The Natural Resources Business Center's (NRBC) mission is to provide professional service, efficient resource management, and effective solution development in a dynamic environment with integrity, accountability and focus on the customer.
Carol Cartwright, Administrative Team Manager, 472-5536, 237a HarH, 0972, ccartwright1@unl.edu.
- Provides overall guidance to Business Center staff in fiscal management, human resources and grants/contract administration.
- Provides guidance to unit administrators, faculty and staff in fiscal management/budgeting (provides budgetary information, works with the director(s) in implementing the department’s budget, allocates state and overhead funds on behalf of the director(s).
- Serves as liaison to IANR Finance & Personnel, IANR Deans & VC offices, CAS Dean’s office, VC for Research, the VC for Academic Affairs, and all other UNL functional offices in the management of fiscal & human resources issues.
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Sherrie Bacon, Grant Specialist, 472-7773, 237h HarH, 0972, sbacon2@unl.edu.
- Handles all aspects of Pre-Award Development including grant proposal review, budget development, confirming cost share documentation and match commitments, processing and routing.
- Account management for various grants, revolving accounts and service centers. Provide monthly status reports; processes expense transfers, intramural charge tickets and accounts receivable. Responsible for Personnel Activity Reports, MBE/WBE reports and cost share documentation associated with relevant grant accounts.
- Liaison to UNL Sponsored Programs office and IANR Dean's Pre-Award office.
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Pat DeStefano, Purchasing Specialist, 472-8726, 237g HarH, 0972, pdestefano2@unl.edu.
- Handles accounts payable/receivable, purchase orders and requisitions, electronic ordering, internal billing transactons(IBTs), warrant requests, procurement card requests, and reconciles procurement cards.
- Serves as a liaison with UNL Procurement Services/Accounting offices in providing guidance in proper purchasing/account payable procedures.
- Liaison to eShop users.
- Processes UN Foundation requests.
- Maintains inventory of SNR’s capital assets and desirable equipment.
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Lois Erickson, Accounting Associate, 472-6703, 237d HarH, 0972, lerickson2@unl.edu.
- Account management for various grants, revolving accounts and service centers. Provide monthly status reports; processes expense transfers, intramural charge tickets and accounts receivable. Responsible for Personnel Activity Reports and cost share documentation associated with relevant grant accounts.
- Provides financial guidance for the Nebraska LEAD Program
- Process cash deposits
- Conducts NRBC internal audits
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Jolene Foster, Time Entry/Travel Specialist, 472-7788, 237b HarH, EC 0972, mfoster1@unl.edu.
- Coordinates time sheets distribution, bi-weekly time entry and monthly vacation/sick leave.
- Reconciles procurement cards and prepares on campus requisitions.
- Reviews pre-trip authorizations and processes employee travel and non-travel reimbursements. Coordinates the IANR Professional Development Funds for eligible faculty.
- Assists faculty/staff with visa applications/questions
- Assists with student new hire paperwork.
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Tina Kage, Financial Associate, 472-5585, 237j HarH, EC 0972, tkage2@unl.edu.
- Account management for various grants, revolving accounts and service centers. Provides monthly status reports; processes expense transfers, intramural charge tickets and accounts receivable. Responsible for Personnel Activity Reports and cost share documentation associated with relevant grant accounts.
- Provides account management for CAS SNR & Geography State/Overhead accounts, adjusts/monitors/reconciles budget transfers. Provides monthly status reports; processes expense transfers, intramural charge tickets; adjusts the budget in SAP.
- Assists in all aspects of Pre-Award Development including grant proposal review, budget development, confirming cost share documentation and match commitments, processing and routing.
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Leo Masek, Personnel Generalist, 472-0833, 237i HarH, EC 0972, lmasek2@unl.edu.
- Handles HR issues relating to staff positions (creating and filling regular and temporary positions, classifying and reclassifying positions, personnel and supervisor issues).
- Provides guidance in the search and interview process.
- Handles all aspects of payroll administration; processes new hire paperwork; assists with classification of student and on-call/temp employee wages, and monitors appointment end dates.
- Processes PAFs for graduate student appointments (new and existing).
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Barbara Pike, Administrative Asst, 472-7214, 340 HarH, bpike2@unl.edu.
- Provides account management for Statistics state, overhead, revolving and grant accounts.
- Reconciles purchasing card transactions.
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Julie Stuckenschmidt, Accounting Associate, 472-6728, 237f HarH, EC 0972, jstuckenschmidt1@unl.edu.
- Provides account management for SNR State/Overhead, adjusts/monitors/reconciles budget transfers. Provides monthly status reports; processes expense transfers, intramural charge tickets; adjusts the budget in SAP based on allocations from the director(s).
- Account management for various grants, revolving accounts and service centers. Provides monthly status reports; processes expense transfers, intramural charge tickets and accounts receivable. Responsible for Personnel Activity Reports and cost share documentation associated with relevant grant accounts.
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Jerry Schluckebier, Fiscal Coordinator, 472-8876, 237c HarH, EC 0972, jschluckebier2@unl.edu.
- Account management for various grants, revolving accounts and service centers. Provides monthly status reports; processes expense transfers, intramural charge tickets and accounts receivable. Responsible for Personnel Activity Reports and cost share documentation associated with relevant grant accounts.
- Provides fiscal coordination for the Nebraska Forest Service.
- Provides financial guidance for the Nebraska Water Center
- Responsible for submitting yearly service center budgets of major service centers.
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