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Jeff C. Herring
Chief Human Resources Officer
Jeff C. Herring, JD, MBA, SPHR
Jeff Herring is the Chief Human Resource Officer at the University. He has served in this position since 2013. Prior to the University of Utah, Jeff served on the Governor’s Cabinet as the Executive Director of the Utah Department of Human Resource Management for 12 years. In HR, Jeff has consistently focused on developing the organizations strategic efforts using principles of increasing customer service, efficiency and effectiveness, and leadership capacity. Jeff is currently a national board member of CUPA-HR.
Prior to his public service, Jeff worked as an attorney focusing in the area of labor and employment law.
Jeff earned his BA in History from the University of Utah. He then went on to earn his MBA with an emphasis on HR and completed his law degree from California Western School of Law in San Diego, California.
Kevin Turner
Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer
Sarah Tice
Special Assistant to the Chief Human Resources Officer
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Andrea Brown
Senior HR Director- Embedded
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- Employment services
- HR shared services/ embedded HR
- Performance management
- Certiphi contract and processes
- PeopleAdmin contract and processes
- Section 5 policies & procedures
My departments:
- Office of the President
- Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Academic Senate
Bob Thompson
Senior HR Director- Employee Relations Management
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Jessica Williamson
Sr. HR Director- UUHA
- Health Sciences leadership questions
Tatiana Topyrik
Director- Business Intelligence & Compensation Management
Tatiana Topyrik
Director- Business Intelligence & Compensation Management
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Wendy Poppleton
HR Director- Benefits
- Health Sciences leadership questions
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Claudia Hong
Senior HR Liaison- University Asia Campus
- Embedded at UAC to support all members at UAC, including staff, faculties, and leadership.