Dean's Office Staff
- Administrative
- Finance and Accounting
- Human Resources
- CLAS Development and Alumni Affairs
- Shared Services Center
- CLASnet
Administrative
Assistant to the Dean
Jesse Killinger
jkillinger@ufl.edu
392-0780
2014 Turlington Hall
Areas of Responsibility:
- Aids the dean with daily operations and appointments to ensure efficient management of daily activities and travel.
- Coordinates Interim Dean Dave Richardson’s calendar.
- Serves as liaison for the dean to department chairs, program directors, students and UF Foundation officials and to other various offices across campus.
- Schedules the Keene Faculty Center.
- Schedules annual program reviews and budget meetings for all units in the college
Program Assistant
Jorge Quintana
yuyo27@ufl.edu
392-2264
2014 Turlington Hall
Areas of Responsibility:
- Maintains calendars and provides secretarial support for Associate Dean Margaret Fields and Associate Dean David Pharies.
- Coordinates meetings and prepares agendas for College Curriculum Committee, IDS Committee and the Humanities Chairs and Directors.
- Adviser for the Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) major for students coming into the program and for those admitted; maintains all files from admission to graduation; maintains tracking for the IDS program, posts grades and certifies students for graduation.
Executive Secretary to Associate Deans
Arlene Williams
arlenew@ufl.edu
392-2230
2014 Turlington Hall
Areas of Responsibility:
- Maintains calendar and provides general secretarial support for Associate Deans Milagros Peña and Alan Dorsey
- Coordinates graduate affairs for the college and maintains records of related matters
- Organizes meetings for the college’s graduate coordinators, new faculty and chairs orientation, tenure and promotion workshop
- Coordinates the following awards and fellowships: CLAS teaching/advising awards, Doctoral dissertation Advisor/Mentoring award, Humanities Scholarship Enhancement, Sabbaticals, CLAS Dissertation fellowships, Grinter Fellowships, and Graduate awards, University Scholars Program, Ruth McQuown Scholarships, and graduate and faculty travel awards. Also College Grade Coordinator
- Handles annual activity reports
Finance and Accounting
Budget and Finance Director
Uma Sethuram
sethuru@ufl.edu
294-1967
Areas of Responsibility:
- Responsible for analysis and communication of financial and budgetary information to the Dean, Associate Deans, Department Chairs, Department Staff, University Budget Office, and Provost's Office.
- Preparation and management of the Operating Budget, All Funds Budget, Research and Private funds and other financial data.
- Assist in formulating and implementing of policy relating to budgetary and financial issues.
- Project fiscal impacts of proposed university policies, college policies, and strategic options.
- Assist in developing College's online and summer course development and on line budget.
- Management and control of College overhead account. Includes maintenance and oversight of College research commitments; preparation of various analytical reports as necessary.
- Acts as signatory for Dean on research proposals.
- Serves as CLAS liaison with the University Budget Office; Office of the Provost; Division of Sponsored Research; and Contracts and Grants office.
Human Resources
Coordinator of Administrative Services/Human Resources Manager
Carolyn
Lebron
clebron@ufl.edu
392-2261
Areas of Responsibility:
- Equal Opportunity Officer for CLAS
- Approves outside ads for faculty searches and letters of offer to faculty
- Approves staff searches
- Coordinates college’s tenure and promotion process
- Advises on and processes requests for leaves of absence, reduced FTE, sabbaticals and events covered by the Family Medical Leave Act
- Makes staff salary recommendations to Dean
- Assists managers with staff disciplinary actions and investigates staff grievances and/or sexual harassment complaints
CLAS Development and Alumni Affairs
Assistant Vice President of Development and Alumni Affairs
Ryan Marsh
2008 Turlington Hall
rmarsh@ulf.edu
294-1970
Areas of Responsibility:
- Campaign Manager
- Graham Center (with Norman Portillo)
- Jewish Studies
- Overall College
- Principle Gifts
- Managing the CLAS Development office and team
