Contact Us
Office Location + Hours
PEFS is located at 3600 Market Street, Suite 250.
Office Hours are 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Monday – Friday) By appointment only.
PEFS Inquiry Support
Financial Transaction Services
Purchasing@seas.upenn.edu (appears as “PEFS Purchasing”) – Assistance with PO, NPO and Pro Card procurement activities
Travel@seas.upenn.edu (appears as “PEFS Travel”) –Flight approval, World Travel and Concur assistance
Payroll Services
Payroll@seas.upenn.edu (appears as “PEFS Payroll”) – Assistance with Workday, Employee Onboarding and Payroll assistance
Research Services
Preaward@seas.upenn.edu – Assistance with research proposal development and submission
Postaward@seas.upenn.edu – Assistance with grant management
Decision Support
Decisionsupport@seas.upenn.edu – Reporting and budgeting assistance
Full Contact List
Service Area | Role | Name | Email Address | Phone Number |
Financial Transaction Services | Payroll | Heather Carpenter-Murray | payroll@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.8113 |
Front Desk Executive Office | Administrative Coordinator | Jessica Templeton | jesstemp@seas.upenn.edu | 215.573.4505 |
Executive Leadership | Executive Director | Christopher Bristow | bristow@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.7915 |
Executive Leadership | Senior Director for Budget and Planning | Laura Mohr | llmohr@seas.upenn.edu | 215.573.1220 |
Executive Leadership | Senior Director | Gail Shannon | gail@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.8133 |
Financial Transaction Services | Director, Purchasing | Amy Deitz | amydeitz@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.4806 |
Financial Transaction Services | Purchasing | Danielle Williams | wdaniell@seas.upenn.edu | 215.573.5030 |
Financial Transaction Services | Payroll Lead | Dawn Norris | payroll@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.1964 |
Financial Transaction Services | Director, Payroll | Tiffany Haas | brookst@seas.upenn.edu | 215.746.5337 |
Financial Transaction Services | Payroll | Josh Williams | payroll@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.2442 |
Financial Transaction Services | Purchasing Lead | Valerie Beulah | purchasing@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.2782 |
Financial Transaction Services | Purchasing | Lillian Thomas | purchasing@seas.upenn.edu | 215.746.8894 |
Financial Transaction Services | Purchasing | Kelly Banks | purchasing@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.3353 |
Financial Transaction Services | Purchasing | Kimberly Howatt | purchasing@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.3404 |
Financial Transaction Services | Travel Lead | Annesia Sin | travel@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.1763 |
Financial Transaction Services | Travel | Francesca Savini | travel@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.3042 |
Financial Transaction Services | Travel | Carol Heffer | travel@seas.upenn.edu | 215.573.7544 |
Research Services | Director | Mark West | mwest@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.3150 |
Research Services | Associate Director, Post Award | Barbara Milano | barbara@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.0214 |
Research Services | Assistant Director, Post Award | Chelsea Gu | xcgu@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.0380 |
Research Services | Grants Manager, Post Award | Gregory Wilson | wilsongj@seas.upenn.edu | 215.746.2104 |
Research Services | Director, Pre Award | William Burns | burns@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.9392 |
Research Services | Associate Director, Pre Award | Pamela Frazier | preaward@seas.upenn.edu | 215.746.7068 |
Research Services | Grants Manager, Pre Award | Suzanne Chan | preaward@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.0046 |
Research Services | Grants Manager, Pre Award | Vincent Speaks | speaksvi@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.9346 |
Research Services | Grants Manager, Post Award | Towanda Marner | tmarner@seas.upenn.edu | 215.746.8895 |
Research Services | Senior Grants Coordinator, Pre Award | Melanie Rose | preaward@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.2003 |
Research Services | Grants Coordinator, Pre Award | Katherine Thompson | kathom@seas.upenn.edu | 215.573.0303 |
Research Services | Grants Manager, Post Award | Valerie R. Walker | vwalker@seas.upenn.edu | 215.746.4420 |
Research Services | Associate Director, Post Award | Terry Torres | torrest@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.0259 |
Research Services | Grants Manager, Post Award | Nicholas Mancuso | nmancuso@seas.upenn.edu | 215.746.3421 |
Research Services | Grants Manager, Post Award | Amy Sulaiman | amysul@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.0257 |
Research Services | Grants Coordinator, Pre Award | David Spain | dspain@seas.upenn.edu | 215.573.3305 |
Post Award Special Projects | Director | Rick Ferraiolo | rickf@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.1807 |
Decision Support | Director | Janet Yeh | jyeh@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.7916 |
Decision Support | Decision Support | Kenneth Sambucci | decisionsupport@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.1616 |
Decision Support | Decision Support | Christine Maguire | decisionsupport@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.3201 |
Financial Transaction Services | Operations/Program Coordinator | Kim Marker | kimarker@seas.upenn.edu | 215.898.1747 |