Office Directory

Heidi Barajas  
Interim Associate Vice President for Public Engagement  
(612) 624-6876  
120 Morrill Hall  
[email protected]  
engagement.umn.edu

Scott Lanyon  
Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education  
(612) 625-2809  
321 Johnston Hall  
[email protected]  
grad.umn.edu

Beth Lewis  
Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs  
(612) 626-9545  
110 Morrill Hall  
[email protected]  
faculty.umn.edu

Robert McMaster  
Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education  
(612) 626-9425  
220-B Morrill Hall  
[email protected]  
undergrad.umn.edu

Brian Sick  
Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Health Sciences  
(612) 624-1191  
3-110 Phillips-Wangensteen  
[email protected]  
healthsciedu.umn.edu

Eric Watkins  
Vice Provost for Distributed Learning  
[email protected]  
odl.umn.edu

Andrew Alleyne

Timothy Beebe

Nisha Botchwey

Brian Buhr

Ann Waltner

Connie Delaney

Beverly Durgan

Lisa German

David Greenstein

Garry Jenkins

Keith A. Mays

Laura Molgaard

Michael C. Rodriguez

Bob Stine

Carol Strohecker

Jakub Tolar

Lynda Welage

Jamie Prenkert

• Provost's liaison to senior academic and administrative leaders
• EVPP academic administrative management
• Advance implementation of provost's work plan
• Provost's liaison for budget, compact planning, human resources, academic appointments
• Primary EVPP point of contact
• Special projects, strategic initiatives, committees, reports advancing EVPP priorities

• Academic planning and new program development review and approval process
• Provost Office policy liaison
• Non-credit program standards
• Professional education
• Special projects, strategic initiatives, committees, reports advancing EVPP priorities

• Academic planning and new program development review and approval process
• Academic Program Review liaison
• Academic collaborations and partnership agreements
• Professional education
• University accreditation
• The Imagine Fund administration
• Special projects, strategic initiatives, committees, reports advancing EVPP priorities

• EVPP leadership searches and transitions
• Issues management, strategic communications collaborations
• Strategic planning
• Liaison for interdisciplinary advancement and Institute for Advanced Study
• Special projects, strategic initiatives, committees, reports advancing EVPP priorities

• Provost communications, speaking engagement background and speechwriting

• Shared event planning and project services across administrative units
• Event management and coordination
• Project planning and support

• Provost calendar and travel
• Provost daily activities support
• General EVPP office coordination

• Initial point of contact in main EVPP office
• General office administrative support

• Project and activity assistance
• Office-wide operational and administrative support
• Backup in the absence of Ellen Miller

Sarah Bourassa 
Finance Professional 
[email protected]

Melissa DeWees 
ExecutiveAccount Specialist 
[email protected]

Erin Kurshoff 
ExecutiveAccount Specialist 
[email protected]

Heather McNeff 
Finance Professional 
[email protected]

Cynthia Ostendorf 
Executive Account Specialist 
[email protected]

Kelly Ryan 
ExecutiveAccount Specialist 
[email protected]

Jeremy Schwanz 
Finance Analyst 
[email protected]

Lauren Sietsema 
Finance Professional 
[email protected]

Andrea Sjoquist 
Finance Professional 
[email protected]

Hanbin Zhou 
Finance Professional 
[email protected]