Staff Assistance

Telephone: 512-471-6424
Fax: 512-471-6564

Staff Directory: Key Areas of Assistance  
Alphabetical List

New! OSP Organizational Charts

Director

Susan Wyatt Sedwick, Ph.D., CRA
Associate Vice President for Research and
Director of the Office of Sponsored Projects
Email: sedwick@austin.utexas.edu

Judy Anderson, Senior Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Assistant to Director and Associate Director, internal reports
Phone: 512-475-8767
Email: j.anderson@austin.utexas.edu

Diane Diaz, Senior Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Assistant to Director
Phone: 512-232-4259
Email: Diane_Diaz@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Director

Jeanette Holmes
Responsibilities: Oversight for award management and contract negotiation; review
of intellectual property, copyright, liability, export control issues
Phone: 512-471-6448
Email: jaholmes@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Director for Industry Relations

William "Bill" Catlett
Responsibilities: Facilitate interaction between industry sponsors, faculty and private sponsors regarding University research policies and practices including regulations relating to rights in intellectual property resulting from research funded by industry, with the specific aim of maintaining positive industry relations while upholding the mission and goals of the University and staying abreast of the opportunities and needs of the public-private research interface.
Phone: (512) 471-6279
Email: bcatlett@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Director/Export Control Officer

Kay Ellis
Responsibilities: Point of contact for all export control issues. Providing training and overseeing the procedures put in place to ensure the University's compliance with federal export control regulations.
Phone: (512) 475-7963
Email: kay.ellis@austin.utexas.edu

Assistant Director

Courtney Frazier
Responsibilities: Oversight for proposal submission
Phone: 512-471-2336
Email: c_frazier@austin.utexas.edu

IT/Research Management System

Louise Nelson, Senior Systems Analyst, Team Leader
Responsibilities: Develop and support technology systems related to pre-and post-award sponsored research
Phone: 512-475-6004
Email: oa.lnelson@austin.utexas.edu

Research IT Team Email: oa.it-research@austin.utexas.edu (This email goes to all the members
of the Research IT team at once)

Post Award Administration
(routine Federal, State and Other Awards)

Yvonne Murray, Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: No-cost extensions, revised budgets, grant transfers, general questions
about grant terms and conditions
Phone: 512-471-2380
Email: ymurray@mail.utexas.edu

Lori Holloway, Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Award processing, no-cost extensions, general questions & Assistant to Mitch Owens
Phone: 512-471-6053
Email: lholloway@austin.utexas.edu

Nicole Babilya, Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Award processing, no cost extensions, general questions
Phone: 512-471-9051
Email: nbabilya@austin.utexas.edu

Award Negotiations

David Boerner, Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Contract negotiation
Phone: 512-471-6305
Email: dboerner@austin.utexas.edu

Daniel Escareno, Senior Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Assistant to Karl Hereim, Yvonne Sloan James & Christian Pfeiffer
Phone: 512-471-2339
E-mail: daninosp@austin.utexas.edu

Sara Bernier, Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Assistant to Maggie Gillean and Stephen Richardson
Phone: 512-232-0876
Email: s.bernier@austin.utexas.edu

Christian Pfeiffer Flores, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Subaward preparation and review
Phone: 512-471-1076
Email: cpfeiffer@austin.utexas.edu

Maggie Gillean, Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Industrial contract negotiation
Phone: 512-232-4804
Email: mgillean@austin.utexas.edu

Margarita Gomez, Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Assistant to David Boerner and Josh McGrath
Phone: 512-471-6414
Email: oa.mgomez@austin.utexas.edu

Heather Felauer, Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Assistant to Ty Lane
Phone: 512-471-2342
Email: h.felauer@austin.utexas.edu

Karl Hereim, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Subaward preparation and review
Phone: 512-471-6618
Email: khereim@austin.utexas.edu

Yvonne Sloan James, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Subaward preparation and review
Phone: 512-475-6123
Email: ysloanjames@austin.utexas.edu

Vanessa Lopez, Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Assistant to Camille Wagner & Anna Gonzalez
Phone: 512-471-6269
Email: vanessaolopez@austin.utexas.edu

Ty Lane, Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Industrial contract negotiation
Phone: 512-471-6234
Email: tlane@austin.utexas.edu

Camille Wagner, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Contract negotiation
Phone: 512-471-2668
Email: cwagner@austin.utexas.edu

Josh McGrath, Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Contract negotiation
Phone: 512-471-5749
Email: joshmc@austin.utexas.edu

Thomas M. Owens, Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Industrial contract negotiation
Phone: 512-471-2344
Email: tmowens@austin.utexas.edu

Anna Gonzalez, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Contract negotiation
Phone: 512-471-2331
Email: angonzalez@austin.utexas.edu

Stephen Richardson, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Contract negotiation
Phone: 512-232-3644
Email: skrichardson@austin.utexas.edu

Proposal Processing

Cathie E. Simpkins, Electronics Research Administrator
Responsibilities: Electronic proposal submission assistance & Authorizations/Changes to RMS, Cayuse, NSF's Fastlane & NIH's eRACommons
Phone: 512-471-2340
Email: csimpkins@austin.utexas.edu

Margaret A. Hoard, Senior Grants and Contract Specialist
Responsibilities: Proposal processing
Phone: 512-471-6288
Email: mhoard@austin.utexas.edu

Terri Kellough, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Proposal processing
Phone: 512-471-2338
Email: terri.kellough@austin.utexas.edu

Reggie Crim, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Proposal processing
Phone: 512-471-7153
Email: rcrim@austin.utexas.edu

Dana Morrison, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Proposal processing
Phone: 512-471-5863
Email: dmorrison@austin.utexas.edu

Barbara Reyes, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Responsibilities: Proposal processing
Phone: 512-471-6289
Email: barbarareyes@austin.utexas.edu

Research Information Services

Elena Mota, Program Coordinator
Responsibilities: Coordinate training opportunities & conduct special projects
Phone: 512-232-1419
Email: evmota@austin.utexas.edu

Maria Winchell, Research Associate, MS
Responsibilities: Coordinate training opportunities & conduct special projects
Phone: 512-232-4319
Email: mwinchell@austin.utexas.edu

Administrative

Linda Guerrero, Administrative Assistant
Responsibilities: Front desk reception; agency progress/final report; data entry
Phone: 512-471-6424
Email: lguerrero@austin.utexas.edu

Michelle Taylor, Administrative Assistant
Responsibilities: Data entry, reception, proposal processing
Phone: 512-475-8074
Email:

Sheryl Myers, Administrative Associate
Responsibilities: Office Administrative Support & Subawards (Funds Going Out)
Phone: 512-471-2337
Email: slmyers@austin.utexas.edu

Amanda Amescua, Student Associate
Phone: 512-471-2335
Email: aamescua@austin.utexas.edu

Kate Blankenship, Student Assistant
Email: kateblank@mail.utexas.edu

Vacant, Student Assistant 
Email:

Taylor Keeler, Student Assistant 
Email: tkeeler@mail.utexas.edu

Last Updated: July 10, 2008