Meet Our Team

Advising

Greg Offerman

Position title: Associate Director for Advising & Outreach

Email: greg.offerman@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.4335

Joselyn Diaz-Valdes

Position title: Assistant Director of Advising & Outreach - Bucky's Pell Pathway & BANNER

Email: joselyn.diazvaldes@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Pa Houa Xiong

Position title: Assistant Director for Advising & Outreach

Email: pahoua.xiong@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

MollyJo Bautch

Position title: Promise Program Advisor

Email: mollyjo.bautch@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Brianne Camacho

Position title: SMPH Director of Financial Aid and Financial Wellness Advising

Email: brianne.camacho@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Martina Diaz

Position title: Senior Financial Aid Advisor

Email: martina.diaz@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Sarah Doebereiner

Position title: Financial Aid Advisor

Email: sarah.doebereiner@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Clyde Gaines

Position title: Senior Student Services Coordinator

Email: clyde.gaines@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Pahouachua Thor

Position title: Financial Aid Advisor

Email: pahouachua.thor@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

CC Vang

Position title: Financial Aid Advisor

Email: cvang33@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Special Awards & Student Engagement

Lauren "Lo" Klink

Position title: Associate Director for Special Awards & Student Engagement

Email: lauren.klink@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Nicole Schumacher

Position title: Assistant Director for Special Awards

Email: nicole.schumacher@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Kasie Strahl

Position title: Assistant Director for Student Engagement

Email: kasie.strahl@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.263.1578

Keith Brown

Position title: Project Manager

Email: keith.brown@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Ozzyie Chen

Position title: Developer

Email: ozzyie@doit.wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Jessica Esse

Position title: Business Analyst

Email: jessica.esse@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.890.4034

Jen Le

Position title: Scholarship & Employment Specialist

Email: jennifer.le@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Hannah Line

Position title: Basic Needs Assistant

Email: basic.needs@finaid.wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Ellen Magdaleno

Position title: Student Success Coach

Email: success@finaid.wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Maggie Nowicki

Position title: Athletic Aid Manager

Email: maggie.nowicki@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Kristina Rittel

Position title: Student Employment Manager

Email: kristina.rittel@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.265.2489

Bhavya Shekhawat

Position title: Student Success Coach

Email: success@finaid.wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Lamia Tabara

Position title: Frontline Services Supervisor

Email: lamia.tabara@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.7561

Kari Temkin

Position title: Student Experience Manager

Email: kari.temkin@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.263.9180

John Whitt

Position title: State Aid Manager

Email: john.whitt@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Federal Awards

Shane Maloney

Position title: Associate Director for Federal Awards

Email: shane.maloney@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Karie Cunningham

Position title: Assistant Director of Institutional & Federal Awards

Email: karie.cunningham@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Katy Weisenburger

Position title: Assistant Director of Federal Awards

Email: katy.weisenburger@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Vera Abing

Position title: Sr Federal Awards Coordinator

Email: vera.abing@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.4987

Sarah Blevins

Position title: Federal Awards Coordinator

Email: sarah.blevins@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Martha Kowalski

Position title: Federal Aid Specialist

Email: mekowalski@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Pade Thao

Position title: Federal Awards Administrator

Email: pade.thao@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.4987

Erica Tisdale

Position title: Federal Awards Coordinator

Email: erica.tisdale@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Amy Whitford

Position title: Senior Federal Awards Coordinator

Email: amy.whitford@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Maggie Zee

Position title: Verification Specialist

Email: federal.aid@finaid.wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Systems

Kristen McRoberts

Position title: Associate Director for Systems

Email: kristen.mcroberts@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Rebecca Adams

Position title: Business Analyst

Email: rebecca.adams@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

John Dreger

Position title: Chief Data Strategist

Email: john.dreger@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Eric Gentz

Position title: Lead Developer

Email: eric.gentz@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Doug Jorewicz

Position title: Developer

Email: doug.jorewicz@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Chris Lopac

Position title: Systems Information Technology Manager

Email: chris.lopac@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Stevi Parmentier

Position title: Business Analyst

Email: stevi.parmentier@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Angela Terrab

Position title: Data Visualization Assistant

Email: angela.terrab@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Phia Vang

Position title: Developer

Email: phia.vang@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Alex White

Position title: Senior Business Analyst

Email: alex.white@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Student Loan Servicing

Jeff Pfund

Position title: Assistant Director

Email: jeff.pfund@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.263.7100

Lea Polizzi

Position title: Student Services Coordinator

Email: lea.polizzi@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.263.7100

Rick Schumal

Position title: Advisor

Email: rick.schumal@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.263.7100

Director's Team & SSTAR Lab

Helen Faith

Position title: Director

Email: helen.faith@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3770

Shannon Ghere

Position title: Director of Development for Scholarships and Student Support

Email: shannon.ghere@supportuw.org

Phone: 608.509.2167

Karla Weber Wandel

Position title: Communications Manager

Email: karla.weber@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.4942

Samantha Monson

Position title: Executive Assistant

Email: samantha.monson@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3770

Nick Hillman

Position title: Director of SSTAR Lab

Email: nwhillman@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Bonniejean Zitske

Position title: Associate Director for Strategy and Operations - SSTAR Lab

Email: bzitske@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Kathryn Boonstra

Position title: Research Analyst - SSTAR Lab

Email: kboonstra@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Amberly Dziesinski

Position title: Research Analyst

Email: adziesinski@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Viviana Rodriguez

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow - SSTAR Lab

Email: rodriguezand@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Kim Dancy

Position title: Student Researcher - SSTAR Lab

Email: kdancy@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Elise Marifian

Position title: Student Researcher - SSTAR Lab

Email: marifian@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Eunji You

Position title: Graduate Assistant - SSTAR Lab

Email: eyou3@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Kate Westaby

Position title: Graduate Assistant - SSTAR Lab

Email: kwestaby@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060

Ellie Bruecker

Position title: Research Affiliate - SSTAR Lab

Phone: 608.262.3060

Qi Zheng

Position title: Research Affiliate - SSTAR Lab

Email: qzheng54@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3060