Staff

Julie Kientz
Department Chair
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428 Sieg Building
hcdechr@uw.edu

Summer Dela Cruz Parkes
Administrator
428 Sieg Building
sldc@uw.edu
(206) 685-3465

In office: Tu/W, 7:30 – 4 pm
Remote: M/Th/F, 7:30 – 4 pm

• Strategic planning
• Department operations and finance
• Human resources
• Staff recruitment/hiring
• Budgeting and projections (non-sponsored budgets)

Stacia Green
Assistant to the Chair
428 Sieg Building
greens6@uw.edu
(206) 221-1666

In office: M/W, 8 am – 4 pm
Remote: Tu/Th/F, 8 am – 4 pm

• Appointments with the Chair
• Academic human resource requests
• Instructor appointments
• Adjunct and affiliate new and reappointments
• Faculty and visiting student visa requests
• Faculty and committee meeting scheduling

Jane I. Skau
Office Manager and Building Coordinator
428 Sieg Building
janei@uw.edu
(206) 616-0121

In office: M/Tu/W/Th, 9 am – 5 pm
Remote: F, 9 am – 5 pm

• Mailing/shipping/receiving
• Office equipment (e.g. copier, water dispenser, office supplies)
• Building access, keys, building safety
• Equipment check-out
• Conference rooms scheduling
• Facilities requests (e.g. custodial, surplus, moving)
• HCDE front desk student assistants

Kathleen Rascon (she/her)
Director of Academic Services
423 Sieg Building
khorenst@uw.edu
(206) 543-4257

In office: Tu/W/Th 8:30 am – 5:30pm
Remote: M/F 8:00 am – 4pm

• HCDE student services events and programming
• PhD academic advising
• PhD, MS, UCD, and BS program and admissions committees
• Handshake and MyGrad administrator
• CoE and UW graduate school liaison and DEI staff representative

Alex Llapitan
Academic Counselor, Senior
423 Sieg Building
alex310@uw.edu
(206) 221-6230

In office: Tu/W/Th, 10 am – 6 pm
Remote: M/F, 10 am – 6 pm

• MS and UCD academic advisor
• MS and UCD programs and admissions committees
• COE staff liaison
• Oversee MS peer advisor program
• Staff advisor to the HCDE Graduate Student Association

Meghan Oxley
Academic Counselor, Senior
423 Sieg Building
what@uw.edu
(206) 543-1798

In office: M/W, 8 am – 5 pm
Remote: Tu/Th/F, 8 am – 5 pm

• BS academic advisor
• BS program and admissions committees
• CoE and ABET staff liaison
• Oversee BS peer adviser program
• Staff adviser to HCDE Student Association

Alanna Robins Daniels
Program Coordinator
423 Sieg Building
alannard@uw.edu
(206) 221-4866

In office: M/W, 8:30 am – 6:30 pm &
F, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Remote: T/Th, 8:30 – 9:30 am & 1:30 – 8 pm

• Time schedule planning and submissions
• Ordering textbooks, track and dispersing course evaluations
• IASystem coordinator
• HCDE admissions
• Academic services events

Dion Tzortzis (he/him)
Admissions & Fellowships Specialist
423 Sieg Building
tzortzis@uw.edu

In office: W, 7:30 am – 4 pm
Remote: M/Tu/Th/F, 8 am – 4:30 pm

• BS, MS, PhD, and UCD admissions
• Student scholarships
• Outreach

Bri Vanderlinden
Director of Individual Giving
Loew Hall
bvande@uw.edu

Philanthropy and individual giving with a focus on HCDE and the Office of Inclusive Excellence.

Liz Young
Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations
014D Loew Hall
youngl9@uw.edu
(206) 685-0167

Engineering industry and foundation partnerships with a focus on Career Center, faculty, and research programs

Brie Yost
Program Operations Specialist
423 Sieg Building
byost41@uw.edu

Judy Twedt
Program Operations Specialist
308 Sieg Building
jtwedt@uw.edu

Leah Pistorius (she/her)
Communications Manager
428 Sieg Building
lepisto@uw.edu
(206) 543-7108

In office: W, 9 am – 6 pm
Remote: M/Tu/Th/F, 9 am – 6 pm

• HCDE website and social media
• HCDE newsletter and Designing Up magazine
• News about HCDE students, faculty, and researchers
• Branded swag and printed materials

Peter Pohler
Senior Computer Specialist
ppohler@uw.edu

For IT support, email hcde-it@engr.uw.edu.

Engineering Shared Environment (ESE) 
hcdefiz@uw.edu

• Procurement
• Student travel inquiries and reimbursements
• Research subject payments
• Reimbursements (travel and non-travel)

Katia Jossa-Jouable
Program Operations Specialist
428 Sieg Building
katiaj@uw.edu
(206) 685-5289

In office: M/Tu, 7 am – 4 pm
Remote: W/Th/F, 8 am – 5 pm

• Department operations and finance
• Non-sponsored budgets financial reporting
• Budget reconciliation
• Budget approval and worktag assignment
• Pre/post award management
• Effort reporting (GCCRs/FECs)
• Payroll, fiscal and human resources administration
• Gift processing and tracking
• Workday funding approver
• Faculty costing allocation

Allen Lee
Fiscal Supervisor
428 Sieg Building
alee168@uw.edu
(206) 685-1558 

In office: Tu/W/Th, 8:30 am – 5 pm
Remote: M/F, 8:30 am – 5 pm

• ProCard/CTA (student travel) administration
• For help with travel arrangements and itineraries, please contact one of the preferred UW Travel Agencies.
• Research subject payments
• Reimbursements (travel and non-travel), email hcdefiz@uw.edu

Shared Environment Payroll & Recruiting
sepr@uw.edu

• ASE and student appointments
• Staff recruitment, payroll, and appointments
• Overpayments/underpayments
• Timesheet support

Melissa Ewing
Outreach & Strategic Partnerships Manager
428 Sieg Building
mewing3@uw.edu
(206) 221-0997

• Alumni, corporate, and industry relations and outreach
• Outreach to industry and non-profits for Capstone sponsorship
• Mentor programs
• Department and alumni events

Susan Carpenter-Brandt
Grants Manager
428 Sieg Building
sbrandt2@cs.washington.edu

• Pre/post award management
• Effort reporting (GCCRs/FECs)
• Grant/gift processing and tracking
• Startup/RCR tracking
• WorkDay costing allocations
• Budget reconciliation
• Budget/PCA code assignments
• Purchasing (blanket POs only)

Maya Frame
Grants & Contracts Manager
428 Sieg Building
maya0814@uw.edu

• Pre/post award management
• Effort reporting (GCCRs/FECs)
• Grant/gift processing and tracking
• Startup/RCR tracking
• WorkDay costing allocations
• Budget reconciliation
• Budget/PCA code assignments
• Purchasing (blanket POs only)

Crystal Welliver
Senior Research Development Officer
428 Sieg Building
welliver@uw.edu
(206) 221-7446

In office: Tu/Th, 9 am – 5 pm
Remote: M/W/F, 9 am – 5 pm

• Funding opportunity prospecting
• Proposal development strategy & grantsmanship support
• Feedback on proposal narratives for clarity and responsiveness to review criteria & requirements
• Broader Impacts and workforce development plan support
• Ancillary document drafting and coordination
• Project management for large and/or complex proposals