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Who Can Help: Finance Staff

Cornell staff can help you navigate sponsored projects, including accountants with expertise with specific agencies, foundations, and organizations.

Jeffrey A. Silber, Senior Director, (607) 255-2016
Janet Strait, Associate Director, (607) 255-1482
Megan Benson, Manager, Benefit Pools and Sponsored Financial Services Operations, (607) 255-9748

Support for Tasks

General support: SFS Help

Contact the following for help with:

  • Account setup: Stacy Reiners, Sponsored Finance Assistant, (607) 254-3476
  • Pre-Award Accounts: Michelle Bollock-Smith, Sponsored Finance Assistant, (607) 255-5086
  • Financial transaction support (e-docs enroute, processing): Michelle Bollock-Smith, Sponsored Finance Assistant, (607) 255-5086
  • Accounts receivable/collections (tracking cash receipts, questions on payments received): Natalie Sawyer, Accounts Receivable Coordinator, (607) 255-7355
  • Salary certification and salary caps: Joyce (Hui) Wang, Sponsored Financial Analyst, (607) 254-3357
  • Sub-award budgets: Rebecca Collins, Sponsored Finance Assistant, (607) 255-7837
  • Capital assets (inventory, fabrication, reporting): Karen Pappalardo, Capital Asset Analyst, (607) 255-5657
  • Federal capacity funds (Department of Agriculture): Jessica Sherwood, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-2683

Federal Agency (Including University Pass-Through Funding)

The listings below include the Assistance listing (CFDA) Prefix. The federal government provides assistance to the American public in the form of projects, services, and activities. It supports a broad range of assistance listings—in various areas such as education, health care, research, infrastructure, economic development, and others—through grants, loans, scholarships, insurance, and other types of financial assistance. Each assistance listing is associated with a unique five-digit Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number. For more information, visit the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website.

Agency for International Development (98)

  • Grace Thornton, Sponsored Financial Analyst, (607) 255-6506
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 9

Department of Agriculture (10)

  • Jessica Sherwood, Sponsored Finance Specialist, 607-255-2683
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 5
    • National Institute of Food and Agriculture
    • Federal Capacity Grants (Sub-fund APFEDL)

Department of Commerce (11)

  • Grace Thornton, Sponsored Financial Analyst, (607) 255-6506
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 9
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    • United States Economic Development Administration

Department of Defense (12)

  • Sarah Dykes, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-4335
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 12
    • Aberdeen Proving Ground
    • Air Force
    • Army
    • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
    • Office of Naval Research

Department of Education (84)

  • Hui (Joyce) Wang, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 254-3357
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 11

Department of Energy (81)

  • Tatiana Dombrovskyy, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-9462
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 1
    • Ames Laboratory
    • Argonne National Laboratory
    • Brookhaven National Lab
    • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS-93)

  • Brett Grant, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 254-3382
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 4
    • National Institutes of Health

Department of the Interior (15)

  • Tatiana Dombrovskyy, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-9462
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 1
    • Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
    • National Park Service
    • United States Fish and Wildlife Service
    • United States Geological Survey

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (43)

  • Tatiana Dombrovskyy, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-9462
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 1

National Science Foundation (47)

  • Lianna Pawloski, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-3911
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 6
    • National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF Facility)

Other Federal Agencies (including agencies not listed)

  • Sarah Dykes, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-4335
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 12
    • Appalachian Regional Commission (23)
    • Consumer Product Safety Commission (87)
    • Corporation for National and Community Service (94)
    • Department of Homeland Security (97)
    • Department of Justice (16)
    • Department of Labor (17)
    • Department of State (19)
    • Department of Transportation (20)
    • Department of Veterans Affairs (64)
    • Environmental Protection Agency (66)
    • General Services Administration (39)
    • National Archives and Records Administration (89)
    • National Endowment for the Arts / Humanities (45)
    • Small Business Administration (59)
    • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (77)

State/Local Government Agency (Excluding University Pass-Through Funding)

New York State (all agencies, excluding those listed below)

  • Lyn Gauss, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-7769
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 7
     
    • Empire State Development (ESD) and New York State Authorities
      • Lianna Pawloski, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-3911
      • CG Account Responsibility ID: 6  
        • ESD:
          • Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR)
          • Urban Development Corporation (UDC)
        • New York State Authorities (e.g., New York State Energy Research and Development Authority)
  • New York State Education Department
    • Hui (Joyce) Wang, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 254-3357
    • CG Account Responsibility ID: 11

Local Government Agencies (including state authorities)

  • Lyn Gauss, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-7769
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 7
    • Other State Local Agencies (e.g., Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources)

Other State Agencies (e.g., State of Virginia)

  • Lyn Gauss, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-7769
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 7

Other Agencies

Corporations (Industry)

  • Angela Freeman, Sponsored Finance Analyst, (607) 255-6449
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 2

Federal Financial Aid Programs (sub-fund FEDFIN: Federal Work Study, PELL, etc.)

  • Hui (Joyce) Wang, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 254-3357
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: N/A

Foreign Governments

  • Angela Freeman, Sponsored Finance Analyst, (607) 255-6449
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 2

Foundation/Non-Profit Organizations

  • Lisa Marsh, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-3250
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 8
     
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (including pass-through)
    • Grace Thornton, Sponsored Financial Analyst, (607) 255-6506
    • CG Account Responsibility ID: 9
       
  • New York Foundation/Non-Profit Organization
    • Lyn Gauss, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-7769
    • CG Account Responsibility ID: 7
      • New York Farm Viability Institute Inc.

Universities (if federally funded, refer to federal agency listing above)

  • Tatiana Dombrovskyy, Sponsored Finance Specialist, (607) 255-9462
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 1

Weill Cornell Medicine (MOU: Memorandum of Understanding)

  • Angela Freeman, Sponsored Finance Analyst, (607) 255-6449
  • CG Account Responsibility ID: 2