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.

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.

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.

 

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.

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 as well as faculty recruitment. In addition, Kim is responsible for development and maintenance of the Human Resources website.

Shobhna Arora, Recruitment/Labor Relations Specialist
Phone: 410-455-1638
Email: sarora1@umbc.edu
Shobhna is responsible for assisting the Director of Employment/Labor Relations and the Employment Manager with recuitment/selection and labor relations.

Pat Jarkowski, Classification/Compensation Specialist
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.

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.

 

Tarsha Randolph, HR Specialist
Phone: 410-455-1833
E-mail: tarsha1@umbc.edu

Tarsha is responsible for PeopleSoft payroll processing including Payroll Adjustment forms, Time Entry Correction forms, earnings related Time Entry, and gross pay. 

Jessica Hutchins, HR 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), as well as written employment verifications, and stop payments.

Greta Young, HR 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. 

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.

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.