Wellness Resources: July 2025

HOOS NETWORKING: VIRTUAL CONNECTIONS FOR CAREER GROWTH

Wednesday, July 30, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Virtual | Register for Hoos Networking

Looking to grow your professional network or connect with a mentor but short on time? Join us for a fast-paced, engaging event designed to spark meaningful connections across the UVA community.

DEVELOPING YOUR TEAM

Tuesday, July 29, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
In Person | UVA HR Collab, 2420 Old Ivy Rd.
Register for Developing Your Team

Join a workshop for UVA Leaders to learn practical strategies for fostering career growth, boosting engagement, and guiding team development—even without promotion opportunities. Gain tools for feedback, planning, and overcoming obstacles.

OTHER WELLNESS RESOURCES

• Keep your goals on track over the summer with health coaching. Earn up to $150 in rewards by meeting with a health coach who will help you forge a path to optimized health and well-being.

• July 23, 12:00 noon | Enhancing Your Sleep, Restoring Your Energy, and Replenishing Your Resilience: Learn about the importance of quality sleep and how to understand your sleep patterns and root causes of sleep difficulties.

• July 28, 10:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m. | How to Get the Most from Your Employee Retirement Plan: Learn about tips for optimizing your retirement savings; decisions you make can add up in the future

• July 30, 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. | Retirement Basics: Learn how important it is and the power of saving for the future, and about other vehicles such as IRAs, HSAs, and brokerage accounts.

Treasury's Linda Vannatta to Retire

Happy Retirement!

After nearly 24 years of dedicated service to the University, Linda Vannatta is retiring from her role as Director of Treasury Operations in UVAFinance.

Linda’s UVA career began in 2001 as a Fiscal Tech for the School of Medicine’s Nephrology Department. In 2003, she moved to Risk Management, where she laid the foundation for what would become a distinguished tenure supporting the University’s financial stability and strategic growth. Over the years, she took on a range of roles that spanned risk management, insurance, and treasury functions, each time deepening her impact and sharpening UVA’s financial tools and processes.

She served as Treasury Manager and later as Assistant Director of Treasury & Risk Management, playing key roles in major initiatives such as UVA’s Workday Financial Strategic Transformation, cash flow forecasting, bond issuance, and endowment investment management. Most recently, as Director of Treasury Operations, Linda led with a steady hand and a deep well of institutional knowledge, ensuring effective treasury management and sound financial operations across Grounds.

Linda’s career has been marked by a focus on innovation, efficiency, and stewardship. From advancing the “cashless university” initiative to shaping UVA’s internal loan programs, her influence is woven into the financial infrastructure that supports the University’s mission.

We are grateful for Linda’s many contributions and wish her all the best as she embarks on a well-earned retirement. She leaves behind a legacy of excellence, care, and commitment and she will be greatly missed.

UVA Finance Welcomes Holly Bolton as New Assistant Vice President and Chief of Staff

Welcome, Holly!

UVAFinance is pleased to announce the appointment of Holly Bolton as the new Assistant Vice President and Chief of Staff, effective August 25, 2025.

Bolton brings more than 15 years of leadership experience in higher education administration. Most recently, she served as Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at New York University (NYU), where she led strategic initiatives, executive communications, major institutional events, and division-wide engagement efforts for a team of over 1,600 employees.

In her new role at UVA, Bolton will serve as a key advisor and strategic partner to the Vice President for Finance, overseeing a broad portfolio of operations and initiatives. Her responsibilities will include managing UVA Finance’s business operations, leading communications and training efforts, coordinating cross-functional project teams, and supporting enterprise-wide strategy and alignment.

“Holly brings a powerful combination of strategic insight, operational expertise, and a deep commitment to inclusive leadership,” said Augie Maurelli, Vice President for Finance at UVA. “Her ability to connect people, ideas, and priorities across a complex organization makes her a strong fit for this role, and we are pleased to welcome her to the UVA community.”

Bolton’s previous roles at NYU also included serving as Executive Manager to the Dean of the School of Professional Studies and Program Manager in Strategic Academic Partnerships. Her professional background spans executive communications, employee engagement, project management, and diversity and inclusion leadership. She holds an MBA in Marketing from New Jersey City University, as well as undergraduate degrees in Communication and Vocal Performance.

As AVP and Chief of Staff, Bolton will play a critical role in advancing UVA Finance’s mission to deliver service excellence, steward resources, and support the University’s academic, research, and health care priorities.

New on Finance Matters: The OSP Post-Award Team

Join us as we listen in on a conversation with Urmila Bajaj, UVA's Director of Post Award, and her team, as they discuss what their department does, how their work impacts research at UVA, and how they're ultimately part of helping UVA fulfill its mission. 

Thank you to Christa Albanez, Kelly Mays, Catina Seitz, Mike Priddy, Alpana Gautam, and Christine Estes for joining the conversation!

Listen in below or click here.

UBI Finance 2.0 Apps Now Live: Explore, Use, and Share Feedback

UBI 2.0 is live now!

New UBI Finance 2.0 apps are now live! We encourage you to begin using these apps for all your general finance reporting needs.

You can access the new apps via the UBI Hub. You’ll recognize the new apps by their names, which use underscores instead of spaces (e.g., Workday_Financial_Analysis_and_Review).

Click the image for a larger view

Workday_Financial_Analysis_and_Review is designed to be your one-stop shop for Managerial Financial Analysis:

• Check Fund Balances
• Review Budget vs. Actuals
• Trend Analysis
• Open Obligations and Commitments in the current fiscal year
• Review transaction details for the current or prior fiscal year

For all balance sheet transactions or income statement transactions from earlier fiscal years, we’ve provided additional apps with two-year slices of detailed transaction data.

For Sponsored Program financial review, please continue using Workday_RAD, which includes Award/Grant budgets and life-to-date transaction details.

We’ll be hosting weekly office hours to help you get familiar with the new app navigation:

Tuesdays at 10 AM, starting July 15

Zoom link: Intro to UBI Finance 2.0

Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement about additional sessions for users who want to transfer Community or My Sheets from existing apps to the new ones.

We welcome your questions and feedback! Please email us at AskFinance@virginia.edu with the subject line:  "UBI Finance 2.0 Feedback."

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Wellness Resources: July 2025

It’s time to SAIL

Would you like to boost your strength, balance, and overall well-being?  There’s a new wellness class that can help you do just that.  It’s called SAIL: Stay Active & Independent for Life.

SAIL is a FREE strength, balance, and fitness class that blends gentle movement, mindfulness, and strength-building exercises to support your physical and emotional health. 

• The class starts on July 7 and meets for 6 weeks
• Sessions are Mondays & Wednesdays from 7:30 – 8:15 AM

Click HERE for more information. 

Divorce Wellness Group

If you’re navigating the challenges of a divorce and its impact, you don’t have to do it alone.  The Divorce Wellness Group offers a supportive and transformative 6-week virtual course for healing.

• The group runs from July 9 – Aug 13
• Sessions are on Wednesdays from 12:00 – 1:00 PM

For more information and how to register, click HERE.

Try a Free Fitness Class

Hoos Well, in partnership with UVA Rec, is offering free fitness classes through Aug 8th.  If you’ve not tried a class yet, now’s your chance!  

Classes include Body Pump, Barre, Yoga, Aqua Jogging, Pilates, Zumba®, and Cycle, Strength & Core.  

View the class schedule HERE.