Staff
ACCOUNTING STAFF
Cheryl Browning - cbrownin@westga.edu
Accounts Manager - ext. 96396
Cheryl supervises our Accounts Payable staff and does account reconciliations. She is responsible for unclaimed and lost checks and 1099 reporting.
Patricia Durrough - pdurroug@westga.edu
Asst Dir of Business Services - ext. 96392
Patricia is responsible for the business operations within the Office of the Controller. She is responsible for reviewing, writing and implementing business policies and participating in business improvements to support the business operations of the University.
Karen Gibbs - kgibbs@westga.edu
Accounting Assistant - ext. 96388
Karen is one of our University cashiers and is responsible for receipting funds from across campus including departmental deposits and tuition and fee payments.
Kim Ingram - kingram@westga.edu
Accounting Assistant - ext. 96389
Kim is one of our University cashiers and is responsible for receipting funds from across campus including departmental deposits and tuition and fee payments. Kim also handles all returned checks.
Nikki Jiles - njiles@westga.edu
Accounting Assistant - ext. 95357
Nikki processes all of our payables for purchase orders. Nikki can answer your questions concerning the payment of an invoice on all purchase orders. If you have a problem with a particular order that prevents the invoice from being paid you should contact Nikki immediately.
Denise Kotajarvi - dkotajar@westga.edu
Accounting Assistant - ext. 96397
Denise is involved in the day to day processing of accounting transactions. She handles all of our agency account application requests and can answer your questions related to your agency account or its balance.
John Roessler - jroessle@westga.edu
Assistant Controller - ext. 96393
John is responsible for many different accounting functions including day to day operations as well as coordinating and preparing our Annual Financial Report. Accounting Services and Student Financial Services report to John.
Anita Saunders - asaunder@westga.edu
Accounting Assistant - ext. 96394
Anita processes all of our non-purchase order payables. These include travel reimbursements, team travel and consultant/agency account payments. Anita can answer your questions concerning travel policies and reimbursements, consultant and agency account payments.
Richard Sears - rsears@westga.edu
Controller - ext. 95353
As Controller, Rick provides oversight of the financial records and reporting for the institution. He is also responsible for ensuring that adequate policies and procedures are in place as required by State, Board of Regents and University policy.
Gloria Smith - gsmith@westga.edu
Coordinator of Office Services - ext. 96390
Gloria serves as the coordinator of our office and also serves as our receptionist. She also handles some day to day accounting transactions including campus charges. Gloria can answer your question concerning a campus charge that has been posted to your account.
