Operations Departments

The operations team provides the highest level of administration, account management, acquisition, compliance and human resource assistance to our research operations. Additionally, operations work closely with the University’s central administration departments, serving as liaison between the two entities.

Chelsey Lustig

Administration

lusti032@umn.edu

Kelly Vincelette, M.Ed.

Community Outreach & Education

kelly521@umn.edu

Gail Dennison, M.A., CFRE

Development & External Relations Director

gaildenn@umn.edu

Mark Severtson

Facilities & Maintenance

mseverts@umn.edu

Tara Scott

Finance

scot1106@umn.edu

Raquel Hellman

Marketing & Communications

raquelh@umn.edu

Jeff McDonald, PhD

Research Computing & IT

jmcdonal@umn.edu

Jessica Raines-Jones

Research Development

raine034@umn.edu

Janarjan Bhandari

CryoEM Facilities

bhand082@umn.edu

Todd Schuster

Shared Resources

schus070@umn.edu

Autumn Van Ravenhorst

HR Manager

Kim Klukas

Research Support

Tim Fedie

Research Computing/IT

Brenna Gerhart

Development & External Relations

bgerhart@umn.edu

Jim Trelstad-Porter

Immigration & DEI