Contact Human Resources

Office Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday

Telephone: 503.725.4926
Facsimile: 503.725.5896
TTY: 503.725.6503
Email: askhrc@pdx.edu

Physical Address Mailing Address
Market Center Building
1600 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 518
Portland, Oregon 97201
Located at the corner of Market Street and SW 4th Avenue

Maps & Directions

Portland State University
HRC
P.O. Box 751
Portland, Oregon 97207-0751

Contacts

Administration | Front Desk | Payroll | Benefits | Classified | Unclassified | Compensation/Classification | Employee Relations | HRIS

Administration
Cathy LaTourette Associate Vice President for Human Resources 503.725.4930 latourettec@pdx.edu
Karin Wriggle Executive Assistant—meeting scheduling, administrative assistance 503.725.8310 wrigglek@pdx.edu
Front Desk
Mercy Joy Luebke Human Resources Coordinator—new hire & rehire paperwork, address/name changes, general Human Resources questions 503.725.4926 mluebke@pdx.edu
Trudy Pellecchia Human Resources Assistant—new hire & rehire paperwork, address/name changes, general Human Resources questions 503.725.4926 trudyp@pdx.edu
Tammy Hooper Human Resources Assistant—new hire & rehire paperwork, address/name changes, general Human Resources questions 503.725.4926 thooper@pdx.edu
Patricia Ann Guss Personnel Files Assistant—filing, archiving, annual file purge, Banner data entry 503.725.4977 gussp@pdx.edu
Payroll
Pam Hutchins Associate Director and Payroll Manager 503.725.5990 hutchp@pdx.edu
Julia Valpiani Payroll Accountant— labor redistributions, payroll withholding account reconciliations, staff fee privilege
503.725.4942 valpiani@pdx.edu
Jennifer McLean Payroll Operations Supervisor—coordinates daily payroll operations, wage & hour law, overpayments, web time entry, timesheets, leave rosters, paycheck pick up log 503.725.5090 mcleanjc@pdx.edu
Vui K. Han-Mar Sr. Payroll Accountant—garnishments, retirement systems, reconciliation, manual checks, wage & hour law, leaves, web time entry
503.725.3755 hanvk@pdx.edu
Daniel Hernandez Deductions Coordinator—mandatory & optional withholding, international employee withholding, direct deposit
503.725.8361 danh@pdx.edu
Dana Wilson Payroll Accountant - garnishments, reconciliation, manual checks, wage & hour law, leaves, web time entry 503.725.5091 dana.wilson@pdx.edu
Benefits
Joanne Clancy Benefits Manager—leaves of absence, retirement 503.725.3749 jclancy@pdx.edu
Kristin Smith Leaves Manager—FMLA, Disability, ADA accommodations, Workers Comp, Discretionary 503.725.9686 ksmith@pdx.edu
Karen Garrison Sr. Benefits Coordinator—health and optional benefits, family medical leaves 503.725.4943 kareng@pdx.edu
Gina Simonson Benefits Coordinator—retirement plan enrollment/changes, benefit deductions/adjustments 503.725.4945 gsimon@pdx.edu
Ruth Acosta-Rose Retirement Systems Coordinator—PERS contributions processing and reconciliation 503.725.9640 rarose@pdx.edu
Tammy Hooper Worker's Compensation 503.725.4926 thooper@pdx.edu
Employment – Classified Staff
Karen Abbott Yelle Classified Employment Manager-oversee process to fill regular and temporary classified staff positions, including requisitions and letters of offer; update/extend temporary, limited duration and academic year staff appointments; PeopleAdmin administration, including user accounts, training, processes; staffing reductions, including administration of layoff, bumping, placement. 503.725.4940 yellek@pdx.edu
Academic Employment / Unclassified
Maria Eldred Academic Employment Manager—HRascals, sabbaticals, post retirement 503.725.8360 eldredm@pdx.edu
Christina Kraus Academic Employment Coordinator—letters of offer, recruitment & selection search process, employment training, web postings 503.725.9838 krausc@pdx.edu
Adriane Lushenko Academic Employment Coordinator—letters of offer, web postings, position entry into Banner 503.725.4969 lushenko@pdx.edu
Amy Wood Academic Employment Coordinator—letters of offer & position entry into Banner 503.725.4941 amy.j.wood@pdx.edu
Compensation/Classification
Terrill Bartee Compensation/Classification Manager—classification review and job placement, Academic Professional family placement, leadwork, work-out-of-class, salary surveys, bargaining (SEIU), FLSA determinations, exclusion determinations 503.725.8232 terrill@pdx.edu
Employee Relations
Jenny Sherman Sr. Manager, Employee Relations/Training & Development—employee problem-solving, performance improvement, leadership training 503.725.4967 jsherman@pdx.edu
Loretta Lang Sr. Employee Relations Specialist—employee relations support, performance management, labor-management facilitation 503.725.9639 llang@pdx.edu
Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)
Jessica Selig HRIS Coordinator—Banner, BI-Query, HR Data, HR Reports, Website, approver/proxy Setup 503.725.4931 jselig@pdx.edu
Velia Robles HRIS Coordinator—Banner, BI-Query, HR Data, HR Reports, Website, approver/proxy Setup 503.725.4927 roblesv@pdx.edu

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