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Financial and Administrative Operations

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General Information

Email: snsorders@ucmerced.edu -  for inquiries related to procurement orders and/or the Granada ordering system
           snstravel@ucmerced.edu - for inquiries related to travel and reimbursement matters and/or the Financial Suite                                                                                                                                                                      or Express systems

Website: naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/business


Mireille Smith, Director

  • Oversees the management of all financial and business related aspects for the school

Karina Villegas, Business Services Manager

  • Oversees the management of funding
  • Processes fund transfers, GSR and fellowship awards, stipends, and honorarium
  • Approval of travel reimbursements

Vanessa Sanchez, Reviewer and Analyst

  • Review and reconcile all financial transactions executed by departmental buyers
  • Prepare reports regarding faculty startup accounts, faculty incidental accounts, and other non-grant funding
  • Approve funding on faculty startup accounts, faculty Incidental accounts, and other non-grant funding

Jackie Mendez, Travel Supervisor

  • Serve as lead Travel Specialist and main point of contact for faculty, staff, and students on travel related matters
  • Process all aspects of travel, which includes arrangement and reimbursement
  • Process entertainment and general reimbursements

Regina Brigham, Travel Specialist

  • Process all aspects of travel, which includes arrangement and reimbursement
  • Process entertainment and general reimbursements

Megan Fordon, Travel Specialist

  • Process all aspects of travel, which includes arrangement and reimbursement
  • Process entertainment and general reimbursements

Sofia Mortera, Travel Specialist

  • Process all aspects of travel, which includes arrangement and reimbursement
  • Process entertainment and general reimbursements

Diego Molina, Procurement Supervisor

  • Serve as lead Procurement Specialist and main point of contact for faculty, staff, and students on procurement related matters
  • Process procurement related requests
  • Process phone related requests, which includes office/lab landlines and cell phones

Christina Clayton, Procurement Specialist

  • Process procurement related requests

Martin Reyes, Procurement Specialist

  • Process procurement related requests

VACANT, Procurement Specialist

  • Process procurement related requests
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