Staff

Pat Hanson
Payroll Director

Phone: (701) 231-8990
Patricia.Hanson@ndsu.edu
Management of Payroll Services staff, HCM Security requests, Legal Compliance, Policy Development and Interpretation, Training, Open Records or Data Requests, Process development/change, payroll questions, corrections and off-cycle checks

Jessica Amb
Benefits Associate
Phone: (701) 231-7543
jessica.amb@ndsu.edu
Set up and balance benefit/payroll deductions, pre-pay withholdings, annuity deduction processing

Deanna Pederson
Payroll Tax Accountant
Phone: (701) 231-7119
deanna.pederson@ndsu.edu
Tax payments, remittance, reporting, payroll reconciliation, payroll tax compliance, federal and state.

Kari Schmitz-Eilertson
Payroll Coordinator
Phone: (701) 231-6251
kari.schmitzeilertso@ndsu.edu
Payroll processing and questions, Worker's Compensation, Annuity processing, 403/457 deduction entry, tax payment (Federal and State)

Amanda Hamre
Payroll Records Technician

Phone: (701) 231-5677
amanda.hamre@ndsu.edu
Back end payroll duties- Additional Pay forms, taxable expenses, and adjustments. Shared Services-TLAB and payroll processes. Back up to the front desk.

Laura Garske-Hermanson
International Payroll Coordinator
Phone: (701) 231-7328
Laura.Garske-Hermanson@ndsu.edu
International employee employment and taxation, international NRA nonqualified scholarship tax, 1042-S forms

Chris Laffen
Payroll Records Technician
Phone: (701) 231-8958
christopher.laffen@ndsu.edu
Hires, Changes/DocuSign and Terms (Grad, PTA & Timeslip), front end payroll duties (job data) back up to the front desk

JoAnna Nielson
Benefits Associate

Phone: (701) 231-6297
joanna.nielson@ndsu.edu
Set up and balance benefit/payroll deductions, pre-pay withholdings, annuity deduction procssing for Shared Services

Sheila Tindall
Senior Payroll Records Technician
Phone: (701) 231-5657
Sheila.Tindall@ndsu.edu
Hires, Changes/DocuSign and Terms for Benefited employees, Contract employees/Pay Over 12 Option, front end payroll duties for NDSU and Shared Campuses, Contingent Workers/Person of Interest, Backup to Payroll Records Tech, Assign Work Schedules, Center for Child Development (Calendar, Newsletter & Menu)

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