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
Executive Office Executive Support to the Vice Dean 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 Mary Reif purchasing@ses.upenn.edu 215.573.7901
Financial Transaction Services Payroll Kelly Banks paytoll@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 Coordinator, Pre Award Sienna Pyle preaward@seas.upenn.edu 215.573.7099
Research Services Grants Coordinator, Pre Award Victoria McManus preaward@seas.upenn.edu 215.898.4542
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 Emily Ciliberti preaward@seas.upenn.edu 215.898.9346
Research Services Grants Coordinator, Pre Award Michael McCarthy preaward@seas.upenn.edu 21.746.4987
Research Services Grants Coordinator, Pre Award Katherine Thompson preaward@seas.upenn.edu 215.573.0303
ResearchServices 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 preaward@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