Jacqui Bauer (Assistant Director) (jacmbaue@indiana.edu)
Jacqui manages Workshop projects including the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management project through USAID; she also acts as a liaison between the Workshop directors, advisory council, staff, graduate students, and visiting scholars. She handles fundraising, grantwriting, and publicity (including the newsletter) on the Workshop’s behalf.
Carol Buszkiewicz (Administrative Assistant/Fiscal Officer) (cbuszkie@indiana.edu)
Carol handles all budget issues, administers and monitors all Workshop accounts, and manages the long-term visiting scholar program. She manages internal communication (including issuing long-distance phone codes and photocopier codes), personnel, and payroll; she also assists with grant proposal preparation (including budget construction) and manages prospective graduate students.
Emily Castle (Director of Library and Information Services/Director Digital Library of the Commons)(efcastle@indiana.edu)
Emily manages the Workshop Research Library, which includes collection development, supervising library hourly staff, and providing one-on-one reference and bibliographical service and instruction to visitors, affiliates, and graduate students. She also manages the Digital Library of the Commons, including the DLC Assistants working to populate it.
Ray Eliason (Computing Systems Manager) (reliason@indiana.edu)
Ray provides in-house training, consulting, and support for staff, faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students for all IT-related concerns. He is responsible for system and network maintenance and administration and for the acquisition, installation, and maintenance of computing hardware and software. He keeps the Workshop informed of changes within the university and elsewhere related to IT.
Gayle Higgins (Program Coordinator/Events Scheduler) (ghiggins@indiana.edu)
Gayle coordinates and schedules Workshop events including the colloquium series, the WOW conference, and meetings, and manages the short-term visitor program. She manages outreach activities and visitor logistics, including travel arrangements, site selection, catering/food services, etc. She provides administrative and secretarial support for the directors. As building manager she sets policy guidelines for security issues, handles emergency planning, and arranges maintenance work for all buildings; she also allocates office space and equipment for all faculty, visitors, and students.
Patty Lezotte (Administrative Assistant/Publications Director) (zielinsk@indiana.edu)
Patty supervises and coordinates the Workshop publication program, including production flow scheduling, editing and proofreading, designing and typesetting, archiving and maintaining master files, and distribution. She also monitors and updates portions of the website, designs the Workshop newsletter Polycentric Circles, and supervises clerical staff.
David Price (Receptionist/Front Office Coordinator) (daaprice@indiana.edu)
David is the Workshop’s receptionist. He also assists Patty with the publications program, orders supplies and books, prepares the Visitor’s Handbook, and facilitates conferences, classes and meetings. He manages the kitchen calendar, snack bar, mail, and blackboard calendar.
Nicole Todd (Administrative Secretary/IU Bloomington CRC Secretary) (stodd@indiana.edu)
Nicole provides administrative and clerical support for Elinor Ostrom, including transcription, scheduling, and travel arrangements. She also handles the listservs for various working groups, provides support for the IFRI training and Y673 seminar, and serves as IU’s Collaborating Research Center secretary.
