ADMINISTRATION

 

Cora Sanders, Business Manager
      813-633-4116
      Extension 3108, Room 108
      sanderc@ufl.edu

Manage and supervise all fiscal and HR operations at GCREC Balm and Plant City
Coordinate and supervise administrative staff
Department Security Administrator
Assist Center Director in administrative operations
Mediate and resolve personnel issues
Faculty and staff training coordinator
Approver for purchasing card charges, travel, purchase requisitions, and invoices
Maintain center's budget (set up, convert, request, balance)
Department contact and grant administrator
Handle UF SHARE foundation deposits and transfers
Prepare effort tracking, academic/non-academic activity reports
Complete and prepare AD419 reports, semester faculty assignments
Represent GCREC at campus FASP/other meetings
Liaison for faculty and IFAS Sponsored Programs
Administer GCREC Employee Canteen Fund
Submit journal transfers, earnings account code requests, cost sharing letters
Develop and maintain GCREC operating procedures
Develop annual GCREC budget and cost control plans
Assist Center Director in salary determination matters
 

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Christine Cooley, Administrative Assistant
            813-634-0000

         Extension 3101        

         ccooley@ufl.edu

 

·     Center Director’s secretary; maintains calendar, schedules appointments &  meetings, word processing, etc.
Greets visitors, screen incoming telephone calls and mail, provide information

·     Prepares correspondence, reports,  manuscripts, etc.

·     Inventory/audit fuel and vehicle records

IntsFaculty Achievement/Plan of Work reporting (UniFAS) and annual evaluations

·     Annual Deans’ Review document for GCREC

·     Liaison with other univ. departments & external agencies

·     Performs clerical duties for faculty
Design and prepare GCREC brochures, flyers, PR handouts, posters, etc.
PR activities – press releases, publicity, field day coordination, liaison for distance education courses
Coordinates and Schedules conference rooms, major center activities
Website design and publishing

·     Industry newsletter design and layout – Berry/Vegetable Times

·     IFAS telephone directory coordinator

·     Notary service for UF business documents

·     EDIS publications

·     Archives historical data, brochures, slides, etc.

·     Campus parking passes

·     Back up support for IT, travel, purchase requisitions, p-card verifications, and unencumbered reimbursements


 

Patty McClain, Personnel Representative

            813-633-4113

            Extension 3105, Room 105

            pmcclain@ufl.edu

 

All aspects of personnel (hiring, benefits, etc.)

Maintains and updates all personnel records

Distribution of personnel to accounts for payroll

Payroll authorization

Faculty personnel recruitment, appointments,  promotion & tenure, etc.

Maintains faculty personnel and administrative files

Reconciles/checks payroll

Assists employees with leave balances and entries

Post TEAMS/USPS position openings

Assists personnel with fringe benefits

Workers compensation

Indirect Cost Space Allocation report

Processes all USPS/TEAMS performance appraisals

Maintains HAMS records (Health Assessment Management System)

Prepares position descriptions & process changes

Compiles, publishes, distributes monthly Employee Newsletter

Safety Officer – coordinate health/safety tests & records; initiate safety training and seminars

Notary Services for UF business documents

Maintains detailed employee information listings

Salary Rate report

Processes Gator ID cards and business cards

Organizational charts

Backup for telephones, mail, reception, faculty/staff word processing

Back-up for electronic directory/liaison for IFAS electronic directory

Maintains Center key file and distribution

 

Linda Richards, Fiscal Assistant 

            lerich@ufl.edu

            813-633-4115
            Extension 3107, Room 107

 

·     Coordinates P-card activities (daily reconciliation, posting, filing, disputes, discrepancies, profile applications/ changes, control of supporting docs., tax  exempt compliance, audit responses, card termination, etc.)

·     Purchases requisitions – prepares special PO’s, blankets, close PO’s, change orders, vendor addition and changes

·     Accounts Payable (payment of invoices,  Expense refunds, payment authorizations, posting, non-payment resolution, ID requisitions, etc.)

·     Unencumbered expense reimbursements (SHARE funds)

Assists in researching vendor accounts

·     Backup receptionist,  answer phone, mail, shipping, receiving

·     Vehicle licensing and tags

·     Resolves budget exceptions

 

 

·     Ellen Santa Maria, Sr. Fiscal Assistant

                  (813) 633-4114
            Extension 3106, Room 108
            esta@ufl.edu

Prepares GCREC account balance reports
Reconciles UF Foundation balance sheet and income statements
Reconciles bank statements of Canteen Fund
Reports to Business Manager regarding any negative balances in balance reports
Reviews all budget exceptions and negative balance reports in KK reports from People Soft.
Researches the reasons for budget exceptions and negative balances
Resolves problems associated to budget and reports to Business Manager
Collect data for budget projections, create and present projects to Business Manager
Prepares subsidiary records and appropriate billings
Prepares other financial reports for Business Manager
Maintains the appropriation, cash-based and grant files

         

 

     

      Trish Todd, Fiscal Assistant
            (813) 633-4112
            Extension 3104, Room 104
            ttodd@ufl.edu


Travel coordinator for faculty and staff

·     Back up secretarial support for faculty
Mail preparation and distribution, including Fed Ex, UPS

Ordering office supplies

·     Back-up for timecards, payroll certifications, personnel

·     P-card monthly reconciliation reports

·     Back-up for telephones,  receptionist duties

·     Compile and update GCREC Operating Procedures Manual

ordAssist Business Manager on grant proposals

 

COMPUTER SUPPORT

 

Joel Parlin, IT Coordinator
            813-633-4120

            Extension 3115, Room 121

            jwparlin@ufl.edu

 

·     Provides faculty and staff with hardware, software, and network support

Configuration and installation of new PCs

·     Coordination and oversight of software licensing and installation

·     Maintenance and updating of PC hardware and software

·     Support for telephone system

·     Set up and configuration of Polycom videoconferencing events

Provides assistance with multimedia presentations and posters
IT Expert for Balm and Plant City Campus

 

 

FACILITIES OPERATIONS

 

Rick Thomas, Facilities Supervisor

            813-633-4147/SC514-6837

            813-241-5989 cell

            Extension 3204, Room 113

            rjthomas@ifas.ufl.edu

 

Supervises facility operations and personnel

PECO project

Facilitates purchasing for construction and maintenance

Construction design and engineering

New construction, remodeling, refurbishing

General maintenance

Operates preventive maintenance program

Inventory control

Landscape maintenance

Maintains inventory of maintenance and janitorial supplies

Vehicle inspection

Maintains/repairs vehicles (tractors, farm equip.) 

Vehicle records

Fuel records

Coordinates custodial service

Floor care

Prepares conference areas (set-up)

Polices litter and debris on grounds

Trash disposal

 

 

FARM OPERATIONS

 

Jose Moreno, Farm Manager

            813-633-4146/SC514-6836

            813-789-9825 cell

            Extension 3203, Room 112

            jjmoreno@ifas.ufl.edu

 

General farm management/maintenance (irrigation, drainage, peripheral weed control, fence lines, field roads, etc.)

Farm crew supervisor

Land management

Land assignment assistance

Land preparation

Crop maintenance - maintenance field sprays,  physical crop support (staking), and repairs

Crop destruction

Provides assistance with larger field tasks (substantial harvests, plantings, etc.)

Provides tractors, wagons, water carts, harvest   supplies, etc.

Maintenance of produce disposal area

General records keeping

Maintains pesticide inventory