About

HFS Leadership Team

Assistant Vice President for Student Life, Executive Director, Housing & Food Services; Interim Director for Residential Life

Has 30 years of experience in university housing leadership, including 15 as Director of two university housing departments
Awarded the 2014 Parthenon Award by ACUHO-I, the most prestigious award given by the international higher-education housing association
Key to her position is providing support and resources to all HFS units while promoting the mission of the UW
Huskies, Bulldogs, Eagles, Gators oh my! Catch her cheering on her favorite college sports teams in her free time
Goal is to maintain a high-functioning department with sound decisions that makes the student experience worth the investment
After nine years in the Pacific Northwest, she can attest that the area offers interesting discoveries that makes this place the ultimate journey

Associate Director, Human Resources

Has 22 years of experience in college/university HR, including 19 years at HFS
You like that top she’s wearing? Too bad, you can’t have it. There is a 99 percent chance it was made by her
Goal is to provide HFS employees with the resources they need to be successful
Catch her, if you can, running the Seattle Thanksgiving Quadzilla – four half marathons Thanksgiving weekend.
Her goal for a successful HR team is to strive to work their way out of their jobs, which despite her playful banter, she is dead serious about

Director, Facililities Planning

Over 20 years of experience at HFS in facilities and capital planning
Served on University District Partnership board, mapping the future of the UW’s neighborhood
Seems to be constantly running, whether it be physically (at work overseeing a multimillion dollar capital development plan for HFS) or at home with his teenage son
Self-proclaimed music geek who seeks out regular rock shows (or what constitutes rock these days)
Can be found regularly disrupting staff meetings with his well-known wisecracking sense of humor
Goal is to improve the quality of student life through facilities design and an urban fabric that supports academic, civic and social growth

Director, Communications and Marketing

Has more than 25 years of experience directing marketing and communication strategies for private companies and not-for-profit organizations.
Her career highlights include managing marketing for Broadway musical tours in several West Coast cities. Ask her about her favorite Broadway shows!
Produced television commercials to raise funds for a national charitable organization.
Met her two best friends while living in the residence hall at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Loves everything Italian—language, food, culture, and her family.

Director, Operations

Over 15 years of housing operations, facilities management, and Residential Life experience at the UW, Gonzaga University, Oregon State University and Washington State University
Former President of the Northwest Association of College and University Housing Officers (NWACUHO)
In need of an emergency management plan? Here’s your guy! He can be found volunteering for King County Search and Rescue and Seafair as a leader of incident command and management
Affectionately dubbed the team’s Boy Scout (fitting after having achieved Eagle Scout and even being elected as a national officer)

Chief Information Officer

Has 25 years of experience in private, nonprofit and public sector informational technology
Since his freshman year at the UW, he has been building computers from scratch, which unsurprisingly leading him to a job in software development and information technology
Finds serenity in gardening and believes that “digging in the dirt” is one of the most rewarding things you can do
Objective is to be a good steward of IT advancement and the support of HFS business processes through the integral role of technology
Catch him on the next episode of BBQ PitMasters with his infamous Texas-Louisiana-style BBQ under the name Swat-Q

Chief Financial Officer

Nearly 20 years of experience in higher-education finance leadership, including the last eight at HFS
Fulfilled his lifelong dream of living on an island when he moved to Seattle four years ago
Leading the charge of supporting the HFS frontlines, ensuring financial and operational stability while also making sure everyone gets paid
Pre-kids, played golf competitively. Now fulfills his desire of being on the green by advising the UW chapter of the Evans Scholars caddy program
Dedicates his time to maximizing housing financial systems and operations in an effort to give back to university housing, which saved his college own trajectory (moving into University of Arizona housing is what kept him in college)

Director, UW Dining

Has over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, from multiunit food service operations and financial consulting to marketing.
Spent the previous five years as a national brand manager developing, training and implementing the guest-experience program for a global food service company.
Goal is to evolve and refine a dining program within our UW community that provides every customer a positive experience through great service and quality products.
Relatively new to the Pacific Northwest and is obsessed with exploring all the amazing destinations in the area, especially the San Juan Islands.
Spent seven days on a bike touring through Portugal this past summer and is always looking for that next destination.