HSC Department Directory for Finance Personnel

School of Medicine

The UNM School of Medicine is committed to improving health and health care in New Mexico by providing the best medical education, research and clinical care. This is made possible by the generosity of alumni and friends who believe in the school's mission and have invested in its future. As state appropriations decrease, private support is becoming even more critical in achieving the school's mission of providing cutting-edge research, innovative education and superior patient care to the people of this state.

Finance Director: Kristin Gates
E-Mail: KGates@salud.unm.edu

College of Nursing

The College of Nursing develops solutions for the most important nursing challenges pertaining to human health and health equity in our communities through education, scholarship, practice, and service. Their goal is to provide exemplary and innovative education, research, practice, service, and leadership that improves state, national, and global health. The college’s efforts focus on the scholarship of nursing education, research, practice, and policy to inform and lead in the delivery and analysis of nursing and health care.

Academic Operations Officer: Penny Fishel
E-Mail: PMFishel@salud.unm.edu

College of Pharmacy

The mission of the College of Pharmacy is to develop innovative leaders in pharmaceutical care and research who enhance the quality of life of the people of New Mexico.

Academic Operations Officer: Beth Walker
E-Mail: BethWalker@salud.unm.edu

University Hospital

University of New Mexico Hospital will be the leader in improving New Mexico's health outcomes through both our academic specialty programs and our community responsive, culturally competent, patient care, education, and clinical research programs.

Their aim is to be the nation's leading university hospital which captures the synergy in being both an excellent academic institution and an innovative, community-oriented public teaching hospital. UNMH will set the standard for excellence in quality and patient safety in public teaching hospitals.

Chief Financial Officer: Ella Watt
E-Mail: EBWatt@salud.unm.edu

Sandoval Regional Medical Center

Sandoval Regional Medical Center (SRMC) is a community-based academic healthcare facility that is served by both hospital-based UNM Faculty Physicians and community-based independent physicians. Our mission is to improve the overall health of the communities we serve by providing the highest quality healthcare services that meet the needs of Sandoval County’s diverse population, as well as providing, increasingly over time, healthcare and medical educational opportunities.

Interim Financial Director: Darlene Fernandez
E-Mail: DLFernandez@salud.unm.edu

UNM Medical Group

The University of New Mexico Medical Group, Inc. (UNMMG) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation in Albuquerque, NM, organized in 2007 and is comprised of over 900 clinical practitioners, representing 152 specialties who are the exclusive caregivers to the state’s only academic medical center — UNM Hospital. UNMMG is the faculty practice for the UNM School of Medicine. UNMMG is a multi-specialty group practice that operates 11 clinics in addition to attending at the 76 clinics of UNM Hospital.

VP Finance & CFO: Marjorie Goldstein
E-Mail: MGoldstein@unmmg.org

Sponsored Projects Office (SPO)

The HSC Sponsored Projects Office is the birthplace of Grants, Contracts and Other Agreements that benefit the UNM Health Science Center in its Research, Public Service and Educational goals. The role of the Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) / Pre-Award is reviewing, approving, negotiating, and advising HSC Principal Investigators, Faculty & Staff members who seek external funding from federal, state, local, and business entities.

Director, Sponsored Projects: Stacy Bigbie
E-Mail: SCatanach@salud.unm.edu

HSC Budget Office

The University of New Mexico's HSC Budget Office, in partnership with the University Community, strives to obtain, analyze, manage, and protect funding resources in support of University of New Mexico priorities. The Budget office works with university departments to ensure accurate, efficient and successful budget planning, implementation and reporting practices across all campuses.

Chief Budget & Facilities Officer: Vanessa K. Hawker
E-Mail: vhawker@salud.unm.edu

HSC Contract & Grant Accounting

We are here to serve all of your post-award needs for: contracts, grants, clinical trials, and sub-awards. We handle all accounting aspects of these types of agreements, and can help guide you through the process of completing your project.

Associate Controller: Jason Galloway
E-Mail: JGalloway@salud.unm.edu

HSC Unrestricted Accounting

HSC Unrestricted Accounting is a division of the Associate Vice President for Financial Services office responsible for all Health Sciences Center unrestricted accounts. We review all purchase requisitions, travel and other reimbursement requests, payroll transactions and journal entries on these accounts, and approve the transactions based on compliance with university policy.

Associate Controller: Laura Putz
E-Mail: LPutz@salud.unm.edu

Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (HSLIC)

UNM’s Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC) uses advanced information systems and a state-of-the-art collection of electronic, print and audiovisual materials to serve the needs of UNM’s Health Sciences Center (HSC) faculty, staff, students and health care providers. In addition to offering reference services, online literature searches and document delivery, our librarians and IT professionals provide instruction in the use of health-related resources and information technologies. HSLIC offers Help Desk services for HSC’s academic and research components, maintains the network and email/file-management system, provides support to 3,000+ workstations and manages HSC’s desktop website (http://hsc.unm.edu) and mobile-optimized website (http://m.health.unm.edu/).

Manager, Division Support Services: Marcia Sletten
E-Mail: MSletten@salud.unm.edu