Department Staff
Human Resources

Heather Packard – Human Resources Services Manager
ATS West 104 • 970-491-8356 • Heather.Packard@colostate.edu
- Assists faculty and their respective research groups with hiring, including searches, search waivers, promotions, background checks and new employee onboarding (hiring paperwork)
- Facilitates visa applications, renewals and extensions
- Payroll questions for all employee groups
- Tuition payments for GRAs
- Employment verification letters
- Employee changes including address, direct deposit, name and tax withholding
- Benefits for all employee groups including family medical leave (FMLA), parental leave and GRA parental leave
Graduate Advising/Department Head Liaison

Sarah Tisdale – Graduate Adviser
ATS West 126 • 970-491-8360 • Sarah.Tisdale@colostate.edu
- Academic advising on university and departmental degree requirements
- Assists with questions on Graduate School paperwork, registration and other issues
- Assists prospective students with general questions on the department and application process
- Manages applications and admissions during recruiting season
- Assists Curriculum Committee with drafting class schedules; handles updates to the CSU Course Catalog; sends out class schedules and updates each semester
- Serves as resource to faculty on course evaluations, grade change requests, registration overrides and Canvas logistics
- Liaison for the department head, including scheduling meetings and assisting with signatures
- Coordinates department events including faculty retreats, faculty meetings, AMS Student Career Fair, AMS annual alumni reception and new student orientation
Travel and Purchasing

Amanda Davey – Assistant Operations Manager/Travel and Purchasing Unit Manager
ATS West 127 • 970-491-8590 • Amanda.Davey@colostate.edu
- Processes travel authorizations and reimbursements
- Books airfare, rental cars and helps with other travel arrangements
- Reimburses moving expenses
- Processes purchasing documents for faculty and their research teams
- Submits PO’s to vendors
- Places orders through CSU shop catalogs
- Processes reimbursement requests
- Processes internal order requests, including CSU Motorpool vehicle rentals
- Orders Procurement Cards (PCARDs) for department employees
- Reallocates PCARDs for the department
- Tracks department’s capital assets
- Loans capital assets to other institutions
- Manages equipment capital asset inventory
- Processes surplus of department equipment
Management

Darby Nabors – Manager of Business Operations
ATS West 124 • 970-491-6960 • Darby.Nabors@colostate.edu
- Manages department budgets and operations
- Manages department staffing
- Supervises department staff
- Monitors and assigns department space allocation
- Liaison with WSCOE and university financial and operational staff
Communications

Jayme DeLoss – Communications Manager, Atmospheric Science and Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments
ATS West 110 • 970-491-8904 • Jayme.DeLoss@colostate.edu
- Manages website content (contact Jayme for updates and corrections to the department website)
- Writes articles and announcements promoting the department and its members (contact Jayme with story ideas or for award announcements)
- Manages social media accounts (contact Jayme with ideas for social posts)
- Media liaison: arranges interviews with experts from ATS and CEE
Research Project Managers
- Manage research scientist and faculty research portfolios
- Prepare and submit research proposals
- Design and implement models to forecast expenditures
- Research and project future activity
- Research all costs associated with research projects

Adam Finefrock
ATS West 108 • 970-491-3396 • Adam.Finefrock@colostate.edu
- Christine Chiu
- Jeff Collett
- Richard Johnson
- Sonia Kreidenweis/Paul DeMott
- Kristen Rasmussen
- Steven Rutledge
- Wayne Schubert
- David Thompson
- Peter Jan van Leeuwen

Jared Pelton
ATS West 107 • 970-491-8758 • Jared.Pelton@colostate.edu
- Elizabeth Barnes
- Melissa Burt
- Colorado Climate Center
- Scott Denning
- Emily Fischer
- Jeff Pierce
- David Randall
- Russ Schumacher
- Tom Vonder Haar

Samantha Reynolds
ATS West 109 • 970-491-8680 • Samantha.Reynolds@colostate.edu
- Michael Bell
- James Hurrell
- Chris Kummerow
- Eric Maloney/Charlotte DeMott
- Steven Miller
- Maria Rugenstein
- Sue van den Heever