Meet your People & Culture Team
You probably remember being in touch with your CU System Human Resources contact throughout your application and hiring process. We’re still here for you now that you’re an employee. In fact, the System Human Resources team is behind you for your entire CU life.
Teams
System Human Resources consists up of five core teams ranging from seeking top-tier talent to fostering ongoing professional development.
Leadership
Felicity O'Herron
Vice President and
Chief Human Resources Officer
felicity.o'herron@cu.edu
Kristin Turner
Assistant Vice President of Human Resources, Learning & Development
kristin.turner@cu.edu
Compensation
Contact:
SystemHR.Compensation@cu.edu
Contact for:
- Compensation
- Job classification
- Salary surveys
- Backfilling roles
- Assistance creating new roles
- Promotions
- Annual salary adjustments
- Special pay options
Rusty Brunner
Compensation Manager
rusty.brunner@cu.edu
Elsa Bollinger
Sr. Compensation Analyst
elsa.bollinger@cu.edu
Tyler Lynn
Compensation Analyst
tyler.lynn@cu.edu
Culture, Talent & Leadership Development
Contact: systemhr.culture@cu.edu
Responsibilities:
- Culture, development and engagement projects
- Talent development projects focused on employee, supervisor, leader and team development
- Performance development
- In-person and virtual training
- Excellence in Leadership Program
Ashley Eschler
Program Director,
Culture, Talent & Leadership Development
ashley.eschler@cu.edu
Rebecca Derr
Senior Talent Development Specialist
rebecca.derr@cu.edu
People Operations
Contact: systemhr@cu.edu
Contact for:
- Onboarding
- Employee relations
- Coaching and advising employees and managers on people-related items
- HCM data entry
- Leave administration
- System Administration payroll entry
- ADA and other compliance actions
- Exit processes and interviews
Beth Marcotte
People Operations Manager
beth.marcotte@cu.edu
Jennifer Dekker
Sr. People Operations Analyst
jennifer.dangelo@cu.edu
Nick Thomas
Sr. People Operations Analyst
nicholas.thomas@cu.edu
Talent Acquisition
Contact: SystemHR.Recruiting@cu.edu
Contact for:
- Recruitment for staff and students
- Search committee processes and documents
- Contracts for applicant tracking software, background checks and other talent acquisition vendors
Sheri Jungman
Talent Acquisition Manager
sheri.jungman@cu.edu
Talisha Bell
Sr. HR Professional, HR for UIS
talisha.bell@cu.edu
Paige Helminski
Sr. Talent Acquisition Professional
paige.helminski@cu.edu
Turner Rafter
Talent Acquisition Professional
turner.rafter@cu.edu
Learning & Content Development
Contact: system.training@cu.edu
Contact for:
- Content for compliance, university-wide and campus-wide required courses.
- Course development services, spanning the full process, from organizing and writing course content, creating a quiz or assessment, developing the course using eLearning software, and uploading the course to the Skillsoft platform. Learn more.
- University-wide contracts with LinkedIn Learning and Franklin Covey.
- University-wide learning management system administration and contracts.
Laura Siedzick
Training & Content Manager
laura.siedzick@cu.edu
Robi Calderaro
Sr. Tech Developer and Instructional Designer
robi.calderaro@cu.edu
Morgan Endsley
Project Manager
morgan.endsley@cu.edu
Janet Lowe
Working Retiree
janet.lowe@cu.edu
Kay Miller
Senior Instructional Designer
kay.miller@cu.edu
Mary Williams
Working Retiree
mary.williams@cu.edu
Angie Young
Instructional Designer
angie.young@cu.edu