Student Services Transformation

Membership

The Student Services Transformation project is a university-wide initiative involving representation from units across the campus. In addition to the team members listed here, many individuals will participate as valuable subject matter experts.

Executive Steering Committee
  • James A. Willis,
    Chair and Executive Sponsor; Chief of Staff and Interim Executive Vice President for Finance and Operations
  • Satish K. Tripathi,
    Executive Sponsor; Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Elias Eldayrie,
    Project Director; Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer
  • Michael E. Ryan,
    Project Sponsor; Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
  • Dennis Black,
    Vice President for Student Affairs
  • David Dunn,
    Vice President for Health Sciences
  • John T. Ho,
    Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School
  • Michael Cain,
    Dean, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Nancy Smyth,
    Dean, School of Social Work
  • Robert Hoeing,
    Chair, UB Faculty Senate
Project Management Team
  • Elias Eldayrie,
    Project Director; Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer
  • Michael Ryan,
    Project Sponsor; Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
  • Sue Huston,
    Technical Project Manager; Director, Administrative Computing Services
  • Margery Muniak,
    Project Administrator; Program Manager, Enterprise Infrastructure Services
  • Kara Saunders,
    Functional Project Manager; Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
  • Craig MacVittie,
    Assistant Technical Project Manager, Administrative Computing Services
  • Chris Connor,
    Assistant Functional Project Manager, Director, Graduate Enrollment Management Services
Functional Team
Functional Leads
  • Academic Advising and Campus Community
    Irene Holohan-Moyer,
    Associate Director of Academic Services, Division of Athletics
  • Academic Advising, Transfer Credit,
    Jane Sinclair,
    Senior Academic Advisor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Admissions
    Chris Connor,
    Director, Graduate Enrollment Management Services
  • Academic Structure
    Mark Molnar,
    Assistant Vice President, Academic Planning and Budget
  • Constituent Relations Management (Recruiting)
    Chris Connor,
    Director, Graduate Enrollment Management Services
  • Financial Aid
    Brent McEnroe,
    Senior Financial Aid Advisor, Student Academic Records and Financial Services
  • Portal
    Lori De Freitas,
    Media Coordinator, Student Affairs, Resource & Technology Support Services
  • Reporting
    Jeff Dutton,
    Senior Assistant Vice President, Institutional Analysis
  • Student Financials
    Shirley Walker,
    Director, Student Accounts
  • Student Records
    Elaine Cusker,
    Assistant Dean, School of Nursing
Core Team
  • Admissions
    Jim Rosso,
    Admissions Advisor, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Admissions, CRM
    Laurie Bragg,
    System Administrator, Undergraduate Admissions
  • Admissions
    Sandy Flash,
    Executive Director of Academic and Student Affairs, School of Dental Medicine
  • Admissions
    Jennifer Hess,
    Assistant Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Admissions
    Judah Lopez,
    Assistant to the Associate Dean, School of Social Work
  • Admissions
    Steven Shaw,
    Director, International Admissions
  • Admissions, Student Records
    Lillie Wiley-Upshaw,
    Vice Dean for Admissions & Financial Aid, Law School
  • Academic Advising
    Jessica Dubickas,
    Encoder, Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
  • Portal
    Hugh Jarvis,
    Cybrarian, Creative Services
  • Student Financials
    Joe Alongi
    Assistant Director, Student Financial Systems
  • Student Financials
    Diane Szalda,
    Head Account Clerk, Student Financial Processing Services
  • Student Records, Academic Advising
    Katie Darling,
    Assistant Dean, the Graduate School
  • Student Records, Academic Advising
    Shelley Frederick,
    Assistant Vice Provost, Academic Processing Services
  • Student Records, Academic Advising
    Sue Geib,
    DARS Encoder, Academic Processing Services
  • Student Records
    Bobby Jo LaDelfa,
    Director, Records and Registration, Law School
  • Student Records
    Philippa Radzawich,
    Agency Program Aide, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Technical Team
Technical Leads
  • Admissions, CRM, Campus Community (Fit/Gap, Customizations, Interfaces, Data Mapping)
    Steve Woodward,
    Senior Analyst, Administrative Computing Services
  • Data Conversion
    Diane Keddie,
    Analyst, Administrative Computing Services
  • Decision Support, Reporting, Data Conversion
    Gary Pacer,
    Manager, Administrative Computing Services
  • ePayment, Document Imaging, Workflow
    Jim Gorman,
    Manager, Administrative Computing Services
  • Infrastructure (Hardware, Software), Security (including Identity Management)
    Saira Hasnain,
    Director, Enterprise Infrastructure Services
  • Infrastructure (Hardware, Software), Security (including Identity Management)
    Steve Heist,
    Chief Information Architect, Enterprise Infrastructure Services
  • Portal, Security (including Identity Management), Data Conversion
    Rob Wright,
    Manager, Administrative Computing
  • Security
    Dennis Gilhooley,
    Principal Analyst, Administrative Computing Services
  • Student Financials, Financial Aid, Transfer Credit and Academic Advising (Fit/Gap, Customizations, Interfaces, Data Mapping)
    Maureen Faulhaber,
    Principal Analyst, Administrative Computing Services
  • Student Records, Academic Structure (Fit/Gap, Customizations, Interfaces, Data Mapping).
    Greg Sheehan,
    Senior Analyst, Administrative Computing Services
Support Team
Budget & Personnel
  • Nancy Kielar,
    Assistant Vice President, CIO Administrative Office
Communications
  • Elizabeth Stone,
    Communications Coordinator; Coordinator, Academic Processing Services
  • Kerri Jasen,
    Communications Support; Senior Systems Consultant, CIO Administrative Offices
  • Richard Lesniak,
    Communications Support; Director, Academic Services, CIT
Procurement Services
  • John Grabowski,
    Assistant Vice President, Procurement Services
Training
  • Lisa Sandquist,
    Training Coordinator; Associate Director, Student Advising Services
  • Scott Morris,
    Training Advisor; Executive Director for Strategic Planning
UB Counsel
  • Bob Ruggeri,
    SUNY Counsel
Administrative Support
  • Lynn Leistner,
    Administrative Assistant, Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education