Overview
It is the goal of the UW System to provide a safe and healthful higher education environment for students, faculty, staff, and others utilizing UW programs and facilities.
The Office of Risk Management strives to meet this goal with:
- proactive loss prevention, health, safety, and environmental management;
- quality property, liability and workers compensation claims management; and
- protection of UW assets.
No job or course of academic study is so important and no request so urgent that one cannot take time to perform that function safely and in compliance with overall environmental regulation.
Throughout the UW System, the respective functions of Workers Compensation, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety and Risk Management should coordinate to provide comprehensive technical and responsive service.
Administration, faculty, and supervisors are responsible for demonstrating leadership in developing proper attitudes toward environmental health and safety, and providing necessary resources to conduct activities safely and ensure environmental compliance.
Employees and students are responsible for the continuous practice of safety while performing their duties. This requires cooperation with all aspects of environmental health, safety, and risk management policies and guidelines.
Leadership

Angela Ryan
Director, Risk Management
Contact
Telephone: (608) 263-4381
aryan@uwsa.edu
Staff
Sherry Atzen
Worker's Compensation Examiner
Telephone: (608) 262-0045
satzen@uwsa.edu
Dorothy Cotillier
Risk Management Specialist
Telephone: (608) 263-4377
dcotillier@uwsa.edu
Lindsey Dahlberg
Risk Manager
Telephone: (608) 262-5656
ldahlberg@uwsa.edu
Zachary Druckrey
Worker's Compensation Examiner
Telephone: (608) 265-4658
zdruckrey@uwsa.edu
Dawn Hass
Worker's Compensation Examiner
Telephone: (608) 262-9004
dhass@uwsa.edu
Carrie Haugen
Worker's Compensation Examiner
Telephone: (608) 800-6758
chaugen@uwsa.edu
Donna Iverson
Worker's Compensation Examiner
Telephone: (608) 265-3575
diverson@uwsa.edu
Tom Joestgen
Risk and Worker's Compensation Manager
Telephone: (608) 890-4792
tjoestgen@uwsa.edu
Alisa Kemnitz
Risk Management Specialist
Telephone: (608) 263-1174
akemnitz@uwsa.edu
Amy Spohn
Occupational Safety Manager
Telephone: (608) 262-4792
aspohn@uwsa.edu
Hillary Timm
Worker's Compensation Examiner
Telephone: (608) 262-7957
htimm@uwsa.edu