Workday Student Project Team

The Workday Student Project Team is made up of the following:

  • Workday Student Steering Committee: Provide oversight of the initiative, ensure effective engagement with key campus leaders, and address topics raised by Sponsors.
  • Workday Student SponsorsDrive successful engagement for their area with the project and campus community.
  • Workday Student Project LeadsLead collaboration and decision making for their workstream teams. Project leads partner with Leads from Alchemy, our implementation partner.
  • Subject Matter Experts (SMEs): Contribute special knowledge of GVSU business functions or other topics relevant to the implementation.
  • Change Management Advisory Team: Provide leadership and direction for the change management strategy including stakeholder engagement, communications, and training plans.
    • Communications Advisory Team: University communicators working together to ensure Workday messages are targeted and transparent for the community.
  • Academic Affairs Advisory Group: Ensure that multiple voices and perspectives within Academic Affairs are represented.
  • Engagement Partners: Drive successful adoption of Workday Student for their unit/department in partnership with their area's leadership. (coming in 2025)

Workday Student Steering Committee

Name 

Title

B. Donta Truss 

Vice President of Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach

Workday Student Executive Sponsor

Ed Aboufadel

Senior Associate Vice President - Academic Affairs

Katherine Fay

Director - Project Management Office

Jenny Hall-Jones

Vice President of Student Affairs

Ben Rapin

Associate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Sherril Soman

Dean - College of Education and Community Innovation

Miloš Topić

Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Digital Officer

Kara Van Dam

Chief Executive of GVSU Omni

Craig Wieschhorster

Associate Vice President - Business & Finance

Workday Student Sponsors

Name

Title

Philip Batty

Associate Vice President of Institutional Analysis

DaMar Boyd

Director - Student Account Services

Cathy Buyarksi

Vice Provost of Advising and Student Success

Heather Gulgin

Professor

Karen Mushong

Controller

Nick Nelson

Director - Enterprise Applications

Michelle Rhodes

Associate Vice President of Financial Aid

Anne Sergeant

Professor

Danny Velez

Associate Vice President of Admissions and Recruitment

Pam Wells

Associate Vice President and University Registrar

Workday Student Workstreams & Leads

Project Workstream

Project Lead, Title

Academic Foundation

Philip Batty, Associate Vice President of Institutional Analysis

Change Management

Belinda Boardman, Change Management Specialist

Curriculum & Advising

Hannah Schoenfeld, Associate Registrar - Curriulum and Degree Auditing

Data Conversion

Irene Bhaskaran, Data Base Administrator

Financial Aid

Francesca Golden, Associate Director of Financial Aid - Compliance

Integrations

Brian Snyder, Lead Analyst - App Services

Project Management

Josh Marko, Senior Project Manager

Records

Laura Przybytek, Associate Registrar Registration and Schedule

Recruiting & Admissions

Melanie Retberg, Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment - Operations

Reporting

Rachael Passarelli, Assistant Director of Institutional Analysis

Security

Brandon Ridge, Lead Analyst - ERP Systems

Student Financials

DaMar Boyd, Director - Student Account Services

Testing

Dave Bengry, Project Coordinator

Training

TBD

Workday Platform - Finance

Karen Mushong, Controller

Workday Platform - Human Resources

Carrie Dykstra, HRIS Analyst

Workday Platform - Payroll

Brenda Sain, Payroll Manager

Workday Platform Governance

Nick Nelson, Director - Enterprise Applications

Workday Student Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Division / Department

Subject Matter Experts

Academic Affairs

Trista Bergerud (Asst. Director, Graduate School), Matthew Boelkins (Professor, CLAS), Bonnie Bowen (AVP, Budget & Resource Mgmt), Chris Cirefice (Asst. Coordinator, Language Resource Ctr), Jason Cronkrite (Assoc. Director, Certification & Accreditation), Joy Gianakura (Seidman College of Business), Roger Gilles (Director, Honors College), Jennifer Jameslyn (Director of Integrative Learning/Advising, Brooks College), Julie Hall (Asst. Dean, College of Health Professions), Mark Hoffman (Assoc. Dean / Assoc. Professor, CECI), Paul Isely (Assoc. Dean / Professor, Seidman College), Diana Lawson (Dean, Seidman College), Aaron Lowen (AVP, Academic & Student Support), Jared Moore (Assoc. Dean / Assoc. Professor, College of Computing), Katie Motush (Collections Infrastructure Manager, University Libraries), Matt Musser (Software Specialist, Student Success), Kimberly Pawelka (Certification Officer, Certification and Accreditation), Wendy Reffeor (Professor, Padnos College), Betty Schaner (Admin. Assoc. Dean, CLAS), Melanie Shell-Weiss (Assoc. Dean / Assoc. Professor, Brooks College), Kate Stoetzner (Exec. Director, Padnos International Center), Mike Stoll (Sr. Academic Advisor, KCON), Annukka Thelen (Director, CECI), Nick Woodward (Director of Advising Center, School of Computing)

Athletics

Wendy Wilson

Business & Finance

Joanne Alford, Jean Conzelmann, Paul Dillon, Jody Reid, Jennifer Schick, James Spees, Christopher Swank

Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach

Katie Bekkering, Erin Braginton, Nick Bromley, Cheryl Bronner, Sophia Bruno, Rachel Charno, Allie Cherry, Angie Christensen, Emily Cobb, Benardo Dargan, Patricia Davey, Sue Dix, Elyssa Durham, Jennifer Edsall, Katelyn Geurink, Ellenora Haskin, Anne Heathcote, Elle Hilley, Stephanie Holm, Jessica Jennrich, Nicole Kirk, Samantha Krepel, Melissa McCullough, Haley McKenna, Lee Mitchell, Mai MohamedNour, Joey Montney, Becca Morrissey, Angie Munford, Kaitlyn Penney, Jillian Poelma, Kaitlyn Poindexter, Kim Reeves-Jorgensen, Elizabeth Richmond, Kurt Ritter, Brynne Roberts, Tracie Samdal, Allison Shamblin, Mary Steffes, Rachel Stephens, Ashlee Thayer, Kristen Timmer, Dan Vainner, Amalia Vargas, Maryelise White, Bill Widmaier, Anne Zalud

Inclusion & Equity

Kathleen VanderVeen

Information Technology

Katie Clark, John Cook, Donald Dean, Jon Dean, Emil Delgado, Jennifer DenOuden, Michael Grannan, Morgan Hamlin, Shannon Hatch, Todd Michalski, Ellie Ohm, Randy Ortquist, Ken Radlick, Kyle Palmer, Pam Potter, Hope Ridley, Jesse Roe

Omni

Jackie Abeyta, Adam Downs, Grace Joaquin, Lucas Treadwell, Kate VanDerKolk

Student Affairs

Mitch Eastlick (Asst. Director, Campus Recreation), Emily First (Asst. Dean of Students), Melanie Grover (Assoc. Director, Housing), Edward Jones II (Director, Student Health Services), Knicki Maranda-Karsies (Coordinator, Multicultural Affairs),  DL McKinney (Director, LGBT Center), Tim Mohnkern (Asst. Director of Disability Support Resources), Mike Przydzial (Assoc. Director, Campus Recreation), Brianna Slager (Asst. Director, Student Life), Beth Vendal (Office Asst., Dean of Students Office)

University Development

Mohamed Ndiaye

University Relations

Mark Fay, Josh Isaak, Thomas Pikes

Change Management Advisory Team

Division / Department

Change Management Team Members

Academic Affairs

Heather Gulgin, Diana Lawson, Jennifer Jameslyn, Anne Sergeant, Ashley Shannon

Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach

Amanda Rainey, Ben Rhodes

Information Technology

Steph Balaskas, Dave Bengry, Belinda Boardman, Noah Campbell, Jennifer DenOuden, Katherine Fay, Kyle Macciomei, Josh Marko, Nick Nelson, Ben Rapin

Student Affairs

Susan Sigler, Megan Wierenga

Students

Francis Christie, Antonio Green, Cyrus Irwin, Logan Kibbey

University Relations

Jennifer Allard, Michelle Coffill, Josh Isaak, Chris Knape

Communications Advisory Team

Division

Communications Advisory Team Members

Academic Affairs

Shelby Harrison (College of Computing), Kristen Krueger-Corrado (CLAS), Kennedy Scott (College of Health Professions), Erin Woirol (Padnos College of Engineering)

Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach

Amanda Rainey

Informational Technology

Jennifer DenOuden, Belinda Boardman

Student Affairs

Megan Wierenga

University Relations

Michele Coffill

Academic Affairs Advisory Group

Ed Aboufadel, Bonnie Bowen, Catherine Buyarski, Yuan Cheng, Elizabeth Ehlers, Heather Gulgin, Julie Hall, Alison Hodgson, Michael Huner, Paul Isely, Jennifer Jameslyn, Jared Moore, Katie Motush, Wendy Reffeor, Anne Sergeant, Sherril Soman, MIke Stoll, Arnie VandeBrake



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