General Office Email Addresses

Executive Leadership and Supports

Fredrick Nafukho, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel

Hilaire Thompson, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
Marjorie Olmstead, Associate Vice Provost
Shelley Kostrinsky, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
Margaret (Peg) Stuart, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Personnel

AnnaLise Bender-Brown, Policy and Administration Analyst

Laura Hager, Assistant to the Vice Provost for Academic Personnel

Academic HR

Leadership Role
Heather Bliss
Director
206.221.1251
  • Manages Academic HR and International Scholar Operations teams
  • Addresses high level academic personnel strategy
Kara Garcia
Assistant Director
206.685.4344
  • Oversees Academic HR operations and supervises Academic HR specialists
Business Partners Can field questions on Supports
Leesa Hall
Business Partner
206.221.6193
  • Appointments and policy
  • Employee relations
  • Leave without pay
  • School of Medicine
  • College of Engineering
  • UW Bothell
  • UW Tacoma
  • College of the Environment
  • School of Public Health
  • University Libraries
  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Law
  • Vice Provost of Research
Tyler Hitt
Business Partner
206.221.8792
  • Appointments and policy
  • Employee relations
  • Leave without pay
  • School of Medicine
  • College of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Social Work
  • College of Education
  • Foster School of Business
  • Information School
  • College of Built Environments
  • Continuum College
  • Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
  • School of Pharmacy
Specialists Advises On Supports
David Apelzin
Specialist
acadpers@uw.edu
  • Academic HR processes and appointment issues
  • Academic personnel-related transactions in Workday
  • Interfolio academic job requests
  • Postdoctoral Scholars
  • Arts and Sciences
  • School of Medicine
    • Family Medicine
    • Genome Sciences
    • Health Metrics Sciences
    • Immunology
    • Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
    • Microbiology
    • Neurological Surgery
    • Neurology
    • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Postdoctoral Scholars Last Names Q-Z
Allie Correll-Buss
Specialist
acadpers@uw.edu
  • Academic HR processes and appointment issues
  • Academic personnel-related transactions in Workday
  • Interfolio academic job requests
  • Postdoctoral Scholars
  • Built Environments
  • Continuum College
  • Dentistry
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • School of Medicine
    • Department of Medicine
    • Ophthalmology
    • Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
    • Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
    • Pharmacology
  • Postdoctoral Scholars Last Names E-K
Olivia Hermann
Specialist
acadpers@uw.edu
  • Academic HR processes and appointment issues
  • Academic personnel-related transactions in Workday
  • Interfolio academic job requests
  • Postdoctoral Scholars
  • Environment
  • Evans School
  • Foster School of Business
  • Information School
  • Law
  • University Libraries
  • School of Medicine
    • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
    • Biochemistry
    • Bioengineering (Medicine)
    • Bioethics and Humanities
    • Biological Structure
    • Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
    • Comparative Medicine
    • Department of Pediatrics
    • Department of Surgery
    • Emergency Medicine
  • Postdoctoral Scholars Last Names L-P
Dan Watson
Specialist
acadpers@uw.edu
  • Academic HR processes and appointment issues
  • Academic personnel-related transactions in Workday
  • Interfolio academic job requests
  • Postdoctoral Scholars
  • Nursing
  • Pharmacy
  • Public Health
  • Social Work
  • UW Bothell
  • UW Tacoma
  • School of Medicine
    • Global Health – Med
    • Physiology and Biophysics
    • Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    • Radiation Oncology
    • Radiology
    • Rehabilitation Medicine
    • Urology
  • Postdoctoral Scholars Last Names A-D
International Scholars Operations Can field questions on
Ursula Elspeth Owen
ISO Manager
206.543.1545
  • J-1, H-1B, TN, E3, and O-1 visa sponsorship and processes
  • UW- sponsored permanent residence
  • Prevailing wage determinations
  • Foreign national hiring
  • Visiting Int’l Scholars
  • Federal regulations governing foreign national employment
Susan Larrance
International Scholar Advisor
206.685.9022
  • H-1B scholars
  • J-1 scholars
  • Permanent residence
Nicole Schwab
International Scholar Advisor
206.221.4618
  • H-1B scholars
  • J-1 scholars
Holly Schneidmiller
ISO Specialist
206.221.4661
  • Status inquiries for J and H visa request forms
Reporting Can field questions on
Carla Englander
Senior Reporting Analyst
206.616.4735
  • Academic personnel reports & data requests

Project and Innovation Management

Contact Can field questions on
John Borwick
Director
206.685.9050
  • Project management, process improvement and IT for the Office of Academic Personnel
  • Academic Jobs Board functionality
  • IT risk management (e.g., data security)
  • IT services
  • Project & portfolio management
Jon Davis
Web Developer
206.221.9044
  • Web development and IT support for the Office of Academic Personnel
Susan Monusko
Business Analyst
206.685.7823
  • Project & portfolio management
  • Project management tools, resources, & engagement
  • Business process improvements for the Office of Academic Personnel

Communications

Contact Can field questions on
Courtney Laguio
Assistant Director
  • Joint communications
  • eDigest
  • Public relations
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Website user experience
  • Social media contact

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