Departments & Staff

Leadership Team

Name/TitleContact Information
Mike Durkin
Chief Procurement Officer		774-570-5424
mdurkin@umassp.edu
Jillian Warren
Executive Assistant		774-528-0308
jwarren@umassp.edu
Brian Girard
Deputy Chief Procurement Officer		774-275-3336
bgirard@umassp.edu
Sara Veilleux
Director, Strategic Sourcing		774-268-4569 
sveilleux@umassp.edu

Procurement Operations

Our Procurement Operations team handles requisitions, purchase orders, Bank Card, accounts payable (payment/invoice), travel & expense processing, and supplier management (diversity, registration, and risk) for the UMass system and our suppliers.

Accounts Payable

Name, Title
Rob Hyde, Senior Accounts Payable Manager
Lynne Ferrell, Accounts Payable Manager
Amanda Gordon, Accounts Payable Supervisor
Kendra Sheppard, Senior Accounts Payable Clerk
Paula Cassanelli, Accounts Payable Clerk
Barbara Norton, Accounts Payable Clerk
Gayle Johnson, Accounts Payable Clerk
Jacqueline Quinlan, Accounts Payable Clerk
Sara Douglass, Accounts Payable Clerk
Nicole Hatch, Accounts Payable Clerk
Aubrey Gauthier, Accounts Payable Clerk

Procurement and Bank Card

Name, Title
Kelsey McCauley, Procurement and Bank Card Program Manager
Deb Fisher, Procurement Operations Specialist
Ashley Tejada, Procurement Operations Specialist
Caitlyn Riedle, Procurement Operations Specialist
Gene Wong, Procurement Operations Specialist
Liane Hatch, Bank Card Program Specialist
Danielle Young, Bank Card Program Specialist
Debra Hight, Procurement and Bank Card Program Specialist

Supplier Relationship Management

Name, Title
Christine Escobedo, Supplier Relationship Manager
Zach Gull, Supplier Relationship Specialist
Cheryl Lavallee, Supplier Relationship Specialist

Strategic Sourcing

This team supports the system with bid execution (sourcing) and contract development.

Contracts

Name/Title
Susan Cone, Contracts Manager
Colin Foley, Senior Contract Specialist
Elisha Alt, Contract Specialist
Pam Giordano, Contract Specialist
Carrie Clifton, Contract Specialist
Adianna Barrett, Contract Specialist Consultant
Feruz Nurhussien, Contract Specialist Consultant

Strategic Sourcing

Name/Title
Bill Mannix, Strategic Sourcing Manager
Alex Therkelsen, Category Manager
Christopher England, Category Manager
Jill Lemire, Category Manager
Michael Boyle, Category Manager
Kim Mailloux, Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Eden Medaglia, Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Evanthia Tully, Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Toby Lau, Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Interns

We are extremely proud of our internship program, which provides students from UMass campuses a way to learn hands-on business skills within all corners of UMass Procurement.

Our Interns

NAME/TITLE
Nathan Nguyen, Strategic Sourcing Intern

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