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MAIS Leadership

On This Page:

  • Laura Patterson, Associate Vice President for University of Michigan's Administrative Information Services (MAIS)
  • John Gohsman, Director of MAIS Student Administration and Human Resources Management System Divisions
  • Amy Grier, Director of MAIS Human Resources
  • Mike Loviska, Director of MAIS Shared Services Division
  • Barry MacDougall, Director of MAIS Finance and Planning
  • Deborah Mero, Director of Financial Systems Division
  • Bill Wrobleski, Director of Technical Information Operations (TIO) Division

Laura McCain Patterson is the Associate Vice President for the University of Michigan's Administrative Information Services (MAIS). She served as the director of the M-Pathways project, which resulted in the University-wide implementation of financial, student administration, and human resource management systems from 1998 - 2001. Patterson joined the University in 1993 as the University Registrar. Prior to joining U-M, Patterson served as the Registrar at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire from 1982-93, and she was the Registrar and Director of Academic Advising at Franklin College of Indiana from 1978-82.

Patterson holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from Indiana University and has completed course work toward a Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota. You can contact her at lmpatter@umich.edu.

John Gohsman is the Director of MAIS Student Administration and Human Resources Management System Divisions. Gohsman joined the University in 1983 and led the University's effort to develop the Student Administration System with PeopleSoft. He managed the M-Pathways implementation projects for Student Administration from 1998 - 2000 and for Human Resources and Payroll in 2001. Gohsman now manages the operations, production support, enhancement, and new project efforts in both of these divisions.

Gohsman holds a bachelor's degree from Ferris State University. You can contact him at jgohsman@umich.edu

Amy Grier is the Director of MAIS Human Resources. She joined U-M and MAIS in August 2004. She has over 10 years of human resources experience and has led organizational initiatives focusing on compensation, process re-engineering, employee relations, and performance management.

Grier holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a master's degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan. She also has earned her PHR (Professional in Human Resources) certification. You can contact her at amyand@umich.edu.

Mike Loviska is the Director of MAIS Shared ServicesDivision. Loviska joined the University in 1986, serving as the Information Technology Division's Manager of Student Systems. He acted as the Technical Lead for the M-Pathways Project from 1995-2000, with responsibility for providing leadership and guidance on the technical direction of the systems. Loviska now manages the Data Delivery efforts, Help Desk, user communications and consulting, and other internal and user systems and services.

Loviska attended Georgia State University. You can contact him at 647-MAIS.

Barry MacDougall is the Director of Finance and Planning for MAIS. MacDougall started working at the University in 1988. He was the Assistant Director of the University of Michigan's Office of Orientation before joining the M-Pathways Project as Assistant Project Manager in August 1996. MacDougall now directs the financial and budget administration, facilities administration, and planning activities of MAIS.

MacDougall holds a bachelor's degree from University of Michigan. You can contact him at bmac@umich.edu.

Deborah Mero, Director of MAIS Financial Systems Division, was appointed in 1999, after serving as the M-Pathways Unit Liaison for the Medical School on both Financials and Human Resources. She also represented the Medical School on the General Ledger implementation team. Mero joined the University in 1981 as a Senior Financial Analyst, and became the Finance Director for the Medical School in 1991 with responsibility for budgeting, grants management, financial reporting, staff and faculty appointments and functional responsibility for the Medical School Financial and Human Resource systems.

Mero holds a BS in Business Administration from San Jose State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. You can contact her at dmero@umich.edu.

Bill Wrobleski, Director of Technical Information Operations (TIO) Division has worked on the M-Pathways Project since its inception in 1996, when he was appointed Technical Infrastructure Manager. He joined the U-M in 1985, and has, since then, had a number of information technology roles on campus. From 1990-1995, Wrobleski evaluated and implemented new technologies for administrative systems as a member of the Technology Assessment Group. His major project contributions in this position include development of the original Data Warehouse and original Wolverine Access.

Wrobleski has a BS in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Michigan. You can contact him at billw@umich.edu.