Hi all,

Please see e-mail below from Jeff Bassford regarding changes in the Business Center.

 

As you can see, we will have a new business manager: Sarah Stehr that we will share with BSE.  Sarah will start on Aug 1st and will slowly transition into her new role with Mindy’s and Lauren’s help.  So, for now, please keep sending requests to Mindy as usual.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions and I’ll do my best to answer them.

 

Thanks,

Silvana

 

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Silvana Martini, PhD

Professor, Department Head

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Food Science & Technology

Lincoln, NE

402-472-5267

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

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Past President of the American Oil Chemists' Society (2022-2023)

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From: Jeff Bassford <jbassford2@unl.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 12:05 PM
To: Tiffany Heng-Moss <thengmoss2@unl.edu>; Thomas Burkey <tom.burkey@unl.edu>; Derek McLean <derek.mclean@unl.edu>; Charles Stoltenow <charles.stoltenow@unl.edu>; Deborah VanOverbeke <dvanoverbeke2@unl.edu>; Scott McVey <dmcvey2@unl.edu>; John Ruberson <jruberson2@unl.edu>; Thomas Field <tfield2@unl.edu>; Mitchell Doht <mdoht2@unl.edu>; Michael Adamowicz <madamowicz2@unl.edu>; Martha Mamo <mmamo3@unl.edu>; Loren Giesler <loren.giesler@unl.edu>; Donald Becker <dbecker3@unl.edu>; Edgar Cahoon <ecahoon2@unl.edu>; Daniel Schachtman <daniel.schachtman@unl.edu>; Larkin Powell <lpowell3@unl.edu>; Bhaskar Bhattacharya <bbhattacharya8@unl.edu>; Mark Balschweid <mbalschweid2@unl.edu>; Kate Brooks <kbrooks4@unl.edu>; Michael Nagle <mnagle3@unl.edu>; Mary Emery <memery2@unl.edu>; Silvana Martini <smartini2@unl.edu>; Mark Stone <mark.stone@unl.edu>; Peter McCornick <pmccornick@nebraska.edu>; Douglas Zalesky <dzalesky2@unl.edu>; Julie Peterson <julie.peterson@unl.edu>; John Westra <john.westra@unl.edu>; Mindy Lang <mindy.lang@unl.edu>
Cc: Lauren Madsen <lmadsen2@unl.edu>; Kyle Bogus <kbogus2@unl.edu>; Carrie Adams <cadams59@unl.edu>; Teresa Loseke <tloseke2@unl.edu>; Mindy Lang <mindy.lang@unl.edu>; Hannah Hokanson <hhokanson2@unl.edu>; Sarah Hansen <sarah.hansen@unl.edu>; Sarah Stehr <sarah.stehr@outlook.com>
Subject: IANR Business Operations reorganization update

 

In an effort to address persistent gaps in our ability to provide necessary business support services, the IANR business operations team is working through an internal reorganization. As we begin the new fiscal year, we will be migrating to slightly larger local business center teams to provide more seamless coverage. The new business center/unit alignments are as follows, with affiliation changes in bold and highlighted:

 

AVE – Carrie Adams, Manager – Current AVE units + Entomology, LTAP, Engler, Forensic Science

HAPPI – Teresa Loseke, Manager – Current HAPPI units + Beadle Center

NRBC – Kyle Bogus, Manager – Current NRBC units + Ag Leadership Education and Communications, Ag Econ, MEP, RPN

NIC – Sarah Stehr, Manager – Current NIC units + Biological Systems Engineering, DWFI

ENREEC – Sarah Hansen, Manager

WCREEC/PREEC – Hannah Hokanson, Manager

 

Additionally, we are creating focused HR and Financial Operations teams. These teams will bring together roles from across all business centers into central support teams. This adjustment is intended to provide more depth, stability, continuity and consistency of services. The team leaders are shown below:

 

HR/Payroll Operations Team – Mindy Lang, Manager

Financial Operations Team – Manager TBD

 

For now, processing and support requests should continue to be directed to your local business center team, who will insure delivery to the appropriate staff within our operation. As we settle into the new structure, some of our processes and staff locations may change. Updated instructions will be provided accordingly.

 

Feel free to share this message within your units as you feel is helpful. If you receive questions that I can assist in answering do not hesitate to let me know. Thank you.

 

Jeff

 

Jeff Bassford

Assistant Vice Chancellor – Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

308 Ag Hall

Lincoln, NE  68583-0705

jbassford2@unl.edu

(402) 472-1426

 

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