Organization Charts

Financial Operations, a department within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, includes the Purchase, Pay & Travel teams outlined in the subsequent sections. 

• Maureen Beal, Associate Vice Chancellor

Payment Processing & Compliance is responsible for: paying suppliers accurately and within agreed upon terms; reimbursing travel & business expenses; managing payment card programs including the OneCard, and the Vincent cards; implementing a system of sound internal controls to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws; capitalizing and inventorying of purchased capital assets.

• Stephanie Ford-Jones, Director
• Elizabeth Lanzy, Payment Processing Manager
• Michael Moore, Audit Manager
• Nick Weaver, Software & Supplier Liaison
• Jennifer Bailey, Accounts Specialist
• Sarika Sethia, Credit Card Administrator
• Melissa Kramer, Compliance Specialist
• Karen Lear, Payment Review Specialist
• Renata Holmes, Compliance Specialist
• Stephen Vallejo, Expense Report Analyst
• Betty Thompson, Accounting Clerk
• William Watkins, Operations and Compliance Specialist
• Kevin Starke, Capital Asset Specialist
• David Wells, Capital Asset Analyst
• Brett Cooksey, Audit Specialist
• Caitlin Wilson, Compliance Specialist
• Jessica Rybak, Payment Processing Specialist
• SueEllen Chamberlain, Banking Liaison

Purchasing Services is responsible for: post-implementation management of University-wide contracts, including strategies for cost savings; maintaining relationships with University-wide Contracted Suppliers; assisting RCs with unique purchasing needs (over $50K) and identifying opportunities to increase spend with local and small suppliers to strengthen the regional economy; identifying environmentally preferable purchase options; and managing conflicts-of-interest in procurement; and managing the University Travel Program.

Customer Service provides assistance with questions related to purchasing, paying, booking travel, and expense management. Visit this page to request assistance.

Please be alert to scams that may include a request for quote that includes the name and title of a team member below but includes a non-Pitt email address (should end in @pitt.edu), a different phone number than shown below, and/or are requesting unorthodox items. For questions or to confirm a request has been sent from a Pitt employee, please contact Purchase, Pay & Travel Customer Service.

Strategic Sourcing is responsible for: identifying and managing strategic sourcing opportunities for University-wide savings on purchased goods and services, including Commercial Partnerships; administration of the PantherExpress System, a cloud-based purchasing and invoicing system for most goods and services purchased at the University; and the enablement of suppliers and their e-Catalogs and e-Invoicing through the PantherExpress System.