Who manages my award?
Award Groups (formerly Ag Codes) are how we assign awards to accountants in Sponsored Programs Services. Loosely, award groups are a collection of awards belonging to the same or similar sponsors. The award group for a specific award may be found on the award header in Workday. Likewise, the Award Contract Owner listed on an award header in Workday is the SPS Accountant assigned to manage that award.
How are we doing?
We encourage the WSU system to share feedback on SPS’s performance. Are we meeting your needs? Did a member of our team go above and beyond to support you? Do you have feedback or ideas about how and where we could improve?
Please share with us via our Jira Feedback Service Desk.
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Operations Team

Kim Small
Operations Manager
(509) 335-2047
Email Responsibilities: Supervises new award setups, award closure, supplier invoice payments, cash advances, SPS email monitoring, audit coordination. Award Groups: 56, 90, 95
Rebecca Auliye
Operations Program Assistant
(509) 335-2047
Email Responsibilities: Operations Team – SPS general email inbox, mail processing, checks, entering supplier invoices in Jira, award closing, subrecipient monitoring.Jeff Ortiz
Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-2047
Email Responsibilities: Operations Team – award setups, cash advances.Salvador Esquivel
Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-2047
Email Responsibilities: Operations Team – award setups.Hailey Christy
Program Assistant (Project)
(509) 335-2047
Email Responsibilities: General Workday implementation support for the Operations team. Award Groups: 68, 78VACANT
Fiscal Analyst 1 (Project)
(509) 335-2047
Email Responsibilities: General Workday implementation support for the Operations team. Award Groups: TBDCompliance Team

Tyler Howard
Compliance Manager
(509) 335-5599
Email Responsibilities: Supervises effort certification and continuing effort, cost share entries, faculty timecard approvals, grad school memos, accounts receivable, receipting, subrecipient monitoring, FFATA.
Nate Sletteland
Compliance Program Assistant
(509) 335-5599
Email Responsibilities: Effort Certification and monitoring Continuing Effort, Cost Share Entries.Ambriyanna Wooten
Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-2058
Email Responsibilities: Compliance Team – accounts receivable, receipting, FFATA, sub-recipient monitoring. Award Groups: 62, 72

Stuart Baxter-Potter
Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-5599
Email Responsibilities: Compliance Team – accounts receivable, receipting. Award Groups: 9, 80Federal Team
Kim Akin
Federal Grants Manager
(509) 335-6549
Email Responsibilities: Supervises post-award financial research administration for federal awards. Award Groups: 44, 57, 75Colin Gulbrandsen
Lead Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-6549
Email Responsibilities: Federal Team Lead – post award financial research administration for federal awards. Award Groups: 50, 51, 74Tammy Olson
Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-6549
Email Responsibilities: Federal Team – post award financial research administration for federal awards. Award Groups: 58, 59Geoffrey Daily
Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-6549
Email Responsibilities: Federal Team – post award financial research administration for federal awards. Award Groups: 45, 55, 63, 77Tiana Keasal
Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-6549
Email Responsibilities: Federal Team – post award financial research administration for federal awards. Award Groups: 43, 53, 65, 67, 70, 73, 76, 79VACANT
Fiscal Analyst 2 (Project)
(509) 335-6549
Email Responsibilities: General Workday implementation support for the Operations team.VACANT
Fiscal Analyst 1 (Project)
(509) 335-2047
Email Responsibilities: General Workday implementation support for the Operations team.Non-Federal Team

Sandy Jutte
Non-Federal Grants Manager
(509) 335-8824
Email Responsibilities: Supervises post-award financial research administration for non-federal awards and federal flow-throughs where WSU is the subrecipient. Award Groups: 48, 54
Claire Rathbun
Lead Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-8824
Email Responsibilities: Non-Federal Team Lead – post-award financial research administration for non-federal awards. Award Groups:Note: Claire is on a leave of absence at the moment. Please reach out to the Non-Federal Grants Manager for assistance.

Toan Vuong
Interim Lead Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-8824
Email Responsibilities: Non-Federal Team Lead – post-award financial research administration for non-federal awards. Award Groups: 47, 49, 66VACANT
Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-8824
Email Responsibilities: Non-Federal Team – post-award financial research administration for non-federal awards. Award Groups: TBDVACANT
Financial Research Administrator
(509) 335-8824
Email Responsibilities: Non-Federal Team – post-award financial research administration for non-federal awards. Award Groups: TBDVACANT
Fiscal Analyst 2 (Project)
(509) 335-8824
Email Responsibilities: General Workday implementation support for the Non-Federal team. Award Groups: TBDMatt Brubaker
Fiscal Analyst 1 (Project)
(509) 335-8824
Email Responsibilities: General Workday implementation support for the Non-Federal team. Award Groups: 52, 71Christine Gackle
Fiscal Analyst 1 (Project)
(509) 335-8824
Email Responsibilities: General Workday implementation support for the Non-Federal team. Award Groups: 60, 61, 64NOTE: Award Groups (formerly Ag Codes) are how we assign awards to accountants in Sponsored Programs Services. Loosely, award groups are a collection of awards belonging to the same or similar sponsors. The award group for a specific award may be found on the award header in Workday.
COVID-19 Provisions
For the safety and welfare of our team, Sponsored Programs Services has transitioned to nearly 100% remote work for the duration of COVID-19’s gathering size restrictions. The preferred method for reaching us during this time is via email. Please include the appropriate team manager in your communication to ensure coverage. We remain committed to supporting WSU’s research enterprise, and appreciate your patience and partnership.