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School of Communication Finance team provides financial support and policy reading for all SoC faculty, staff and students. We strive to deliver the best customer service experience to all engaged in financial activities.

We are located in Ryan Center for Musical Arts at 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208.

Budget and Finance Staff Directory

Please contact us with any budgetary or financial procedure questions. Not sure who to contact? Please see below for guidance. If your topic is not listed below, feel free to contact any of us, we would be happy to point you in the right direction.

Rick Morris
Associate Dean for Finance and Administration
r-morris@northwestern.edu

  • General administration
  • Policy
  • Financial analysis
  • Strategy and planning
  • HR management
  • Approvals backup

Oksana Shylnov
Senior Director of Financial Administration
O-kostenko@northwestern.edu
847-491-8641

  • Budgeting (full cycle)
  • Forecasts
  • Projections
  • Faculty Released Salary Program
  • Payroll approval (both online and paper forms)
  • NUFS – level 3 ($5,000 and above) transactions
  • Staff service award program
  • Dean’s office commitments
  • Procurement card program
  • Security access forms
  • Gifts and Endowment spending

Shamique Powell
Manager of Financial Administration
shamique.powell@northwestern.edu
847-467-2945

  • NUFS approvals (exception forms, 90 day forms, CSF over $1500, level 1 and 2 approvals)
  • NUFS expense reports
  • NUFS staff training
  • Back-up Department add pay approver
  • Summer Session Budget
  • Payroll for temps, staff, and faculty
  • WorkForce Timekeeping
  • Payroll training
  • Back-up Department add pay approver

Roberta Richhio
Financial Administrator
roberta.ricchio@northwestern.edu

  • NUFS approvals (exception forms, 90-day forms, CSF over $1500, level 1 and 2 approvals)
  • NUFS expense reports
  • NUFS staff training
  • Fund transfers of SoC Commitments
  • Budget Journals
  • Chartstring Maintenance
  • Annual moving survey
  • Back-up Department add pay approver
  • Summer Session Budget

Luz Montoya
Financial Coordinator
luz.montoya@northwestern.edu

  • Appointment letters for adjuncts, research staff and faculty, and postdocs.
  • Visitor research appointments
  • NUFS approvals
  • NUFS transaction training
  • NUFS backup support for SoC Departments
  • SoC Admin Office, Debate, CGCC finances management

Liz (Elizabeth) Wayne
Financial Assistant
elizabeth.wayne@northwestern.edu

  • NUFS transaction transactions
  • Theater/Perf Studies Grad Student expenses
  • Payroll – adjunct appointments