UNION - Key Persons
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- Library Associate Director for Access Services, Access Services
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- Reference & Instruction Archivist, Archives
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- Multicultural Student Success Coordinator Black Student
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- Special Collections Assistant, Special Collections
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- Provost
- Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
In his role as provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, Andrew P. Daire serves as UWM's chief academic officer overseeing all academic operations. He is responsible for administration of all schools and colleges, enrollment management and many other centers, institutes, and units in the Division of Academic Affairs. Daire came to UWM in 2023 and is also a professor in Educational Psychology. His research interests include family stability and economic mobility and career development in STEM recruitment and retention. He previously served as dean of the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and held prior positions at the University of Houston and the University of Central Florida. He earned his doctorate in Counseling Psychology and School Psychology from Florida State University.
Andrew P. Daire is the provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, as well as a professor in Educational Psychology, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Dr. Daire brings 31 years of higher education experience to this role at UWM, including his most recent position as Dean of the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) from 2016-2023. Under his leadership, VCU's School of Education had been second only to the VCU School of Medicine in external funding supporting research, doubled enrollment, increased its U.S. News & World Report ranking to #16 for public graduate schools of education, and resolved significant fiscal challenges to the point of garnering investment funding from the institution's budget model. Prior to VCU, Dr. Daire served as the College of Education's associate dean for research at the University of Houston. He also spent 13 years at the University of Central Florida, where he co-founded the university's Marriage and Family Research Institute, among other accomplishments.
Dr. Daire is a successful researcher and scholar, having received over $16 million in external funding to support his primary research area in family stability and economic mobility and his secondary research area in career development in STEM recruitment and retention. He has more than 80 professional publications, including national and international peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and research briefs and reports.
Throughout his career, Dr. Daire has built a reputation as a decisive, data-driven, and inclusive leader. He is an advocate for research advancement and community engagement while championing inclusive excellence, student success, and workplace culture and climate.
Dr. Daire holds a B.S. in Biology and M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and School Psychology (APA Accredited) from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.
Andrew P. Daire, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, provides academic leadership to the University in its core work of scholarship, teaching, and learning.The provost acts as the chief executive officer of the institution in the chancellor's absence.
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- Head of Library Systems, Library Systems
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- Cartographic Materials Cataloging Librarian, American Geographical Society Library
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- Head of Digital Collections and Initiatives, Digital Collections and Initiatives
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- Music and Performing Arts Librarian, User Services - Teaching & Learning
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- 1st Shift Circulation Assistant
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- Head of Interlibrary Loan, Interlibrary Loan
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- Head of Media and Reserve Services, Media and Reserve Services
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- Chief Innovation and Partnership Officer
- Interim Director of Strategic Partnerships
Brian Thompson is Chief Innovation and Partnership Officer and leads UWM's Office of Strategic Partnerships. He is responsible for partnerships with corporations, non-profit organizations, and other groups to enhance and uplift the academic enterprise, research accomplishments, and student experiences at UWM. In this role, he oversees key initiatives that include the Connected Systems Institute (CSI), Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute (NMDSI), Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin (FCW), and the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC). Thompson joined the UWM community in 2006 to help launch the UWM Research Foundation which he led through 2022. He also served as Director of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center from 2016 to 2023 and is Co-PI on the Milwaukee I-Corps (Innovation Corps) program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Thompson has taught new ventures as an adjunct instructor in the Lubar College of Business and the UWM Honors College. In previous roles, Mr. Thompson led the development and launch of communications satellites, worked in corporate ventures and helped create startups in biotechnology and the entertainment industry. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from UCLA.
Chancellor Mone co-led the creation of the UW System-wide Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, to solve the world's water challenges. The collaborative, led by UWM, connects the 13 UW System institutions through shared curricula and research.
Firmly committed to national, regional and community service, Chancellor Mone serves on the boards of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities' Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, Horizon League Athletic Conference, The Water Council, United Way, Milwaukee Succeeds, Milwaukee Film, BizStarts Milwaukee, and Scale Up. He is an active member of the Greater Milwaukee Committee and Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.
Dr. Mone is a frequent speaker on closing the achievement gap, partnerships, and the critical economic role of public research universities. He has been involved in vital national conversations about the value of a college degree.
A first-generation graduate, Chancellor Mone earned his B.A. in Organizational Management from Central Washington University during his initial career as a chef, food and beverage director, and senior leader in hospitality operations. He earned a M.B.A. from Idaho State University, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Organization Theory from Washington State University.
Chancellor Mone is an avid cyclist, athlete and a gourmet cook. He is married to Dr. Sara Swanson and they have two adult children, both graduates of public universities.
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- Lead of Southeast Asian American Student Center Southeast Asian American Student Center ( SEAASC ) 414 - 251 - 8360
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- Assistant Director, Connected Systems Institut
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- Building Assistant, Facilities
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- Library Associate Director for Collection and Resource Management, Collection and Resource Management
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- Student Scholarships Manager
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- Student Success Librarian, User Services - Teaching & Learning
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- Senior Advisor / Multicultural Student Success Coordinator American Indian Student Services ( 414 ) 229 - 5880
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- Library Assistant III, Collection and Resource Management
Professor Ching-Hong Yang (middle) and his business partner Daniel Burgin (not pictured) created a startup, T3 Bioscience, to market their compound, which effectively fights fire blight in fruit trees without antibiotics. Here, undergraduate John Srok (left) and postdoctoral fellow Xiaochen Yuan work with Yang in his lab. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
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- Head of Archives, Archives
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- Senior Advisor / Multicultural Student Success Coordinator Roberto Hernandez Center ( 414 ) 229 - 6931
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- Vice Chancellor
- Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
As vice chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Chia Youyee Vang leads efforts to advance diversity and equity and foster inclusion for all campus community members. Vang served as associate vice chancellor for Global Inclusion and Engagement from 2017-2021. A professor of history, she has been on the UWM faculty since 2006. Her teaching and research interests include 20th century U.S. international history, with particular emphasis on its relation to refugee migration. Outside of academia, Vang has 10 years of experience providing program evaluation, planning and policy research consulting services. She earned her doctorate in American Studies from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Chia Youyee Vang is Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She oversees the division that is responsible for advancing diversity and equity and fostering inclusion for all members of the campus community. She recently led the development and implementation of UW-Milwaukee's Racial Justice and Equity Program that is required professional development for all employees. Her teaching and research interests include twentieth century U.S. international history, the Cold War in Asia, Asian American history, Hmong history, refugee migration and transnational and diasporic communities. She is author of four books: Prisoner of Wars: A Hmong Fighter Pilot's Story of Escaping Death and Confronting Life (Temple University Press, 2020), Fly Until You Die: An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in the Vietnam War (Oxford University Press, 2019). Hmong America: Reconstructing Community in Diaspora (University of Illinois Press, 2010), and Hmong in Minnesota (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2008). In March 2016, the University of Minnesota Press released her co-edited volume, Claiming Place: On the Agency of Hmong Women. Dr. Vang's research is global in scope but intimately informed by her own refugee experiences as a child. She is interested in not only understanding larger political and military transformations, but also, the lived experiences of those who experience wars not of their own making but fought in their environments. Her documentation of Southeast Asian refugee lives and that of their descendants across four continents help us to better understand the lasting impact of one of the most controversial wars of the 20 th century.
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- Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor of the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Drame, Elizabeth Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor of the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion erdrame@uwm.edu
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- Access Services Librarian, Access Services
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- Financial Specialist III, Business Offic
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- Public Services Librarian, American Geographical Society Library
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- Library Assistant III, Shelving Maintenanc
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- Instructional Design Librarian, User Services - Teaching & Learning
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- 2nd Shift Circulation Assistant
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- Student Scholarships Manager
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- Media & Reserve Assistant, Media and Reserve Services
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- Interlibrary Loan Assistant, Interlibrary Loan
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- Applications Developer, Digital Collections and Initiatives
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- Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
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- Director of Student Scholarships
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- As Chief Legal Counsel
- Chief Legal Counsel & Director of Legal Affairs
As Chief Legal Counsel, Joely Urdan is responsible for the provision of legal services to the institution and focuses her own legal practice on employment and personnel matters, administrative policies, litigation, student conduct issues, and campus safety. She also oversees UWM's Office of Compliance and Ethics. Before UWM, she spent four years at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, where she represented state agencies and state employees in state and federal litigation and argued appeals before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Wisconsin Supreme Court. She joined UWM in July 2003 and served as Legal Affairs' associate director from January 2005 until she was named interim director in October 2012 and Chief Legal Counsel in May 2014. She earned her law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School and Bachelor of Arts from UW-Madison.
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- Access Services Assistant, UWM at Waukesha Library
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- Librarian II, UWM at Washington County Library
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- System Engineer III, Digital Collections & Initiatives
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- Library Associate Director for User Services, User Services
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- Interim Executive Director of the Connected Systems Institute, Sheldon B. Lubar Dean
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- Instruction and Public Services Librarian, UWM at Waukesha Library
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- Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
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- Divisional Finance Officer, Business Offic
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- Teaching & Learning Team Lead, User Services - Teaching & Learning
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- DEI Student Support Coordinator American Indian Student
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- Multicultural Student Success Coordinator Black Student
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- Digital Collections Librarian, Digital Collections and Initiatives
Lydia is a first-generation student pursuing a major in Psychology and a minor in Communication. She dreams of becoming a school Psychologist or operating a halfway home. Lydia transferred to UWM her sophomore year and is now a senior. She is a proud bird-mom to her two cockatiels, Noodle and Tofu. In her spare time, she enjoys arts and crafts, the Sims 4, makeup, and spending time outdoors. Lydia began working in the Inclusive Excellence Center in the Fall of 2021 and is thrilled to use her position to connect with students and bring awareness to diversity and inclusivity at UWM.
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- Library Assistant II, UWM at Washington County Library
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- Electronic & Continuing Resources Librarian, Collection & Resource Management
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- Director, Advocacy and Engagement
Maldonado, Alberto Director Roberto Hernandez Center(414) 229-1169 donpepe@uwm.edu Bolton Hall 183
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- Library Associate Director for Distinctive Collections & Curator of the American Geographical Society Library, American Geographical Society Library
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- Associate Director of Student Scholarships
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- Acquisitions Librarian, Collection & Resource Management
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- Executive Director, Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin
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- Chancellor
- Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin
Mark Mone has made student success, growing research and partnerships, and fostering entrepreneurship and innovation his priorities, even as he manages the unprecedented fiscal challenges facing the university. Prior to being named the university's ninth chancellor in 2014, he led UWM's executive education and business engagement initiatives, including the longest-running Executive MBA program in Wisconsin. With the superintendent of the Milwaukee Public Schools and president of Milwaukee Area Technical College, Mone co-founded and co-leads the M 3 Initiative, which seeks to close the achievement gap and transform the future of Milwaukee through education. He earned his doctorate in organizational behavior and organization theory from Washington State University.
Mark A. Mone is chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) - the only public research and access mission institution in Wisconsin. With an operating budget of $674 million, UWM serves 24,000 students on three campuses and has the largest population of diverse students of any four-year campus in the state. He has served as the ninth chancellor of UWM since being appointed by the UW System Board of Regents in 2014.
Dr. Mone has positioned UWM as a leader in transforming the region and state by advancing equity through education and addressing societal issues through research, strategic re-invention and partnerships.
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- Public Services Assistant, UWM at Waukesha Library
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- Head of Special Collections, Special Collections
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- Program Assistant - Confidential Equity and Diversity Services 414 - 229 - 5923
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- Associate Vice Provost & Library Director, Administrative Offic
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- Administrative Assistant III, Library Administration
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- User Experiences Team Lead, User Services - User Experiences
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- Vice Chancellor for Marketing & Communications
Olivia, a proud first-generation graduate student at the UWM Zilber School of Public Health is pursuing her MPH in Community and Behavioral Health Promotion. Originally from Villa Park, Illinois, she moved with her family to Manitowoc, Wisconsin when she was young. Olivia received her Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is excited to be continuing her education in graduate school here. She has been with the Inclusive Excellence Center since 2014 and finds her job very rewarding. In her role as the coordinator for first-generation students, Olivia strives to connect students with the resources and tools that will help them to succeed. She appreciates diversity, authenticity, and community. Olivia is a homebody, dog lover, movie fanatic, and foodie. Apart from her role as a graduate student and employee, Olivia enjoys spending time with friends and family, exploring Milwaukee, and playing board games.
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- Services Program Manager, Center Lead Black Student Cultural Center ( 414 ) 229 - 3704
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- Finance
- Operations Manager
Ramsey, LaTonya Finance & Operations Manager Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion(414) 251-8534 perrymal@uwm.edu Chapman Hall 123
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- Head of Collection Management, Collection and Resource Management
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- Senior Vice Chancellor
- Senior Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administrative Affairs
As the senior vice chancellor for Finance and Administrative Affairs and Chief Business Officer, Robin Van Harpen is responsible for UWM's finances and oversees a number of administrative units that keep the university running, including financial services, budget, procurement, facilities, campus planning, transportation services, safety/risk management, human resources, IT, police and legal. An attorney, she served as UWM's chief legal counsel from 2004 to 2012. Prior to joining UWM in 2001, Van Harpen worked for the Milwaukee law firm von Briesen & Roper, s.c., practicing school law. She earned her law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School.
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- Library Associate Director for Branch Libraries, UWM at Waukesha Library
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- Digital Archivist, Archives
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- Social Sciences Librarian, User Services - Research Services
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- Geospatial Information Librarian, American Geographical Society Library
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- Communications Manager, Administrative Offic
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- Building Manager, Facilities
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- Head of Cataloging & Metadata, Collection & Resource Management
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- Science Librarian, User Services - Research Services
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- Outreach & Community Engagement Librarian, User Services - User Experiences
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- Shipping & Receiving Coordinator, Shipping, Receiving and Inventory Control
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- Acquisitions Assistant, Collection & Resource Management
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- Health Sciences Librarian, User Services - Research Services