Associate Vice President's Office
Liz Parkes leads a service oriented team committed to providing courteous and efficient support to Western's employees, in compliance with Federal, State and university regulations.
Liz Parkes
Associate Vice President of Human Resources
(360) 650-6456
parkese@wwu.edu
Oversees HR Units
- Employee Benefits, Leaves of Absence & Medical Accommodations
- Employee & Labor Relations
- Payroll/HRIS Services
- HR Operations - Compensation, Onboarding, Recruiting, Hiring
Toni Ladner
Assistant to Assoc. Vice President for Human Resources
(360) 650-6681
ladnert@wwu.edu
- Manages day-to-day operations of AVP for HR
- Coordinates logistics for meetings/events
- Manages HR Budget
- Administrates contracts with outside vendors
- Volunteer Registrations
- Sexual Misconduct Background Check Program
- Point of contact for HR Public Records Requests
Benefits, Retirement and Payroll
Kristen Isakovic
Assistant Director of Benefits and Payroll Operations
- Healthcare/Retirement Reconciliation
- Overpayment Reconciliation
- Garnishment Processing
- Supplemental Retirement Calculations
- Federal Tax Payments
- W2 Reconciliation
Janelle Talley
Benefits Assistant
(360) 650-3073
talleyj@wwu.edu
HR.Benefits@wwu.edu
- Administer Health Care (PEBB) & Retirement Benefits to employees
- Determine employee eligibility for benefits – for new hires & existing employees.
- Consult with employees regarding PEBB and/or retirement questions.
- Advise employees of potential retirement eligibility at time of separation
- Coordinate annual wellness clinics for employees & their families
- Entry of employee benefits/retirement forms
Megan Summers
Assistant Director of Payroll
(360) 650-3544
Megan.Summers@wwu.edu
- Oversees Payroll
- International Employee Tax
- Federal Tax Payments
Kennedy Stephens
Payroll Coordinator
(360) 650-3774
HR.Payroll@wwu.edu
- Payroll's Primary Contact/General Questions
- Payroll Trainings
- Leave Management (Cash outs, C5)
- Overpayments
- Garnishments
- Vendor Payments
- Payroll Deduction Questions
- W-2 Questions
Employee & Labor Relations
Marcy Hammer
HR Director
- Employee, supervisor and administrator labor relations questions
- Contract/policy and procedure consultation, interpretation and administration
- Collective bargaining
- Grievance administration, investigation, mediation and arbitration
- Labor/Management relations and meetings
- Employee/Supervisor conflict resolution
- Leave/Accommodation Administration and management training
- Union requests for information
- Oversee Payroll and Benefit Programs
Ryan Greer
Employee & Labor Relations Partner
- Classified unions & collective bargaining agreements
- Professional Staff Organization
- Performance management
- Higher level duty requests
HR Operations
Stephanie Norsby
Associate Director of HR Operations
(360) 650-3306
stephanie.norsby@wwu.edu
- Oversees Classification/Compensation, HRIS and HR Operations
Sonja Dyer
HR Data Technician
(360) 650-7600
hris@wwu.edu
- Oversees HRIS Data Team inbox
- Personal Action Form entry into Banner
- PageUp entry into Banner
- Process EPAFs
- Provide EPAF training
- Esign form entry into Banner
- Employee Information form and Affirmative Action form
- Employee Office Address Change form
- Tuition Waiver form (approval/disapproval only)
- Cyclic Leave form
- Career Growth and Enhancement form
- Performs Banner entry audit for payroll processing
Vacant
HR Data Technician
hris@wwu.edu
- Oversees HRIS Data Team inbox
- Personal Action Form entry into Banner
- PageUp entry into Banner
- Process EPAFs
- Provide EPAF training
- Esign form entry into Banner
- Employee Information form and Affirmative Action form
- Employee Office Address Change form
- Tuition Waiver form (approval/disapproval only)
- Cyclic Leave form
- Career Growth and Enhancement form
- Performs Banner entry audit for payroll processing
Tara Terry
HR Employment Administrator
(360) 650-3565
Tara.Terry@wwu.edu
- HRIS
- Oversees and manages PageUp recruitment system
- Hiring Process
- Recruitment/talent acquisition
- Offer Letters
- Classified Compensation
- Secondary support, Onboarding
- Secondary support, Sexual Misconduct Background Checks
Josie Eggerding
HR Data Technician
(360) 650-2064
hris@wwu.edu
- Oversees HRIS Data Team inbox
- Personal Action Form entry into Banner
- PageUp entry into Banner
- Process EPAFs
- Provide EPAF training
- Esign form entry into Banner
- Employee Information form and Affirmative Action form
- Employee Office Address Change form
- Tuition Waiver form (approval/disapproval only)
- Cyclic Leave form
- Career Growth and Enhancement form
- Performs Banner entry audit for payroll processing
Buffi Jones
HR Onboarding Administrator
(360) 650-3778
Buffi.Jones@wwu.edu
hr.onboarding@wwu.edu
- Oversees HR Reception and New Hire Paperwork Process
- New Employee Orientations/Onboarding
- I-9 Compliance
- HR Website/Communications
- Performance Management Support
- Unemployment
- Employee Records Manager
Katie Swanson
HR Reception Lead
(360) 650-3732
swansok7@wwu.edu
HR@wwu.edu
- New Hire Paperwork
- Employment Verifications
- Criminal Background Checks
- Performance Management Support
Leaves & Accommodations
Lisa Hill
Leaves & Medical Accommodations Administrator
(360) 650-3751
Lisa.Hill@wwu.edu
HR.Disability@wwu.edu
- Oversees leave of absence process: medical, maternity & parental, military, domestic violence and WA Paid Family Medical Leave - Q&A
- Shared leave requests and donations
- Long Term Disability (LTD) - Q&A, submits employer statement for employee claims
- Lactation rooms
- Oversees workplace accommodations & ADA interactive process. Disability accommodations, religious accommodations and service animals.