{"id":123,"date":"2020-05-15T21:23:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T21:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-as.vanderbilt.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:47:19","slug":"administration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/chemistry\/administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Administrative Faculty<\/h2>\n

Sandra J. Rosenthal<\/a>
\nDepartment Chair<\/em><\/p>\n

Nathan D. Schley<\/a>
\nVice Chair<\/em><\/p>\n

David Cliffel<\/a>
\nDirector of Graduate Studies<\/em><\/p>\n

Katie Clements<\/a>
\nDirector of Undergraduate Studies<\/em><\/p>\n

Staff By Responsibilities<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Administrative Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
 <\/th>Name & Title<\/th>Contact Information<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\"\"<\/td>Cassandra Cornwell<\/b>
\nSenior Administrative Officer
\n
\nI can help you with...<\/b>
\n - Anything related to the management of day-to-day operations of department<\/i>
\n - Processing faculty and other personnel record transactions as departmental HCM, Human Capital Management Specialist<\/i>
\n - Reviewing and oversight of human resource activities, including payroll processing submissions for faculty (academic\/summer), postdocs, staff, students, and temporary employees<\/i>
\n - Overseeing finances of the department and approval processes<\/i>
\n - Pulling budget reports and audits as necessary<\/i>
\n<\/td>		Email<\/a>
\n(615) 875-8416
\n7330E SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Cris Zerface<\/b>
\nAdministrative Manager
\n
\nI can help you with...<\/b>
\n - Serving as the department Financial Unit Manager (FUM), reviewing and approving expense reports, procurement requests, software store orders, and iLab requests<\/i>
\n - Managing financial transaction oversight<\/i>
\n - Preparing monthly reports and audits spending for necessary corrections<\/i>
\n - Assisting with troubleshooting expense report and procurement questions<\/i>
\n - Acting as the department Line Manager and hiring liaison for all research staff<\/i>
\n - Assisting in resolutions of issues regarding Purchase Orders, payments, etc.<\/i>
\n<\/td>		Email<\/a>
\n(615) 322-0072
\n7330M SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Stephen Lancaster<\/b>
\nGrants Manager
\n
\nI can help you with...<\/b>
\n - Manages post-award grant financial management<\/i>
\n - Monitors grant funded effort<\/i>
\n - Preparing monthly reports for labs<\/i>
\n - Communication with Research Finance and SPA as the department's primary point of contact<\/i>
\n - Making payroll costing changes for lab personnel funded by external grants\/contracts<\/i>
\n - Submits award closeouts<\/i>
\n<\/td>		Email<\/a>
\n(615) 343-4141
\n7330D SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Hailey Perry<\/b>
\nGraduate Program Coordinator
\n
\nI can help you with...<\/b>
\n - Assisting the Recruiting Committee for the Chemistry PhD Program<\/i>
\n - Assisting the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) regarding graduate student needs<\/i>
\n - Answering application and admission process questions related to the Chemistry PhD Program<\/i>
\n - Booking rooms outside the department for Defense and Qualifying Exams<\/i>
\n - Assisting students in the completion of all necessary paperwork related to their PhD<\/i>
\n - Content updates to the department website<\/i>
\n - Updating the departmental TVs<\/i>
\n - Designing and posting on departmental social media channels<\/i>
\n - Force registration for CHEM classes<\/i>
\n<\/td>		Email<\/a>
\n(615) 322-2483
\n7332A SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Trey Graham<\/b>
\nAdministrative Specialist
\n
\nI can help you with...<\/b>
\n - Assigning key access and distribution of keys as well as office assignments<\/i>
\n - Opening work orders related to office cleaning and maintenance issues<\/i>
\n - Updating content on the department website<\/i>
\n - Updating the departmental TVs<\/i>
\n - Ordering office supplies<\/i>
\n - Overseeing mail and departmental packages received by the storeroom<\/i>
\n - Overseeing copy machines issues<\/i>
\n - Procurement requests as a departmental procurement requester and one card holder<\/i>
\n - Overseeing blanket orders and requisitions<\/i>
\n - Coordinating space, facilities, and conference room reservations via the Room Reservation Request Form<\/a><\/i><\/td>		Email<\/a>
\n(615) 343-9301
\n7330P SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Lisa White<\/b>
\nAdministrative Specialist
\n
\nI can help you with...<\/b>
\n - Coordinating appointments, reappointments, and promotions of faculty, postdocs and visiting scholar requests<\/i>
\n - Coordination with the ISSS and ITO teams on visa applications<\/i>
\n - Assisting in the coordination of faculty recruitment
\n - Assisting the Department Chair with calendar\/scheduling<\/i>
\n - Coordinating weekly colloquium speaker engagements (including travel arrangements and processing honoraria)<\/i>
\n - Planning department events and arranging faculty meetings<\/i>
\n - Booking guest travel for visitors<\/i><\/td>		Email<\/a>
\n(615) 343-4371
\n7330K SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Diane Wojciechowski<\/b>
\nGrants Coordinator - Pre Award
\n
\nI can help you with...<\/b>
\n - Coordination of proposal submissions including budget preparation and assistant with all aspects of proposal development<\/i>
\n - Distribution of funding opportunities<\/i>
\n - Preparation and submission of supplemental information and JIT requests<\/i>
\n
\n<\/td>		Email<\/a>
\n(615) 322-5507
\n7330G SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Andrew Burns<\/b>
\nGrants Specialist
\n
\nI can help you with...<\/b>
\n - Outgoing subawards<\/i>
\n - Coordinating RPPRs<\/i>
\n - Contract management for incoming and outgoing subawards<\/i>
\n - Budget setup\/revisions<\/i>
\n - Invoice approval, PO setup\/revisions for outgoing subawards<\/i>
\n - Assisting in preparing small\/non-complex proposals as needed<\/i>
\n - Assisting in preparing financial statements and forecasting data as needed<\/i>
\n<\/td>		Email<\/a>
\n7330L SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Anna Carroll<\/b>
\nGraduate Program Specialist
\n
\nI can help you with...<\/b>
\n - Managing graduate student payroll<\/i>
\n - Making GAF payments for graduate students and benefit award forms<\/i>
\n - Onboarding incoming graduate students<\/i>
\n - Overseeing the hiring and termination process of student workers, interns and observers<\/i>
\n - Serving as the Line Manager for student employees and reviewing student workers\u2019 timesheet submissions<\/i>
\n - Coordinating training grant stipend payments with other departments<\/i>
\n<\/td>		Email<\/a>
\n(615) 343-3576
\n7332 SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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