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

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Felicity O'Herron
Vice President and
Chief Human Resources Officer
felicity.o'herron@cu.edu

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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

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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

 

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Ashley Eschler
Program Director,
Culture, Talent & Leadership Development
ashley.eschler@cu.edu

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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

 

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Beth Marcotte
People Operations Manager
beth.marcotte@cu.edu

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Jennifer Dekker
Sr. People Operations Analyst
jennifer.dangelo@cu.edu

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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

Sheri Jungman
Talent Acquisition Manager
sheri.jungman@cu.edu

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Talisha Bell
Sr. HR Professional, HR for UIS
talisha.bell@cu.edu

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Paige Helminski
Sr. Talent Acquisition Professional
paige.helminski@cu.edu

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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

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Robi Calderaro
Sr. Tech Developer and Instructional Designer
robi.calderaro@cu.edu

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Morgan Endsley
Project Manager
morgan.endsley@cu.edu

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Janet Lowe
Working Retiree
janet.lowe@cu.edu

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Kay Miller
Senior Instructional Designer
kay.miller@cu.edu

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Mary Williams
Working Retiree
mary.williams@cu.edu

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Angie Young
Instructional Designer
angie.young@cu.edu