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Overview

Winter Break

The office will closed from December 22, 2025, through January 2, 2026. We look forward to seeing you in the new year!

Central Human Resources' on-campus hours on the Tampa Campus are Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.  

Central HR main phone line: (813) 974-2970

Shared Mailboxes

GENERAL SHARED MAILBOXES

Please use these shared mailboxes

(listed in alphabetical order)

ADA: hr-ada-request@usf.edu

Benefits: benefits@usf.edu

Classification & Compensation: classcomp@usf.edu

Data operations: employmentcenter@usf.edu

Employee Relations: employee-relations@usf.edu

HRIS: HR-HRIS@usf.edu

Leave: leaveadmin@usf.edu

Learning & Talent Development: training@usf.edu

Pre-employment (Formerly "Rightstart"): rightstart@usf.edu

Records (basic employment verification), email hr-records@usf.edu

  • See our HR Records page for other contacts pertaining to specific types of records

Recruiting:

Payroll

Workers' Compensation: workcomp@usf.edu

 

USF HEALTH SHARED MAILBOXES

USF Health, please use these contacts 

Main USF Health HR Line, email hr-healthgeneral@usf.edu or call (813) 974-2970

Employee Relations, Performance Management: employee-relations@usf.edu 

Classification & Compensation: classcomp@usf.edu

Employment Actions/Appointments: hr-healthpayroll@usf.edu 

Recruiting, Careers@USF, and, Background Checks: hr-activerecruiting@usf.edu

Insurances, Retirements and Other Benefits: mcom-asfbenefits@usf.edu

FMLA Administration (Íøºì±¬ÁÏ employees only): FMLA@usf.edu or call (813) 974-2970

Employee Directories

MAIN HR

Main HR Employee Directory

ADA 

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Alexis Mootoo AVP 813 974-8223
Keri Covelli Employee ADA Lead 813 974-5384

Benefits

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Angela Badell Director 813 974-3003
Vanessa Eckman Benefits Coordinator 813 974-6010
Lisa Lamont Manager 813 974-0116
Lynn McCurdy Benefits Coordinator 813 974-9092
Ryan Miller Benefits Consultant 813 974-3090
Tiffany Bowen Benefits Coordinator 813 396-0728
Haley Ball Benefits Coordinator 813-396-0858

Class & Comp

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Michel Ferrell AVP 813 974-9640
Denelta Adderley Henry HR Academic Liaison 727 873-4838
Sean Lloyd Pay for Performance Strategist  
Sarah Miksa Senior Compensation Analyst 813 396-0063
Victor Monserrate Hernandez Senior Compensation Analyst 813 905-1175
Ken Stidham Executive Compensation Liaison 813 974-3595

Continuous Process Improvement

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Alexis Mootoo AVP 813 974-8223
Lexi Allerheiligen Continuous Process Improvement Manager 813 974-5719
Alyssa Cunningham Continuous Process Improvement Consultant  
Desiree D'Amico Continuous Process Improvement Consultant 813 974-2450

HR Service Delivery, Data Integrity, Reporting & Analytics

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Alexis Mootoo AVP 813 974-8223
Emmanuel Kyeremeh HR Operations & Service Delivery Manager  
Ashley Coleman Data Analyst  
Denise Darby Data Analyst 813 974-5385
Jane DeCrescenzo Records Analyst 813 974-0586
Debra DeFranco Data Analyst 813 974-0117
Endry De La Cruz Data Analyst  
Kayla Yan Data Specialist  
Tiffany Jackson  SR Business Analyst  813 974-9111
 Saviya Jean-Baptiste Workforce Planning & Business Analyst  813 974-5483

Employee Relations

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Michel Ferrell AVP 813 974-9640
Mandy McLaughlin Labor/Employee Relations Lead 813 396-0794
Sonja Jenkins Consultant 813 974-4255
Dante Ford Employee Relations Consultant 813 905-1041

Engagement/Employee Experience

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Alexis Mootoo AVP 813 974-8223
Lauren Solley Employee Experience Consultant  
Amber Warren Employee Experience Consultant  
Kevin Jones Program Director 813 396-0038

HR Leadership

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Name Title Phone Number
Heather Brock Interim VP & Chief HR Officer 813 396-0307
Lisa Gong Executive Assistant to Heather Brock 813 396-0038
Jon Canady Director, Talent Development 813 974-9384
Michel Ferrell AVP, Embedded Svcs., Employee Relations, Process Impr., Class & Comp 813 974-9640
Denise Haunstetter HR Strategy Lead 813 974-9681
Alexis Mootoo AVP, Employee Experience Team, Data, Engagement, Preboarding 8139748223
Shawna Neckar AVP, Analytics & Payroll Processing 813 974-7072
Stephanie Wise Sr. Director, Recruitment, Employee Leave 813 974-7503
Andrea Ortiz Director, Embedded Services  813 974-7736

Leave

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Stephanie Wise Sr. Director 813 974-7503
Juanita Lyerly  Absence Coordinator 813 974-5201
Leilani Rendall  Absence Coordinator  813 396-0816

Payroll, Business & Analytics

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Shawna Neckar

Assistant Vice President

813 974-7072
Jeri Churruca Time and Labor Administrator 814 974-4780
Wanda Cook HR Business Administrator  
Julie Jia Payroll Process Administrator 813 974-4845
Corey Kelly HR Business & Workforce Planning Lead  
Quentin Miller Payroll Manager 813 974-1815
Jeff Schueler Assistant Director, Payroll Operations 813 974-6027
Susan Shutts Sr. Oracle Payroll Analyst 813 396-0052
Tawana Watts Payroll Tax Analyst/NRA 813 396-0052
Sandra Mullis Payroll Administrator  813 974-3649
 John Klipsch Oracle Time & Labor Consultant 813-974-5708

Preboarding (Formerly Righstart)

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Alexis Mootoo AVP 813 974-8223
Vicky English Employee Experience Lead 813 974-7722
Victor Perez Pre-employment Coordinator 813 974-2207

Recruitment

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Stephanie Wise Sr. Director 813 974-7503
Tia Bathani Foreign Influence Consultant 813 974-0115
Rebecca Bohan Recruiting Partner II 813 974-5849
John Calebrese Recruiting Partner II 813 974-0130
Nicole Chiclana-Marquez Recruitment Marketing 813 396-0036
Katherine Friborg Talent Acquisition Manager 813 974-1225
Shadine Fyne Recruiting Coodinator 813 974-5701
Gabriel Lopez Recruiting Partner I 813 974-3456
Carmela Nastasi Recruiting Partner I (St. Pete/Tampa)  727 873-4115
Jennifer Kee-Berrebi Recruiting Partner I 813 396-0039

Talent Development

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Jon Canady Director 813 974-9384
Deneen Costa Talent Management Consultant  
Lucia D'Ancona Sr. Learning Consultant & LMS Administrator 813 396-0037
Mathew Heidt Instructional Designer 813 974-3906
Christa Nelson Instructional Design Lead 813 396-0042
Elizabeth Oeltjenbruns Learning/OD Facilitator 813 396-0043
Kim Lee Robinson Talent Management Consultant 813 396-0876
Shelly Solano-Garcia Instructional Designer  
Bridgette Willis Org Development Lead 813 974-5157

EMBEDDED SERVICES

Embedded Services Employee Directory

Embedded Services Leadership
Name Title Phone Number
Michel Ferrell AVP 813 974-9640
Andrea Ortiz Director 813 974-7736

POD 1: Honors College | Innovative Ed | Marine Science | Student Success | Library

Pod I Directory

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Christena Dibuono Sr HRBP II POD 1 813 396-9714
Isaiah Cooper

HRBP I Library

813 396-2786
Alyssa DiVincent HRBP I Student Success  

Tracsean Kirby

HRBP I Student Success 813 396-0685
Melanie Martin-Lewis HRBP I Student Success 813 974-0092
Angelique Stoppelbein HRBP II Student Success  
Timothy Trowbridge Sr HRBP Marine Science & Student Success 727 553-3375
Brenda Zarragoitia HRBP I Student Success 813 396-0525
Rebecca Stortstrom HRBP II Student Success (St. Pete)  
Amy Espinoza  HRBP I Student Success  
Kyle Sonza  HRBP I Student Success  
Alex Spain HRBP I Student Success (St. Pete)  
Josh Brown HRBP II Marine Science (St. Pete)  

 POD 2:  Engineering | FIO | Artificial Intelligence

Pod 2 Directory

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Wendy Stoneman-Shelby Exec HRBP 813 974-4857
Khoa Dinh Sr HRBP Engineering 813 974-9272
Alicia Duarte Jr HRBP Engineering 813 974-4740
Laura Hemphill HRBP II Artificial Intelligence 813 974-9637

Melanie Salarbux

HRBP II FIO/Engineering 727 873-4290

Heeral Shah

HRBP I  813 974-3781

Gina Nelson

HRBP 813 396-0023

POD 3: Business | Research | Community Partnerships | CyberFlorida | IAE | Education |USF World

Pod 3 Directory

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number

Patty Bigge

Exec HRBP  

Phillip Estes

Sr HRBP Education 813 974-5718

Cindy Blount

Sr HRBP Community Partnerships 813 974-5248

David Chapel

HRBP II Business  

Sayonara (Cece) Jones

HRBP I Business 813 396-9291

Megan Kelly

HRBP I IAE  

Katrina Leffers

HRBP II Research 813-396-0157

Valerie Mirra

Sr HRBP Business  

Dawn Christian

HRBP I Innovative Ed, USF World 813 974-8437

Laura Marsh

HRBP I Education (Institute)  

Sheila Guerrier

Jr HRBP Education 813 974-7172

Andrea Pineda

Jr HRBP Education  

POD 4: Administrative Services | Advancement | Athletics | Housing | IT | WUSF

Pod 4 Directory

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Michelle Sharp Exec HRBP  

April Agle

Sr HRBP Housing 813 974-0614
Hina Alvi Sr HRBP IT 813 974-7621
Gail Cotton HRBP I Athletics 813 974-7489
Jennifer Evans HRBP I Housing 813 974-5147
Pam Hallman HRBP I WUSF 813 974-8692
Shayla Johnson HRBP II Advancement 813 974-2190

Domenica Jones

HRBP II Athletics 813 974-9640
Joyce Kottke HRBP I IT 813 974-8418
Maria Estela Matthews HRBP I IT  

Nicole Stephenson

HRBP II Admin Services 813 974-5715

Haley Yavorsky

HRBP I IT 813 974-3007

Wanda Fordyce

 Junior HRBP Admin Services  813 974-5386

Cynthia Beaumont

HRBP I Sarasota 941 359-4775

Takisha Parrish

HRBP I Sarasota  

Lynn Nixon

OPS Assistant  

POD 5: USF Health

Pod 5 Directory

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Mycesha Romeo Associate Director, Health 813 974-4058
Flor Brown HRBP II Health 813 974-1534
Evadney Cason HRBP II Health  

Kayla Davidson

Jr HRBP Health 813 396-0783
Jimmie Harris Jr  HRBP II Health  
Yanira Hernandez-Velez Sr HRBP Health 813 974-2658
Heather Howell  HRBP II Health 813 974-5037
Tenia Judge Jr HRBP Health  
Rodrigo Lenartowicz HRBP II Health  
Lauren Levy  HRBP II Health 727 873-4284
Myrna Lugo Sr HRBP Health 813 974-3119
Elizabeth Melendez HRBP II Health  
Katharine Renshaw Jr HRBP Health  
Deana-Kaye Russell HRBP I Health 813 974-0020
Nicole Russell HRBP I Health  
Lizzette Sanchez HRBP I Health  
Ahmad Sanders HRBP I Health  
Jenitz Santos-Prado  Sr HRBP Health 813 396-9927
Angela Scales-Lyons Sr HRBP Health 813 974-2432
Kathleen Sebeny HRBP II Health 813 974-2194
Kaylie Simon Jr HRBP Health  
Christine Skinner HRBP I Health 813 974-0962
Anthony Taylor Jr HRBP Health  
Jenelle Thompson Jr HRBP Health 727 873-4147
Matyson Wood HRBP I Health  
Vanessa Wright HRBP II Health 813 396-9934

POD 6: Branch Campuses

Pod 6 Directory

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number
Anna Thrombley Exec HRBP 727 873-4838
Maria "Lucy" De La Espriella  HR Consultant St. Pete 727 873-4839
India Smith HRBP I St. Pete 727 873-4822
Lisa Flatt  HRBP I St. Pete  727 873-4116

POD 7: Arts & Sciences | Design & Performance

Pod 7 Directory

Employee Directory
Name Title Phone Number

Jennifer Johnson

Sr HRBP II  813 974-9640

Jenna Berry

HRBP I Arts & Sciences 813 396-9104

Maya Bethea

HRBP I Arts & Sciences 813 974-6795

Nisha Brijmohan

HRBP II Arts & Sciences 813 396-0161

Drew Garcia

HRBP I Design & Performance 813 974-1740

Bianca Johnson

HRBP I Arts & Sciences 813 974-2396

Kayla-lea Paradowski

HRBP I Arts & Sciences 813 396-0240

Jamee Stiffler

HRBP II Arts & Sciences 813 974-0775

Karissa Valine-Plaza

HRBP I Arts & Sciences 813 974-7359

Mary Perugini

HRBP I Arts & Sciences 813 974-9723
Kyree Hill 

HRBP I The Arts and Design & Performance 813 974-5718
Radhika Dang

HRBP I 
St. Pete Arts & Sciences
727 873-4503
Jennifer Woroner

HRBP I 
St. Pete Arts & Sciences
727 873-4157

 

 

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