The University of Arizona

Business Office Information




The LPL Business Office is the place to go for assistance with purchasing issues, grants & contracts, building maintenance and repair, personnel issues, copy PIN numbers, telephone access accounts, new telephone requests (and moves), inventory, surplus, payroll, and more.
Proposals Grants and Contracts
Forms (Internal forms) Links

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Lynn Lane, manager, business and finance
520.621.6966, Room 343
Lynn is the principal financial and personnel officer for PtyS/LPL. Lynn is responsible for all aspects of grant/contract management, implementing policies, cost expenditure analysis, audit, and management of state, local and auxiliary accounts. Lynn is also responsible for management of all personnel services, including employee relations, equity issues, new positions, hiring recommendations, and effort reporting.

Tara Bode, personal services coordinator and accounting supervisor
520.621.4497, Room 339A
Payroll, personnel, recruitment, director’s financial reports, state and local fund management, account reconciling, deposits/gift distribution, office supervisor.

Sarah Lane-Gaxiola, program coordinator
520.626.5677, Room 339B
Property management which includes UA and federal tagging, requests for disposition, disposal of equipment, lost or stolen equipment, incoming and outgoing shipper reports for government furnished property and deliverables, maintains data in University property system, off-campus documentation, property physical inventories and audits, maintains property records, keys, backup payroll. Maintains floor plans for three LPL buildings; auxiliary billing, backup for payroll.
Rose Griffin, manager, business affairs
520.621.4155, Room 345
Office manager, building manager, grant and contract management and reporting. Proposal review and approval. Subcontract management, auxiliary management. Document approver, and policy interpretation. Department export control administrator, LPL space manager.

Kari Figueroa, accountant associate
520.626.9007, Room 339
Review all procurement business documents, subcontract record keeping and reconciling, copier billings, PCard user setup/reconciling/compliance, Facilities billable requests, backup for keys and payroll, deposits.

Kathi Baker, administrative associate
520.621.6967, Room 339
Closeout accounts, LPL West bi-weekly account balances, monthly account reconciling.

Tanya Velasquez, office specialist
520.621.6967, Room 339
Copy machine PIN numbers, deliveries, data entry, report distribution, Federal Express billings, telephone changes/requests/bill distribution, document and proposal scanning.