Contact Leadership and Finance

Areas we help with: Budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, commitments, financial reporting, procurement, payments, faculty startup tracking, and administrative financial support.

Additional contacts:

Business Operations Leadership

Linda Rudy.

Linda Rudy

Associate Vice President

Business Operations

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 955 Main Street, Room 6177, Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: 716-829-2420

Email: lindarud@buffalo.edu

  • Provides executive leadership for Jacobs School Business Operations
  • Aligns financial, workforce, facilities, and operational support with school priorities
  • Coordinates cross-functional issues and matters requiring leadership-level direction or escalation

Business Operations

Nicole King portrait.

Nicole King

Administrative Assistant

Business Operations

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 955 Main Street, Room 6170, Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: 716-829-6178

Email: neking2@buffalo.edu

  • Provides administrative and logistics support for the Business Operations unit
  • Supports scheduling, meeting coordination, communications, and follow-up for the Associate Vice President
  • Helps organize unit activities and route requests to the appropriate functional area

Financial Strategy & Resource Planning

Kristina Costanzo-Metcalfe portrait.

Kristina (Krissy) Costanzo-Metcalfe

Assistant Dean, Senior Director for Finance and Administration

Office of Resource Management

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 955 Main Street, Room 6196, Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: 716-881-7829

Email: kc72@buffalo.edu

  • Leads financial strategy and resource planning for the school
  • Guides budgeting, forecasting, multi-year planning, and financial performance analysis
  • Evaluates funding options and the financial implications of strategic investments and new initiatives
  • Coordinates complex financial matters with school leadership, university offices, practice plans, foundations, and other partners

Clinical and Strategic Finance

LeeVaughn Spates

Associate Director for Financial Planning and Analysis

Office of Resource Management

  • Provides Graduate Medical Education financial leadership
  • Oversees hospital affiliate funding
  • Advances reimbursement and financial partnerships
  • Leads clinical financial management and strategic analysis
  • Integrates financial planning with strategic initiatives

Finance

Jeremy Nebelecky

Associate Director for Financial Operations

Office of Resource Management

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 955 Main Street, Room 6174, Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: 716-829-2019

Email: jeremyne@buffalo.edu

  • Oversees the school’s internal financial plan, annual budget process, and resource allocation
  • Provides financial forecasting, analysis, reporting, and decision support
  • Coordinates commitments, spending plans, procurement oversight, and Dean’s Office financial operations
  • Promotes consistent financial practices, internal controls, compliance, and operational efficiency
Rachel Blane portrait.

Rachel Blane

Financial Analyst

Office of Resource Management

  • Supports the school’s internal financial plan, annual budget process, and resource allocation
  • Prepares financial forecasts, analyses, reports, and decision support
  • Assists with commitments, spending plans, procurement oversight, and Dean’s Office financial operations
  • Supports consistent financial practices, internal controls, compliance, and operational efficiency

Budget, Commitments, Reporting and Workforce

Amanda Valentine portrait.

Amanda Valentine

Assistant Director, Workforce Planning & Financial Management

Office of Resource Management

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 955 Main St., Room 6173, Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: 716-829-5097

Email: akvalent@buffalo.edu

  • Coordinates the Jacobs School budget process and enters the school budget and workforce plan in UPlan
  • Tracks internal and external financial commitments, including approved funding transfers and swaps
  • Prepares leadership, accreditation, workforce, and other management reports
  • Tracks faculty startup commitments, annual allocations, extensions, and remaining undelivered support