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.
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.
Cheryl Howerton
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
Karen Thomas
Director, SPA Post-Award
Karen leads the post-award function teams of the sponsored project lifecycle that administer the award account setups and management, invoicing, reporting, and closeouts.
Bryan Bachman
Sr. Assistant Director, Operations 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
Advanced 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.
Katie Bateman
Assistant Director, Proposals
Katie reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Find Katie's department assignments here.
Carrie Blount
Associate Director, Federal Awards
Carrie oversees the post-award management of federal awards.
Justin Blount
Assistant Director, Negotiations
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.
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.
Nick Dabbs
Deputy Export Compliance Officer
Nick provides compliance support to researchers and units working with sensitive, export controlled data.
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.
Stephanie Facer
Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Stephanie administers federal awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Stephanie Fellmann
Associate Director, Proposals
Stephanie reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office of 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.
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.
Steven Goodreau
Award Negotiator
Steve 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.
Hannah Gorrie
Proposal Coordinator
Hannah reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Find Hannah's department assignments here.
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.
Spring Harrison
Business Administrative Associate
Spring provides administrative support to facilitate and support the operations and services of Sponsored Programs Administration.
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.
Joe Hedges
Senior Software Engineer
Joe is responsible for development and maintenance of data-driven software applications for SPA.
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.
Amy Hubbard
Administrative Assistant
Amy provides administrative support to facilitate and support the operations and services of Sponsored Programs Administration.
Maddie Jackson
Senior 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
Advanced 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
Senior 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.
Kristie Lamoreux
Associate 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
Sr. 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
Senior 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.
Rosalyn Maziarka
Proposal Coordinator
Rosalyn reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Find Rosalyn's department assignments here.
Julie McCabe
Senior Proposal Coordinator
Julie reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Find Julie's department assignments here.
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.
Justin Morgan
Senior Coordinator, Data & Cash Management
Justin provides cash management and data retrieval support for SPA.
Alison Morgan
Senior Associate Director, Non-Federal Awards
Alison oversees the post-award management of non-federal awards, including private and State of Illinois awards.
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
Advanced 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
Assistant Director, Federal Awards
Chris oversees post-award administration for the Departments of Defense, Energy, Education, and Interior portfolio. He also acts as a liaison between department personnel and sponsor administrators, provides financial reports, and manages award invoicing.
Carla Pinaire
Award Management Coordinator, Non-Federal Awards
Carla 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.
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.
Beverly Roland
Advanced 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
Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Kelly administers federal awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
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
Senior 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
Senior 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
Senior 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
Sr. 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
Senior 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.
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.
Godfrey Ukponahusi
Award Negotiator
Godfrey 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.
Kathie Veach
Advanced Senior Proposal Coordinator
Kathie reviews and approves requests for external funding (i.e., proposals) on behalf of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation.
Shayna Ward
Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Shayna administers federal awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Michelle Ward
Senior 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.
Davorian Ware
Award Management Coordinator, Federal Awards
Davorian administers federal awards, providing guidance regarding award terms and conditions and performing tasks related to award setup, modifications, invoicing, financial reporting, and closeout.
Alyssa Wesley
Award Negotiator
Alyssa 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.
Holly Womack
Advanced 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
Assistant Director, Federal Awards
Rosine oversees post-award administration for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the USDA portfolio. She also acts as a liaison between department personnel and sponsor administrators, provides financial reports, and manages award invoicing.
Steve Young
Senior 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.