Human Resources Staff

Below is a list of the current duties within the HR office (the list does not encompass the responsibilities of the HR office in its entirety but includes the main functions of the office):

Rod DeVriendt, PHR, Director of Academic & Human Resources

  • Oversight of HR (academic and staff)
  • Open Enrollment/Benefits
  • Staff Performance Evals

Libby Yoon, Sr. Academic Personnel Manager

  • Academic Personnel policies
  • Faculty: Appointments/promotions/merits/appraisals/joint appointments
  • Faculty Recruitment (posting, new appointments)
  • Lecturers (new contracts, reappointments, policy)
  • Faculty: Sabbaticals/Leave of Absences (LOAs)
  • Summer 1/12th requests

Letitia Lynex, Human Resources Manager

  • All payroll (Time Reporting System (TRS): monthly/bi-weekly) for staff & faculty; including questions about paychecks and changes in status (e.g., contract to career; appointment extensions, % of time, etc…)  
  • New hire requests (including job description, salary & classification)
  • Personnel Actions (Dual Employment, Equity/Exceptional salary requests, Reclassifications, Stipend Requests, Job Description updates)
  • Staff: Leave of Absences (LOAs)
  • Staff: Layoffs/separations
  • GSRs: Appointment, Reappointment, Merits, Separations
  • Clinical Liaisons (payroll)
  • Benefits information (Open enrollment and other changes)
  • Parking Coordinator (primary)
  • Directory updates
  • Postdocs (contracts/new hires/rehires/merits/separations/performance evals)
  • Work-study students (new hires/re-hires/payroll updates/separations)
  • Employment verifications
  • Faculty: Merits (back-up)

Jeniffer Pelayo, Senior Academic Human Resources Analyst

  • Lecturers/Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professors (VACP)
    • Academic Actions: Recruitment, Appointments, Reappointments, Separations, Terminations, Layoffs,  Excellence Reviews, Merits, Statement of Interest forms, Pre6 Reviews.
    • Department Authorizer: VPN, AirWatch, Email/Access to systems/SONDL’s/Directory Updates
    • Payroll: Retro pay, one-time payments, off-cycles, overpayments
    • Benefits & Leaves
    • Policies and Procedures/Conflict Resolution
    • Parking Coordinator
    • Photo ID/Building Access
    • Back up to the Sr. Academic Personnel Manager