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Human Resources
University of Mississippi

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

Hunter Haney, Assistant Director of Human Resources
Employee Relations & Learning (Employee Training)

 

Benefits

Sherelyn Gooch, Manager of Human Resources

Lauren Hatton, Human Resources Generalist
Serving the campus community for leave administration and workers compensation

Madison Hickey-Riker, Human Resources Associate
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:

Kathy McCluskey, Human Resources Assistant II

Cheri Provence, Human Resources Assistant II

Camie Rushing, Accountant 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 L

Jennifer Brown, Human Resources Assistant
Serving campus members whose last name begins with M through Z

Jenn Tucker, Human Resources Assistant

 

Student Employment:
Craig Richmond, Manager of Human Resources

Kim Thompson, Human Resources Assistant II

 

Employee Relations & Learning (Employee Training)

Rocklyn Reed, Human Resources Generalist II – Employee Relations

Azhia Smothers, Human Resources Generalist I – Learning & Development

 

Operations

Jessica Hughes, Manager of Human Resources

Kathy Baker, Operations Coordinator

 

Recruitment

Jason Ware, Manager of Recruitment

Comfort Agyin-Birikorang, Human Resources Generalist

 

Work-Life Resources

Lynn Wilkins, Work-Life Resources Program Manager

 

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.