SRAS Welcomes New Staff

Photos and contact information are now included on the SRAS website for several new staff that have joined us recently.    

Julie Elliott started as a Reconciler on October 1, 2014.  She has over 20 years of experience in insurance collections and mortgage banking.  She already has a regular group of departments she is supporting. 

Gina Vessels joined the SRAS on January 12, 2015, in the newly created position of College Grant Manager-Post Award.  She is supervising the two Grant Analysts, three Lead Reconcilers, and three Reconcilers.  By adding this position, the SRAS expects to refine the reconciliation process and also make improvements to the reporting available to PIs and department staff.   Gina most recently worked for the College of Agriculture, where she provided their college-level grant post award support since 2008.  Prior to that, she held positions at UK as a College Grants Officer and a Division Administration in the Department of Internal Medicine. 

Our two newest reconcilers, April Bridenbecker and Barbara Kelly, are training and will be assigned their own group of departments to support very soon. April started as a Reconciler on January 5, 2015.  She has nearly 10 years of experience working in insurance collections and reconciliation and banking customer service. Barbara began as a Reconciler on January 12, 2015.  In the past 15 years, she has held several accounting and administrative positions, including office manager of an engineering company, and was a Clinical Administrator for Massage Envy.