Staff Contact List
Through the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, SPA Staff worked remotely, monitoring phones, emails, and mail according to university policy and recommendaitons. After August 2, 2021, SPA staff will continue with alternative work arangements as outlined in Pamela Webb's announcement.
SPA Management Team
- Pamela Webb, Associate Vice President for Research Administration, (612) 624-1648 (pwebb@umn.edu)
- April Coon, Director, (612) 624-7021 (john5885@umn.edu)
- David Hagen, Associate Director, (612) 626-9895 (hagen027@umn.edu), Office of Cost Analysis
- Amy Rollinger, Associate Director, (612) 625-1359 (amyg@umn.edu)
Principal Grant & Contract Officers
- Nic Allyn, (612) 625-7054 (ally0007@umn.edu)
- Lorrie Awoyinka, (612) 626-2265 (lorrie@umn.edu)
- Pat Donnell, (612) 301-1411 (donne096@umn.edu)
- Bridget Foss, (612) 624-5571 (foss0134@umn.edu)
- April Nelson, (612) 624-0035 (amswartz@umn.edu)
- Karen Sachi, (612) 624-0895 (sachi003@umn.edu)
Grant & Contract Officer (GCO) & Department Assignments
See Grant & Contract Officer (GCO) and departmental assignments by unit (download) to find someone in your office who can help you with your sponsored project.
Employees Listed by Categories of Work
Award Closeouts
Robert Delutri, (612) 624-9004 (spamon@umn.edu)
Grant Administrators
Team One
Lead: April Coon
- Katherine Allen, GCO (alle1089@umn.edu)
- Lorrie Awoyinka, PGCO, (612) 626-2265 (lorrie@umn.edu)
- Matt Grove, GCO, (612) 624-8869 (grove246@umn.edu)
- Jennifer Howland, Sr GCO (howla047@umn.edu)
- Kim Makowske, Sr GCO, (612) 626-3818 (makowske@umn.edu)
Team Two
Lead: Amy Rollinger
- Tracy Burdett, Sr. GCO (burde047@umn.edu)
- Riana Fletcher, Sr GCO, (612) 624-5856 (fletc070@umn.edu)
- Pat Donnell, PGCO, (612) 301-1411 (donne096@umn.edu)
- Kelsey Grachek, GCO, (612) 625-0996 (grach013@umn.edu)
- Kristina McReynolds, Sr GCO (mcrey018@umn.edu)
- Karen Sachi, PGCO & EFS Award Setup Specialist, (612) 624-0895 (sachi003@umn.edu)
- Elliot Skurich, Sr GCO (eskurich@umn.edu)
- Adam Struzyk, GCO (struz005@umn.edu)
- Pat Struzyk, Sr GCO, (612) 301-2574 (struz004@umn.edu)
- Benjamin Wichterman, GCO, (612) 626-4982 (bwichter@umn.edu)
Team Three
Lead: April Coon
- Nic Allyn, PGCO, (612) 625-7054 (ally0007@umn.edu)
- Brett Carlson, Sr GCO, (612) 626-7441 (carls234@umn.edu)
- Josh Gates, Sr GCO (gates191@umn.edu)
- Jon Jee Schill, GCO (schil753@umn.edu)
- Victoria Troxler, Sr GCO, (612) 624-9567 (vtroxler@umn.edu)
- LJ Turgeon, Sr GCO (singh320@umn.edu)
Team Five
Lead: Pamela Webb
- Jason Binczik, UFRA GCO (jbinczik@umn.edu)
- Bridget Foss, PGCO, (612) 624-5571 (foss0134@umn.edu)
- Sarah Danner, Sr GCO, (612) 626-0270 (sndanner@umn.edu)
- Caroline Elverud, Sr B&I GCO (elve0051@umn.edu)
- Jonathan Hansen, UFRA GCO, (612) 626-9439 (hans4956@umn.edu)
- Kyle Kovel, UFRA & B&I Sr. GCO (kovel009@umn.edu)
- April Nelson, UFRA PGCO, (612) 624-0035 (amswartz@umn.edu)
- Pat Struzyk, Sr GCO, (612) 301-2574 (struz004@umn.edu)
- Mike Vanderboom, Sr B&I GCO (mvanderb@umn.edu)
- Mozette Walters, UFRA Sr GCO (walt0484@umn.edu)
- April Young, Sr B&I GCO (youn2842@umn.edu)
EFS Award Setup Team
Lead: David Hagen
- Karen Sachi, PGCO & Co-Lead of Award Setup Team, (612) 624-0895 (sachi003@umn.edu)
- Frances Allyn, EFS Award Setup Specialist, (612) 624-0061 (werne205@umn.edu)
- Torie Buberl, EFS Award Setup Specialist, (612) 624-9225 (tbuberl@umn.edu)
- Susie Kofuji, EFS Award Setup Specialist, (612) 626-7929 (kofuj003@umn.edu)
Subaward Team
- Sam Haus, Subaward Invoice Coordinator, (612) 301-1866 (hausx008@umn.edu)
- Rylee Pelzer, Subaward Compliance Officer, (612) 624-2086 (rcchrist@umn.edu)
Training and Education
- Frances Spalding, SPA Training Coordinator, (612) 625-0848 (spald003@umn.edu)
- Lucas Lynch, Assistant Training Coordinator, (612) 626-0985 (lync0172@umn.edu)
Support Staff - Twin Cities
- Robert Delutri, SPA Processing Specialist, (612) 624-9004 (delut001@umn.edu)
- Christina Doherty, SPA Processing Specialist (doher170@umn.edu)
- Nici Giusto, SPA Processing Specialist, (612) 624-9888 (giust007@umn.edu)
- Claudia Hankin, SPA Processing Specialist, (612) 624-9225 (hank0010@umn.edu)
- Keleigh Johnson, Administrative Associate - Subawards, (612) 301-1677 (moyer012@umn.edu)
- Paul King, Principal Office & Admin Specialist, (612) 626-8267 (pking@umn.edu)
- Karen Merrill, Principal Office & Admin Specialist, (612) 624-5243 (merri038@umn.edu)
- Bryan Nash, UFRA & SPA Processing Specialist (nash0180@umn.edu)
- Sarah Resemius, Principal Office & Admin Specialist (resem003@umn.edu)
- Shawntai Sharp, SPA Processing Specialist, (612) 626-4982 (ssharp@umn.edu)
Office of Cost Analysis
- David Hagen, Director, (612) 626-9895 (hagen027@umn.edu)
- Holly Schuveiller, Senior Financial Analyst, (612) 625-8017 (schuv004@umn.edu)
- Chris Larson, Financial Analyst, (612) 624-4542 (larso169@umn.edu)
- Jim Romportl, Financial Analyst, (612) 624-1059 (romp0002@umn.edu)
Export Controls and International Programs
- Pat Briscoe, Export Controls and International Projects Officer, (612) 625-3860 (bris0022@umn.edu)
Duluth, Sponsored Projects Administration
- Elizabeth Rumsey, Associate Director, (218) 726-7471 (erumsey@d.umn.edu)
- Claudia Carranza, Grant & Contract Admin Assistant, (218) 726-7582 (ccarranz@d.umn.edu)
- Richard Jaworski, Grant & Contract Administrator, (218) 726-6735 (rjaworsk@d.umn.edu)
- Thomas Quinn, Grant & Contract Administrator, (218) 726-7355 (tquinn@d.umn.edu)
- Brady Rivers, Executive Office & Admin Specialist, (218) 726-8153 (brivers@d.umn.edu)
Morris, Grants Development
- John Hamerlinck, Director, (320) 589-6462 (hamer111@morris.umn.edu)
- Alisande Allaben, Program Associate, (320) 589-6469 (allabeam@morris.umn.edu)
- Jodi Sperr, Post-Award Grants Coordinator, (320) 589-6465 (sperrj@morris.umn.edu)