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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
205B 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.

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
Morris Hall
amiller-adamany@uwlax.edu

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
205F 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
205B 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
205 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.