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Apartment Staff

Our Staff Welcomes You

We are pleased to welcome you to our community and look forward to assisting you throughout your stay with us. Our staff are located in two primary locations–University Apartments Community Center and University Apartments Facilities Office. For open hours and locations of these offices, please see the sections below.

Administrative Staff

These staff are located in the front office in the University Apartments Community Center. They can assist you with anything from renting a space in the Community Center, to Leasing needs, to resolving a conflict with a neighbor.

Email Administrative Staff

Community Center Hours

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Saturday: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Sunday: Closed

Jolene Esterline

Position title: Director of Resident Support Services

Aminah Haneef

Position title: Office Coordinator

Bobby Hart

Position title: Financial Specialist

Kelly Ignatoski

Position title: Director of University Apartments

Megan Kapke

Position title: Resident Support Specialist

Jeff Kirchman

Position title: University Apartments Community Officer

Brent Larsen

Position title: Assistant Director of University Apartments - Leasing

Tanya Ley

Position title: Office Coordinator

Amy Wallace

Position title: Resident Support Specialist

Phillip Werman

Position title: Assistant Director of Resident Support Services

Andrew Werner

Position title: Assistant Director of Resident Support Services

Danielle Wolfgang

Position title: Leasing Coordinator

Apartments Facilities Staff

These staff are located in the Apartments Facilities Office. They can assist you with maintenance questions and concerns and help get things fixed or repaired, if needed.

Need something repaired?

Submit a Maintenance Request Form

Have another question?

Email Apartment Maintenance Staff

Apartment Facilities Office Hours

Monday – Friday: 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Zach Cornelius

Position title: Assistant Director of Apartment Facilities: Turnover Coordinator

Emily Kuntz

Position title: Trades Supervisor

Geb Lefeber

Position title: Director of Apartment Facilities

Sean McCulley

Position title: Custodial Services Program Manager

Mike Monroe

Position title: Maintenance Supervisor

Kevin Weber

Position title: Assistant Director of Apartment Facilities: Projects Manager and Safety Coordinator

Resident Managers

The Resident Managers (RM) are community members who are assigned to specific parts of the University Apartments neighborhoods to be a liaisons.  In addition to serving a specific area of the community, they also rotate on-call responsibilities for the entire UA community. They are trained to provide after-hours assistance with lock-outs, programming for the community, help with community education efforts, assistance in resolving neighbor disputes, and referrals to campus resources. Your RM is a great resource for you and you should feel welcome to call them for assistance or for help in getting to know your community better.

Email a Resident Manager

Call/text the Resident Manager on-call: (608) 444-9308
E-mail the Resident Manager of your neighborhood: resident.manager@housing.wisc.edu

Donna Li

Position title: Resident Manager, Eagle Heights 100s & Harvey Street

Gabriela Martinez Motta

Position title: Resident Manager, Eagle Heights 200s & 901-917

Walaa Awad

Position title: Resident Manager, Eagle Heights 300s & 400s

Peter Font

Position title: Resident Manager, Eagle Heights 500's & 600's

Evelyn Coker

Position title: Resident Manager, Eagle Heights 700s & 800s

Gerald Lule

Position title: Resident Manager, Eagle Heights 918-946

John Merryfield

Position title: Resident Manager, University Houses

Demetrius Solomon

Position title: Resident Manager - Programming

Savannah Swartz

Position title: Resident Manager - Programming

Eagle's Wing Child Care Staff

These staff are located in the Eagle’s Wing Child Care Center located in the University Apartments Community Center. These staff provide a variety of childcare  programs for children ages 6 weeks – 8 years, Monday through Friday, year-round. Eagle’s Wing serves families from University Apartments, UW-Madison, and the surrounding community.

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Mike Avery

Position title: Assistant Teacher

Lalita Bajracharya

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Sydney Bonilla

Position title: Assistant Teacher

Romilyn Daiwey

Position title: Assistant Teacher

Chuquan Gu

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Vanessa Hellenbrand

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Kori Kriewaldt

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Kristin Pape

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Rob San Juan

Position title: Associate Director of Eagle's Wing Child Care and Education Programs, Preschool and School Age programs

Carmen Z. Santiago

Position title: Assistant Teacher

Tera Sarow

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Ellie Squire

Position title: Associate Director of Eagle's Wing Child Care and Education Programs, Infant and Toddler programs, enrollment

Halli Stewart

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Asenna Todorova

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Lucia Valdez

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Mei-Ling Woods

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Dave Yazbec

Position title: Early Childhood Teacher

Paula Zipperer

Position title: Director of Eagle's Wing Child Care and Education Programs