Contact HR

HR Shared Services

HR Shared Services is your first point of contact for all types of employee questions, including benefits, compensation, and supervisor/manager transactions.

To see all staff in each department, view the staff directory.

Office Location

621 Skytop Road, Suite 1001
Syracuse, NY 13244-5300
315.443.4042
hrservice@syr.edu

For driving directions, click “view larger map.” Free visitor parking is available in the 621 Skytop North lot.

Academic year office hours for Syracuse University are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. These hours begin on the Monday of the first week of classes in August and remain in effect until the Friday before Commencement in May.

Summer office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. These hours begin the Monday after commencement and remain in effect until the Friday before the first week of classes of the fall semester.

Staff Directory

Please Note: All phone numbers begin with 315.443.xxxx.

PhoneStaff Member, TitleEmail
Administration
5459Andrew Gordon, Sr. VP/Chief Human Resources Officeragordon@syr.edu
5462Dana Sovocool, Interim Associate Vice President of HR Operations & Talent Management Strategydesovoco@syr.edu
6311Raquel Patterson, Director of Operations and Administration ropatter@syr.edu
6652Holley Musak, Administrative Specialisthamusak@syr.edu
6789Fan Yang, Senior HR Data Analystfyang27@syr.edu
HR Business Partners
1914Amanda Barbuto, Senior HR Business Partner
Serving Athletics, Student Experience, Marketing, Newhouse, Communications, General Counsel, Board of Trustees/Chancellor and Diversity Office 		ajbarbut@syr.edu
2099Lindsay Blair, Senior HR Business Partner
Serving Library, Academic Affairs, Falk, Graduate School, and SU Abroad 		lpblair@syr.edu
4333Karin Botto, Senior HR Business Partner
Serving Advancement, Hendricks Chapel and Strategic Initiatives & Innovation (IVMF) 		klbotto@syr.edu
1960Michelle Johnson, Senior HR Business Partner
Serving College of Professional Studies, Information Technology Services, Whitman, Architecture, Education, and iSchool		mcjohnso@syr.edu
9287 Eric Kay, Senior HR Business Partner
Serving Arts & Sciences, Maxwell, Law and Visual & Performing Arts Schools 		ekay03@syr.edu
4055Alex Dietrich, Associate Vice President of HR Operations & Talent Management Strategy
Serving Engineering and Computer Science
aadietri@syr.edu
5459Andrew Gordon, providing support to the Board of Trustees, Chancellor's Department, Office of Human Resources.agordon@syr.edu
Benefits
8044Sarah Azria, Director of Benefits Strategy & Initiativessazria@syr.edu
2097Jennifer McLaughlin, Senior Benefits Specialistjamclaug@syr.edu
2413Kristen Otter, Senior Benefits Specialistkkotter@syr.edu
Compensationhrcomp@syr.edu
2349Pamela Socker, Director of Compensation Strategypasocker@syr.edu
4824Amanda Cooper, Senior Compensation Specialistacooper@syr.edu
5371Monica Hobika, Senior Compensation Specialistmlhobika@syr.edu
2488Kajsa Kenney, Compensation Analystkpkenney@syr.edu
HR Information Technologyhrit@syr.edu
1956Kathi Donahue, Associate Director, HRITkwdonahu@syr.edu
1021Christine Brophy, Functional Business Analystcjbrophy@syr.edu
Labor Relations
9095Denise Dyce, Associate Vice President, Labor & Employee Relationsdcdyce@syr.edu
3666David Chaplin, Director of Labor & Employee Relationsdchaplin@syr.edu
2384Cathy Bottari, Associate Director, Labor Relationscabottar@syr.edu
5869John DeRosier, Labor Relations Senior Specialistjjderosi@syr.edu
7186Youlanda Johnson, Labor Relations Coordinatoryojohnso@syr.edu
6719Ranette Releford, Labor Relations Senior Specialistrlrelefo@syr.edu
Organizational Development & Traininglearn@syr.edu
7612Pam Gavenda, Associate Director, Organizational Development & Trainingpegavend@syr.edu
Talent Managementjobopps@syr.edu
5969Shaniqua Campbell, Talent Acquisition Managerscampb17@syr.edu
3656Darren Cobb, Talent Acquisition Managerdscobb@syr.edu
4823Sharon Cole, Associate Director, Talent Managementsdcole@syr.edu
3218Samantha Costello, Talent Acquisition Managerslcostel@syr.edu
1204Anthony Fano, Talent Acquisition Manageranfano@syr.edu
7241Haven Flowers, Talent Management Associatehlflower@syr.edu
2843Nana Hirabayashi, Dual Career Consultant/Talent Acquisition Managernhirabay@syr.edu
3215Megan Law, Associate Director, Talent Managementmlaw02@syr.edu
2378Alondra Zimmerman, Talent Acquisition Managerazimme02@syr.edu
HR Shared Serviceshrservice@syr.edu
5839Jim Mennig, Director of Shared Servicesjemennig@syr.edu
4042Katryna Anyango, Shared Services Representativekanyango@syr.edu
4042Genna Bersani, Senior Advisor, Shared Services gmbersan@syr.edu
4042Hannah Emhoff, Shared Services Representative IIhgemhoff@syr.edu
4042Casey Green, Shared Services Advisorcgreen21@syr.edu
4042Adam Kemp, Shared Services Representativeaykemp@syr.edu
4042Caitlin McDonald, Shared Services Representative IIcfwelker@syr.edu
4042Hannah Palladino, Senior Advisor, Shared Services hnpallad@syr.edu
4042Lauren Regan, Budget Support Associate leregan@syr.edu
4042Nazir Safi, Shared Services Representativemosafi@syr.edu
4042Peter Skomsky, HR Quality Assurance Managerpaskomsk@syr.edu
4042Olivia Tamburro, Shared Services Representativeoitambur@syr.edu
4042Nicole Torres, Shared Services Advisorntorre04@syr.edu
4042Jennifer Wagner, Shared Services Representativejwagne09@syr.edu
4042Dominique Williams, Shared Services Representativedpwillia@syr.edu
4042Erica Wynn-Kearse, HR Shared Services Managerewynnkea@syr.edu
Wellnesswellness@syr.edu
5472Kim DeStefano, Senior Health & Wellness Specialistkaloucy@syr.edu

For general questions or if you aren’t sure who to call, please contact HR Shared Services at 315.443.4042 for assistance.