Staff Directory
Andrea Jekabsons, Chief Human Resources Officer
Desha Ferguson, Associate Director Human Resources
Data Operations
Pamela Johnson, Assistant Director of Benefits
Benefits and Compensation/Classification & Performance
HR Partners
Your HR generalist contacts assigned by area:
Hunter Haney, Assistant Director of Human Resources
Chancellor’s Division
Rocklyn Reed, Human Resources Generalist II
Student Affairs and VCAF, excluding Facilities Management
Comfort Agyin-Birikorang, Human Resources Generalist II
Academic Affairs
Benefits
Sherelyn Gooch, Manager of Human Resources
Lauren Hatton, Human Resources Generalist
Serving the campus community for leave administration and workers compensation
Vacant, Human Resources Associate *Please reach out to hrbenefits@olemiss.edu or (662) 915-7431
Serving campus members whose last name begins with A through L
Teresa Yarbrough, Human Resources Associate
Serving campus members whose last name begins with M through Z
Compensation/Classification & Performance
Bryce Drew, Manager of Compensation & Classification
Jody Bevill, Human Resources Generalist
Data Operations
Payroll:
Jason Ivy, Manager of Payroll
Shakethia Shaw, Accountant I
Kathy McCluskey, Human Resources Assistant II
Reconciliation:
Donna Isom-Joiner, Accountant I
Kirstie Manning, Human Resources Assistant
Records Management (Onboarding & Transcripts):
Shelly Stoddard, Human Resources Supervisor
Rebecca Kilpatrick, Human Resources Assistant
Serving campus members whose last name begins with A through I
Kim Thompson, Human Resources Assistant
Serving campus members whose last name begins with J through R
Jennifer Brown, Human Resources Assistant
Serving campus members whose last name begins with S through Z
Jenn Tucker, Human Resources Assistant
Student Employment:
Craig Richmond, Manager of Human Resources
Operations & Learning (Employee Training)
Jessica Hughes, Manager of Human Resources
Kathy Baker, Operations Coordinator II
Recruiting
Vacant, Manager of Recruiting
Tori Huckaby, Recruiting Specialist
Lena Schnider, Recruiting Specialist
Work-Life Resources
Lynn Wilkins, Work-Life Resources Program Manager
HR Organizational Chart
Our Vision: We positively contribute to the well-being of others with each interaction and transaction.
For addresses changes with the Human Resources department, updates must be made online via myOleMiss. The Benefits Information Change Form (located in the Forms library) should only be completed if the address you wish to place on file with your enrolled benefit plan vendor(s) differs from the address provided to Human Resources or if you do not have access to myOleMiss.