Meet Our Team

Meet the dedicated, diligent folks behind the scenes who keep the UF Graduate School student-centered, forward facing, and upward bound.

A group photograph of the UF Graduate School staff in April 2026

Team Grad School · UF Graduate School Staff · April 21, 2026 · Photo credit: Matt Pendleton Photography

Team Grad School embodies a synergy of accumulated institutional memory, seasoned perspective, professional expertise, and spirited service that keep the graduate education enterprise at the University of Florida moving in the only thinkable direction — onward and upward, full steam ahead!

TEAM GRAD SCHOOL

Nicole L.P. Stedman, PhD

Associate Provost and Dean
The Graduate School

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Tom Kelleher, PhD

Associate Dean
Academic Affairs

Judy Traveis, PhD

Associate Dean
Graduate Student Success

Becky Butcher

Associate Director
Administrative Services

Chelsi Colleton

Coordinator
Graduate Fellowships & Awards

Isabell Concepcion

Executive Assistant
Office of the Dean

Lisa De LaCure

Editor
Thesis, Dissertation, and Publication

Jim Gillespie, PhD

Specialist
Education and Training

Audrey Hall

Specialist
Education and Training

Christine Krebs, PhD

Specialist
Education and Training

Megan Lewis

Assistant Director
Academic Career Tracking

Aaron Mares

Data Scientist
Office of the Dean

Sarah McLemore

Administrative Specialist
Graduate Student Success

Gregory Orloff

Specialist
Communications and Marketing

Bradley Osburn

Specialist
Academic Career Tracking

Anna Pardo

Editor
Thesis, Dissertation, and Publication

Hannah Potter

Specialist
Admission and Transfer Credit

Akhilesh Raperthy

Application Programmer
Graduate School IT Systems

Erin Rice

Associate Director
Graduate Recruitment

Chelsea Rojas

Director
Graduate Operations

Valli Sarveswaran, PhD

Director
Postdoctoral Affairs

Kimone Simmons, EdD

Associate Director
Education and Training

April Vazquez

Specialist
Admissions and Transfer Credit

Christopher Walker, MAGP

Assistant Director
GradCARE

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