Contact Us

Amy Plotner

Assistant Vice President for Human Resources
Email: amy.plotner@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.2230   

Directs and coordinates the activities and goals of the Human Resources Office, oversees the Payroll Office, employee and labor relations, policy development. Alternate Designee for Reasonable Accommodations.

Holly DeMar

Director of HR Operations
Email: holly.demar@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.3625

Oversees daily HR office operations, unclassified appointment processes, assists with employee and labor relations, and serves as the Campus Ethics Officer and Designee for Reasonable Accommodations.

Chad Whelsky

Associate Director of Human Resources
Email: chad.whelsky@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.2215

Oversees classified staff and hiring functions including recruitment, appointments, annual and probationary evaluation process, coordination of classified staff training opportunities, reclassification, and CSEA employee and labor relations.

Leah Holmes

Assistant Director of Human Resources
Email: leah.holmes@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.2279

Oversees HR data analytics and reporting, Interview Exchange modules, annual online employee training, HR communications and serves as HR resource for supervisors and employees.

Devin Higgins

Benefits Manager
Email: devin.higgins@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.3643

Administration of employee benefits, retirement, leave administration, and worker's compensation

John Farruggio

Benefits Coordinator and Trainer

Email: john.farruggio@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.3643

Assists in implementation of employee benefits, retirement, leave administration, worker's compensation and employee relations.

Sonja Henson

Talent Acquisition Manager, Faculty and Professional Staffing
Email: sonja.henson@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.3626

Faculty and professional staff search process, and immigration coordinator.

Brittany Dickerson

HR Assistant
Email: brittany.dickerson@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.3659

Classified recruitment, classified appointments, classified staff evaluation process, temporary appointment transactions.

JoAnne Pantaleo

HR Assistant

Email: Joanne.pantaleo@oswego.edu

Phone: 315.312.3653

Kimberly Foster

Unclassified Process
Email: Kimberly.foster@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.2230

Unclassified appointment transactions, professional staff titling and compensation, contract letters, tuition assistance programs, unclassified performance programs and evaluations, and coordination of new hire paperwork.

Michelle Higgins

Human Resources Office Manager
Email: hr@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.2230

Manages daily functions of the Human Resource office.

John Trombly

Payroll Director
Email: john.trombly@oswego.edu 
Phone: 315.312.3640

Unclassified payroll questions, unclassified time and attendance, extra service and summer session payments, and employee deductions.

Jennifer Everett

Payroll Assistant
Email: jennifer.everett@oswego.edu
Phone: 315.312.3641

Student Temporary Service Payroll assistance, including I-9's tax forms and direct deposits; Faculty and Professional Staff time and attendance assistance, employee deductions.