Skip to content

Workflow & Payroll

Meet the dedicated team behind all your transactions ans payroll processing. The team serves as the core unit that manages workflow, ensures policy compliance, and safeguards the integrity of payroll operations for the campus.

 

Academic Payroll Workflow Staff & Student Payroll Workflow
The Academic Payroll Workflow team supports faculty, lecturers, researchers, and academic appointees by managing appointment processing, compensation changes, and contract administration. This group ensures compliance with Academic Personnel policies while facilitating accurate and timely pay for UC Merced’s teaching and research community. The Staff & Student Payroll Workflow team administers transactions for career, limited, contract, and student employees. This includes hiring, pay adjustments, position changes, and leave processing. The team ensures compliance with UC policy and collective bargaining agreements while delivering accurate and efficient payroll services to UC Merced staff.

Andrea Smothers
Academic Payroll Supervisor
amcdowell@ucmerced.edu
209-205-6287

Rachel Maldonado
Academic Payroll Analyst
rmaldonado27@ucmerced.edu

Chelsea Pedretti
Academic Payroll Analyst
cpedretti@ucmerced.edu

Sarah Lourenco
Academic Payroll Analyst
scosta5@ucmerced.edu

Nastassja Pizanis
Academic Payroll Analyst
npizanis@ucmerced.edu

Annette Castillo
Academic Payroll Analayst
acastillo119@ucmerced.edu

Cristyn Aquino
Staff & Student Payroll Supervisor
caquino2@ucmerced.edu
209-756-5094

Taylor Trevino
Staff & Student Payroll Analyst
ttrevino3@ucmerced.edu

Courtney Sanchez
Staff & Student Payroll Analyst
courtneysanchez@ucmerced.edu

Andy Guzman
Staff & Student Payroll Analyst
aguzman111@ucmerced.edu

Diego Jimenez
Staff & Student Payroll Analyst
djimenez51@ucmerced.edu