Staff
Dave R. Woolstenhulme
Commissioner
Geoffrey T. Landward
Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel
Taylor K. Adams
Associate Commissioner for Strategic Initiatives
Trisha Dugovic
Director of Communication
Jared Haines
Senior Advisor for Technical Education
Julie Hartley
Associate Commissioner of Academic Education
Melanie Heath
Associate Commissioner for Student Affairs and Access
Vic Hockett
Talent Ready Utah Director
Laís Martinez
Assistant Commissioner for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Carrie Mayne
Chief Economist
Jefferson Moss
The Point’s Innovation District Project Director
Juliette M. Tennert
Chief Financial Officer
Melissa Van Hien
Office Manager / Executive Assistant to the Commissioner
Scott Wyatt
Senior Executive Director of Statewide Online Education
Kim Ziebarth
Associate Commissioner of Technical Education
Rachelle Ackley
Talent Ready Utah Program Manager of K-12 Initiatives
Alison A. Adams-Perlac
Associate General Counsel
Zachary Barrus
Assistant Commissioner of Research
Matthew Baxter
Research Analyst II
Ashlee Blackham
Scholarship Specialist
Katie Bradley
Marketing and Communications Specialist
Vincent Brandon
Systems Engineer
Wayne Bushman
Senior Information Systems Auditor
Dyllen Cafferty
FAFSA Coordinator
Brett Campbell
Research Analyst II
Scott Carlile
Information Systems Auditor
Denise Carter
Scholarship Specialist
Tyler Cooper
Administrative Assistant to Jefferson Moss
Kris Coles
Assistant Commissioner for Student Affairs
Edén Cortes-Lopez
Special Projects Coordinator
Ari Fenn
Senior Researcher
Malin Francis
Director of Facilities & Planning
Brynn Fronk
Executive Assistant to Deputy Commissioner
Russell S. Galt
Senior Assistant Commissioner for Technical Education Finance
Richard Gonzalez
Assistant Commissioner for Access
Chance Groskreutz
Research Analyst II
Cynthia Grua
Assistant Commissioner of Academic Affairs
Kennedy Hermansen
Scholarship Specialist
Steve Hood
Assistant Commissioner of Academic Affairs
Calla Hoover
Research Specialist
Ashley Hsia
Internal Auditor
Richard Lainez
Facilities Manager
Benjamin Langley
Manager of Accounting and Finance
Katie Mazzie
Director of Student-Centered Initiatives
Kelsey Martinez
Research Manager
Lisa Molina
Access Training Coordinator
Loreen Olney
Administrative Assistant
Kathryn Ottesen
Internal Auditor
Michael Palica
Research Analyst II
Jordan Passey
Budget and Planning Analyst
Will Pierce
Assistant Commissioner of Technical Education
Spriha Pradhan
Senior Research Analyst
David S. Pulsipher
Senior Assistant Commissioner
Steve Radford
Assistant Commissioner of Workforce Initiatives
Peter Reed
Talent Ready Utah Program Manager of Higher Education Initiatives
Ashley Reyes
Manager of Student Financial Aid
Brian L. Shuppy
Senior Assistant Commissioner for Budget and Planning
Jeremias Solari
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Research and Data Science
Kenadie Stanger
Research Analyst
Connor Hill
Researcher
Cassidy Stortz
State Aid and Access Manager
Karen Tao
Senior Researcher
Olivia Wan
Accountant
Mark Wolfsen
Data Project Assistant
Trina Weller
Administrative Assistant
Laura Zemp
Assistant Commissioner of Research
