John Horne

Executive Director

• Overall leadership of CICOES research, education and administration
• Principal Investigator of CICOES cooperative agreement from NOAA

Joe Resing

Deputy Director

• Liaison for OSU
• Manage CICOES Council, Fellows, and Senior Fellows
• Point of contact for PMEL administration queries
• Manage Postdoctoral Scholarship review panel

Muyin Wang

Deputy Director

• Liaison for UAF
• Point of contact for Principal Investigator queries
• Promote outreach activities
• Coordinate summer intern application reviews
• Manage Research  Development Grant reviews

Ivonne Ortiz

Associate Director

• Point of contact for AFSC administration and PI queries

Fred Averick

Assistant Director – Finance & Administration

• Manage the financial, administrative and education/outreach teams
• Approvals for proposals, purchasing, travel, petty cash, etc.
• Access to UW systems (ASTRA, etc.)
• Annual report
• General business systems and office management
• Academic hires (e.g. postdocs)
• Space allocation
• RCR allocations
• NOAA CI national network contact
• CICOES Council’s ex-officio member
• UW’s Online Accident and Injury Reporting System (OARS)
• UWFT Change Agent

• Wallace Hall Hours
  M-F: 8:45-5:45
• PMEL Hours
  Alternating T/TH mornings (contact Fred for schedule)

Choong Kim

Grants & Contracts Manager

• Grant proposals
• Funding agency guidelines contact
• eGC1 Creation
• GCA, OSP, and sponsor contact
• Federal funding opportunities contact
• Federal reports
• Budget/sub-budget setup
• Budget projections
• Expense transfers
• Financial policy contact
• Cost sharing contact
• Budget closure advising
• Cash/check deposits

• Wallace Hall Hours
  M: 7:30 – 11:30
  TH: 7:30 – 4:00
• PMEL Hours
  M: 12:00 – 4:00
• Telework Hours
  T, W, F: 8:00 – 5:00

Nenad Grubisa

Grants Specialist

• Non-cooperative agreement budget projections and management
• Non-cooperative agreement proposal creation and submission
• Progress report submission and tracking
• Non-cooperative agreement budget no-cost extensions and closures
• CICOES outgoing subaward management
• Assisting PIs with RPPR submissions
• Expense transfers

• Wallace Hall Hours
  W, TH: 9:00 – 5:00
• Telework Hours
  M, T, F: 9:00 – 5:00

Nomie Torres

Fiscal Specialist

• Purchasing
• Expense reimbursements
• Travel (domestic and international)
• CTA/ProCard reconciliation
• BPO’s
• Non-PO invoices
• Subawards
• Equipment inventory
• Employee phones
• CICOES phone

• Wallace Hall Hours
  T, W: 7:30-4:00
• Telework Hours
  M, TH, F: 7:30-4:00

Position Vacant

Assistant to Executive Director

• Manages office of the Executive Director
• Health and Safety coordinator
• Publications contact (CICOES contribution numbers and database)
• Event planning
• Visitor arrangements
• CICOES Council Support
• Initiatives management
• Insurance

Sharae Saleem

Payroll Coordinator

• Payroll
• Grant and contract certification reports

• Wallace Hall Hours
  T: 7:30 – 11:30
  Th: 7:30 – 4:30
• PMEL Hours
  T: 12:00 – 4:30
• Telework Hours
  M, W, F: 7:30 – 5:30

Carol Pérez

HR Manager

• HR processes (hiring, promotions, employee relations)
• Employee engagement
• Professional development
• Workplace culture and community-building
• Onboarding
• Visa management

• Wallace Hall Hours
  T: 7:30 – 4:30
  TH: 1:00 – 4:30
• PMEL Hours
  TH: 7:30 – 12:00
• Telework Hours
  M, W, F: 7:30 – 4:30

Joe Selmont

Education, Outreach, & Communications Specialist

• Webmaster: provide web updates, new information/content and maintain some technical aspects of CICOES website
• Graphic design
• Internship program management
• Production director of CICOES Magazine
• Initiate and manage educational and collaborative activities with UW, NOAA and community partners
• Media/press contact
• Staff writer (web and hard copy materials)

• Wallace Hall Hours
  M, W, TH: 8:30-5:00
• Telework Hours
  T, F: 8:30-5:00