Contacts

Contracts & Grants Support Center

• The CHASS Dean's Office provides expert-level C&G assistance for principal investigators and departments.
• PI e-mail hotline: chasscghelp@ucr.edu

• 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)
  • Tatiana Dolberg: PO Vendors (E-N)
  • Philisa Merino-Dent: PO Vendors (Q-Z), freight & utility 
  • Isaura Brewster: iTravel, ePay, removals/relocations
  • Mimi Collins: iTravel, ePay, removals/relocations

  See Accounts Payable contact details for more information.

• 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)

  • Contact: EMF@ucr.edu

  See Extramural Funds contact details for more information.

• 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)
  • Jillian Ramirez: Intercampus order and/or charge (IOC), auxiliary
  • Margaret Tjia: accounting/equipment analyst, asset management system (AMS), inventorial equipment accounting, equipment transfers to or from other institutions, equipment inventory modification requests (EIMR)

  See General Accounting contact details for more information.

• Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) – Review/submission of extramural proposals and preaward negotiations

  Review and submission of extramural proposals, award negotiation, monitoring of outgoing sub-awards 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 the 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

  SPA Department Assignments by College/Org