Purpose: To provide HR service and support needs for L&S faculty.
Not sure who to contact? Reach out to Ben Weisse

Ben Weisse | Asst Dean, Faculty & Student+ HR

• Lead L&S Faculty team
• Manage faculty recruitments, tenuring process, tenure clock extensions, and employee relations

Email: ben.weisse@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays

Beth Baldowin | HR Manager & Faculty DDR

• Serves as Divisional Disability Representative (DDR) for Faculty
•  Considers leave requests in compliance with the Federal & Wisconsin Family & Medical Leave Acts (FMLA/WFMLA) and UW-Madison’s Family Caregiving Initiative.
• Processes faculty paid parental leave requests.
• Processes faculty work-related injury claims.
• Oversees Faculty Sabbatical Application Process
• Reviews and Approves Faculty Offer Letters
• For Computer, Data & Information Sciences
•  For Natural, Physical & Mathematical Sciences

Email: beth.baldowin@wisc.edu
In-Office: Tuesdays

Jana Kadium | HR Business Partner 
Coordinate the following for faculty:

• Emeritus requests
• Zero-dollar appointment requests
• Affiliate and joint governance
• Review offer letters for AH and SS
• Coordinate Assistant Professor & Post Tenure review processes

Email: jana.kadium@wisc.edu
In-Office: Tuesdays

Vacant | HR Coordinator

• Provide general support for faculty HR
• Conduct criminal background checks for faculty
• Manage and run background checks for faculty and Student+ appointments
• Enter in rate / title changes for faculty (including promotions, PTR, and performance)
• Review and enter PVLs for CDIS and NPM Sciences in JEMS / TREMS
• Track and maintain salary exercise spreadsheet
• Publish the L&S HR Monthly newsletter
• Edit, update, and create new KBs

Email: 
In-Office:

Resources & Links

Purpose: Respond to HR, payroll, and benefits-related needs of Student Assistants, Post-Degree Trainees, and Student Hourly Employees (SA, ET, SH). 
Not sure who to contact? Reach out to studentplus@ls.wisc.edu.

Ben Weisse | Asst Dean, Faculty & Student+ HR

• Lead L&S Faculty team
• Manage faculty recruitments, tenuring process, tenure clock extensions, and employee relations

Email: ben.weisse@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays

Brenda Powles | HR Manager & Student+ DDR

• Manage Student+ team
• Supports departments in the management of their student assistants, employees-in-training, and student hourlies
• Develops policies and procedures for the Student+ population in L&S
• Serve as Division Disability Representative (DDR) for the Student+ population in all units, including:
  • Federal & Wisconsin Family & Medical Leave Acts (FMLA/WFMLA) and UW-Madison’s Family Caregiving Initiative
  • Disability Accommodation
  • Military leave and catastrophic leave
  • Temporary work adjustments
• Review Student+ remote work agreements
• Reviews/approves student assistants and employees-in-training exceptions

Email: brenda.powles@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays and Thursdays

Shanae Doerr | HR Business Partner

• Student+ team lead worker
• Facilitates and troubleshoots complex hiring and job change transactions
• Provide student assistants, employees-in-training, and student hourly support to all L&S units
• Process hires and job changes for student assistants, employees-in-training, and student hourly for all L&S units
• Audits human resources reports to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures
• Student+ process improvement; creates and implements student assistants, employees-in-training, and student hourly trainings and resources

Email: shanae.doerr@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays and Thursdays

Leah Her | HR Coordinator

• Provide student assistants, employees-in-training, and student hourly support to assigned L&S units
• Process hires and job changes for student assistants (SA), employees-in-training (ET), and student hourly (SH) for UDDS A480200 – A483600

Email: leah.her@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays and Thursdays

Tiffany Misko | HR Coordinator

• Provide student assistants, employees-in-training, and student hourly support to assigned L&S units
• Process hires and job changes for student assistants (SA), employees-in-training (ET), and student hourly (SH) for UDDS A483800 – A489700

Email: tiffany.misko@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays and Thursdays

Resources & Links

Purpose: Respond to HR, payroll, and benefits-related needs of L&S staff (STS AS, OT and non-STS AS, LI, US, TE, OT). 
Not sure who to contact? Reach out to hrstaff@ls.wisc.edu

Sue Hook | HR Associate Director

• Co-lead Staff HR team
• Serve as consultant to units on complex issues, including workforce relations
• Co-lead strategic HR staffing initiatives
• Units Served: All units in Arts & Humanities & CDIS, plus Chemistry, Physics, iBio & BioCore

Email: sue.hook@wisc.edu
In-Office: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays

Cheryl Bowes | HR Associate Director

• Co-lead Staff HR team
• Serve as consultant to units on complex issues, including workforce relations
• Co-lead strategic HR staffing initiatives
• Renewable Staff
  • PVL approvals (waivers, temporary employees)
  • EJED changes for non-STS, paid staff positions
  • Volunteers
• Units Served: All units in Social Sciences division, plus Astronomy, Botany, CSD, Geoscience, Limnology, AOS & Math

Email: cheryl.bowes@wisc.edu
In-Office: Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Linda Cleary | Manager & Staff DDR

• Serve staff in all L&S units
• Serve as Division Disability Representative (DDR) for staff in all units, including:
  • Federal & Wisconsin Family & Medical Leave Acts (FMLA/WFMLA) and UW-Madison’s Family Caregiving Initiative
  • Disability Accommodation
  • Military leave, catastrophic leave, worker’s compensation
  • Temporary work adjustments

Email: linda.cleary@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays

Michael Kulisch | HR Manager

• Salary review approvals for new hires & job postings
• Position review requests
• JEMS Rate/Title changes
• Pay basis conversions
• Overload requests
• Layoffs/non-renewals
• PMDP system & performance evaluations
• Performance management and workplace investigations
• System access for new hire onboarding
• Units Served: All units in Arts & Humanities & CDIS, plus Chemistry, Physics, iBio & BioCore

Email: michael.kulisch@wisc.edu
In-Office: Mondays

Brittany Coleman | HR Manager

• Salary review approvals for new hires & job postings
• Position review requests
• JEMS Rate/Title changes
• Pay basis conversions
• Overload requests
• Layoffs/non-renewals
• PMDP system & performance evaluations
• Performance management and workplace investigations
• System access for new hire onboarding
• Units Served: All units in Social Sciences division, plus Astronomy, Botany, CSD, Geoscience, Limnology, AOS & Math

Email: brittany.coleman@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays

Nick Faber | HR Business Partner

• Short-Term Instructional Staff (STS) 
• Point-of-Contact for all STS needs, from approval through end date, including recruiting, direct hires, criminal background checks, job changes, record-keeping, payroll, time and labor troubleshooting
• Processing overload request
• Units assigned to Nick 

Email: nicholas.faber@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays

Mitchell Yang | HR Business Partner

• Short-Term Instructional Staff (STS) 
• Point-of-Contact for all HR STS needs, including recruiting, direct hires, criminal background checks, job changes, record-keeping, payroll, time and labor troubleshooting
• All Short-Term Staff requests should be submitted through the Instructional Staffing Request Form found on https://kb.wisc.edu/ls/119153
• Standard STS rates - https://kb.wisc.edu/ls/page.php?id=28638
  STS Titles - https://kb.wisc.edu/ls/37654
• Units assigned to Mitchell

Email: myang293@wisc.edu
In-Office: Mondays

Olivia MacDonald | Recruitment Specialist

• Recruitment planning, sourcing, & logistical support for non-STS recruitments (AS, LI, US)
• PVL approvals for non-STS recruitments
• Manage the offer process including reviewing offer letters, sending TREMS offer cards, and JEMS hire & push to HRS
• Search team support
• Onboarding support
• Units Served: All units in Arts & Humanities & CDIS, plus Chemistry, Physics, iBio & BioCore

Email: olivia.macdonald@wisc.edu
In-Office: Mondays

Cynthia Eason | Recruitment Specialist

• Recruitment planning, sourcing, & logistical support for non-STS recruitments (AS, LI, US)
• PVL approvals for non-STS recruitments
• Manage the offer process including reviewing offer letters, sending TREMS offer cards, and JEMS hire & push to HRS
• Search team support
• Onboarding support
• Units Served: All units in Social Sciences division, plus Astronomy, Botany, CSD, Geoscience, Limnology, AOS & Math

Email: cynthia.eason@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays

Sallie Ha | HR Coordinator

• Provide transactional support for a variety of non-STS hiring and job changes; serves as a liaison between requestor and approver
• Including: Zero-dollar appointments, criminal background checks, JEMS job changes (FTE, EJED, resignation, retirement, supervisor), rate/title change letters, leave payouts, emeritus status, additional pay workflow, lump sum letters, payroll, time & labor troubleshooting, recruitment closeouts, personnel file imaging, HR Staff email triage
• Units Served: All units in Arts & Humanities & CDIS, plus Chemistry, Physics, iBio & BioCore 

Office/Webex Phone Number: 608-263-2316
Email: sallie.ha@wisc.edu
In-Office: fully remote

Vanessa Uzcategui Marquez | HR Coordinator

• Provide transactional support for a variety of non-STS hiring and job changes; serves as a liaison between requestor and approver
• Including: Zero-dollar appointments, criminal background checks, JEMS job changes (FTE, EJED, resignation, retirement, supervisor), rate/title change letters, leave payouts, emeritus status, additional pay workflow, lump sum letters, payroll, time & labor troubleshooting, recruitment closeouts, personnel file imaging, HR Staff email triage
• Units Served: All units in Social Sciences division, plus Astronomy, Botany, CSD, Geoscience, Limnology, AOS & Math

Email: uzcateguimar@wisc.edu
In-Office: Wednesdays

Resources & Links

Purpose: Oversee and manage payroll and benefits operations for L&S.

ChoonYee Ho Jonas | Director, Payroll & Benefits

• Oversee L&S payroll & benefits operations, including communicating, advising, and troubleshooting on related issues
• Manage faculty payroll & leave
• HRS Divisional Liaison
• UW Shared Services Divisional Liaison
• Madison Payroll & Benefits Services Divisional Liaison
• International Payroll Wire Transfer Form approver
• Respond to audits related to payroll & benefits
• Separation of Duties reviewer/approver

Email: choonyee.hojonas@wisc.edu
In-Office: Mondays and Tuesdays

Tools, Resources, & Links

Purpose: Provide overall HR support to L&S.

Lea Aunne | HR Director

• Ensure L&S HR services meet the needs and serve the priorities of the college
• Ensure L&S HR services are in compliance with UW-Madison policies & procedures
• Support and lead the L&S HR team

Email: aunejohnson@wisc.edu
In Office: Monday – Friday

Marcy Doelp | HR Generalist

• Review and approve L&S remote work agreements
• Coordinate responses to campus I-9 audits
• Triage general L&S HR email inbox
• Special projects – Assist with compensation exercises and Pay plan; training roster updates and reminders; P file project.

Email: marcy.doelp@wisc.edu
In-Office: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; off Wednesday and Friday