Liaison and Finance Staff

Liaison staff

Liaisons are professional staff members assigned to assist student orgs with the creation, execution and implementation of their student organization. CSI determines the liaison you work with based upon your self-classifiedcategory during the annual agreement process.

Unsure of your category? Review your organization’s BuffConnect profile and scroll down to Category to view classification.

What can a liaison help me with?

Liaisons are also responsible for signing off on all funding requests for student organizations. It is the responsibility of the student organization to meet with a CSI liaison prior to registering as a new organization, submitting any funding requests or planning any major on-campus event or off-campus travel. Liaisons are also here to help with

  • Leadership development.
  • Navigating and understanding campus policies.
  • Referral to campus departments.
  • Recruitment and membership retention.
  • Organization marketing.
  • Organization development such as bylaw creation and running effective meetings.
  • Internal conflict and membership concerns.

When are they available to meet?

We strongly recommend RSOs schedule appointments with their assigned liaison in order to ensure the best possible advising and support. However, during normal business hours, a liaison is available for drop-in appointments for answering basic questions.

Adam Pallas

Senior Coordinator for Gaming Programs

Org categories

  • Gaming

Expertise and interests

Leadership development and theory. Twitch streaming. Dungeons and Dragons.


Angelica Juarez

Senior Coordinator for Student Organizations

Org categories

  • Community Service and Volunteerism
  • Cultural & International (A–H)
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Social Justice and Activism

Expertise and interests
Social justice and inclusion initiatives. Event and activity planning. Document creation. Teambuilding and conflict management.


Austin Lujan

Assistant Director for Student Organizations & Leadership

Org categories

  • Cultural & International (I–Z)
  • Government and Politics
  • Graduate and Professional Studies
  • Honor Society
  • Law and Law School
  • Science and Mathematics

Expertise and interests
Risk management. Leadership transition. Creating accessible and inclusive events. Finding creative collaborations. Marketing.

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Erica Shaub

Coordinator for Student Organizations

Org categories

  • Arts, Music & Entertainment
  • Recreation & Wellness

Expertise and interests
Organization and sustainability. Supporting positive team culture. Event planning. Travel and international engagement.


Jessica Gutiérrez

Coordinator for Student Organizations and Leadership

Org categories

  • Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental
  • Humanities
  • Religion and Spirituality
  • Social

Expertise and interests

Developing workshops/programs, accountability with care.


Finance staff

CSI Finance Staff providefinancial support to ensureRSO success. They accomplish this by serving as bankers, bookkeepers, travel agents and purchasers, and generally supporting RSO financial management.

Like ourLiaisons, Finance Staffassist RSOs byself-classifiedcategory selected during their annual agreement process.

Unsure of your category? Review your organization’s BuffConnect profile and scroll down to “Category” to view classification.

What can finance staff help me with?

  • Makingpurchases
  • Depositing funds
  • Paying performers/speakers/services
  • Reimbursements
  • Booking travel
  • Reconcile accounts
  • Navigatingfinancial policies and procedures
  • Answering financial questions​

When are they available to meet?

Stop into UMC 330 during normal business hours, appointments are not required. To ensure availability, we recommendyou contact finance staff for pre-spending meetings, booking travel and purchasing. Contact your staff member directly or viacsifinance@colorado.edu.

Finance staff

Rebecca Aker

Accounting Lead

Organization categories

  • Honor Societies
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Sciences and Mathematics


Awa Cisse

Travel Coordinator

Organization categories

  • Community Service and Volunteerism
  • CU Interfraternity Council
  • Cultural and International
  • Government and Politics
  • Graduate and Professional Student Government
  • Graduate and Professional Studies
  • Multicultural Greek Council
  • National Pan-Hellenic Council


Ellie Cottone

Finance Coordinator

Organization categories

  • Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Gaming
  • Law and Law School
  • Recreation and Wellness
  • Social Justice and Activism


Susan Giacoma

Accounting Tech

Organization categories

  • Arts, Music and Performance
  • Environmental
  • Governing Bodies
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Religion and Spirituality
  • Social