Ag Business Center
Your Business, HR, Research Grant Resources
Our team supports all your operational business needs.
- Financial and budgeting services
- Human Resources planning, development, and evaluation.
- Grant facilitation budgeting, and scoping. Expert assistance with RFP and federal grand guidelines.
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Ag Business Center
Jessica Fuentes
Executive Director of Finance
Nutrien Building 119
(970) 491-1931
jessica.fuentes@colostate.edu
As the Executive Director of Finance, Jessi serves the Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Director of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station as a member of the college leadership team. Jessi manages and oversees the Agricultural Business Center, which include accounting and finance, human resource management, and grant facilitation functions. Jessi also supports the planning and execution for CAS/CAES strategic goals and objectives. Jessi began her CSU career with the ABC progressing in multiple positions and spent some time as the Director of Finance for Extension.
Paul Cudmore
Jennifer Garwood
Maggie Kinney
Linda Moller
Monique Mull
Strategic Business Manager
Nutrien Building 119
monique.mull@colostate.edu
Bethany Peterson
Strategic Business Manager
Nutrien Building 119
bethany.peterson@colostate.edu
(970) 491-7705
Jordan Roggen
Accounting Technician
Nutrien Building
jordan.roggen@colostate.edu
Sherri Rhule
Accounting Technician II
Nutrien Building 119
(970) 491-4952
sherri.rhule@colostate.edu
Jennifer Scheffing
Strategic Business Manager
Nutrien Building 119
(970) 491-1757
jennifer.scheffing@colostate.edu
Human Resources
We are here to support you through every phase and life event in your career.
Looking for HR Documents and Forms?
All HR documents and forms are now available through the HR Intranet Portal.
Joanna Holliday
Director of Human Resources
Nutrien Building 119
(970) 491-7691
Joanna.Holliday@colostate.edu
As Director of HR, Joanna oversees the administration of hiring, termination and personnel records for the CAS/AES. She and Shelly Lynch, HR Operations Specialist, specialize in HR activities related to salaried employees such as Faculty, Administrative Professionals, State Classified and Postdoctoral Fellows. They also assist the department/centers with Talent Management System, TMS, requests and workflow approvals. Joanna also coordinates HR activities for tenure/tenure-track faculty such as: promotion and tenure, reappointment, progress-to-tenure, annual evaluation and post-tenure reviews. She serves as the college’s primary Equal Opportunity Coordinator, EOC, along with Terry Engle and Troy Bauder. As one the ABC’s administrators, she assists in the management of the Agricultural Business Center.
Carl Davis
Melesa Gonzales
HR Coordinator
Nutrien Building 119
melesa.gonzales@colostate.edu
Shelly Lynch
Grants and Funding
Our Grants team is skilled in assisting you with each phase of grant facilitation. We help you find funding opportunities, offer proposal support, budgeting, and answer your technical post-award questions.
Cliff Schulenberg
Manager of Grant Facilitation
Nutrien Building 119
(970) 491-0926
cliff.schulenberg@colostate.edu
As Manager of Grant Facilitation, Cliff acts as a liaison between PIs and Sponsored Programs. He locates funding opportunities, interprets guidelines, develops, prepares, and justifies budgets, prepares and reviews proposal documents, and insures conformance to sponsor and university requirements prior to submission to Sponsored Programs. Cliff will provide service at whatever level and degree you require with the exception of technical content and word processing. Cliff is also a Post-award resource who welcomes your questions.
Joseph Miller
Kathy Evans