New Operations Working Group formed

    January 29, 2020

    The new Operations Working Group (WG) was formed this month.  The WG joins the Operations Council and Operations Strategy groups as part of the new operations governance structure.  As part of this change the Business Operations Leadership Team (BOLT) and the Operating Group (OG) have been sunset. The WG will meet bi-weekly and serve the following purposes:

    • Advise the Operations Strategy and Operations Council groups, in particular to convey field priorities
    • Advise the Policy Review Committee
    • Govern communications flows to/from the Business Operations Community
    • Govern projects related to policy, procedures, and programs not defined as “Major Projects”
      • Triage Business Operations Community interaction with these projects.  In some cases, the WG will make a decision, in other cases it will provide input to decision-makers, depending on the topic
      • Constitute subject-specific groups to follow up on unresolved items. Therefore, the WG should have sufficient subject-matter expertise to know when deeper consultation is required, and who in the community could provide rich input

    Tim Pavlis, Associate Vice President for Strategy and Academic Business Operations, will chair the WG for its inaugural year. The WG joins two other newly-constituted forums to govern operations activities and ensure close connections among the field and center. The Operations Council, comprised of members representing all units, meets approximately three times per semester and provides a forum to discuss and prioritize major projects. The Operations Strategy group consists of senior operations leadership and serves as the decision-making body governing operations projects, meeting bi-weekly.

    Operations Working Group Members:

    • Tim Pavlis, Associate Vice President for Strategy and Academic Business Operations (Chair)
    • Tim Bertaccini, Ops Manager, Finance, Audit, Business Operations, Research
    • Sheila Daykin, Sr. Associate Director of Financial Operations, Law
    • Russell Epstein, Senior Director, Collections & Scholarly Communications
    • Margaret Gilshannon, Director, Finance & Admin, Medicine
    • Mary Magri, Lead Administrator, FAS, Yale College, GSAS
    • Joanne Bentley, Senior Director, FRMS
    • Chris DiGioia, Lead Administrator, Medicine
    • Bridget Gillich, Senior Director, Business Operations & HR, Management
    • Lisa Merola-Grimm, Senior Director, FP&A and Business Operations
    • Holly Piscatelli, Senior Director, Academic Business Operations
    • Jonathan Rohner, Lead Administrator, Peabody and YIBS
    • Meghan Dahlmeyer, Director, Finance & Admin, West Campus
    • Erin Ethier, Lead Administrator, Institute of Sacred Music
    • Darlene Jones, Operations Manager, FES
    • John Kaufhold, Senior Director, Facilities
    • Theresa Pierson, Lead Administrator, FAS
    • Alison Valentino, Assistant Director, Accounting & Compliance Optimization, Medicine

    Operations Strategy members:

    • Jack Callahan, Senior Vice President for Operations (Chair)
    • John Barden, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer
    • Janet Lindner, Vice President for HR & Admin
    • Steve Murphy, Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
    • Tim Pavlis, Associate Vice President for Strategy and Academic Business Operations
    • Cynthia Walker, Deputy Dean, Finance & Admin, Medicine

    Operations Council members:

    • Jack Callahan, Senior Vice President for Operations (Chair)
    • John Barden, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer
    • Janet Lindner, Vice President for HR & Admin
    • Steve Murphy, Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
    • Tim Pavlis, Associate Vice President for Strategy and Academic Business Operations
    • Cynthia Walker, Deputy Dean, Finance & Admin, Medicine
    • John Bollier, Vice President for Facilities and Campus Development
    • Regina Bejnerowicz, Senior Director, Regional Business Operations, Art, Architecture, Music and Drama
    • Joanne Bentley, Senior Director, FRMS
    • Katherine Burqueño, Director of Finance & HR, Drama
    • Carrie Capezzone, Associate Dean of Finance, Medicine
    • Joe Crosby, Senior Associate Dean for Finance & Admin, Law
    • Russell Epstein, Senior Director, Collections & Scholarly Communications
    • Jason Kroon, Chief Financial Officer, Management
    • Mary Magri, Lead Administrator, FAS, Yale College, GSAS
    • Lisa Merola-Grimm, Senior Director, FP&A and Business Operations
    • Holly Piscatelli, Senior Director, Academic Business Operations
    • Brian Rebeschi, Executive Director, Medicine
    • Kathy Schoonmaker, Director of Finance & Admin, Provost’s Office
    • John Stachniewicz, Director of Finance & Administration at the Divinity School
    • Marcia Thomas, Associate Dean for Finance & Admin, Nursing
    • Cathy Vellucci, Senior Director of Business Operations, FAS
    • Susan Wells, Associate Dean of Finance & Admin, FES
    • Michael Yaffe, Associate Dean, Music