.
Francisco Garcia
Award Negotiator
Francisco is responsible for the timely negotiation of various types of sponsored project agreements, ensuring reasonable terms and conditions that comply with university policies, federal and state regulations, and sponsor requirements.
Kathy Gentry
Export Compliance Officer
Kathy provides compliance support to researchers and units working with sensitive, export controlled data.
Chyvonne Gibson
Deputy Export Compliance Officer
Chyvonne provides compliance support to researchers and units working with sensitive, export controlled data.
Jayne Goby
Associate Director, Policy and Data Management
Jayne manages data retrieval and analysis and automated tool development, supporting the research reporting needs of sponsors and the University of Illinois System. She also oversees various online systems and processes including cost share and semi-annual expenditure confirmations.
Yen Vi Green
Coordinator, Audit and Compliance
Yen Vi coordinates the functions of the administrative division in SPA. Special emphasis is placed on compliance with institutional policies and procedures, state and federal law, and contractual obligations.
Nicholas Griffiths
Assistant Director, Award Management - Federal Awards
Nicholas oversees post-award administration for the NIH, NASA, and Department of Energy projects. He also acts as a liaison between department personnel and sponsor administrators, provides financial reports, and manages award invoicing.
Sarah Hasib
Senior Award Negotiator
Sarah is responsible for the timely negotiation of various types of sponsored project agreements, ensuring reasonable terms and conditions that comply with university policies, federal and state regulations, and sponsor requirements. See Sarah's department assignments here.
Ryan Holmes
Assistant Director, Audit and Compliance
Ryan coordinates the functions of the administrative division in SPA. Special emphasis is placed on compliance with institutional policies and procedures, state and federal law, and contractual obligations.
Cheryl Howerton
Associate Director, Audit and Compliance
Cheryl manages the Audit and Compliance section, responsible for overseeing internal procedures ensuring compliance with institutional policies and procedures, state and federal laws, contractual obligations and external audits of sponsored projects, including the annual Single Audit
Amy Hubbard
Administrative Assistant
Amy provides administrative support to facilitate and support the operations and services of Sponsored Programs Administration.
Maddie Jackson
Systems Specialist
Maddie performs duties related to data entry for incoming and outgoing proposal and award information within the university's grants management system, routes communication between internal staff and external customers, and assists in the management of SPA's general email inbox.
Paula Jorge
Associate Director, Negotiations
Paula is responsible for the management and professional development of assigned award negotiators within SPA and is a subject matter expert on a wide variety of award issues, performing highly specialized and complex contract negotiations.
Jamie Keeney
Senior Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Jamie administers federal awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Jerald Kimble
Coordinator, Audit and Compliance
Jerald coordinates the functions of the administrative division in SPA. Special emphasis is placed on compliance with institutional policies and procedures, state and federal law, and contractual obligations.
Susanne Klein
Award Negotiator
Susanne is responsible for timely negotiation of various types of sponsored project agreements, ensuring reasonable terms and conditions that comply with university policies, federal and state regulations, and sponsor requirements.
Melanie Kuehn
Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Melanie administers federal awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Kristie Lamoreux
Assistant Director, Audit and Compliance
Kristie directs and coordinates activities related to compliance with institutional policies and procedures, state and federal laws, and contractual obligations with special emphasis on working with external parties (i.e., agencies and auditors as well as other Illinois units).
Anita Lieb
Senior Coordinator, Data and Systems
Anita provides automated financial reporting, sponsored project billing and letter of credit draw support, and assists with the management of the Banner Grants module.
Charletta Little
Coordinator, Audit and Compliance
Charletta coordinates the functions of the administrative division in SPA. Special emphasis is placed on compliance with institutional policies and procedures, state and federal law, and contractual obligations.
Sarah Lorbiecki
Assistant Director, Award Management, NSF Awards
Sarah oversees post-award administration for NSF projects. She also acts as a liaison between department personnel and sponsor administrators, provides financial reports, and manages award invoicing.
Frank Madden
Award Negotiator
Frank is responsible for timely negotiation of various types of sponsored project agreements, ensuring reasonable terms and conditions that comply with university policies, federal and state regulations, and sponsor requirements.
Julie McCabe
Senior Proposal Coordinator
Julie reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office for the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Find Julie's department assignments here.
Jessica McClain
Award Management Coordinator, Non-Federal Awards
Jessica administers private awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Brian Merrill
Assistant Director, Data and Systems
Brian oversees sponsored project cash management processes and procedures and provides data and automated tool support for SPA.
Alison Morgan
Associate Director, Non-Federal Awards
Alison oversees the post-award management of non-federal awards, including private and State of Illinois awards.
Justin Morgan
Senior Coordinator, Data & Cash Management
Justin provides cash management and data retrieval support for SPA.
Matt Murphy
Senior Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Matt administers federal awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting and closeout.
Sadi O'Donnell
Senior Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Sadi coordinates the functions of award closeout and compliance with institutional policies and procedures, state and federal law, and contractual obligations, with special emphasis placed on award closeout as it relates to final reporting requirements, reviewing activity on closed awards, investment income, and fixed price revenue sweep.
Christina Orange
Senior Coordinator, Audit and Compliance
Christina coordinates the functions of the administrative division in SPA. Special emphasis is placed on compliance with institutional policies and procedures, state and federal law, and contractual obligations.
Tina Owens-Anderson
Senior Award Management Coordinator, Non-Federal Awards
Tina administers private awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Chris Patton
Senior Award Management Coordinator, NSF Awards
Chris administers NSF awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Julie Robinson
Associate Director, Negotiations
Julie is responsible for the management and professional development of assigned award negotiators within SPA and is a subject matter expert on a wide variety of award issues, performing highly specialized and complex contract negotiations.
Brian Rogers
Senior Associate Director, Proposals
Brian leads the Proposal Coordinator group, including the Pre-Award Shared Service (PASS) Coordinator, interpreting and advising on proposal-related university and sponsor policies and practices, and performing reviews for complex proposal submissions. Find Brian's department assignments here.
Beverly Roland
Senior Systems Specialist
Beverly performs duties related to data entry for incoming and outgoing proposal and award information within the university's grants management system, routes communication between internal staff and external customers, and assists in the management of SPA's general email inbox.
Kelly Ryan
Administrative Assistant
Kelly provides administrative support to facilitate and support the operations and services of Sponsored Programs Administration.
Jennifer Schuster
Senior Award Management Coordinator, Non-Federal Awards
Jennifer administers private and State of Illinois awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Jessica Steenbergen
Award Negotiator
Jessica is responsible for timely negotiation of various types of sponsored project agreements, ensuring reasonable terms and conditions that comply with university policies, federal and state regulations, and sponsor requirements. See Jessica's department assignments here
Kyle Sturm
Award Management Coordinator, Non-Federal Awards
Kyle administers private awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Jennifer Sturm
Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Jennifer administers federal awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Kamil Tamimie
Assistant Director, Training, Outreach, and Data Management
Kamil facilitates SPA internal and external training and outreach efforts and leads the campus-wide SPaRC program. She is also responsible for data management, data integrity, and reporting associated with the myResearch Portal and myProposals systems.
Tameka Tanner
Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Tameka administers federal awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Karen Thomas
Associate Director, Federal Awards
Karen oversees the post-award management of all federal awards.
Francis Thomas
Senior Award Negotiator
Francis is responsible for timely negotiation of various types of sponsored project agreements, ensuring reasonable terms and conditions that comply with university policies, federal and state regulations, and sponsor requirements. See Francis's department assignments here.
Kathie Veach
Pre-Award Shared Services (PASS) Coordinator
Kathie provides specialized support for the College of Media, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the College of Law, assisting faculty directly in preparing proposals and customizing tools and processes that encourage the pursuit of external funding in these disciplines.
Michelle Ward
Assistant Director, Award Management, Non-Federal Awards
Michelle oversees post-award administration for private projects. She also acts as a liaison between department personnel and sponsor administrators, provides financial reports, and manages award invoicing.
Holly Womack
Senior Proposal Coordinator
Holly reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office for the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Find Holly's department assignments here.
Rosine Yao
Senior Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Rosine administers DOE and USDA awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Steve Young
Systems Specialist
Steve performs duties related to data entry for incoming and outgoing proposal and award information within the university's grants management system, routes communication between internal staff and external customers, and assists in the management of SPA's general email inbox.