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Contact Us

General Contact Information

E-mail: HR.Contact@nau.edu

Phone Number: (928) 523-2223

Fax Number: (928) 523-7486

Physical Address:
Centennial Building (Bldg. 91)
411 S Beaver Street, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011

Mailing Address:
PO Box 4113, Flagstaff, AZ 86011

Human Resources Organizational Chart
HR Staff List

Department Contact Information

To find the most appropriate contact person for your question, enter your department:

  • Benefits

    • Leaves (Family Medical Leave/FMLA, personal leave, medical leave)
    • Worker's compensation
    • Retirement counseling
    • Retirement plans and long term disability insurance 

          Iris Price (Classified Staff)
          Benefits Advisor
          (928)523-7143
          Iris.Price@nau.edu 

          Vicki Adney (Faculty and Appointed Staff)
          Benefits Advisor
          (928)523-6147
          Vicki.Adney@nau.edu 

    • Enrolling in benefits
    • Questions about health, dental, vision, short-term disability, or life insurance
    • Supplemental retirement savings plans (403b and 457 deferred compensation)
    • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for health or dependent care
    • Changes to benefits due to life changes such as marriage, divorce, birth of a child
    • Questions about sick or vacation accruals

           Hannah Lewis
           Benefits Specialist
           (928)523-1307
           Hannah.Lewis@nau.edu         

           Amy Ulibarri
           Benefits Administrator
           (928)523-0002
           Amy.Ulibarri@nau.edu    

    • ACA tracking and compliance
    • ASRS tracking and compliance
    • Variable hour employee tracking
    • ASRS Eligibility (20/20 rule)

           Amy Ulibarri
           Benefits Administrator
           (928)523-0002
           Amy.Ulibarri@nau.edu   

  • Compensation

    • Special assignments
    • Workforce planning and salary adjustments
    • Classified staff pay grades and salary ranges
    • Job classification titles and descriptions
    • Service professional compensation guidelines
  •      Nicole Christian
         Employment & Compensation Analyst
         (928)523-6127
         Nicole.Christian@nau.edu

  •       Rebecca Allender
          Employment & Compensation Analyst
          (928)523-6184
          Rebecca.Allender@nau.edu

  •       Cheryl Goldberg
          Employment & Compensation Analyst
          (928)523-8201
          Cheryl.Goldberg@nau.edu

  •      Cathy Speirs
         Associate Director
         (928)523-6136
         Cathy.Speirs@nau.edu

  • Employee Relations

    • Problem solving for employees and managers on Human Resource issues
    • Organizational effectiveness
    • Performance appraisals and performance concerns
    • Disciplinary actions
    • NAU Human Resources and ABOR personnel policy interpretation
    • Compliance with federal and state law
  •      Brian Schmidt
         Employee Relations Consultant
         (928)523-6139
         Brian.Schmidt@nau.edu

  •       Marcia Warden
          Assistant Director, Employee Relations
          (928)523-9624
          Marcia.Warden@nau.edu

  • Employment

    • Hiring process for staff
      • Classified Staff (Hire Smart)
      • Service Professional (Hire Smart)
      • Temporary Employees
      • Student Workers
       
    • Job Requisition Analysis
      • Establishing Titles
      • Establishing posting ranges
       
    • New Employee Hiring/Onboarding
    • Background and Fingerprint Checking
    • Job Postings
      • Posting on HR Website
      • Closing a posting
  •      Nicole Christian
         Employment & Compensation Analyst
         (928)523-6127
         Nicole.Christian@nau.edu

  •       Rebecca Allender
          Employment & Compensation Analyst
          (928)523-6184
          Rebecca.Allender@nau.edu

  •       Cheryl Goldberg
          Employment & Compensation Analyst
          (928)523-8201
          Cheryl.Goldberg@nau.edu

  •       Cathy Speirs
          Associate Director
         (928)523-6136
         Cathy.Speirs@nau.edu 

  • Payroll: Employee Pay Services

    • ePAR Processing
      • Initiating ePARS
      • ePAR approval issues
       
    • Employee Pay Questions
      • Benefit eligible employees
      • Temporary/Student employees
      • Federal Work Study
      • Part-time Faculty
      • Extended Campuses part-time instructors
       
    • Time & Labor - Online Time Processing
    • Employee pay discrepancies
    • End of employment pay issues
      • vacation payouts
      • final pay calculations
       
    • New Employee Hiring Packet Processing (Hire Xpress)
    • Off-Cycle Check Processing
  •       Katherine Kurpierz
          Employee Pay Services Specialist
          (928)523-6129
          Katherine.Kurpierz@nau.edu

  •       Kevin Nowicki
          Employee Pay Services Specialist
          (928)523-0200
          Kevin.Nowicki@nau.edu

  •       Barb Rudy
          Employee Pay Services Specialist, Sr.
          (928)523-5906
          Barb.Rudy@nau.edu

  •       Cheryl Brothers
          Assistant Director - HR Payroll Services
          (928)523-6085
          Cheryl.Brothers@nau.edu

  • Payroll: Faculty & Administrator Hiring & NOA Processing

    • ePAR Processing
      • Initiating ePARs
      • ePAR approval issues
       
    • Notice of Appointment Processing

          Katherine Kurpierz
          Payroll Coordinator
          (928)523-6129
          Katherine.Kurpierz@nau.edu 

    Payroll: Processing

    • Direct deposit
    • Bank of America Pay Cards
    • Voluntary deductions (ex. A+ Insurance, Rec Center, Annual Fund, United Way)
    • W-2 questions
    • Tax withholding (federal W-4's, state A-4's)
    • Garnishments (child support, student loans, tax levies)
    • W-2 questions
    • 1042-S questions
    • Cell Phone Purchase Agreement and Reimbursement Pay
    •  eVerify/I-9 processing
    • Remote/Out-of-State employee hiring process
    • International Employment
  •       April Peck
          Payroll Coordinator
          (928)523-6182
          April.Peck@nau.edu  

  •       Maryalice Minnick
          Payroll Coordinator
          (928)523-9401
          Maryalice.Minnick@nau.edu 

  •       Max Pitroff
          Payroll Specialist, Senior
          (928)523-6134
          Maxim.Pitroff@nau.edu 

  •       Cheryl Brothers
          Assistant Director - HR Payroll Services
          (928)523-6085
          Cheryl.Brothers@nau.edu 

  • Professional Development and Training

    • Employee and supervisor training and development
    • New employee orientation
    • HR resource library
  •       Cassie Petit
          Assistant Director of Learning and Organizational Development 
          (928)523-9338
          Cassie.Petit@nau.edu 

  •       Jeff Pudwill
          Learning and Development Trainer
          (928)523-6106
          Jeff.Pudwill@nau.edu 

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Welcome to Human Resources
Location
Building 91
Centennial Building
411 S Beaver Street
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Contact Form
Email
HR.Contact@nau.edu
Phone
(928) 523-2223