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Leadership

Meredith Thomsen  Profile of Meredith Thomsen

Dean Grad & Extended Learning
205C Morris Hall
mthomsen@uwlax.edu
608.785.8245

Specialty areas:

Academic leadership; graduate program support; credit and non-credit outreach program development. Primary contact for thesis/dissertation; graduate faculty status. 

Lynn Weiland  Profile of Lynn Weiland

Extended Learning Director
205 Morris Hall
lweiland@uwlax.edu
608.785.6512

Specialty areas:

Programming Team Lead: credit and noncredit program support; collaborative degree programs; professional and organizational innovation and development; educational administration

Havvah Holl  Profile of Havvah Holl

Operations Manager
220C Morris Hall
hholl@uwlax.edu
608.785.6511

Specialty areas:

Operations Team Lead, non-credit program support

Michele Overgard  Profile of Michele Overgard

Marketing Manager
205B Morris Hall
movergard@uwlax.edu
608.785.6507

Specialty areas:

Marketing Team Lead; multi-channel marketing of online degree programs, conference & event services, youth, and professional development programs; program evaluation and needs assessment development; non-credit Canvas course development

Programming Team

Gary Gilmore  Profile of Gary Gilmore

Professor
418F Wimberly Hall
ggilmore@uwlax.edu
608.785.8163

Specialty areas:

Public Health Epidemiology; Family Health and Wellness; Cancer Prevention and Early Detection; Psychological Type and Preference; Community-Based Participatory Research; Global Health Issues.

KJ Krzyzanowski  Profile of KJ Krzyzanowski  KJ Krzyzanowski saysMeet with me

Youth Program Specialist
205E Morris Hall
kkrzyzano@uwlax.edu
608.785.6812

Specialty areas:

Youth program development and management;  professional development programs for educators. Primary contact for Concurrent Enrollment, youth programs, and youth protection within Academic Affairs.

Ania Meier  Profile of Ania Meier

Graduate Program Specialist
205A Morris Hall
ameier@uwlax.edu
608.785.6510

Specialty areas:

Graduate program and graduate applicant support. Primary contact for questions about graduate applications, graduate webpages, and Collaborative graduate programs.

Amber Miller-Adamany  Profile of Amber Miller-Adamany

Professional Education Program Specialist
205F Morris Hall
amiller-adamany@uwlax.edu
608.785.6528

Specialty areas:

Conference services, professional development, and graduate program support. Primary contact for School Psychology Online, Recreation Management-Professional Development, and Public Health graduate programs. 

Milandrie Wakim  Profile of Milandrie Wakim

Cont Edu Program Manager
205 Morris Hall
mwakim@uwlax.edu
608.785.6509

Specialty areas:

Non-credit program development and management; conference services; event planning; Commencement planning.

Primary contact for staff/faculty Commencement questions. 

Lynn Weiland  Profile of Lynn Weiland

Extended Learning Director
205 Morris Hall
lweiland@uwlax.edu
608.785.6512

Specialty areas:

Programming Team Lead: credit and noncredit program support; collaborative degree programs; professional and organizational innovation and development; educational administration

Marketing Team

Renee Chrz  Profile of Renee Chrz

Marketing Coordinator
220A Morris Hall
rchrz@uwlax.edu
608.785.6505

Specialty areas:

Multi-channel marketing of conference, event, youth and professional development programs; program evaluation development and dissemination

Michele Overgard  Profile of Michele Overgard

Marketing Manager
205B Morris Hall
movergard@uwlax.edu
608.785.6507

Specialty areas:

Marketing Team Lead; multi-channel marketing of online degree programs, conference & event services, youth, and professional development programs; program evaluation and needs assessment development; non-credit Canvas course development

Operations Team

Alexis Budden  Profile of Alexis Budden

Non-Credit Coordinator
220B Morris Hall
abudden@uwlax.edu
608.785.6502

Specialty areas:

Non-credit program and participant support; youth program support; event logistics; customer service.

Havvah Holl  Profile of Havvah Holl

Operations Manager
220C Morris Hall
hholl@uwlax.edu
608.785.6511

Specialty areas:

Operations Team Lead, non-credit program support

Karen McGarvey  Profile of Karen McGarvey

Administrative Specialist
205D Morris Hall
kmcgarvey@uwlax.edu
608.785.6508

Specialty areas:

Non-credit program support; event logistics; customer service.

Olga Santoyo-Garcia  Profile of Olga Santoyo-Garcia

Credit Coordinator
220 Morris Hall
osantoyo-garcia@uwlax.edu
608.785.6513

Specialty areas:

Non-credit and credit program support; event logistics; graduate program applicant and student assistance. 

Primary contact for student Commencement questions and for Summer/Winter Session.