HR Benefits Directory Main Office: (908) 737-3300 Name Position Email Phone Area Yrelys Tapanes Director, Benefits ytapanes@kean.edu 908-737-3313 Diane Baldwin Associate Director 3 dbaldwin@kean.edu 908-737-3312 State Health Benefits and Pension, Open Enrollment Jennifer Kim Professional Services Specialist 4 jakim@kean.edu 908-737-3317 Adjunct Employee Benefits, Benefitsolver How to, Open Enrollment Nicole Klein Managing Assistant Director 2 kleinni@kean.edu 908-737-3314 Well-Being at Work Programs & Personify Health, Carebridge Paige O'brien Professional Services Specialist 4 pobrien@kean.edu 908-737-3302 Full-time Employee Benefits – Enrollments, Open Enrollment Tejal Talati Professional Services Specialist 1 ttalati@kean.edu 908-737-3301 Compensation & Analytics/Reporting Lorice Thompson-Greer Professional Services Specialist 2 lgreer@kean.edu 908-737-3309 Leave of Absence (family, medical, military, etc), On-the-Job Injury, Requests for Accommodation due to Medical Reasons Tameeka Upshaw Managing Administrative Assistant 1 tupshaw@kean.edu 908-737-3308 Tuition Waiver, DCRP enrollments, Purchase of Service, Loans, Withdrawal of Funds (from retirement plans)
