HR Directory
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
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
- 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
Kristen Isakovic
Employee & Labor Relations
Vacant
Employee & Labor Relations Partner
- Classified unions & collective bargaining agreements
- Professional Staff Organization
- Performance management
- Higher level duty requests
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
Persephone Quinn
HR Data Technician
(360) 650-2020
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
- PageUp
- Hiring Process
- Recruitments
- Sexual Misconduct 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 Evaluations
- 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 Evaluation Support
Leaves & Accommodations
Lisa Hill
Leaves & Medical Accommodations Administrator
(360) 650-3751
Lisa.Hill@wwu.edu
HR.Disability@wwu.edu
Payroll
Megan Summers
Assistant Director of Payroll
(360) 650-3544
Megan.Summers@wwu.edu
- Oversees Payroll
- International Employee Tax
- Federal Tax Payments
Melanie Neal
Payroll Coordinator
(360) 650-2115
Nealm5@wwu.edu
HR.Payroll@wwu.edu
- Payroll's Primary Contact
- Payroll Trainings
- Leave Management (Cash outs, C5)
- Overpayments
- Garnishments
- Vendor Payments
- Payroll Deduction Questions
- W-2 Questions
Ben Harvey
Payroll Fiscal Analyst
(360) 650-3936
Ben.Harvey@wwu.edu
- Healthcare/Retirement Reconciliation
- Perform & Monitors Payroll Processing
- General Payroll Questions