Melissa Vazquez Diaz  - Manager, Administrative Services
mvazquezdiaz@ufl.edu 813-419-6576
Administrative management of fiscal and other office staff; Management of all funds for Balm and Plant City (Federal, State, all Other); grant amendments; grant no cost extensions; Review expenditures for budgetary control; Control receipt and disbursement of funds to and from the unit; Distribution calculations; FAR/ER; process annual perquisites request; prepare GCREC AD419 Federal report; DSA; Approve Travel, PO, and Voucher; Employee Relations.

Alice Akers - Multimedia Specialist
aliceakers@ufl.edu 813-419-6619
Media Coordinator, Event Planning, Website Coordinator

Tiffany Bainbridge - Fiscal Assistant
tbainbridge@ufl.edu 813-419-6652

Joshua Brown - HR/Fiscal Assistant
brownjoshua1@ufl.edu 813-419-6575
Assists with personnel and hiring, reports and payroll, assists with fiscal transactions. 

Michelle Middleton-Philpot - Admin Assistant I
mmiddleton@ufl.edu 813-757-2287
Processes travel-related transactions for Balm and Plant City; assist Plant City personnel with daily clerical needs; assists with undergraduate recruitment program and other programs at Plant City; post transactions and update biweekly payroll in Shadow System.

Belinda Missen - HR Generalist
bmissen@ufl.edu 813-419-6573
Coordinates HR processes and job actions, including OPS and TEAMS recruitment and hires, international hires, advertising, LOA, waivers, J1 and H1B Visas, worker’s comp claims, identity coordinator, enter initial/hire distributions, back-up DSA, and unit DSO,

Joel Parlin - IT Professional II
jwparlin@ufl.edu, 813-419-6580
Systems administration, computer support, IP telephony, Microsoft Active Directory management, computer account creation; provide a secure computing environment and continuous availability for network system, servers, software applications, video conferencing, and local and remote access by GCREC employees to perform their official job responsibilities; assist teaching faculty with support for classes.

Claudia Prado - Admin Assistant
claudia.pradocam@ufl.edu 813-419-6578
Assistant to Center Director and Operations Manager, Directory Coordinator, Student Housing Coordinator and Liaison, front desk and general office duties; key inventory; back-up travel processor.

Marianne Smith – Accounting Specialist
mariannesmith@ufl.edu 813-419-6574
Processes non-travel pCard; processes purchase order transactions; processes pCard vouchers; pCard Approver; helps personnel with obtaining UF purchasing credit card, post transactions to shadow system; annual capital and attractive property inventory.

Jason Steward -Academic Recruiter Plant City
jsteward@ufl.edu 813-757-2280

Todd Test - Maintenance Generalist II
parttime@ufl.edu 813-419-6640

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