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Organizational Charts

Office of the Dean of University Libraries

Simon Neame, Dean of University Libraries

Dean Neame leads a network of 16 academic research libraries across all three University of Washington campuses and the University of Washington Press.

  • Libraries Cabinet
  • Executive Assistant and Project Assistant to the Dean, Kelly Rohrberg
  • Director for Information Technology Services & Digital Strategies, John Borwick
  • Director of Global Engagement for the University of Washington Libraries, Zhijia Shen
  • Senior Director for HEALWA & Community Partnerships, Tania Bardyn
  • Director of University of Washington Press, Nicole Mitchell

Advancement

Elizabeth Damore, Assistant Dean for Advancement

Libraries Advancement supports Libraries initiatives through private and foundation support, including donor events, outreach and stewardship.

Assistant Dean for Advancement, Elizabeth Damore

  • Advancement Coordinator, Deb Hemingway
  • Advancement Engagement Officer, Jason Frando
  • Associate Director for Libraries Advancement, Shelby Williford

Collections and Strategic Partnerships

Denise Pan, Senior Associate Dean

Collections and Strategic Partnerships focuses on building and sharing sustainable collections by maximizing internal and external capacity and stewarding finite resources.

Director of Budget Planning and Strategy, Serin Anderson

Assistant Dean, Financial and Administrative Services, Kathleen Larson

  • Budget/Fiscal Unit Supervisor, Akram Zouroufchi
    • Shared Services Specialist, Mary Martha McNally
  • Shared Services Specialist, Joy Araki
  • Shared Services Specialist, Rebecca Baker
  • Shared Services Specialist, Heather Spence
  • Fiscal Specialist, Lauren Duong
  • Grants and Contracts Fiscal Specialist, Trish Addison
  • Libraries Procurement Manager, Sarah Pharris

Collections and Content

Acquisitions and Rapid Cataloging Services

Director of Acquisitions & Rapid Cataloging Services, Sion Romaine

  • Acquisitions Metadata Specialist, Nick Schockmel

Acquisitions: East Asian Languages

Chinese Materials Specialist and Technical Services Supervisor, Yanyan Sun

  • Japanese Acquisitions and Cataloging Specialist, Saori Tachibana
  • Korean Acquisitions and Cataloging Specialist, Chuyong Bae

Acquisitions: One-Time Orders

Head, Monographic Acquisitions/Classics Librarian, Morag Stewart

  • Monographic Approvals Specialist, Margaret Fulton
  • Monographic Order Specialist, Wesley Nelson
  • Monographic Order Specialist, Rebecca Doxford

Acquisitions: Serials

Head, Continuing Resource Acquisitions, Karen Spence

  • Serials & Electronic Resources Specialist, Brenda Catlett
  • Serials Invoicing & Receiving Specialist, Cari Ahlstom
  • Serials Receiving Specialist, Thomas Smith

Acquisitions: U.S. Documents

Government Publications Supervisor, Hilary Reinert

  • U.S. Documents Technician, Kate Scully

Receiving and Rapid Cataloging

Monographic Receiving & Rapid Cataloging Supervisor, Tim Cameron

  • Acquisitions Metadata Specialist, Will Davis
  • Monographic Receiving & Quick Cataloging Specialist, Cheryl Morrison

Cataloging and Metadata Services

Director of Cataloging and Metadata Services, Erin Grant

  • Metadata Librarian, Mariah Wahl
  • E-Resources Metadata Librarian, Junghae Lee
    • Database Management and Government Documents Retrospective Cataloger, Amy Entze
  • Principal Cataloger, Adam Schiff

International Studies

Head of International Studies Cataloging Unit, Diana Brooking

  • Baltic and Slavic Languages Cataloger, Lijana Holmes
  • Central Asian Cataloging Librarian, Joseph Kiegel
  • Chinese Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, Jian Lee
  • Japanese Cataloging Librarian/East Asian Serials & E-Resources Cataloging Librarian, Keiko Hill
  • Korean Language Cataloger, Kyungsuk Yi
  • Near Eastern Languages Cataloger, Vincent Wilhite
  • Southeast Asian Languages Cataloger, Laura Tuck

Monographic Cataloging

Head of Monographic Cataloging Unit, Cate Gerhart

  • Health Sciences and Media Cataloger, Laura Lins
  • Humanities and Media Cataloger, Su Burton
  • Humanities Cataloger, Emily Shane
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Cataloger, Julia Moede
  • Science Cataloger, Crystal Yragui
  • Social Sciences and Special Materials Cataloger, Heather Johnson
  • Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, Martha McTear

Serials Cataloging

Head of Serials Cataloging Unit, Steven Shadle

  • Serials Cataloger, Caroline Marsh
  • Serials Cataloger, Lauren Rickel
  • Serials Cataloging Librarian, Linda Pitts
  • Serials Cataloging Processor, Vera Otmar
  • Serials Copy Cataloger, Dana Shemorry

Collection Analysis and Strategy

Director of Collections Analysis and Strategy, Corey Murata

  • Collection Assessment Librarian, Hana Levay
  • Collection Strategy & Licensing Librarian/Comparative Literature Librarian, Faye Christenberry
  • Collections and Content Librarian, Theresa Mudrock
  • Resource Sharing and Collection Strategy Librarian, Shannon Tharp

Director of Preservation Services, Stephanie Lamson

Preservation

  • Media Preservation Librarian, Andrew Weaver
    • Digital Preservation Librarian, Mariecris Gatlabayan
  • Collections Digitization Librarian, Jesse Stanley
    • Preservation Specialist, Katrina Belton
      • Conservation Technician, Moné Eppel

Conservation

  • Associate Conservator, Claire Kenny
    • Conservation Technician, Alex Hines
  • Conservation Manager, Kate Leonard
    • Conservation Specialist, Lark Preyapongpisan
  • Senior Conservator, Leith Calcote
  • Textile Conservator, Kate Clive-Powell

Distinctive Collections

Julie Tanaka, Associate Dean

Distinctive Collections encompasses Special Collections as well as International Studies.

Director of Special Collections, Lisa Oberg

Special Collections Curators

  • Digital Collections Curator, Ann Lally
  • Enthomusicology Archives Curator, John Vallier
  • Head, Labor Archives of Washington, Conor Casey
    • Labor Archives Specialist, Eulalie Mathieu
    • Labor Archives Technician, Ernie Dornfeld
  • Pacific Northwest Curator, Anne Jenner
  • Walter L. and Rosemary S. Berg Endowed University Archivist, John Bolcer

Special Collections

  • Accessioning Archivist, Elaine Speer
  • Architecture Archivist, Kelly Daviduke
  • Book Arts and Rare Book Curator, vacant
  • Moving Images & Sound Archivist, Ashlyn Higareda
  • Photographs & Visual Materials Archivist, Elizabeth Russell
  • Processing and Monographic Receiving Specialist, Amy Pierce
  • Processing Archivist, Tracy Nishimoto
  • Public Services Coordinator, Ruba Sadi
  • Public Services Librarian, Allee Monheim
  • Public Services Specialist, Laura Spess
  • Public Services Technician, Jana Peterson

International Studies

Head, Michael Biggins

Near East Section

Head, Near East Section, Mary St. Germain

  • International Studies Processing Technician, Denis Kautsman

Slavic & Eastern European Section

Head, Slavic & Eastern European Sections, Michael Biggins

Southeast Asia Section

Head, Southeast Asia Section, Judith Henchy

  • Southeast Asia Library Specialist, Marchette DuBois

Information Technology Services and Digital Strategies

John Borwick, Director

Information Technology Services and Digital Strategies staff support the technology for Libraries services as well as computing for staff.

Integrated Library Systems

Head, Integrated Library Systems, Anne Pepitone

  • Web Developer, Wade Guidry

IT Service Strategy and Delivery

Head, IT Service Strategy & Delivery, Joanne Rich

  • GIS Infrastructure and Support Specialist, Allison Anderson

Systems and Infrastructure

Head of Systems & Infrastructure, Anjanette Young

  • Developer, Jeffery Sherwood
  • DevOps Engineer, Ian Dotson
  • Programmer, Anne Graham
  • System Administrator, David Pham
  • System Administrator, A. Shepherd
  • System Administrator, Trevor Turner

User Support

Head, User Support Services, Aimee Hirahara

  • Audiovisual and Computer Specialist, Nate Edwards

Web Services & User Experience

Head of Web Services & User Experience, Christine Tawatao

  • UX Content Coordinator (temporary), Sabrina Lin

Organizational Development and Inclusion

Kimanthi Warren, Assistant Dean

Organizational Development and Inclusion encompasses Human Resources as well as Organizational Development and Training.

Human Resources

Human Resources Director, Laura Lillard

  • Assistant Director, Human Resources, Erik Dahl
    • HR Coordinator, Yogi C
  • Academic Human Resources Coordinator, Theresa Halsell

Organizational Development and Training

Organization Development and Training Director, vacant

Research and Learning Services

Jackie Belanger and Emily Keller, Co-Interim Associate Deans

Research and Learning Services provides collections, space, as well as reference and circulation services to support research and publishing by the academic community.

Director of Access Services, Kirsten Carmichael

Branch Operations

  • Branch Operations Daily Operations Supervisor, Dan Halligan
    • Branch Operations Student Supervisor-Day, Carissa Maben
    • Branch Operations Student Supervisor-Day, Charlie Newman-Johnson
    • Branch Operations Student Supervisor, Cody Christian
  • Branch Operation Staff Supervisor, Sarah Blenko
    • Public Services Technician, Andrew Charletonjones
    • Public Services Technician, Emily Klemkow
    • Public Services Technician, Jesse Lowe
    • Public Services Technician, Macs Herdrich
    • Public Services Technician, Melinda Sandstedt
    • Public Services Technician, Melissa Fallon
    • Public Services Technician, Molly Callison
    • Public Services Technician, Rebecca Cavanaugh
    • Public Services Technician, Thea Ellen

Central Circulation

  • Circulation Supervisor- Day, Leah Cuplin
    • Public Services & Collection Maintenance Technician, Mira McClellan
  • Circulation Supervisor-Evening, Jenny Mount
    • Public Services & Collection Maintenance Technician, Conrad Schaffer Vignati
  • Daily Operations Supervisor, Jordan Ingalls
    • Receiving & Distribution Technician, Annie Moorhead
    • Sand Point Retrieval Specialist, Bobby Smolinsky
    • Sand Point Retrieval Technician, Aspen Reger
  • Circulation and Government Publications Specialist, Tan Nguyen
  • Government Publications and Circulation Specialist, Amanda Franz

Interlibrary Loan

  • Borrowing and Summit Supervisor, Bernard Noll
    • Borrowing and Summit Specialist, Bota
    • Borrowing and Summit Technician, Nell Hartke
    • Summit Technician, Jennifer Rossie
  • Lending and Document Delivery Supervisor, Jesse Palek-Zahn
    • ILL Scanning Lead, Alan Presley
    • Lending and Document Delivery Technician, Hanson Vuong

Library Account Services

Library Account Services Supervisor, Rebecca Southwick

  • Appeals Coordinator, Joel Lammers
  • Collections Coordinator, Abigail R

Co-interim Associate Dean, Research and Learning Services and Senior Director, RLS Planning and Infrastructure, Jackie Belanger

Assessment and Planning

Director of Assessment and Data Visualization, Maggie Faber

  • Data Management and Analysis Librarian, Negeen Aghassibake

Facilities and Events

Director, Facilities & Events, Brad Van Horne
  • Facilities and Rentals Coordinator, Benny Souriyadeth
  • Office of the Dean Administrative Assistant, Nan Holmes

Communications

Communications Director, Sandy Hawley

Senior Director of Data Services, Sciences, and Health Sciences, Jenny Muilenburg

Engineering Library

Head of Engineering Library and Head of Mathematics Research Library, Mel Desart

  • Assistant Head of Engineering Library, Christina Bryne
  • Engineering Information Services Librarian, Julie Cook
  • Mathematical & Computer Sciences Librarian, Kira Wyld

Science Liaisons

Head, Friday Harbor Library & Sciences Team/Marine & Environmental Sciences Librarian, Maureen Nolan

  • Biological Sciences & Science Research Data Services Librarian, Sally Pine
  • Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy Librarian, Susanne Redalje
  • Life Sciences Librarian, Diana Louden
  • Science Reference Librarian, Kari Anderson

Health Sciences Library

Administration & Facilities

Assistant to the Director for HS and Facilities Manager, Hendeke Araya

User Experience

HSL and Li Lu Library Supervisor, Margaret Holt

  • Print & Electronic Resources Technician, Sarita Thayil
  • User Experience Evening Lead, Amber Atkins
  • User Experience Technician, Jaz Windsor

Clinical Research & Data Services

Director, Clinical Research & Data Services (CRDS), Electra Enslow

  • Team Science and Research Services Librarian, Teresa Jewell
  • Nursing and Research Services Librarian, Caitlin Maloy
  • Social Work and Research Impact Librarian, Leah DeSantis
  • Reference & Research Services Librarian (temporary), Amber Mak
  • Public Health Librarian (temporary), Nikki Dettmar

Computing & Systems

Director, Systems, Adam Garrett

  • Grants Administration and Special Projects Librarian, Michael Moore
  • HEAL-WA Web Specialist, Kerry Kirk
  • Linux Administrator, Deric Ruhl
  • Senior Computer Specialist, Paul Ludecke

National Network of the Library of Medicine, Region 5

Executive Director, National Network of the Library of Medicine, Region 5, Kathryn Vela

  • Assistant Director, Emily Hamstra
  • Outreach and Education Coordinator, Carolyn Martin
  • Outreach and Data Coordinator, Carolann Curry

Director of Learning Services & Social Sciences, Robin Chin Roemer

  • Learning Services Program Assistant, Emily Ruder

Curriculum Support

Head of Curriculum, Kathleen Collins

  • Collections Coordinator & Anthropology Librarian, Anne-Marie Davis
  • Curriculum Support Librarian (temporary), Kat Wyly
  • Expository Writing Librarian, vacant
  • Open Education Librarian, Lauren Ray

Foster Business Library & Social Sciences

Head of Foster Business Library, Business Research & Instruction Librarian, Jason Sokoloff

  • Business Research & Instruction Librarian, Jessica Jerrit
  • Business Research & Instruction Librarian, Maggie Mahoney
  • Political Science and South Asian Studies, Emily Keller
    • South Asian Studies Librarian, Deepa Banerjee
    • Social Sciences Librarian (temporary), Cheryce Rutkai

OUGL Access and Building Services

Head, Odegaard Access and Building Services, Jinny Sanders

  • Building and Events Services Coordinator, Lynda Ekins
  • Daytime Supervisor, Christine Jew
    • Access Services Technician, Michael Ackerman
  • Evening Supervisor, Melissa Logan
    • Sunday and Evening Program Assistant, Kim Murphy
  • Night and Sunday Supervisor, Sunshine King
    • Night and Sunday Technician, Natalie Brown
  • Technician Lead, Em Ready

Reference Services

Head of Reference Services, vacant

Acting Head of Reference Services, Alyssa Deutschler

  • Head of Operations, Research Services, Adam Hall
    • Library Technician, Camille Nagasawa
    • Library Technician, Mark Kelly
  • Acting Head of Reference Services/Online Reference Services Coordinator/Information Science Librarian, Alyssa Deutschler

Student Success & Engagement

Head of Student Success & Engagement, Emilie Vrbancic

  • First Year Experience Librarian, Linda Whang
  • Integrated Social Science & Online Learning Librarian, Reed Garber-Pearson
  • Senior Online Learning Support Manager, Perry Yee
  • Undergraduate Student Success Librarian, Amanda Hornby

Director, Open Scholarship & Publishing & Arts and Humanities, Verletta Kern

  • Copyright Librarian, Maryam Fakouri
  • Scholarly Publishing Outreach Librarian, Elizabeth Bedford

Arts & Humanities

Arts & Humanities A

Interim Head, Jessica Albano

  • History Librarian, vacant
  • Nordic Studies & Linguistics Librarian/Assistant Teaching and Learning Program Librarian, Dan Mandeville
  • Romance Languages & Literature Librarian, Deb Raftus

Arts & Humanities B

Interim Head, Verletta Kern

  • Fine & Performing Arts Librarian, Madison Sullivan
  • Head of Built Environments Library, Alan Michelson
  • Music and Arts Librarian, vacant

Government Publications, Maps, Microforms and Newspapers

Head of Government Publications, Maps, Microforms and Newspapers, Jessica Albano

  • Geography & Global Studies Librarian, Kian Flynn
  • Geospatial Data and Maps Librarian, Matthew Parsons
  • Government Publications, Microforms, and Newspapers Technician, Marc-Albert Vandermeerssche
  • GMM Public Services Supervisor, Elizabeth Friedly
  • Microforms, Newspapers, and Public Services Specialist, Terry Kato
  • Microforms, Newspapers, and Public Services Technician, Barbara Miles
  • U.S. Documents Librarian, Cassandra Hartnett

Open Scholarship

Head, Open & Interdisciplinary Research Support, Madeline Mundt

  • Open Scholarship & Digital Arts Librarian, Dylan Burns
  • Open Scholarship & Digital History Librarian (temporary), Aubrey Williams
  • Research Data Services Librarian, vacant

Research Commons

  • Head, Open & Interdisciplinary Research Support, Madeline Mundt
    • English Studies and Research Commons Librarian, Elliott Stevens

Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi East Asia Library

Director, Tateuchi East Asia Library/Korea Studies Librarian, Hyokyoung Yi

  • China Studies Librarian, Lucy Li
  • Japan Studies Librarian, Azusa Tanaka

UW Bothell and Cascadia Library

Richard S. Lewis, Associate Dean

The UW Bothell / Cascadia Campus Library serves the University of Washington and Cascadia College combined campus.

Budget and Operations

Budget and Operations Manager, Kayla Butler

  • Facilities and Events Coordinator, Nermina Halilovic
  • Fiscal Specialist, Heidi Bachtel

Collections

Director of Collections Strategy / Anthropology Librarian, Suzan Parker

Materials Processing

Collections Supervisor, vacant

  • Collections and Circulation Technician, Tori Cisco

Reserves

Reserves Supervisor, Bryce Figueroa

  • Reserves Technician, Carina Bixby

Digital Scholarship and Collections

Head of Digital Scholarship, Denise Hattwig

  • Digital Collections Specialist, Mary Schibig

Public Services

Director of Public Services / Research & Instruction Librarian, Heather Cyre

Access Services

Head of Access Services, Tamara Garrard

  • Circulation Supervisor, Nicholas Whale
  • Collection Supervisor, Nicolas Loesch
    • Access Services Specialist, James Watkins
  • Circulation Technician Lead, Cora Thomas

Library Technology Services

  • Senior Computer Specialist, Armin Liedtke
  • Senior Computer Specialist, Tom Mahon

Teaching and Learning Services

Director of Teaching and Learning/Literature & Humanities Librarian, Leslie Hurst

  • Computer Science and Engineering Librarian, Je Salvador
  • Student Engagement Librarian, Sena Crow
  • Education and Health Studies Librarian, Alyssa Berger
  • Fine Arts & Cultural Studies Librarian, Laura Dimmit Smyth
  • Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Librarian, Penelope Wood
  • Global & Policy Studies Librarian, Chelsea Nesvig
  • Media Studies Librarian, Nia Lam
  • Nursing and Health Studies Librarian, Julie Planchon-Wolf
  • Open Educational Resource (OER) Services Librarian, Myra Waddell
  • Psychology & Sociology Librarian, Michael Mungin

Undergraduate Instruction

Head of Undergraduate Instruction, Dani Rowland

UW Tacoma Library

Kaijsa Calkins, Associate Dean

The UW Tacoma Library serves the University of Washington Tacoma Campus.

Associate Dean, UW Tacoma Library, Kaijsa Calkins

  • Budget Strategist, Serin Anderson
  • Operations and Strategic Programs Assistant, Kara Peters

Access Services

Learning Commons and Access Services Manager, Megan Gregory

  • Access Services Supervisor, Marcia Monroe
  • Evening Circulation & Collection Maintenance Technician, Crysta Rollins
  • Media & Visual Resources Technician, Jamal Gabobe
  • Reserves Technician, Layne Gonzales
  • Serials Technician, Wade Haddaway

Collections and Scholarship

Head of Collections and Scholarship, Megan Watson

  • Business and User Experience Librarian, Amanda Pirog
  • Humanities and Student Success Librarian, Alaina Bull
  • Instructional Design Librarian, Marisa Petrich

Computing

Head of UW Tacoma Library IT and Makerspace, Timothy Bostelle

  • Website Coordinator and Computer Support Analyst, D’Andre Williams

Research Services

Head of Research Services, vacant

  • Instruction and Research Services Librarian (temporary), Arielle Rodriguez
  • Science and Engineering Librarian, Liz Ochoa
  • Urban Studies, History, and Digital Scholarship Librarian, Erika Bailey

HEALWA and Community Partnerships

Tania Bardyn, Senior Director

HEALWA assures affordable, anytime, online access to current, authoritative clinical information and educational resources to eligible health care practitioners in Washington State.

Principle Investigator / Senior Director, Tania Bardyn

HEALWA

  • Contract Manager, Lisa Guerrero
  • Director, Patricia Devine

University Press

Nicole Mitchell, Director

The University of Washington Press finds, develops, selects, and publishes scholarship of high quality and enduring value.

Director for UW Press, Nicole Mitchell

  • Grants and Digital Projects, Beth Fuget

Acquisitions

Editorial Director, Larin McLaughlin

  • Acquisitions Editor, Mike Baccam
  • Acquisitions Editor, Caitlin Tyler-Richards
  • Acquisitions Fellow, Dandi Meng
  • Assistant Editor, Emily Feng

Editorial Design Production

Editorial Design and Production Director, Jennifer Comeau

  • Art Director, Katrina Noble
    • Design Assistant, Ani Rucki
  • Reprints Coordinator & Production Assistant, Jim Woolson
  • Senior Project Editor, Joeth Zucco

Finance and Operations

Directory of Finance and Operations, Marty Brown

  • Budget/Fiscal Analyst, Heidi Olson
    • Business Administration Assistant, Sophy Mansour

Marketing and Sales

Marketing and Sales Director, David Schlangen

  • Marketing Manager, Benny Sisson
  • Publicity Manager, Molly Woolbright