Sponsored Accounting Staff

Staff Responsibilities

Establish sponsored accounts and budget load

Approve re-budgeting and cost-transfer requests

Invoice sponsors (except for clinical trial and milestone based awards); submit cash drawdown for federal awards

Deposit payments

Develop and submit Financial Status Reports to sponsors

Oversee close-out activities, including establishment of residual accounts

Assist departments with accounting issues

Provide training to faculty and departmental administrative research staff

Develop and negotiate federal Facilities & Administrative Cost Rate Agreement

Oversee effort reporting and cost-sharing activities

Oversee fiscal and administrative compliance issues relative to fiscal and administrative management of extramurally funded projects

Staff Assignment Areas

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Cheyanna Mitchell, MBA

  • Director of Post Award Services

706-721-0008

  • All Cysti Agreements
  • All Hemog Agreements
  • All VAMC Agreements
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Jennifer Guy

  • Assistant Director of Post Award Services

706-721-5017

  • Sullivan Program Grants
  • CCR&R
  • NCORP Program
  • Research Administration
  • President's Office/GA Cyber Innov/Other Misc. 
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Tomeka Clayton

  • Accountant 4

706-721-0009

  • Immunology Center of GA
  • Center for Biotechnology & Genomic Medicine
  • Department of Medicine
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Ashley Keown

  • Accountant 3

706-721-2039

  • MCG-Center for Telehealth
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Physiology
  • Family Medicine
  • Neurosurgery
  • Neurology
  • College of Nursing
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Norma Quinonez

  • Accountant 3

706-721-6482

  • Cancer Center/Immunotherapy
  • Oncology - Clinical Trials
  • Pediatrics
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Derneisha Brown

  • Accountant 2

706-721-2104

  • Biochemistry
  • Vascular Biology Center
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Vacant

  • Accountant 2
  • College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Clinical Pharmacy
  • Population Health
  • Artificial Intel & Health
  • School of Public Health
  • College of Business
  • College of Education
  • College of Science & Mathmatics
  • Cyber College
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Astrid Ann Verdon-Nesbitt

  • Accountant 2
  • College of Dental Medicine
  • MCG-Education
  • Cellular Biology & Anatomy
  • Pharmacology
  • Anesthesiology
  • OB/GYN
  • Ophthalmology
  • Pathology
  • Radiology
  • UGA Partnership
  • Other Institutional Departments
  • Student Life/Academic Services
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Jocelyn Rodriguez

  • Accountant 1

706-721-8239

  • College of Allied Health
  • Psychiatry
  • School of Medicine Savannah
  • Library
  • College of Graduate Studies
  • Dept of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine
  • Surgery Mix
  • MCG-Urology
  • Dean-Medical College of Georgia/AHEC
  • Academic Affairs/Provost
  • Auxiliary Services