We are pleased to announce the promotion of Nicole Gunnison to senior business process manager, in effect as of September 1. A graduate of Milligan College (now Milligan University) in East Tennessee, with a bachelor's degree in psychology, Gunnison worked in finance, accounting, and non-profit administration before joining Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2018, first as an accounting clerk and then as a budget/accounting analyst specializing in post-award financial support (i.e., administrative management of grant-funded research projects) for multiple departments. In 2022, she became the department's business process manager, leading comprehensive HR support and effort management for faculty, staff, and trainees; with this promotion, she will shoulder additional responsibilities in areas such as immigration and other global support processes. Her expertise with Workday and other systems has been absolutely vital to department operations, and she has an abiding interest in public health, human rights, economic empowerment and poverty alleviation, and other humanitarian causes, which has included volunteering for Habitat for Humanity.
Nicole Gunnison at the 2022 All-Department Retreat