RIO Staff List

Administrative, communications, finance, and human resources staff serving RIO's central office. 
 

Administrative

Tracey Mavetz
Executive Assistant 
[email protected]
Supports:

  • Joanne Billings, Associate Vice President for Research Integrity & Compliance
  • Cynthia Carnes, Vice President for Research & Innovation
     

Monica Shannon
Events Specialist
[email protected]
Executive Assistant and Supports:

  • Dani Rintala, Director, Research Integrity and Compliance (RIC)
     

Megan VanDeWalle
Executive Assistant
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Supports:

  • JoonHyung Cho, Assistant Vice President and Chief of Staff
  • Robert Hampshire, Executive Director of Research Development Office
  • Kim Kirkpatrick, Associate Vice President for Research Capacity Building

 

RIO Communications & Marketing

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Shelly Gustafson
Communications Specialist
[email protected]

Sophia Dagnello
Associate Director of Visual Communications
(612) 624-0856
[email protected]

Erin Dennis
Interim Senior Director for Strategic Communications
(612) 723-6549
[email protected]

Brook Paul
Communications Associate
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Holly Santiago
Website Manager
(612) 624-7872
[email protected]
 

Finance 

Kristin Charles
Finance Director
(612) 624-0664
[email protected]

Kyle Casello
Voucher Specialist
[email protected]

Betsy Christians
Voucher Specialist
[email protected]

Jane Cui
Accountant
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Penny Harris
Senior Accountant
(612) 625-9246
[email protected]

Crystal King
Accountant
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Julie Parker 
Senior Accountant & Cluster Director
(612) 625-6686 
[email protected]

Kylie Zhao
Lead Accountant
(612) 624-4684
[email protected]

Ling Zhong
Accountant
(612) 626-7675
[email protected] 
 

Human Resources

Megan Ferden 
Human Resources Director
(612) 624-7921 
[email protected]

Troy Christiansen
Senior HR Generalist
[email protected]

Morgan Cooper
HR Generalist
[email protected]

Amy Grant 
Senior HR Generalist
(612) 625-1611
[email protected]

Allie Jonas
HR Operations Manager and Business Partner
[email protected]