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Meet the Staff
Valerie A.
Thomas, Associate
Vice President, Human Resources
Phone: 410-455-3142
E-mail: valerie.thomas@umbc.edu
Valerie is responsible for the overall administration of the Human Resources Department to include: recruitment and selection, training and development, benefits, payroll, classification/compensation, HRIS and general policy administration.
Unit Directors
Elmer Falconer,
Director of Employment/Labor Relations
Phone: 410-455-3645
E-mail: falconer@umbc.edu
Elmer is responsible
for overseeing the
employment process and
labor relations functions including administering and ensuring
compliance with the various negotiated collective bargaining agreements. He is also responsible for overseeing the Performance Management Process (PMP).
Lisa Drouillard,
Director of Payroll
Phone: 410-455-1791
Email: stankovi@umbc.edu
Lisa is responsible for managing payroll administration and training.
Terri Werner,
Director of Training and Organization Development
Dept Phone: 410-455-6262
Direct Phone: 410-455-1767
Email:twerner@umbc.edu
Terri is responsible
for leading training and professional development opportunities and
organization development engagements that enhance skills and the efficient
achievement of goals.
Rochelle
Sanders, Director
Phone: 410-455-3842
E-mail: rsanders@umbc.edu
Rochelle is responsible for overseeing Classification/Compensation, Benefits, HRIS and PeopleSoft functions of the HR Department to include: wage studies, requests to establish or modify positions, health, retirement and other supplemental benefits, as well as activities related to the management of biographic and demographic data for employees.
Benefits/Position Management
Courtney
Allen, Benefits Assistant
Phone: 410-455-3648
E-mail: callen@umbc.edu
Courtney is
responsible for conducting new employee orientation, reviewing and processing
tuition remission and tuition reimbursement requests, and handling all
retirement and pension-related work, including retiree health benefits,
retirement applications, and supplemental retirement accounts.
Bobbie
Troyer, HR Specialist
Phone: 410-455-2479
E-mail: bobbietroyer@umbc.edu
Bobbie is
responsible for Position Management updates in PeopleSoft, as well as
for handling all health benefits issues for active employees, including
processing health benefits forms and resolving problems with health
benefits. She also conducts new employee orientation.
Classification/Compensation
Pat Jarkowski, Classification/Compensation Manager
Phone:
410-455-3258
E-mail: pj@umbc.edu
Pat is responsible
for conducting job studies, salary surveys, and other projects related
to the classification and compensation of campus staff and positions.
Employment
Kim Harris,
Employment Manager
Phone: 410-455-2911
E-mail: kimh@umbc.edu
Kim is responsible
for recruitment and selection for exempt and non-exempt staff as well as faculty
recruitment. She coordinates the Employee of the Quarter Program. In addition, Kim is responsible for development and maintenance
of the Human Resources website.
Sandy Vance, Employment Specialist
Phone:
410-455-2912
E-mail: svance@umbc.edu
Sandy assists the Employment Manager in recruitment and selection of staff and faculty positions. She reviews and evaluates application forms, provides guidance on application procedures and administers skills testing.
Labor Relations
Shobhna Arora,
Labor Relations Specialist
Phone: 410-455-1638
Email: shobhna.arora@umbc.edu
Shobhna is responsible for assisting the Director of Employment/Labor Relations in the handling of labor relations concerns. She is responsible for responding to all unemployment claims. She conducts PMP training for non-supervisory staff.
Payroll
Tarsha Randolph, Payroll Processing Associate
Phone: 410-455-1833
E-mail:
tarsha1@umbc.edu
Tarsha is responsible for PeopleSoft payroll processing including Payroll Adjustment and Time Entry Correction forms, earnings related Time Entry, gross pay and making time Entry available to the campus.
Jessica Hutchins, Payroll Processing Associate
Phone: 410-455-3857
Email: hutchins@umbc.edu
Jessica is responsible for verification of New Hire PAR and Change PAR forms and supporting documents for all departments (Faculty and Staff positions).
Shannon Mize, General Assistant/Payroll Processing Associate
Phone: 410-455-3647
Email:mize@umbc.edu
Shannon is responsible for PeopleSoft payroll processing including Payroll Adjustment and Time Entry Correction forms, earnings related Time Entry, gross pay and making time Entry available to the campus.
Shelia Pitts, Payroll Processing Associate
Phone: 410-455-1051
Email: sapitts@umbc.edu
Sheila is responsible for verification of New Hire PAR and Change PAR forms and supporting documents for all departments Contingent as well as written employment verifications, overpayment, stop payments pre-hires and dual employment.
Greta Young,
Payroll Processing Associate
Phone: 410-455-2554
E-mail: gryoung@umbc.edu
Greta is responsible for verification of New Hire PAR and Change PAR forms and supporting documents for all departments (Graduate Assistants and Students), as well as reviewing and verifying NRA (Non Resident Aliens) information for tax purposes.
HRIS
Sherrell
McNamara, HRIS Manager
Phone: 410-455-3646
E-mail: mcnamara@umbc.edu
Sherrell is
currently assigned to the Delta Initiative Project for the implementation
of the PeopleSoft HRMS modules. Sherrell is the designated HRIS Functional
Subject Matter Expert for the Time & Labor and other reporting modules
in the HRMS system. In addition, she processes all HR security requests.
Denise Curry, HR Specialist
Phone: 5-3695
Email: denise@umbc.edu
Denise is responsible for the daily maintenance and quality assurance of employee job and demographic data within the Human Resources database. She also assists the HRIS Manager in reporting and leave issues.
Training and Organization Development
Jill Weinknecht Wardell, Training and Development Specialist
Phone: 410-455-1442
Email:jwardell@umbc.edu
Jill is responsible for training and professional development opportunities that enhance skills and the efficient achievement of goals.
Kathryn Nemirovsky, Administrative/Training Assistant
Phone: 410-455-6262
Email:knemirov@umbc.edu
Kathryn provides administrative and program support for professional development programs.
Support Staff
Michele Kimery, Executive Administrative Assistant
Phone: 410-455-3849
E-mail: mkimery@umbc.edu
Michele is
responsible for administrative support to the Associate Vice President and the department
as well as assisting employees and the public with inquiries.
Sara Shannon, HR Associate
Phone: 410-455-2337
E-mail:shannon5@umbc.edu
Sara provides front-line assistance with general information requests as well as providing clerical support to the department.