Who to Contact?

• Accounts Payable – Expense reimbursements (e.g., POs, ePay, iTravel)
  • Aver Smith, AP Supervisor
  • Dorthea Ford: Subcontracts, professional service/consultant agreements, leases, ProCard use tax adjustment, Connexus/US Bank
  • Sandy Danford: Account reconciliation, cash deposits/CCRRS
  • Cathy Newland: PO Vendors (A-D, O-P)
  • Rosmery Martinez: PO Vendors (E-N)
  • Philisa Merino-Dent: PO Vendors (Q-Z), freight & utility 
  • Christopher Baxter: iTravel, ePay, removals/relocations
  • Mimi Collins: iTravel, ePay, removals/relocations
  • Valerie Davis: Vendor maintenance, returned vendor checks
• Extramural Funds (EMF) – Provides guidance and compliance oversight for C&G

  Provides guidance and compliance oversight for C&G (i.e., sponsor invoicing/collection, development, interpretation, and implementation of UC and UCR policies and external rules in the conduct of extramurally funded research, subcodes for GSRs, post-awards matter)

  • Fred Devera, Fund Manager 
    email: fred.devera@ucr.edu
  • Roseline Alonzo-Le:  Federal C&G (NIH, NSF, Dept of ED), annual payroll cert
    email: roseline.alonzo-le@ucr.edu
  • Lauren Gonzalez:   Federal C&G (Other)
    email: lauren.gonzalez@ucr.edu
  • Montrice James:  Private Contracts, Endowments, Gifts
    email: montrice.james@ucr.edu
  • Kim Gala:  State C&G, Local Govt C&G, Private Grants, Marketing Board Awards
    email: kimberly.gala@ucr.edu
• General Accounting – Intercampus transactions, sales and service activities, and monthly/year-end closing activities
  • Jerry Monahan, Supervisor
  • Michael Mochache: Construction payments, capitalization (buildings, equipment, general improvement, infrastructure, land)
  • Carolyn Watson: cash management/banking, bank wires (in/out)
  • Jillian Ramirez: general ledger, sales & service, Interlocation transfer of funds
  • Lupe Rias: Intercampus order and/or charge 
• Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) – Review/submission of extramural proposals and preaward negotiations

  Review and submission of extramural proposals, award negotiation, monitoring of outgoing subawards for collaborative research, coordinating pre-award and non-accounting post-award actions requiring institutional or sponsor prior approval (e.g., no-cost extensions, relinquishing of award, transfers); monitoring institutional compliance with government regulations and award requirements, negotiating and executing various unfunded agreements (e.g., confidential disclosure agreements)

  • Rodolfo Torres, Vice Chancellor
  • Charles Greer, Associate Vice Chancellor
  • Gillian Wilson, Sr Associate Vice Chancellor
  • Cynthia Wells, Assistant Vice Chancellor
  • Tim LeFort, Principal SPO:  Subawards  
  • Ursula Prins, SPO
  • Robert Chan, Principal C&G Officer
  • Timothy Wolfe, Sr C&G Officer
  • Monica Wicker, Research Integrity Analyst:  IRBs
  • Misty Madero, Industry Contracts Officer
  • Karen Garcia, Sr C&G Officer
  • Christopher Avalos, Sr C&G Officer

  SPA Department Assignments by College/Org  https://research.ucr.edu/about/staff.aspx?t=3

• Research Development – assists with proposal development and grant writing
  • Randy Black, Director
    email: randall.black@ucr.edu
  • Lynda Jenkins, Sr Grant Writer/Facilitator
    email: lynda.jenkins@ucr.edu