Jenny Dahlberg is the Research Administration Director in the School of Veterinary Medicine with over 20 years of NIH training grant (T32) administration experience. She currently oversees research administration within the School of Veterinary Medicine, as well as serves as the primary administrator for all NIH T32s, Ks and F awards within the school. She has provided training grant guidance to both faculty directors and administrators on campus, as well as presented at regional National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) meetings on training grant administration. Jenny has assisted faculty with over twenty competitive training grant submissions, starting in 2001 while pursuing her B.S. in Natural Sciences from CALS. She later received her M.S. from the Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program.

Irina Diaz is a Research Administrator at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, School of Education. She joined UW-Madison in 2008 and has been in her current role since 2019. As a member of the grants team, Irina supports researchers with pre-and post-award activities and manages the department's outgoing sub-awards. Irina holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Edgewood College and a master's degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from UW-Madison.

Lori Uttech-Hanson serves as the Director of medRAMP (Research AdMinistration and Proposal Development Services) in the SMPH Dean’s Office of Basic Sciences. medRAMP provides comprehensive proposal development support and additional services to PIs and departments across SMPH, with a special focus on large, complex, multi-PI projects. She possesses 30 years of experience in all aspects of the “grants” field (grant writing, grant making, strategic planning, funding research, partnership development, grant management/administration, project directorship, compliance monitoring, program evaluation, etc.). During her career she has worked in both the public and private sectors, with federal and non-federal grants, and with a wide variety of internal and external teams, collaborative partners, and staff representing multiple departments, agencies, institutions, businesses/industries, and more. In a previous role as a Statewide Grants Administrator, she facilitated the grant making and review, scoring, and selection process, managed post-award administration, and supported applicants/grantees with pre- and post-award technical assistance and training opportunities to help ensure compliance and successful implementation. Prior to that, her experiences as a Project Director on a multi-million dollar grant among a consortium of school districts, as well as the Grants Office Director at a technical college contributed to her skills in administration, communication, and leadership. Finally, she learned the fine arts of grant writing and funding research serving as a Grant Writer and Program Evaluator for a consortium of 40 school districts at CESA 6. She is a Certified Research Administrator and member of NCURA. She earned her B.S. from UW-Madison and possesses a Master’s in Education.

Russell’s relationship with the UW Madison dates back 3 decades. First as an undergraduate and graduate student and then 15 years as vendor to the UW providing publishing services. In 2007 he joined the UW as Business and Finance Manager at UW Press and has spent the last 12 years in his role at the OVCR overseeing accounting and financial operations for the OVCR; focusing primarily on the administration of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation annual gift to campus.

As the OVCR Financial Manager, Jessica provides support administering the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation annual gift to campus, and financial and budgeting support to 17 OVCR research centers. She has been in this office for almost 10 years. Prior to joining OVCR, Jessica worked as the Assistant Director of the nonprofit Supporting Families Together Association, provided financial management and quality improvement support for The Wisconsin Initiative to Support Healthy Lifestyles, and was a financial specialist in the Kawaoka Lab.

Sandy started her career with the University in 1997 at University Housing as a Program Assistant training students how to use the point-of-sale system and the basics of cash handling. In 1999 she moved to the Department of Forest Ecology and Management assisting with almost all aspects of an academic and research department. The time spent in the department prepped her for a move to the CALS Research Division in 2006. This role sparked her curiosity about and to learn more about sponsored project management and how grants fit overall into the UW financial scene. In 2010, her position was moved to Business Services to facilitate sponsored project reviews into the spending and purchase processes. In January 2019, Sandy became an Assistant Dean and now leads a great team of accountants who provide sponsored project (post award), travel, payment, and purchasing, and policy guidance to CALS departmental staff and faculty. Her and her team are the liaisons between central campus areas and departments. They play a large part in helping faculty and staff understand and interpret federal, state, and UW policies and procedures that are intertwined into a business process.

John is an experienced research administrator and long-time campus employee. He worked in the Astronomy department for many years, ending there as the department administrator. After a brief stint as department manager in Computer Sciences, he worked post-award grants and gifts for the L&S Dean’s office for six years, then spent three years at RSP as the manager of the post-award team. John returned to L&S as Assistant Dean for Research Services for the college in October of 2019. He has been involved with RED since its inception and presents workshops regularly.

Brenda is the manager of the Proposals team in the Office Research and Sponsored Programs. Prior to joining RSP in 2011, Brenda worked as a research administrator at the Waisman Center, the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and in the Dean’s office at the School of Human Ecology.

Amy is the Administrative Director for the Influenza Research Institute within the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, with over 20 years of biological research support experience. Amy’s position oversees pre-award and post-award aspects of grant management, financial management, payroll, human resources and operations for the Institute. Amy’s particular strengths are submitting and managing large, federal, multi-institutional cooperative agreements and contracts. Amy holds a B.S. in Agri-Business with Animal Science focus from UW-Madison and a M.B.A. with an Operation Management focus from the UW-Whitewater.

Amber is a Research Administrator in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) Office of Research Services.  She joined the UW in 2002 and over the past 20 years has had a variety of pre and post award responsibilities.  In her current role, Amber is responsible for advising and supporting pre and post award activities for faculty and staff in the OVCR, as well as managing the internal competition process.  She also serves on several campus committees related to Research Administration.  Amber has a M.S. in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Nick Novak, Assistant Dean in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Nick has primary responsibility for research administration activities for the OVCR research centers including acting as the Vice Chancellor’s representative for submission of grant proposals, pre and post award grant administration, effort, conflict-of-interest and acceptance of gifts. He also oversees centralized activities including the internal competition process, equity review and fellowship supplementation. He previously served as manager of the proposal team at Research and Sponsored Programs and as a grants manager for several non-profit organizations.