Office of the Provost
The Office of the Provost plays a leading role in sustaining an environment of academic excellence at the University of Connecticut. UConn is a top 25 public university and the State of Connecticut’s flagship higher education institution and sole public research university. The Provost’s Office supports these distinctions through strategic focus on the academic success of our faculty, students, and staff.
The Provost oversees UConn’s 14 schools and colleges, as well as its four regional campuses. The Provost’s Office also leads University strategic planning, academic policies and procedures, academic program planning and implementation, program assessment, student success initiatives, graduate education, global affairs, institutional research, university libraries, university information technology systems and services, and academic personnel management (including appointments and reappointments of faculty and staff, tenure and promotion, and annual evaluations).
In all our efforts, we are guided by values of diversity, equity and inclusion; responsible stewardship of resources; and transparent communication and collaborative decision-making.
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Anne D'Alleva
Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Executive Assistant: Alexis Cassan
Key Areas:
- Academic vision, strategy and reporting
- Oversight of schools, colleges, library, regional campuses, interdisciplinary research centers and institutes
- Strategic planning and implementation
- Primary governance liaison
- Capital planning and resource allocation and development

Sally Reis
Special Advisor to the Interim Provost
Sally.reis@uconn.edu
Key Areas:
- Assists the Provost in systemic transformation of the academic, operational, financial, and community engagement efforts of the Provost Office
- Supports the Provost in strategic analysis and planning, and the operational and fiscal impact of academic planning
- Supports the Provost Office team in leading the designing and implementing of procedures

Alexis Cassan
Executive Assistant to the Provost
alexis.cassan@uconn.edu
Key Areas:
- Scheduling and other support for Provost and Chief of Staff
- Academic program and leadership review coordination
- Initial point of contact for Provost's Office inquiries
- Student employee supervision
Academic Affairs, Development, and Policy

Jeffrey Shoulson
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
jeffrey.shoulson@uconn.edu
Administrative support: Victoria Kuryan
Key Areas:
- Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment
- Academic program development, review, and accreditation
- Academic curricular standards and appeals
- Academic engagement and outreach
- Entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary program development

Michael Bradford
Vice Provost for Faculty, Staff and Student Development
michael.bradford@uconn.edu
Administrative support: Victoria Kuryan
Key Areas:
- Faculty recruitment, retention and onboarding
- Faculty and academic staff professional development and recognition
- Faculty and staff equity and access
- Student success initiatives
- Student equity initiatives

Amy Gorin
Interim Vice Provost for Health Sciences
amy.gorin@uconn.edu
Administrative Support: Alexis Cassan
Key Areas:
- Facilitation of Interdisciplinary research and collaboration
- Interprofessional Education in Health Sciences

Gladis Kersaint
Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives
kersaint@uconn.edu
Administrative support: Victoria Kuryan
Key Areas:
- Strategic initiatives
- Academic leadership development
- Cross-unit collaboration, policies, and processes

Sarah Croucher
Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
sarah.croucher@uconn.edu
Administrative support: Victoria Kuryan
Key Areas:
Academic Policy, Guidance and Procedures
Academic Travel
Accreditation
Consulting »
Audit and Compliance

Michelle Everard
Project Coordinator
michelle.everard@uconn.edu
Key Areas:
- Project management and coordination
- Academic program review coordination
- Support for academic and strategic initiatives

Nisha Joshee Hardnett
Project Coordinator
nisha.hardnett@uconn.edu
Key Areas:
- Project management and coordination
- Coordination of Life Transformative Education initiatives
- Support for academic and strategic initiatives

Victoria Kuryan
Administrative Support Assistant
viktoryia.kuryan@uconn.edu
Key Areas:
- Scheduling and other support for Vice Provosts and Director of Academic Policy and Faculty Affairs
- Office Management
- General Reception

Rachel Wice
Academic Personnel Coordinator
rachel.wice@uconn.edu
Key Areas:
- Staff development initiatives
- HR processes: faculty and academic staff appointments, faculty leaves
- Promotion, tenure, and reappointment coordination
Budget and Institutional Planning

Lloyd Blanchard
Interim Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
lloyd.blanchard@uconn.edu
Administrative Support: Donna Balskus
Key Areas:
- Oversees offices of Budget & Planning, Controller, Bursar, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Treasury Services, Payroll, Business Services, Procuremjent, and Capital Projects & Contract Administration
Office of Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer »

Reka Wrynn
Interim Associate Vice President for Budget, Planning and Institutional Research & Director of Capital Budget and Planning
reka.wrynn@uconn.edu
Administrative Support: Donna Balskus
Key Areas:
- Operating and capital budgets
- Long-range financial planning and modeling
- Administrative management and operations
- Revenue and cost management
- External reporting of university data and performance
- Data analytics of performance and costs

Kate Clark
Associate Director of Financial Planning
kate.clark@uconn.edu
Key Areas:
- Financial and budget analysis
- Strategic budget/finance projects

Bridget Inzirillo
Director of Academic Finance and Planning
bridget.inzirillo@uconn.edu
Key Areas:
- Academic budget management
- Provost’s operating and capital resources
- Academic personnel compensation
- Business policies and practices related to budget/finance
- Fiscal officer for Provost's Office and reporting units
Academic Administrative Units

Kent Holsinger
Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Dean, The Graduate School
kent.holsinger@uconn.edu
Executive Assistant: Martha Marroni
Key Areas:
- Graduate student recruitment
- Graduate admissions and degree requirements
- Development and revision of graduate programs
- Graduate fellowships
- Graduate student and postdoctoral scholar development
- Interpretation and implementation of graduate assistant and postdoctoral research assistant contracts

Michael Mundrane
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
michael.mundrane@uconn.edu
Administrative Assistant: Kim Hopkins
Key Areas:
- Campus and Academic Technologies
- Connecticut Education Network
- Enterprise Applications
- Enterprise Systems
- High Performance Computing
- Information Security
- Telecommunications and Networking

Franklin Tuitt
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
franklin.tuitt@uconn.edu
Executive Assistant: Velda Alfred-Abney
Key Areas:
- Diversity and Inclusion visioning and planning
- Diversity and inclusion programs, policies, and practices
- Diversity and inclusion curriculum and pedagogy development
- Access, equity, and success initiatives for historically marginalized communities
- Faculty, staff, and student affinity-based programming and development

Daniel Weiner
Vice President for Global Affairs
dan.weiner@uconn.edu
Administrative Assistant: Carrie Stevens
Key Areas:
- Global Partnerships and Business Engagement
- International Students and Scholars
- Experiential Global Learning
- Human Rights Programming
- Entrepreneurial International Programs
- Fundraising for Global Affairs
Student Employee Support Staff '21-22
Undergraduate Student Employees: Angela Chen, Selma Regan, Neva Taylor
Graduate Student Employees: Phillip Hyman, MPA Intern