Business Services & Human Resources Staff

Location and hours

We are located on the first, second, and third floors of Old Sem:

First Floor: Business Services Desk
Second Floor: Human Resources
Third Floor: VP for Business Affairs and Accounting offices

The Business Services office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Business Services Desk is located on first floor and is open from 8:30 am to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Office address, phone and email

600 First Street South West
Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314-1098

(319) 895-4242
Email:businessservices@cornellcollege.edu

Staff Duties

All Business Services and Human Resources staff are listed below. To find the staff member(s) responsible for particular tasks, please refer to our list of staff duties.

Business Services Staff

	Karen Mercer Vice President for Business Affairs - Third Floor Phone:(319) 895-4342 E-mail: kmercer@cornellcollege.edu Divisional responsibility for Business Services, Facility Services, Administrative Services, Personnel Services; endowment management, construction, and contracts.

	Lois Mulbrook Controller - Third Floor Phone:(319) 895-4245 E-mail: lmulbrook@cornellcollege.edu Budgeting, reprint, cash management, accounting, recordkeeping, insurance, investments, and grant administration.

	Mike Kragenbrink Assistant Controller - Third Floor Phone:(319) 895-4383 E-mail: mkragenbrink@cornellcollege.edu Accounting, investments, financial reporting, recordkeeping, and audit preparation.

	Shannon Amundson Student Accounts and Loan Manager - Third Floor Phone: x4220 E-mail: samundson@cornellcollege.edu Student account billing questions, student loan questions and check endorsements, payment problems, and off-campus program billing.

	Becky Whitman Staff Accountant - Third Floor Phone:(319) 895-4132 E-mail: bwhitman@cornellcollege.edu Student account billing questions, student loan check endorsements, and general accounting.

	Kay Schirm Business Services Specialist - Third Floor Phone: x4341 E-mail: kschirm@cornellcollege.edu Processes all payments to vendors and account inquiries. Student account billing questions, student organization checking accounts.

	RuthAnn Scheer Administrative Assistant - Third Floor Phone: x4242 E-mail: rscheer@cornellcollege.edu Administrative support to Business Services and the VP for Business Affairs. Coordination of college-owned rental housing for employees, and camps and conferences.

	Lisa Evans Payroll Coordinator - Third Floor Phone:(319) 895-4246 E-mail: levans@cornellcollege.edu Faculty/staff and student payroll processing, emergency student loans, student summer employment.
Human Resources Staff

	Vickie Farmer Director of Human Resources - Second Floor Phone: x4243 E-mail: vfarmer@cornellcollege.edu Human resources, benefits, payroll, and College Guest House

	Lindsey Hotz Human Resources Coordinator - Second Floor Phone: x4244 E-mail: lhotz@cornellcollege.edu Payroll preparation, benefits support, and assistance to the director.