{"id":762,"date":"2012-11-29T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/?page_id=762"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:16:09","slug":"meet-our-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwdrs\/drs\/meet-our-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h1>Leadership Team<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Adiam Tesfay, <strong>Director<\/strong>, adiamt(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<p>Xander Andrews, <strong>Assistant Director, Academic Services<\/strong>, andy4(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<p>Brad Elmendorf, <strong>Assistant Director, Student Services<\/strong>. brade(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Student Services Team<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Access Coordinators, by Academic College Liaison role<\/h2>\n<h2>Schools of: Dentistry, Nursing, &amp; Public Health<\/h2>\n<p>Kowan Russell, <strong>Senior Access Coordinator<\/strong>, kowanr(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<h2>School of Medicine<\/h2>\n<p>Eric Trekell,\u00a0<strong>Access Specialist<\/strong>, ericwt(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<h2>School of Law<\/h2>\n<p>Britt Neff,\u00a0<strong>Access Specialist<\/strong>, neffb(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<h2>Schools and Colleges: Education, Environment, Foster School of Business, Pharmacy, &amp; Social Work<\/h2>\n<p>Ashley Walton, <strong>Access Coordinator<\/strong>, ajwalton(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<h2>Schools and Colleges: Built Environments, Engineering, Evans School of Public Affairs,\u00a0&amp; Information School<\/h2>\n<p>Morgan Reese, <strong>Access Coordinator<\/strong>, mpreese(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<h2>College of Arts and Sciences<\/h2>\n<p>Jennifer Britton, <strong>Access Coordinator<\/strong>, jenbri55(at)uw.edu <strong>(Last Names A-G)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ana Palma, <strong>Access Coordinator<\/strong>, palmaa2(at)uw.edu <strong>(Last Names H-O)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olivia Acuff, <strong>Access Coordinator<\/strong>, oacuff(at)uw.edu <strong>(Last Names P-Z)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Access Care Team (ACT)<\/h2>\n<p>Monique Chhabra, <strong>ACT Coordinator<\/strong>, mchhabra(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Myhre, <strong>ACT Care Specialist<\/strong>, ajmyhre(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>DRS Academic Services Team<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Accessible Text &amp; Technology<\/h2>\n<p>Shannon Garcia,<strong> Program\u00a0Manager<\/strong>, lea(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<p>Mike Norman, <strong>Operations Manager<\/strong>, mnorma(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<h2>Adaptive Technology<\/h2>\n<p>Carole Ockerman,<strong> Adaptive Technology Coordinator<\/strong>, cares91(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<h2>Classroom Access Services<\/h2>\n<p>Wren Tomelly,\u00a0<strong>Academic Services Manager<\/strong>, wrenit(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>DRS Support Staff<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Operations<\/h2>\n<p>Travis Hyde, <strong>Program Operations Manager<\/strong>, travissh(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<h2>IT\/Technology<\/h2>\n<p>Jay Hagar, <strong>Systems Integration Manager<\/strong>, jhagaruw(at)uw.edu<\/p>\n<h2>Support<\/h2>\n<p>Beth Blum, <strong>Academic Support Psychologist<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership Team Adiam Tesfay, Director, adiamt(at)uw.edu Xander Andrews, Assistant Director, Academic Services, andy4(at)uw.edu Brad Elmendorf, Assistant Director, Student Services. brade(at)uw.edu Student Services Team Access Coordinators, by Academic College Liaison role Schools of: Dentistry, Nursing, &amp; 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