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Contact\/Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sherman Building
60 Tootell Road
Kingston, RI 02881<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph: 401.874.4060
mcc@etal.uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Meet the Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n
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Brad Avenia<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t
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Assistant Director, Quality Control & Customer Service<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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401.874.5640<\/span>
bradford.avenia@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Doug Michael<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t
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Assistant Director, Custodial Services<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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401.874.2463<\/span>
dougmichael@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Brian Boesch<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t
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Director, Facilities Maintenance<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

Facilities Operations<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

401.222.9252<\/span>
bboesch@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Robert “Bob” Bozikowski<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t
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Assistant Director, Utilities<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

Facilities Operations<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

401.874.7896<\/span>
rbozikowski@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Daniel W. Cartier<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t
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Assistant Director, Maintenance & Repair<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

Facilities Operations<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

401.874.2423<\/span>
dcartier@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Heidi Cooper<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t
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Manager, Computerized Maintenance Management System<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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401.874.2130<\/span>
heidi.cooper@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Peyton Gibson<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t
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Assistant Director, Financial Administration<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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401.874.4788<\/span>
pgibson@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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John Marshall<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t
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Lead Information Technologist<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

Facilities Operations<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

401.874.2860<\/span>
johnmarshall@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Dave Palazzetti<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t
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Senior Director<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

Facilities Operations<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

401.874.5488<\/span>
djpalazzetti@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Our Mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our Mission is to efficiently and effectively manage University resources to insure an environment and infrastructure that support the teaching, research and outreach mission of the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Initiate partnerships with URI departments to program, plan and execute the University’s 3 year Strategic Plan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Develop accountability for Facilities Operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Enhance organizational effectiveness by fostering employee development, nurturing teamwork and promoting communication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Contact\/Location Sherman Building60 Tootell RoadKingston, RI 02881 Ph: 401.874.4060mcc@etal.uri.edu Meet the Staff Our Mission Our Mission is to efficiently and effectively manage University resources to insure an environment and infrastructure that support the teaching, research and outreach mission of the University. Our Goals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4861,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-120","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2003,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions\/2003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}