Project Team

Project Sponsor

Christopher Strang

Credentials: Primary Sponsor

Position title: Assistant Vice Chancellor Environment, Health & Safety

Christopher Strang, as the primary sponsor, leads the project and provides regular updates to campus leadership. Sponsors are vocal and visible champions of the project and support the change management and communication efforts.

Core Team

Aaron McCoy

Credentials: Environment, Health and Safety

Position title: Assistant Chemical Hygiene Officer

Email: aaron.mccoy@wisc.edu

Amy Riedemann

Credentials: Environment, Health and Safety

Position title: Chemical Safety Systems Manager

Email: amy.riedemann@wisc.edu

Jeff Zebrowski

Credentials: Environment, Health and Safety

Position title: Director of Chemical Safety/Chemical Hygiene Officer

Email: jeff.zebrowski@wisc.edu

Comprised of EHS Chemical Safety staff, this team provides daily management for the project, including information gathering, project communication, reporting, scope, budget tracking, and high-level lab communication and scheduling.

Team Support

Pat Fargen

Credentials: Environment, Health and Safety

Position title: Executive Assistant

Email: pat.fargen@wisc.edu

Ashley Zlotocha

Credentials: Student Assistant (majoring in Microbiology)

Position title: Class of 2025

Comprised of EHS staff, this team provides team support including communications and data management.

Inventory Team

Ani Brzozowski

Credentials: Majoring in Chemistry

Position title: Class of 2025

Cris Casique

Credentials: Majoring in Biology

Position title: Class of 2025

Gabe Germain

Credentials: Majoring in Engineering Mechanics

Position title: Class of 2024

Brandon Kendall

Credentials: Majoring in Chemical Engineering

Position title: Class of 2025

Elizabeth Stang

Credentials: Majoring in Chemistry

Position title: Class of 2024

Luis Tecuanhuehue

Credentials: Majoring in Environmental Science

Position title: Class of 2024

Bennett Walbrun

Credentials: Majoring in Psychology

Position title: Class of 2026

The inventory team is responsible for barcoding and entering all the current chemical inventory into ChemManager+.

Training Team

Carrie Ensrud

Credentials: Associate Biological Safety Officer - Animal Research Safety

Tara Schnell

Credentials: Biosafety Trainer

Amanda Venturino

Credentials: Animal Research Safety Specialist

EH&S trainers will be developing a comprehensive and inclusive training solution to meet the needs of users at UW-Madison. JAGGAER will perform ChemManager+ updates twice a year. Our training team will update materials accordingly as JAGGAER releases new versions of ChemManager+.