Office of the Provost
362 Whitmore Administration Building
181 President's Drive
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Telephone: (413) 545 - 2554
Fax: (413) 577 - 3980
provost@provost.umass.edu

Charlena Seymour
Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
(413) 545 - 2554
cseymour@provost.umass.edu

Nancy Buffone
Director, Office of Communications and Special Initiatives and
Executive Director of the Feinberg Institute
(413) 545 - 2554
buffone@provost.umass.edu

• Communications for Academic Affairs
• Course waivers - Policy questions
• Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series
• Distinguished Teaching Awards
• Management of the Feinberg Institute
• Senior administrative searches
• Special events
• Webmaster

Susan Chinman
Labor Relations Specialist
(413) 545 - 2554
schinman@admin.umass.edu

• Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) issues

John J. Cunningham
Deputy Provost/Dean of Undergraduate Education
(413) 545 - 2554
jcunningham@provost.umass.edu

• Continuing Education appeals
• Review of centers and institutes
• Undergraduate education
• Undergraduate student concerns

Andrew Effrat
Associate Provost for Faculty Recruitment and Retention
(413) 545 - 2554
aeffrat@educ.umass.edu

• Faculty recruitment

Ginger Etinde
Clerk IV
(413) 545 - 2554
getinde@provost.umass.edu

• Administrative support

Kathy Godek
Assistant to the Provost
(413) 545 - 6223
kgodek@provost.umass.edu

• Scheduling appointments with the Provost

Bryan C. Harvey
Associate Provost for Planning and Assessment
(413) 545 - 2554
harvey@provost.umass.edu

• Academic facilities and space
• Academic Planning and Assessment
• Academic Quality Assessment and Development (AQAD) and program review
• Enrollment planning
• Program approval and revision
• Strategic planning

Susan Kokoski
Personnel Assistant
(413) 545 - 2554
skokoski@provost.umass.edu

• Annual Faculty Report forms (AFRs) distribution
• New positions
• Personnel actions (PA's)
• Personnel requisitions

AJ LeBlanc
Receptionist
(413) 545 - 2554
leblanc@provost.umass.edu

• Receptionist

Mary Ann Libardi
Assistant to the Director of Academic Personnel
(413) 545 - 2554
mlibardi@provost.umass.edu

• Adjunct appointments
• Annual Faculty Report forms (AFRs) - questions
• Faculty appointments
• New positions
• Personnel actions (PA's)
• Professional staff personnel issues
• Personnel requisitions

Noreen LeMieux
Office Manager for Academic Planning and Assessment
(413) 545 - 2554
nlemieux@admin.umass.edu

• Annual Faculty Report forms (AFRs) distribution
• Annual Faculty Report forms (AFRs) website
• Course evaluations (SRTI)
• Student Response To Instruction (SRTI) project

Donna Marino
Director of Academic Personnel
(413) 545 - 2554
dmarino@provost.umass.edu

• Anomalies
• Faculty appointments
• Faculty personnel issues
• Faculty Policy Book ("Redbook")
• New positions
• Periodic Multi-Year Review (PMYR)
• Sabbatical leave
• Salary Administration Program - Academic Affairs
• Tenure and promotion

Angela McCall
Executive Area Budget Manager/Assistant to Associate Provost for Faculty Relations and Budget
(413) 545 - 2554
angelam@provost.umass.edu

• Annual budget processes for Schools and Colleges
• New fee operations
• Five College budget arrangements

Susan Pearson
Associate Provost for Faculty Relations and Budget
(413) 545 - 2554
spearson@provost.umass.edu

• Academic Affairs Budget
• Faculty personnel issues
• Massachusetts Society of Professors (MSP)
• Professional development funds

Lynn Picard
Bookkeeper
(413) 545 - 2554
lapicard@provost.umass.edu

• Bookkeeping
• Administrative Support

Richard Rogers
Associate Provost for Academy Technology
(413) 545 - 2554
rogers@provost.umass.edu

• Technology in the classroom
• Tracking system

Kate Wolfe
Assistant to the Director of Communications and Special Initiatives
(413) 545 - 2554
kwolfe@provost.umass.edu

• Course waivers - renewals
• Distinguished Teaching Awards
• Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series
• Length of Service awards
• Retired Faculty list management
• 21st Century Leaders Awards