Departmental Administration
- Departmental Leadership
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Daniel Clarke-Pearson, MD
Robert A. Ross Professor
& Chair
Kim Schneider, MPH, CMPE
Vice Chair for Administration
M. Kathryn Menard, MD
Vice Chair for Obstetrics &
Director of Ambulatory Care
John M. Thorp, Jr, MD
Vice Chair for Research
Administrative Staff Listed Alphabetically

Jeffrey Arscott, MHA
Ambulatory Program Director
919-966-2687
Email
Primary responsibilities:
- Human resource and financial management
- Staff, provider and patient satisfaction
- Financial and operations analysis and reporting
- Business planning

Kia Barbee, MBA
Accounting Manager
919-966-4589
Email
Primary responsibilities:
- Grants administration (proposal management/approvals, award administration, etc.)
- Account administration and invoicing for all overhead, state, and trust accounts
- Effort reporting liaison
- SPOTS and inventory coordinator
- Contract preparation and management

Laura Baron
Personnel Manager
919-966-8935
Email
Primary responsibilities:
- Faculty and EPA non-faculty recruitment, initial appointments and re-appointments
- Faculty promotions and tenure
- Benefits consultant for faculty and EPA non-faculty
- Human resource policy interpretation

Deanna Boswell
Accounting Technician
919-966-9603
Email
Primary responsibilities:
- Process and approve financial payments to faculty, staff and outside vendors
- Reconcile departmental P-Card charge
- Facilitation and assistance with Purchase Orders, Cash Advances, and Cash Advance Reconciliations
- FACS ID
- Financial Systems Access Coordinator

Donna Groce
University Program Associate
919-966-8970
Primary responsibilities:
- Human resource facilitator for staff, temporary and work study students
- Coordinate position management, recruitment and performance evaluation
- TIM administrator
- Payroll management

Janet Kendall
Administrative Support Associate
919-966-5280
Email
Primary responsibilities:
- Office assistant and receptionist
- Human resource assistant
- Conference room calendar for 3023 Old Clinic
- Departmental on-call schedule
- Departmental fellowship orientation

Juli Kidd
Director of Communications
919-843-4927
Email
Primary responsibilities:
- Media requests
- Special events
- Publications
- Internal communications
- Marketing and public relations
- Social media and website management
- Community and physician outreach

Abby Roberts
Business Officer
919-966-9600
Email
Primary responsibilities:
- Executive Assistant to Chairman and Vice Chair for Administration
- Administrator for Robert A. Ross Society
- Credentialing coordinator
- Grand rounds and AHEC lecture coordinator
- Facilities manager
- Parking coordinator
- TimeTrex coordinator
