Nelson Administrative Contacts by Function
List of Nelson Institute administrative staff grouped by administrative function.
Purchasing
- Robin Higgins – primary for Dean’s office, CHE, OSER, and CEE
- Laurel Fletcher - primary for CCR and SAGE
- Jill Folkerts – primary for APO
- Shelly Strom – primary for Dean Robbins and Advancement
Travel booking
- Robin Higgins – primary for Dean’s office, CHE, OSER, and CEE
- Laurel Fletcher - primary for CCR and SAGE
- Jill Folkerts – primary for APO
- Shelly Strom – primary for Dean Robbins and Advancement
Expense reimbursement
- Robin Higgins – primary for Dean’s office, CHE, OSER, and CEE
- Laurel Fletcher - primary for CCR and SAGE
- Jill Folkerts – primary for APO
- Shelly Strom – primary for Dean Robbins and Advancement
P-Card
- Robin Higgins – reconciliation, primary for Dean’s office, CHE, OSER, and CEE
- Laurel Fletcher - reconciliation, primary for CCR and SAGE
- Jill Folkerts – reconciliation, primary for APO
- Shelly Strom – reconciliation, primary for Dean Robbins and Advancement
- Rebecca Rogers – approval for all (primary)
- Jill Folkerts – approval for all (back-up)
Parking
- Robin Higgins – primary
- Shelly Strom – back-up
Event Support
- Alessandra Rella – Weston, CPEP, and Advancement Office events
- Shelly Strom – Dean’s Office events and back-up as assigned by Advancement Office
- Laurel Fletcher – SAGE and CCR events as budgeted and assigned by PIs?
- Robin Higgins – Speaker payment, downpayments, foundation payments (alcohol/overage) Dean’s Office events and back-up as assigned by AD for Admin
Fee for Service
- Paul Meyer – budget development (primary)
- Jenna Weidner – budget development (back-up)
- Martina Gross – RAMP entry and tracking w/ RSP (may delegate to other R-Admins)
- Rebecca Rogers – account set-up/transfers/close-out, billing & AR liaison (primary)
- Jill Folkerts – account set-up/transfers/close-out, billing & AR liaison (back-up)
Account Management
- Rebecca Rogers – transaction approval, non-sponsored funding accounts (primary)
- Martina Gross – transaction approval, sponsored funding accounts (primary)
- Jill Folkerts - transaction approval, non-sponsored funding accounts (back-up)
- Research Admins - transaction approval, sponsored funding accounts (back-up)
- Jenna Weidner – overall financial position management and reporting
- Colleen Godfriaux – historical context reference for Jenna and Rebecca
- Robin Higgins – transactions and balance management for 233 funds
Annual Operating Budget
- Jenna Weidner – development and briefings (division-wide & non-research units)
- Rebecca Rogers – submission, monitoring, forecasting, and reconciling
- Colleen Godfriaux – historical context reference for Jenna and Rebecca
Building/Space Management
- Laurel Fletcher – Enzyme Institute, AOS (CCR floors)
- Tino Kaltsas – Science Hall (primary), major issues, insurance claims
- Robin Higgins – Bradley (primary), Science Hall (back-up), maintenance
- Jenna Weidner – Space assignment
Human Resources
- Karlye Wolff – primary point of contact for all HR requests
- Jill Folkerts – back-up for HR requests, primary for payroll
- Jenna Weidner – position control, final HR approver, & back-up for HR requests
- Asu.payrollbenfits@ohr.wisc.edu – support for payroll transactions
- Asu.hr@ohr.wisc.edu - support for HR transactions
Equipment/Information Technology
- gnp-helpdesk@wisc.edu (Daven Howard, Audrey Nevinskiy) – Science Hall helpdesk
- Tino Kaltsas – major equipment failure (elevators, network, etc.) for Science Hall
- Robin Higgins - inventory (field equipment and capital), phones, copy machines, etc.