UW-STOUT - Key Persons


Amanda Little

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • Professor of Biology

Amber Schoeder

Job Titles:
  • Multicultural Student Services Advisor

America Reads

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Amy Brostrom

Job Titles:
  • Department Assistant

Angie Ruppe

Job Titles:
  • Director of TRIO Student Support Services and Fostering Success

Anna Danielson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • UW Stout Alum - Graphic Designer, Bill 's Distributing, Menomonie, WI

Antoinette Burger

Job Titles:
  • University Services Program Associate

Ayub Hossain

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics
  • Professor

Becca Rother

Job Titles:
  • Department Assistant

Becky Simonson

Job Titles:
  • Academic Department Associate / Mathematics

Benjamin (Ben) Pratt

Job Titles:
  • Design

Betty Herman

Job Titles:
  • Office Operations Associate / Rehabilitation & Counseling

Beverly Deyo-Svendsen

Job Titles:
  • Academic Department Associate

Bonni Falkner

Job Titles:
  • Accountant - Senior / Provost

Brandon Cross

Brandon Cross. is one of the core faculty for the Cybersecurity Research & Outreach Center (CyROC) at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He develops hands-on IT curriculum and leads hands-on training for many Fortune 500 in the area of IT & security. He has over eight years of experience teaching face to face and online IT & Cybersecurity classes at the UW-Stout. He served as the network administrator for U.S. Air Force for more than five years. Brandon has published many papers on IT & cybersecurity curriculum and laboratory development. He has years of experience leading workshops in Wisconsin and Minnesota promoting cybersecurity & IT curriculum in minority institutions. Brandon holds many valuable IT & cybersecurity certifications including CCIE-R&S, CCNA-Security, CCNA, CCNP, A+, etc.

Brian Bergquist

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Brian McAlister

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • Professor
  • Professor of Technical Education

Britta Miller

Job Titles:
  • Director of First Year Experience

Burton E. Nelson

Job Titles:
  • President, 1923 - 1945

Caitlyn Mohr

Job Titles:
  • Teaching, Learning & Technology Specialist

Carol Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Education & Pupil Services
  • Professor

Carol Mooney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board

Chancellor Katherine P. Frank

Job Titles:
  • Chancellor
  • Chancellor 's Investiture
  • Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin - Stout
  • Chancellor of University of Wisconsin - Stout
  • Chancellor, 2020 -
Katherine P. Frank became the eighth chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stout, after a distinguished career as an administrator and faculty member. Before her appointment as chancellor, Chancellor Frank served from 2016 in two roles at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash., as Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Life and Vice President of Academic Innovation. She also held the rank of Professor of English. From summer 2014 until spring 2016, she was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northern Kentucky University. Frank served as Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indiana University East, Chair of English and Foreign Languages at Colorado State University-Pueblo, and a faculty member and administrator of programs involving student writing, faculty professional development, and student success. Chancellor Frank, the first female leader of UW-Stout, grew up in Colorado and has a bachelor's degree in English from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. She has master's and doctorate degrees in English from the University of Washington, Seattle. Frank's research interests include Romantic and Victorian English Literature, rhetoric and composition, the scholarship of teaching, and academic leadership. "I am delighted to join UW-Stout," Chancellor Frank said. "Throughout the search process, I became increasingly impressed by the high-quality work and creative thinking exhibited by faculty, staff, and students at UW-Stout, as well as the strong, reciprocal relationships among the university, community, and regional partners. Everyone demonstrated dedication to the university and exhibited true focus on ensuring student success. Katherine P. Frank became the eighth chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Stout, after a distinguished career as an administrator and faculty member.

Charles (Chuck) Bomar

Job Titles:
  • Biology

Charles W. Sorensen

Job Titles:
  • Chancellor, 1988 - 2014
  • Remembering Chancellor Emeritus

Chris Ferguson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • Honors College Director

Christina Northrop

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer

Clara Ries

Job Titles:
  • Director of Enterprise Information Systems
Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) provides administrative data and enterprise resource planning (ERP) services, including PeopleSoft (Campus Solutions) student information system application development, support and maintenance; data warehouse and reporting development; campus website technical support and operation, support and administration of servers for the UW-Stout community.

Cory Whipkey

Job Titles:
  • Student Success Librarian

Cynthia Knopps

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Program Manager I / Financial

Dale Hawley

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Dana Isaacson

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager

Danny Gissing

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Daphne Daughtry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • Research Services

Darlene Frey

Job Titles:
  • Financial Specialist Senior

David O'Connell

Job Titles:
  • Power Plant Operator - Senior

Dawn Uetz

Job Titles:
  • Services Program Associate

Deborah Wik

Job Titles:
  • Risk Management

Deborah Allen Schumacher

Job Titles:
  • Academic Department Associate / Rehabilitation & Counseling

Deborah Birkholz-Friis

Job Titles:
  • Operations Program Associate / Police and Parking

Deborah Keys

Job Titles:
  • Student Services Coordinator

Debra Homa

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Derek Sturgill

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Diane Olson

Job Titles:
  • Operations and Management

Diane Weisenbeck

Job Titles:
  • University Services Program Associate / College of STEMM

Don Steffen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Editor

Douglas Mell

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant to the Chancellor / Chancellor

Dr. Alexander Bozzo

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Director

Dr. Christine Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Program Director / Professor

Dr. Quin Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Chancellor of Equity, Diversity

Duane Buntz

Job Titles:
  • Instrument Shop Coordinator / Engineering & Technology

Duey Naatz

Job Titles:
  • Athletic Director
Duey Naatz is responsible for all aspects of the athletic department. Duey reports directly to the Chancellor.

Ediz Kaykayoglu

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chancellor for Enrollment & Strategic Initiatives / Enrollment & Strategic
Ediz Kaykayoglu provides leadership and strategic direction for the Enrollment and Strategic Initiatives division, which is responsible for all aspects of university enrollment management. The division includes Admissions, the Advisement Center, Student Financial Aid Services, Registration and Records, Stout Online, Professional Education, and Continuing Education.

Edward (Ted) Harris

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Elizabeth Kroening

Job Titles:
  • Student Staff Member
  • Social Media Coordinator

Elleen Thao

Job Titles:
  • Multicultural Student Services Program Advisor

Ellen Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Financial Specialist Senior

Ellen Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Office Assistant

Erik Guenard

Job Titles:
  • UW - Stout 's Chief Business Officer
  • Vice Chancellor for Business, Finance & Administrative Services / Business, Finance & Administrative Services
Erik Guenard serves as UW-Stout's chief business officer, overseeing the university's budget, advising the chancellor on financial management, and working with faculty, staff, students and community members to accomplish university initiatives.

Erin Hall-Rhoades

Job Titles:
  • Physician / Student Health

Evan Sveum

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer

Evelyn Van Donk

Job Titles:
  • Steenbock Endowed Chair
Initiative for the Creation of the Center for the Study and Promotion of Health and Wellbeing

Gabriella Bjurquist

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Glendali Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Provost / Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Glendali Rodriguez works with the deans, department chairs, directors and the Division of Academic Affairs to ensure the best possible environment for teaching and learning, scholarship, research, creative activities, and student services. The Provost's Office, working with the deans, department chairs, directors and others, has oversight of the Division of Academic Affairs.

Gregory Else

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board
  • Secretary of the Board

Hannah Billman

Job Titles:
  • Office Assistant
  • Student Staff Member

Hannah Lammer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Heidi Catlin

Job Titles:
  • Director of Learning Technology Services, Training and Communication
Learning Technology Services (LTS) is the first level of contact for instructional technology support. LTS serves as an instructional technology center focusing on teaching and learning for instructors of the UW-Stout teaching community. Offering a range of services, LCTS partners with faculty to provide expertise, training and support to assist instructors with incorporating instructional technology into their teaching practice and creating technology-enhanced instructional materials. Communication and training are key components in the successful delivery of technology services. The LIT department works to ensure that IT service and project communications between our department and the campus community are accurate, consistent, timely and responsive to the needs of intended audiences. In addition, the department coordinates training for staff and faculty on a variety of supported hardware, software and services and helps develop technology documentation that meets the unique needs and expectations of all learners.

Heidi Smith

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Hollace Anne Teuber

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Holly Yuan

Holly Yuan, Ph.D (POC). is a Professor and Program Director of Computer Networking & Information Technology, and Director for Cybersecurity Research & Outreach Center (CyROC) at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Her work on cybersecurity & IT laboratory curricula for undergraduate and graduate has been published in the country as book, book chapters, and conference paper. Dr. Yuan actively engages her students in the research. She has co-authored many book chapters and conference paper with her students. She has won several DoD and NASA cybersecurity grants. She has years of experience leading training and workshops and promote cybersecurity & IT curriculum in minority institutions. She is a member of the ACM and IEEE. Dr. Yuan also holds many valuable IT& cybersecurity certifications including CISM, CEH, AWS-SSA, Linux, VMware, CCIE-R&S, CCNA-Security, CCNP-Security, etc.

Jacqueline Bonneville

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Students

Jae Hamlin

Job Titles:
  • University Services Associate II / Teaching, Learning & Leadership

James Heu

Job Titles:
  • Director of Multicultural Student Services

James Huff Stout

Job Titles:
  • Founder, 1891 - 1910

Jamie Vue

Job Titles:
  • Advisor and Writing Specialist

Jamison Patrick

Job Titles:
  • Senior Instructional Designer

Jane Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Administrative Specialist / College of Science

Jane Deflorin

Job Titles:
  • Food Service Assistant 4

Janice Lawrence-Ramaeker

Job Titles:
  • Director

Jarvis Hall

Job Titles:
  • Science

Jason Levash

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board

Jeff Ohvall

Job Titles:
  • Director, Computer Services

Jeff Valbusch

Job Titles:
  • UWEC Honors College Director

Jerome Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Engineering & Technology

Jessica Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Fostering Success Advisor / TRIO Student Support Services Advisor

Jill Klefstad

Job Titles:
  • Education & Pupil Services
  • Professor

Jim Uhlir

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Program Manager

John Scheffler

Job Titles:
  • Engineering & Technology

John Schultz

Job Titles:
  • Engineering & Technology

John Stahmer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board
  • Treasurer of the Board

John Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Facility Maintenance Specialist Advanced

John Walter

Job Titles:
  • Custodial Lead

Jolanda Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources

Julie Beston

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Julie Cook

Job Titles:
  • Collections Specialist / Business & Financial Services

Julie Schumacher

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Kadi Wright - CSR

Job Titles:
  • Sustainability Manager
Kadi is the campus Sustainability Manager, working on ways to improve sustainability on campus.

Karen Pauly

Job Titles:
  • University Services Program Associate / Dean of Students

Karen Sinz

Job Titles:
  • University Services Associate II / Human Development

Karrin Ruch

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Kate Edenborg

Job Titles:
  • Professor / Program Director

Katharine Reed

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chancellor for University Advancement & Alumni Relations
The Vice Chancellor for University Advancement is responsible for oversight of the University's fundraising and alumni programs, and for representing those to the university's senior administration. Katharine Reed also serves as executive director of the Stout University Foundation and represents the university to alumni, parents and corporate constituencies.

Kay Manger-Hague

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board

Kevin Dietsche

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Kim LaBeree

Job Titles:
  • Associate Instructional Specialist

Kimberly Kadlec

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • Student Representative

Kristi Krimpelbein

Job Titles:
  • Head of Staff
As the principal aide to the Chancellor, Kristi coordinates all Chancellor's office operations and activities in support of institutional priorities. Kristi advises the Chancellor on policy, procedural, and operational issues of the university. Kristi is also responsible for records requests, and liaison activities with the state legislature, state and local officials, and the community.

Kristie Olson

Job Titles:
  • University Services Program Associate

Lacey Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board

Larry Blackledge

Job Titles:
  • Senior Management Engineer / Manufacturing

Laura Cragin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist / Student Health

Laura Giede

Job Titles:
  • Food Service Assistant

Lee Hakes

Job Titles:
  • Police Sergeant / Security & Police Services

Linda Borofka

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Senate Office
Linda Borofka Secretary of the Senate Office Senates 39 Years of Service to UW-Stout

Linda Dahl

Job Titles:
  • Academic Department Associate / Psychology

Linda Fane

Job Titles:
  • Office Operations Associate

Linda Funk

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board
  • Vice President of the Board

Lisa Maves

Job Titles:
  • Student Status Examiner Associate

Lopa Basu

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Lora Benrud

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board

Lorenzo Dow Harvey

Job Titles:
  • President, 1903 - 1922

Lou Welter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board

Lucas Feldkamp

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • Student Representative

Madison Olson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • UW Stout Alum - Prevention Coordinator, Arbor Place, Menomonie, WI

Marcia Jante

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board

Mark Fenton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • Business Administration Program Director

Mark Parsons

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chancellor for University Advancement

Mary Kay Sankey

Job Titles:
  • University Benefit Specialist / Human Resources

Mary McManus

Job Titles:
  • Director / Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute

Matthew Simoneau

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Program Director

Maureen Mitton

Job Titles:
  • Design

Meridith Wentz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Chancellor / Planning
Meridith Wentz is responsible for the University's strategic planning process, policies, accreditation and assessment. She is the director of Institutional Research and the Applied Research Center.

Michael Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Program Associate

Michael Capel

Job Titles:
  • Academic Department Assistant

Michael Huggins

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Marketing Officer / Marketing Communications
  • UW - Stout 's Strategic Marketing Officer
Michael Huggins is UW-Stout's strategic marketing officer. He oversees major initiatives to manage the university's reputation, heighten visibility and generate revenue support through enrollment, fundraising and partnership development.

Michael Kuhlman

Job Titles:
  • Food Service Manager

Michael Moua

Job Titles:
  • Math Specialist

Michelle Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Mitch Ogden

Job Titles:
  • Director

Monika Herrmann

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Nam S. Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin
Nam S. Nguyen, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin - Stout CNIT program. Dr. Nguyen is generally interested in Cybersecurity, Big Data, and Natural Language Processing issues. Before joining the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Dr. Nguyen worked as a Senior ICT & Security Officer for an Oil and Gas company in Vietnam for ten years.

Nathan Kirkman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean

Nick Werner

Job Titles:
  • UW Stout Alum - Computer Engineer

Patrick Guilfoile

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Honors Advisory Board
  • Provost
  • Vice Chancellor / Provost

Paul Calenberg

Job Titles:
  • Communications, Global Language
  • Professor

Paul Lokken

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor / Business

Peter Galante

Job Titles:
  • Professor / Communication Technologies

Philip Lyons

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chancellor / Administrative and Student

Philip McGuirk

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Renee Howarton

Job Titles:
  • Instructional Program Manager III / Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center

Richard (Dick) Herling

Job Titles:
  • Operations Management

Robert Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Chancellor, 2014 - 2019

Robert S. Swanson

Job Titles:
  • Chancellor, 1972 - 1988

Robert Salt

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the College of Education, Hospitality, Health and Human Services
  • Professor

Rod McRae

Job Titles:
  • Food Services Manager

Ronald Beck

Job Titles:
  • Custodian Lead

Ruth Nyland

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Sandra (Sandy) White

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Program Manager III

Sandra Scott

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Students
  • Dean of Students / Dean of Students
Sandra Scott provides leadership and administrative oversight as the Dean of Students and for the Student Life and Services unit. Scott reports directly to the Chancellor and manages special projects.

Scott Springer

Job Titles:
  • Engineering & Technology

Sean Haskamp

Job Titles:
  • Sergeant
Sgt. Haskamp is currently assigned as the evening patrol supervisor.

Seth Hudson

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director for Corporate Relations & Economic Engagement / Corporate Relations & Economic Engagement
Seth Hudsons directs UW-Stout's Office of Corporate Relations & Economic Engagement, including the Manufacturing Outreach Center, Stout Technology and Business Park, and a comprehensive range of industry, applied research, technical assistance and technology transfer efforts of the university.

Sharon (Sherri) Shope

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Program Specialist / Administrative and Student

Shaun Dudek

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor / Communication Technologies

Stephanie Danielson

Job Titles:
  • Program Office Associate

Steve Sizemore

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board

Steven Nielsen

Job Titles:
  • Custodian

Sue Traxler - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer
  • Assistant Chancellor for Learning & Information Technology / Chief Information Officer
  • Chief Information Officer / Learning and Information
Sue Traxler is responsible for Learning and Information Technology (LIT) a support organization dedicated to providing efficient and effective state-of-the-art learning and information technology solutions and services to students, faculty, and staff for instruction, administration, and public service in support of the University's mission.

Sylvia Tiala

Job Titles:
  • Director - Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center

Tammy Cutsforth

Job Titles:
  • Budget & Policy Analyst / Planning

Tammy Wolf

Job Titles:
  • Academic Department Associate / Biology

Terrence (Terry) Watkins

Job Titles:
  • Coach

Terri Karis

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Theresa (Terry) Reidt

Job Titles:
  • Student Status Examiner Associate

Tim Seichter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Stout University Foundation Board

Timothy (Tim) Becker

Job Titles:
  • Operations Management

Tom Hollenback

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Tom Janicki

Job Titles:
  • Director of Infrastructure Services
The Infrastructure Services (IS) team serves UW-Stout's academic community by providing desktop management of campus computers and computer labs, network file storage, email, management and deployment of campus and lab-specific desktop software, server management services for departments, and authentication services. In addition, IS provides the campus voice and data network.

Tom Pearson

Job Titles:
  • Honors College Assistant Director / Associate Professor of Anthropology

Traci White

Job Titles:
  • Financial Specialist Senior

Verne C. Fryklund

Job Titles:
  • President, 1945 - 1961

Virginia Lea

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Wei Shi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor and Program Director of Computer & Electrical
Wei Shi, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Computer & Electrical Engineering, and one of the core faculty for the Cybersecurity Research & Outreach Center (CyROC) at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Dr. Shi has won multiple awards including Robotics REU program from NSF, Fulton and Edna Holtby Endowed Chair award, and Emerging outstanding researcher award from UW-Stout. Dr. Shi has published extensively in the area of robotics and artificial intelligence. She serves as a reviewer for multiple IEEE journals. She is a member of the IEEE, ASEE, and IEEE Women in Engineering.

Welch Deal

Job Titles:
  • Psychology / Senior Lecturer

William Amsrud

Job Titles:
  • Senior Management Engineer / Manufacturing

William J. Micheels

Job Titles:
  • President / Chancellor, 1961 - 1972

William Kryshak

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Xanthi Gerasimo

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Xavier Knight

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Apparel & Communications Tech