TUC Staffing Changes effective March 1, 2023

Dear Principal Investigators and Research Administrators:

We hope your spring semester is going well. I want to make you aware of the staffing changes and get to know the new faces who have joined the Post-Award team.

Vanessa Wampler and I will continue to serve our PIs and research staff and will lead the post-award team. For most of you, you have already worked with Vanessa Wampler as your liaison for more than 3 years. Prior to joining TUC, she worked for 9 years as a Senior Budget and Management Specialist in Department of Budget and Management in the Office of the President of the Philippines. She graduated with a B.S. degree in Mathematics in Adamson University (Philippines). Her experience and knowledge in post-award administration is an asset to the team and TUC.

Both Marie Rillorta and Jose Llamas will be taking over as Project Liaisons and working as Post-Award Analysts beginning March 1, 2023. Marie Rillorta has a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts degree in English at Loyola Marymount University. She is a former practicing attorney and now volunteers her spare time to LA Family Housing in North Hollywood, Public Counsel in Los Angeles, and Our Lady of Lourdes in Northridge. 

Jose Llamas received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from CSUN. Before receiving his degree, he participated in the NSF CSU Alliance for Preparing Undergraduates through Mentoring towards PhDs sponsored project. He also formerly worked for TUC in the Food Services division.

Three of our staff have also joined our team in the last year.

Roxana Arguelles will coordinate projects and provide administrative support as a Post-Award Analyst Associate. She is a recent CSUN graduate with a B.S. in Professional Accountancy. Roxana previously worked for one of our sponsored projects, Creating Pathways/Abriendo Caminos, before transitioning to the TUC-Research and Sponsored Programs department.

Emeline (Emy) D’Sa is the Post-Award Administrative Analyst who assists our department with administrative compliance (cost share, effort reporting, asset management, and subrecipient monitoring) and audit. She has a B.S. in Accounting at the University of the East in Caloocan City, Philippines. She has accounting experience for over a decade.

Sam Vasquez is a part-time Administrative Assistant in the Post-Award department where he assists the liaisons on behind-the-scenes award management and administration. He is a current CSUN student in the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics.

We are still hiring staff in our department to provide us administrative support. If you know someone who is interested to join our team, please feel free to send them our Administrative Assistant posting.

I also would like to take this opportunity to let you all know the updated liaison assignments which will be effective March 1, 2023.

College	Post-Award Liaison
(Academic Affairs) Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM	Grace Slavik x3498
(Academic Affairs) Center for Assessment, Research, & Evaluation	Grace Slavik
(Academic Affairs) Institute for Sustainability	Marie Rillorta x2607
(Science & Math) Department of Biology	Vanessa Wampler x5416
(Science & Math) Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry	Marie Rillorta
(Science & Math) Department of Geological Sciences	Vanessa Wampler
(Science & Math) Department of Mathematics	Grace Slavik
(Science & Math) Department of Physics & Astronomy	Grace Slavik
Administration and Finance Division	Grace Slavik
College of Engineering & Computer Science	Marie Rillorta
College of Health & Human Development	Jose Llamas x3379
College of Humanities	Grace Slavik
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences	Marie Rillorta
David Nazarian College of Business & Economics	Marie Rillorta
Division of Academic Affairs	Grace Slavik
Division of Student Affairs	Vanessa Wampler
Michael D. Eisner College of Education	Jose Llamas
Mike Curb College of Arts, Media & Communication	Vanessa Wampler
President's Office	Grace Slavik
Radio Station KCSN	Grace Slavik
Tseng College of Extended Learning	Grace Slavik
University Library	Vanessa Wampler
(Academic Affairs) Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing	Marie Rillorta
(Education) Strength United	Jose Llamas
(Health & Human Development) Marilyn Magaram Center	Grace Slavik
(Health & Human Development/Social & Behavioral Sciences) BUILD-II	Vanessa Wampler

I thank all of you for your patience and understanding. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Grace Slavik, Director, Sponsored Programs Administration & Systems Improvements