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Tracy Sitler Obertone, PhD Candidate for Pre-Award Manager ABOSS RAS

My Background I have been at Emory for over 30 years: as a graduate student, post- doc, research specialist, lab manager, program manager, and research administrator. I received my BS in Zoology and Genetics from Duke University in 1989 and my PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Emory in 1995. I have completed the CRAE and Pre-Award certifications at NCURA and SRA.

Providing Quality Faculty Service that exceeds Expectations ❑ Enhanced communication with faculty ❑ Communicate to faculty new guidelines or issues ❑ Present at faculty meetings when necessary ❑ Increase communication between RAS staff and faculty to enhance the grant proposal routing process ❑ Offer training for new faculty and any current faculty who request it to navigate the Emory Grants System ❑ Increase monitoring of proposal progress to avoid delays

Ensuring strong levels of Customer Service ❑ Know your Product: ❑ Increase training of administrators to increase service ❑ Be Friendly: ❑ Customer service starts with a smile ❑ Fix Your Mistakes: ❑ Take responsibility and work to correct mistakes quickly and efficiently ❑ Train Your Staff: ❑ Product as well as presentation ❑ Show Respect ❑ Listen ❑ Be Responsive: ❑ Even if only to say “I’m working on it”

Leading and Coaching a High Performance Team Leadership Behaviors: ❑ Share Goals High Performing Teams are comprised of High Performing Individuals ❑ Align Goals ❑ Measure Fairly ❑ Delegate Authority ❑ Recognize Results ❑ Encourage Professional Development

Leading and Coaching a High Performance Team ❑ Share Goals ❑ Include individuals in establishing team goals ❑ Individual Behavior Shared Goals ❑ Align Goals ❑ Align team goals with individual strengths ❑ Each individual contributes to the overall goals ❑ Review often – strengths change ❑ Measure Fairly ❑ Focus on individual impact on results ❑ Individuals drive team performance

Leading and Coaching a High Performance Team ❑ Delegate Authority ❑ Give autonomy – do not micromanage ❑ Lead by asking questions ❑ Recognize Results ❑ Team and individual results ❑ Frequent communication ❑ Celebrate individuals’ specific impact on team goals ❑ Celebrate team achievement ❑ Encourage professional development for all team members

Always Thinking Ahead: ❑ Increase collaboration between administrators and develop consistent procedures for grant submissions ❑ Finding Balance: In these COVID times, when remote work is the norm, communication when we are out of “sight” needs to remain open, while not interfering with the work that needs to be done. ❑ Working toward filling our open positions: By making the RAS a great place to work, we can attract and keep skilled, productive, quality individuals to keep advancing our high performance team.

Thank You I am uniquely qualified for this position as I have been a researcher and a manager, as well as a research administrator. I have 25 years of lab work experience, which instills a very detail oriented mind set. My experience allows me to see both sides of the proposal coin and work to bring those sides together for the best possible application. Thank you for your time and please allow me to answer any questions you may have.