Staff List
Leadership and staff serving OVPR's central administrative office. More staff listings are available on the unit pages.
Vice President for Research
Allen Levine
(612) 624-5054
aslevine@umn.edu
Assistant Vice President
Lisa Warren
(612) 625-2042
carls044@umn.edu
Administrative
Nicole Herbenson
Executive Office & Administrative Specialist
(612) 625-4926
herbe074@umn.edu
Cindy Lawson
Senior Office and Administrative Services Supervisor
(612) 624-5054
clawson@umn.edu
Franklin Tolbert
Principal Office & Administrative Specialist
(612) 625-7857
ftolbert@umn.edu
Bernice Rogers
Principal Office & Administrative Specialist
(612) 626-0374
brogers@umn.edu
Research Advancement
Marci Freundschuh
Administrative Associate
(612) 625-7585
m-freu@umn.edu
Robyn Kennedy
Internal Grants Specialist
(612) 624-2640
kenne370@umn.edu
Frances Lawrenz
Associate Vice President for Research
(612) 625-2046
lawrenz@umn.edu
Claudia Neuhauser, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research
Director, Research Computing
(612) 625-9258
neuha001@umn.edu
Communications
Kevin Coss
Writer and Public Relations Associate
(612) 625-1453
coss@umn.edu
Erin Dennis
Assistant Communications Director
(612) 625-1515
edennis@umn.edu
Dan Gilchrist
Communications Director
(612) 624-2609
dang@umn.edu
Kirsten Gray
Marketing & Outreach Director
612-624-5033
kirsten@umn.edu
Meher Khan
Communications Associate
(612) 625-7620
khanx091@umn.edu
Holly Santiago
Website Project Manager
(612) 624-7872
hsantiag@umn.edu
Finance & Human Resources
Fernando Bucaro
Finance Director
(612) 626-8284
buca0004@umn.edu
Kristin Charles
Lead Accountant
(612) 624-0664
char0183@umn.edu
Troy Christiansen
Human Resources / Payroll Specialist
(612) 626-6806
chris146@umn.edu
Megan Ferden
Human Resources
(612) 624-7921
suth0059@umn.edu
Thanh Ho
Procurement Specialist
(612) 624-4434
hoxxx013@umn.edu
Tracy McCall
Accountant
(612) 626-7675
mcca0540@umn.edu
Rachel Muntean
Executive Accounts Specialist
(612) 624-0413
munte002@umn.edu
Julie Parker
Senior Accountant & Cluster Director
(612) 625-6686
parke052@umn.edu
Lexa Rose
HR Generalist
(612) 625-8385
rosex494@umn.edu
Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS)
Thierry Boudet
Director
(612) 624-6560
tboudet@umn.edu
Francine Anderson
Business Analyst
(612) 625-0715
ande9576@umn.edu
Michelle Beaman
Data Analyst
(612) 624-6555
mbeaman@umn.edu
Mary Bendtsen
Data Analyst
(612) 624-0583
mbendtse@umn.edu
Aaron Bratlie
Research Systems Support
(612) 626-4207
abratlie@umn.edu
Rod Chaffee
Business Analyst
(612) 625-8353
chaff001@umn.edu
Cody Christopher
Data Analyst
(612) 625-1763
codymc@umn.edu
Rosalie Dionne
Operations Coordinator
(612) 626-7552
pete5789@umn.edu
Josh Miraglia
Data Analyst
(612) 626-4963
mirag006@umn.edu
Mat Moore
Business Analyst
(612) 624-4042
moor0055@umn.edu
Doug Nelson
Business Analyst
(612) 624-2040
nels8204@umn.edu
Polly Peterson-Cashen
RSS Team Mgr.
(612) 624-8141
peter362@umn.edu
Angela Pfister
Project Mgr.
(612) 624-0984
apfister@umn.edu
Eric Sanford
Information Tech Specialist
(612) 626-6974
esanford@umn.edu
Eric Vegoe
Business Analyst
(612) 625-4636
vegoe004@umn.edu
Vern Wehrle
Data Services Mgr.
(612) 624-4051
wehrl001@umn.edu