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Meet the Team

Three students sitting at a table outside of Armstrong Student Center working on their laptops

Team Leads

  • Jessica Yeung: Recruiting and Admissions Workstream
  • Ted Peters: Registration/Records Workstream
  • Leigh Mondello-Garrett: Financial Aid Workstream
  • Bruce McGee: Student Financials Workstream
  • Dirk Tepe: Technical Workstream
  • Christy McClure: Organizational Change Management (OCM) Workstream
  • Don Kidd: Testing and Quality Assurance (QA) Workstream

Project Teams

Recruiting and Admissions

  • Lindsay Marnell: Subject Matter Expert
  • Eric Secor: Regional Subject Matter Expert

Registration/Records Workstream

  • Alicia Current: Records and Academic Foundation Lead
  • Becki Bleikamp: Academic Advising Lead
  • Courtney Thompson: Curriculum Lead
  • Carol Jones: Degree Audit/Planning & Transfer Credit Lead
  • Liz Walsh-Trevino: Student Onboarding Lead
  • Drew Davis: Student Core Lead
  • Chanelle White: Subject Matter Expert
  • Tim Cameron: Subject Matter Expert
  • Elizabeth Elam: Regional Subject Matter Expert
  • Matt Suber: Veterans Subject Matter Expert
  • Amy Cockrell: International Subject Matter Expert
  • Dan Darkow: Disabilities Subject Matter Expert
  • Joe Hawkins: Family Services Subject Matter Expert

Financial Aid Workstream

  • Heather Bechtol: Merit/External/Foundation Awards Lead
  • Beth Johnson: Compliance Lead
  • Linsey Buehner: Subject Matter Expert
  • Brandi Lee: Subject Matter Expert
  • James Payne: Subject Matter Expert

Student Financials

  • Kriss Cassano: Tuition & Fees Lead
  • Andrea Seward: Cashiering Lead
  • Kim Engle: Collections Lead
  • Sarah Mayer: Subject Matter Expert
  • Jeff Pidcock: Subject Matter Expert
  • Brian Woodruff: Subject Matter Expert

Technical Workstream

  • Bill Miley: Data Conversion Lead
  • Emily Schmidt: Data Conversion Subject Matter Expert
  • Brennan Reed: Data Conversion Subject Matter Expert
  • Priya Kodeboina: Data Conversion Subject Matter Expert
  • Raja Thiruppathi: Data Conversion Subject Matter Expert
  • Gavin Hartzell: Data Conversion Subject Matter Expert
  • Kelly Donathan: Data Conversion Subject Matter Expert
  • Joanna Kellogg: Data Conversion Subject Matter Expert
  • Dean Harris: Data Conversion Subject Matter Expert
  • Daryl Wright: Reporting Functional Lead
  • Amy Locke: Reporting Technical Lead
  • Jerry McMillen: Reporting Team
  • Disha Nevagi: Reporting Team
  • Emmanuel Alhassan: Reporting Team
  • Seth Meyer: Reporting Team
  • Liz Hooven: Reporting Team
  • Gigi Cimmarusti: Reporting Team
  • Chay Reigle: Reporting Team
  • Michael Light: Reporting Team
  • Glenn Chundrlek: Reporting Team
  • Lindsay Carpenter: Reporting Subject Matter Expert
  • Padma Patil: Reporting Subject Matter Expert
  • Steve Graunke: Reporting Subject Matter Expert
  • Tony Kinne: Security Lead
  • Bryan Powell: Integration Lead
  • Swetha Sethumadhavan: Integration Team
  • Will Mundy: Integration Team
  • Colton Laker: Integration Team
  • Cecil Wilson: Integration Team

Organizational Change Management (OCM) Workstream

  • Randy Hollowell: Communications Lead
  • Amy Newsom: Training Lead
  • Sarah Persinger: Subject Matter Expert

Cross-Functional

  • Jon Cherry: Registration/Admissions Business Analyst
  • Joe Mills: Financial Aid Business Analyst
  • Fred Cook: Student Financials Business Analyst
  • Jeff Toaddy: External Systems Lead
Brad Grimm, David Seidl and other Workday project members celebrate at the project kickoff meeting in the Heritage Room of the Shriver Center

Executive Sponsors

  • David Creamer
  • David Seidl
  • Liz Mullenix
  • Rachel Beech

Steering Committee

  • Brad Grimm
  • Brian Henebry
  • Duane Drake
  • Padma Patil
  • Scott Walter

Project Manager

  • Kent Covert
Testing groups for the Workday project meeting in Benton Hall

Team Leads

  • Ruth Groom: Human Capital Management (HCM) Workstream
  • Lisa Riendeau: Payroll (PAY) Workstream
  • David Ellis: Finance (FIN) Workstream
  • Dirk Tepe: Technical (TECH) Workstream
  • Sarah Persinger: Organizational Change Management (OCM) Workstream
  • Don Kidd: Testing and Quality Assurance (QA) Workstream
  • Lindsay Carpenter: Business Reporting Workstream

Project Teams

Human Capital Management

  • Gary Barnes: Compensation Lead
  • Mike Savnik: Recruitment Lead
  • Jeana Becker: Benefits Lead
  • Melissa Wyatt: Talent Lead
  • Jeff Shaver: Learning Lead
  • Dawn Fahner: Subject Matter Expert
  • Bess Sprockett: Subject Matter Expert
  • Krista Clinebell: Subject Matter Expert
  • Beth Matix: Subject Matter Expert

Payroll

  • Lauran Franklin: Absence/Time Tracking Lead
  • Irena Chushak: Subject Matter Expert

Finance

  • Jennifer Morrison: Accounting Lead
  • Allen Sizemore: Procurement Lead
  • Jenny Wethington: Accounts Payable Lead
  • Linda Manley: Grants Lead
  • Jeff Pidcock: Subject Matter Expert
  • Lindsay Carpenter: Subject Matter Expert
  • Cynthia Ripberger: Subject Matter Expert
  • Cody Powell: Subject Matter Expert
  • Ben Taylor: Subject Matter Expert
  • Micki White: Subject Matter Expert
  • Denny Sundermeier: Subject Matter Expert
  • Qi Zhang: Subject Matter Expert

Technical Team

  • Bryan Powell: Integration Lead
  • Swetha Sethumadhavan: Integration Developer
  • Will Mundy: Integration Developer
  • Colton Laker: Integration Developer
  • Cecil Wilson: Integration Developer
  • Fred Cook: Business Analyst
  • Guydon Sunde: Scrum Master
  • Dan Murphy: Integration Developer
  • Jen Herman: Integration Developer
  • Chris Weitzel: Integration Developer
  • Bill Miley: Data Conversion Lead
  • Emily Schmidt: Data Conversion Developer
  • Priya Kodeboina: Data Conversion Developer
  • Raja Thiruppathi: Data Conversion Developer
  • Gavin Hartzell: Data Conversion Developer
  • Kelly Donathan: Business Analyst
  • Joanna Kellogg: Scrum Master
  • Dean Harris: Data Conversion Developer
  • Amy Locke: Technical Reporting Lead
  • Liz Hooven: Prism Lead
  • Jerry McMillen: Reporting/Prism Developer
  • Disha Nevagi: Reporting/Prism Developer
  • Emmanuel Alhassan: Reporting/Prism Developer
  • Seth Meyer: Reporting/Prism Developer
  • Tony Kinne: Security Lead

Organizational Change Management

  • Randy Hollowell: Communications Lead
  • Brenda Curry: Training Lead
  • Amy Newsom: Training Coordinator

Cross-Functional Team

  • Don Kidd: Testing Lead
  • Lindsay Carpenter: Business Reporting Lead
  • Padma Patil: Reporting Subject Matter Expert
  • David Schaefer: Reporting Subject Matter Expert

Contact the Workday Team

Miami University
501 E. High St.
Oxford, OH 45056