Elizabeth Canny
Senior Assistant Provost for Faculty Administration
Office of the Provost, Ballou Hall (2^nd fl.), Medford/Somerville
Supervisor: Jamshed Bharucha, Provost and Sr. Vice President

• Manages Provost's office on 2^nd floor of Ballou Hall
  
  
• Oversees academic appointments, including tenure and promotion (T&P), continuation agreements, and contracts
  
  
• Responds to inquiries from faculty and deans on University and school bylaws and policies, such as faculty appointments, T&P issues/procedures, endowed professorships, sabbatic leaves, and tuition/grant-in-aid
  
  
• Works with legal counsel on bylaw revisions and legal matters
  
  
• Monitors PAFs (Personnel Action Forms) and other actions for full-time faculty
  
  
• Supports Trustee Academic Affairs Committee and Provost's Council
  
  

Suna Grassi
Assistant Provost
Boston office: 75 Kneeland St. (9^th fl.)
Medford/Somerville office: 20 Professors Row
Supervisor: Peggy Newell, Vice Provost

• Works with the Provost and the Vice Provost on a variety of initiatives, including academic planning, priority setting, and facility planning
  
  
• Is responsible for oversight and fiscal management of Office of the Provost budgets and discretionary accounts. Is Budget Fiscal Officer (BFO) of the Provost's Office, Provost's laboratory, Office of the Vice Provost, Office for Technology Licensing & Industry Collaboration, Boards of Overseers office, Digital Collections and Archives, Tufts Institute for the Environment, WSSS, Institute for Global Leadership, Fares Center, European Center, Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, and Office of Institutional Research & Evaluation
  
  
• Manages Human Resources responsibilities for Provost's units
  
  
• Assists with management of the Vice Provost's office
  
  
• Provides high level of oversight of IT systems and websites for the Vice Provost's office
  
  
• Edits and publishes Research News @ Tufts, an online newsletter
  
  
• Provides oversight of Research Days
  
  

Marcella Tanona
Assistant to the Provost

• Manages the Provost's Calendar
  
  
• Plans special events, particularly for emeriti faculty
  
  
• Coordinates degree lists
  
  
• Makes travel arrangements
  
  
• Supports office budgetary accounts
  
  

Marcy Archfield
Budget and Operations Administrator
Office of the Provost, Ballou Hall (1^st fl.), Medford/Somerville
Supervisor: Suna Grassi, Assistant Provost

• Manages Office of the Provost budgets and discretionary accounts
  
  
• Monitors paperwork for projects and funding commitments to faculty, students, and organizations
  
  
• Manages Provost's office on 1^st floor of Ballou Hall
  
  
• Assists senior staff on special projects, such as cross-school initiatives, student issues, research issues, academic planning, priority setting, and facilities projects

Caroline Campbell
Program Development Director
Office of the Provost, Ballou Hall (1^st fl.), Medford/Somerville
Supervisor: Mary Y. Lee, Associate Provost

• Develops, implements, manages, and is primary contact person for Associate Provost Lee's projects and programs, including those involving the University Committee on Teaching and Faculty Development (UCTFD), University Library Council, Digital Collections and Archives, University Library Technology Services, OpenCourseWare Initiative, distance learning, digital educational resources, and TUSK
  
  
• Manages Associate Provost Lee's grant proposals, including researching and preparing application, developing budget, co-writing and editing proposal and all required reports, collecting and compiling supporting documents, and coordinating submission
  
  
• Assists in drafting, editing, and coordinating submission of articles written for publication
  
  
• Coordinates the University Seminar program and the Academic Leadership Development Program
  
  
• Is liaison to the University-wide Committee on Ethics, and coordinates UCTFD meetings and e-list
  


• Manages websites for UCTFD/faculty development, University Seminar, University-wide Committee on Ethics
  

Jillian Dubman
Secretary of the Faculty for Arts, Sciences and Engineering

• Schedules faculty meetings and maintains records of faculty minutes for AS&E, A&S, Engineering, GSAS and the College of Special Studies
  
  
• Supports several AS&E Committees: T&P Committee, B&P Committee, Executive Committee, Committee on Committees, the Curriculum Committee for A&S and Engineering, and the Faculty Advisory Board.
  
  
• Maintains historical data on AS&E committees, including procedural documentation, annual committee lists, committee election results etc.
  
  
• Maintains the Faculty Info and Retiree webpage: http://ase.tufts.edu/faculty-info/
  
  
• Updates Committee Membership Lists, Info Book and New Faculty Bios annually
  

Laura Duncan
Assistant to the Provost for Communications

• Manages Provost's correspondence
  
  
• Develops and maintains content of office website and coordinates website projects
  
  
• Edits and prepares memos and reports
  
  
• Liaison to other departments, including the Overseers office and Communications