Staff

Lori Boucher Lori Boucher

• Student services specialist (GPC)
• 612-624-4540
• bouch004@umn.edu

Lori Boucher is the assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies who tracks student degree progress, degree requirement counseling, curriculum process, student data reporting, and graduate student events coordination.

Sara Burrington Sara Burrington

• Academic support specialist
• 612-624-1274 EXT:V-TTY
• sarab@umn.edu

Burrington's programs include American Sign Language (ASL), school psychology, and special education.

Rochelle Hammer Rochelle Hammer

• Department administrator
• she, her, hers
• 612-624-7003
• hamm0229@umn.edu

Akanksha Nayyar Akanksha Nayyar

• Purchasing & operations specialist
• anayyar@umn.edu

Amanda Nelson Amanda Nelson

• Communications and marketing manager
• she, her, hers
• achavis@umn.edu

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Catherine Reigel Catherine Reigel

• Grant coordinator
• cdreigel@umn.edu

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Sharon Sawyer Sharon Sawyer

• Academic support specialist
• 612-624-0042
• sawye100@umn.edu

Sawyer provide program support for the counselor education, psychological foundations of education, and quantitative methods in education programs.

Alicia Vegell Alicia Vegell

• HR/payroll liaison
• 612-626-0367
• acvegell@umn.edu

Vegell is in charge of basic human resources questions, payroll, time sheets, promotion and tenure, hiring and searches, and performance reviews.