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Sponsored Projects Accounting

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Sponsored Projects Accounting

Sponsored Projects Accounting

This is unit is responsible for all billing and financial reporting for grants, contracts and cooperative agreements. They also oversee cash management, which allocates incoming payments, processes refunds and collections, and completes LOC draws. This unit is also responsible for closeout of the agreements.

  Sponsored Projects Accounting Management
Jenifer Gwaltney Director, Sponsored Projects Accounting j_gwaltney@unc.edu (919) 843-1988
Nancy Armstrong Assistant Director, Sponsored Projects Accounting nancy_armstrong@med.unc.edu (919) 962-8001
Team Managers
    Dawn DiLello Cash Manager dawn_dilello@unc.edu (919) 962-4684
    David Morgan Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager
  (Federal Team 1 – DHHS)		 morgan78@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4674
    Colleen Williams Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager
  (Federal Team 3 – Other Federal)		 colleen_williams@unc.edu (919) 962-7651
Gladys Donkeng Assistant Director, Financial Quality Control gladys_finyom@unc.edu (919) 843-0874
Jim Kelly Assistant Director, Sponsored Projects Accounting jpkelly@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4694
Team Managers
    Dzenita Blackwell Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager dzenita@email.unc.edu (919) 962-6484
    Ryan Hermreck Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager
  (Non-Federal Billing Team)		 hermreck@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4688
    Allison Wykoff Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager
  (Non-Federal Billing Team)

  Cash Management
Dawn DiLello Cash Manager dawn_dilello@unc.edu (919) 962-4684
Deanna Boswell Sponsored Projects Accountant deanna_boswell@@unc.edu (919) 962-4098
Christopher Cirillo Sponsored Projects Accountant ccirillo@live.unc.edu (919) 962-7627
Sean Eichmann Sponsored Projects Accountant seichman@email.unc.edu (919) 966-7062
Karen Lombardi Sponsored Projects Accountant karendl@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4669

  Closeout Team
Dzenita Blackwell Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager dzenita@email.unc.edu (919) 962-6484
Phyllis Anne Brooks Closeout Coordinator pabrooks@unc.edu (919) 445-0916
Laura McCall Closeout Coordinator lmccall@unc.edu (919) 843-2696
Lydia Peters Closeout Coordinator lydia_peters@unc.edu (919) 966-4594
Tonya Ragland Closeout Coordinator raglandt@email.unc.edu (919) 445-0917

  Financial Quality Control and Data Management
Gladys Donkeng Assistant Director, Financial Quality Control gladys_finyom@unc.edu (919) 843-0874
Daniel Cushwa Business Systems Analyst daniel.cushwa@unc.edu (919) 962-4102
Michele Shoffner Data Management Team Lead mshoffne@email.unc.edu (919) 843-0048
Ginger Smith Data Management ginger_smith@unc.edu (919) 962-4668
Krysta Workman Data Management kworkman@unc.edu (919) 962-2196

  Sponsored Projects Accounting

David Morgan Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager morgan78@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4674
Ellenie Asrat Sponsored Projects Accountant asrat@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4689
Tracy Cox Sponsored Projects Accountant tracy_oliver@unc.edu (919) 962-4672
Bridget Foust Sponsored Projects Accountant bfoust@email.unc.edu (919) 843-0886
Claudia Martinez Sponsored Projects Accountant claudiamartinez@unc.edu (919) 962-5959
Kevin Moye Sponsored Projects Accountant kmoye@email.unc.edu (919) 962-7655
Tyler Overman Sponsored Projects Accountant overmant@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4453
Rashia Wright Sponsored Projects Accountant wrightra@live.unc.edu (919) 962-7668
Responsible for the following sponsors:

  • All NIH research grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, training, career development, fellowship and Fogarty grants; flow downs from NIH agreements

Ryan Hermreck Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager hermreck@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4688
Heather Keck Sponsored Projects Accountant hmkeck@email.unc.edu (919) 962-9901
Tiffany Poteat Sponsored Projects Accountant tpoteat@email.unc.edu  (919) 962-2858
Rusty Privett Sponsored Projects Accountant rusty.privett@unc.edu (919) 966-5625
Jessica Thompson Sponsored Projects Accountant jessica.thompson@unc.edu (919) 445-0915
Responsible for the following sponsors:

  • All Foundations and Non-Profit Organizations, Societies, Associations and flow downs from these agencies
  • Clinical Trials
  • Counties, Cities and States (not North Carolina)
  • For-Profit Corporations
  • North Carolina Government Agencies State, County, City and Local (This does not include the UNC General Administration or the 16 campuses)
  • UNC General Administration (Non Flow Down)
  • Universities (non flow down)

Colleen Williams Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager colleen_williams@unc.edu (919) 962-7651
Teresa Bullock Sponsored Projects Accountant tfbulloc@email.unc.edu (919) 962-7617
Karen Chilson Sponsored Projects Accountant kchilson@email.unc.edu (919) 962-7945
Christie Cooper Sponsored Projects Accountant christie_harris@email.unc.edu (919) 843-2610
Crystal Davis Sponsored Projects Accountant crystald@email.unc.edu (919) 962-1353
Martha Garcia Sponsored Projects Accountant garcim22@unc.edu (919) 962-4855
Lisa Hufnagle Sponsored Projects Accountant hufnagle@email.unc.edu (919) 962-7646
Ryan Johnson Sponsored Projects Accountant ryancjr@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4662
John Lutjen Sponsored Projects Accountant jlutjen@email.unc.edu (919) 962-7621
Responsible for the following sponsors:

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • CDC
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • NASA
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • NIH contracts
  • NOAA
  • SBIR/STTR
  • U.S. AID
  • U.S. DHHS Agencies
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • U.S. Department of Commerce
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Department of Transportation
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • U.S. Institute for Museum and Library Services
  • Other Federal Agencies and flow downs from the agencies listed above

Allison Wykoff Sponsored Projects Accounting Manager awykoff@email.unc.edu (919) 962-7942
Gary Brunson Sponsored Projects Accountant gary1@email.unc.edu (919) 962-7648
Gina Collier Sponsored Projects Accountant gcollier@email.unc.edu (919) 962-3896
Melissa Cooper Sponsored Projects Accountant fortune9@email.unc.edu (919) 962-4681
Heather Hampton Sponsored Projects Accountant hamptonh@unc.edu (919) 962-4666
Holly Sutherland Sponsored Projects Accountant hsutherl@live.unc.edu (919) 962-6488
Responsible for the following sponsors:

  • All Foundations and Non-Profit Organizations, Societies, Associations and flow downs from these agencies
  • Clinical Trials
  • Counties, Cities and States (not North Carolina)
  • For-Profit Corporations
  • North Carolina Government Agencies State, County, City and Local (This does not include the UNC General Administration or the 16 campuses)
  • UNC General Administration (Non Flow Down)
  • Universities (non flow down)

OSP Leadership
Andy Johns Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Andy_Johns@unc.edu (919) 962-8253
David Paul Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of Sponsored Programs David.Paul@unc.edu (919) 843-7780