{"id":1347,"date":"2025-09-10T12:06:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities-group\/?page_id=1347"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:43:16","slug":"business-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities-group\/business-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who we are:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Business Office, Facilities Group is responsible for overseeing the financial health of the Facilities Group, including departmental as well as project budgets and funding.&nbsp; The funding sources include, but are not limited to, general operating, overhead, sponsored research administration, RICAP, General Obligation bonds, and Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation bonds. We ensure compliance with RI State and other funding source rules and regulations, and monitor project and fund spend progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chief Business Officer (CBO) assists and advises the Associate Vice President (AVP), Facilities Group on all matters related to Facilities Group administration, personnel, finance, business management, strategic planning, initiatives, and policies. The CBO oversees the Director, Project Finance and Administration and the business office team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Director, Project F&amp;A\u2019s and her team is responsible for the processing, tracking, reconciliation, and reporting on all Facilities Group capital project budgets and funding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who to contact:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Jennifer Bose<\/td><td>Chief Business Officer<\/td><td>Facilities Group overall department and high-level budgets.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jennifer Bose<\/td><td>Chief Business Officer<\/td><td>Facilities Group personnel questions and issues.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jennifer Bose<\/td><td>Chief Business Officer<\/td><td>Inter-department operations with the Facilities Group and working with our partners within URI.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Patti Steere<\/td><td>Director, Project Finance and Administration<\/td><td>Questions regarding Capital Project expenses.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Patti Steere<\/td><td>Director, Project Finance and Administration<\/td><td>Project funding source balances for RICAP, GO bonds, and RIHEBC bonds, as well as department-funded capital projects.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eileen O&#8217;Brien Sweeney<\/td><td>Pre Audit Clerk<\/td><td>Contact for questions about capital project requisitions.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ann Zonfrillo<\/td><td>Fiscal Clerk<\/td><td>Contact for questions about capital project invoices.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities-group\/meet\/jennifer-bose\/\">Jennifer Bose<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Chief Business Officer<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5318<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jennifer.bose@uri.edu\">jennifer.bose@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities-group\/meet\/patricia-steere\/\">Patricia Steere<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Director, Project Finance and Administration<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2573<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:psteere@uri.edu\">psteere@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities-group\/meet\/eileen-obrien-sweeney\/\">Eileen O&#8217;Brien Sweeney<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Pre Audit Clerk<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4305<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:eileen.obriensweeney@uri.edu\">eileen.obriensweeney@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities-group\/meet\/ann-zonfrillo\/\">Ann Zonfrillo<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Fiscal Clerk<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4280<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:ann.zonfrillo@uri.edu\">ann.zonfrillo@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who we are: The Business Office, Facilities Group is responsible for overseeing the financial health of the Facilities Group, including departmental as well as project budgets and funding.&nbsp; 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