Contact Information


University of Minnesota Duluth
255 Darland Administration Building
1049 University Drive
Duluth MN 55812

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Telephone: 218-726-7161
Fax: 218-726-7505
TTY: 218-726-8251
Email for employment questions: umdjobs@d.umn.edu
Email for all other questions: lwallace@d.umn.edu

Judith Karon
Director
218/726-6326

Employee and Labor relations, contract and rule interpretation, grievance handling, Administrative Consulting, supervisor/employee issues, compensation and legal matters related to employment, management consultation, organizational development, Workers' Compensation and Minnesota Government Data Practices Act

Betsy Behning
Admin Director
218/726-6740
HRMS Key Contact; Employment System Access Approver and contact for policy and procedures relating to academic employment groups; I-9 Express System Administrator; contact for background checks, vacation donation program, vacation cash-outs, Position Management, and America Reads; personnel/payroll coordinator for non-academic employment groups
Mary Cameron
Associate Director
Non-Academic
218/726-7912

Policies and procedures for personnel hiring of non-academic (bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit, student employment/work-study and miscellaneous); supervisor/employee issues; contract/rule interpretion and layoff policies

Joan Erickson
Assistant Director
Non- Academic
218/726-6520
Medical leaves and FMLA procedures, drug and alcohol testing policies, Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, data requests, campus and departmental planning, HR research and grievance tracking
Barbara Gundersen
Employment Coordinator
218/726-8297
Non-Academic employment processing; student employment; Layoff List Coordinator; Work-Study payroll entry; AFSCME Seniority Reports, National Student Employment Week Coordinator; FMLA back-up
Tanisha Lee
HR Support Staff Specialist
218/726-7161
Staff support for Director and Associate Director; back-up employment processing, student employment, Temporary Office Service (TOS), Regents' Scholarship, Termination Checklist, Job Evaluation Questionnaire (JEQ).
Catherine Rackliffe
Workers' Comp
& HIPAA Coordinator
218/726-6827
Campus resource for Academic searches, Workers' Compensation, and HIPAA, staff support for the Office of Equal Opportunity, OEO Intake Coordinator.
Lita Wallace
Wellness & Training Coordinator
218/726-7822
Training and wellness programs, employee benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Outstanding Service Awards, webmaster, new employee orientation, Temporary Office Service (T.O.S.)

Resources
Mary Harris
UMD Director, UReturn
218/726-7725
UReturn-Employee Services
Facilitates in returning employees with medical issues back to work and help provide reasonable accommodations
St. Luke's Employee Assistance Program
1/218-249-7077 or
1/888-355-8495
Employee Assistance Program assist staff, faculty and there dependents with personal and workplace issues.