Directory Services: What is a Responsibility Center Account Administrator?
University academic and administrative units are grouped into Responsibility Centers (RCs). In order to limit the number of individuals with privileges to create and manage sponsored accounts, each RC has designated Responsibility Center Account Administrators (RC Administrators) to manage computing resources. RC Administrators assist faculty and staff with their primary accounts. They are responsible for distributing initial passwords to new University employees. They can also create sponsored accounts for approved purposes. A current list of RC Administrators is available at the bottom of this page.
RC Administrator Roles and Responsibilities
It is important for RC Administrators to fulfill their responsibilities and adhere to the guidelines below. Properly managing University resources ensures that unnecessary and unused accounts are removed. This reduces the risk that these accounts could be compromised, which could adversely affect the University's reputation or lead to financial damage.
It is the responsibility of the RC Administrator to ensure all data they are providing is accurate, services are being managed conscientiously, and resources are allocated and used for their intended purpose.
In terms of the Central Directory Service (CDS) and University Computing Accounts, this entails the following duties:
- distributing initial passwords to new individuals with primary accounts (see below)
- creating and managing sponsored accounts
- creating and managing groups
- creating and managing delegates for group management
Passwords for Primary Accounts
When a primary account is created for a new faculty or staff member, an initial password is set for the account. The initial password is available to the RC Administrator in the RC Administrators SharePoint site. The RC Administrator should communicate this initial password to the individual directly or to the individual's supervisor or area manager.
The faculty or staff member who receives the initial password should be instructed to log in to accounts.pitt.edu. The user will be prompted to set security questions and set a new password that only he or she knows. It is essential that the individual understand the importance of setting a secure password and not sharing it with anyone.
Group Management
In additional to account management, the RC Administrator also maintains groups and group membership within CDS. These groups can be used for Enterprise Exchange distribution lists or to assign access rights to various resources within the University computing environment.
RC Administrators can also delegate group management to other individuals within their responsibility center. Individuals can be granted access to manage a single group, a collection of groups that share the same prefix, or all of the groups within a Responsibility Center.
Change Administrators
The head of the responsibility center or a current RC Administrator can request that a RC Administrator be added or removed. To request a change, complete and submit an Account Administrator Change Request Form. This form can also be used to designate individuals who will manage RC groups.
No more than two RC Administrators can be designated for a given responsibility center without additional justification. If more than two RC Administrators are needed, a written request explaining the need must be submitted to the CIO's Office (728 CL). This request can only be made by the head of the responsibility center. Once the request is reviewed and approved, an Account Administrator Change Request Form will need to be submitted for the additional RC Administrator.
Help for Administrator
Responsibility Center Account Administrators have access to the ‘RC Administrators' SharePoint site to assist with their duties.
Note: The RC Administrators site uses multifactor authentication (Duo), part of the Pitt Passport single sign-on service.
Current Account Administrators
Administrators
Responsibility Center | RC# | Individual Name | Phone | Notes | |
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Chancellor | (01) | Melchert, Matthew John | mjm282@pitt.edu | (412) 383-4426 | |
Chancellor | (01) | Puhatch, Tyler | tjp52@pitt.edu | (412) 383-0432 | |
Chancellor | (01) | Graham, Joseph William | jwg@pitt.edu | (412) 624-5244 | |
Chancellor | (01) | Mowrey, Andrew Stefan | asm27@pitt.edu | (412) 624-8588 | |
Chancellor | (01) | Alamo, Max | maa298@pitt.edu | (412) 383-0108 | |
Secretary of the Univ | (02) | Melchert, Matthew John | mjm282@pitt.edu | (412) 383-4426 | |
Secretary of the Univ | (02) | Puhatch, Tyler | tjp52@pitt.edu | (412) 383-0432 | |
Secretary of the Univ | (02) | Graham, Joseph William | jwg@pitt.edu | (412) 624-5244 | |
Research Conduct and Compliance | (03) | Holderfield, Casey A | cah110@pitt.edu | (412) 383-2177 | |
Research Conduct and Compliance | (03) | Whetstone, Ian J | ijwst2@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2127 | |
Student Affairs | (05) | Chao, David | dhc102@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2105 | |
Student Affairs | (05) | Fording, Chris W | chf11@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2106 | |
Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences | (06) | Caler, Adam | adc54@pitt.edu | (412) 624-5778 | |
Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences | (06) | Mayhew, Jeremy Sean | jssst37@pitt.edu | (412) 624-6099 | |
Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences | (06) | Vercammen, Gene | gpv3@pitt.edu | (412) 383-4193 | |
Provost | (10) | Blatt, Steven Eric | sblatt@pitt.edu | (412) 624-1101 | |
Provost | (10) | Whetstone, Ian J | ijwst2@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2127 | |
Provost | (10) | Graham, Joseph William | jwg@pitt.edu | (412) 624-5244 | |
College of General Studies | (15) | Caler, Adam | adc54@pitt.edu | (412) 624-5778 | |
College of General Studies | (15) | Mayhew, Jeremy Sean | jssst37@pitt.edu | (412) 624-6099 | |
College of General Studies | (15-OSHER) | Szpzepanski, Patricia Joan | pjs27@pitt.edu | (412) 624-7912 | |
College of General Studies | (15) | Vercammen, Gene | gpv3@pitt.edu | (412) 383-4193 | |
Honors College | (20) | Billingsley, Karen S | ksb@pitt.edu | (412) 624-6878 | |
Honors College | (20) | Chirdon, Christopher R | chirdon@pitt.edu | (412) 624-6883 | |
Joseph M. Katz Grad Sch Bus | (21) | Bednar, Michael C | mbednar@pitt.edu | (412) 648-1637 | |
Joseph M. Katz Grad Sch Bus | (21) | Schmid, John Gerard | magus@pitt.edu | (412) 648-2630 | |
School of Education | (22) | Bassett, Karen | kbassett@pitt.edu | (412) 624-4116 | |
School of Education | (22) | Do, Nam Hoang | nhd6@pitt.edu | (412) 648-1843 | |
School of Education | (22) | Seels, Fiona Loraine | fseels@pitt.edu | (412) 624-7250 | |
Swanson School of Engineering | (23) | Dennis, Jeremy Thomas | jtd36@pitt.edu | ||
Swanson School of Engineering | (23) | Segneff, James M | jms2@pitt.edu | (412) 624-9853 | |
School of Law | (24) | Getz, Kimberly Lynn | klg49@pitt.edu | (412) 624-7686 | |
School of Law | (24) | Gosa, Kenneth | klg75@pitt.edu | (412) 624-0181 | |
Grad Sch of Pub and Intl Affrs | (25) | Bambang, Tekky | Tekky.Bambang@pitt.edu | (412) 383-4234 | |
School of Social Work | (26 - Mechanicsburg) | Kerr, Matthew Eugene | mak38@pitt.edu | (717) 795-9048 | |
School of Social Work | (26 - Oakland) | Puchalski, Frank S | franksp@pitt.edu | (412) 624-3195 | |
SVC Health Sciences | (30) | Mateleska, Travis L | tlm111@pitt.edu | (412) 648-4169 | |
SVC Health Sciences | (30) | Miller, Sharon | millers@pitt.edu | (412) 383-5993 | |
SVC Health Sciences | (30) | Mumma, Andrew | agm47@pitt.edu | ||
School of Dental Medicine | (31) | Fischer, Michael William | mwf19@pitt.edu | (412) 383-5920 | |
School of Dental Medicine | (31) | Hammill, Jordan J | joh76@pitt.edu | (412) 648-8451 | |
School of Dental Medicine | (31) | Yurt, Adam R | ary10@pitt.edu | (412) 648-3147 | |
School of Nursing | (32) | Brun, Joseph J | jjb1@pitt.edu | (412) 624-3557 | |
School of Nursing | (32) | Hoeffler, Alexander | alh194@pitt.edu | (412) 648-4011 | |
School of Nursing | (32) | Schubert, Mary R | mschuber@pitt.edu | (412) 624-9079 | |
School of Pharmacy | (33) | Pile, Travis Justin | tjp27@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2120 | |
School of Pharmacy | (33) | Smith Jr, John H | jsmithjr@pitt.edu | (412) 648-8362 | |
Graduate Sch of Public Health | (34) | Armata, Joseph R | armata@pitt.edu | (412) 624-1036 | |
Graduate Sch of Public Health | (34) | Singer, Michael | mes250@pitt.edu | (412) 624-8447 | |
Graduate Sch of Public Health | (34) | Alamo, Max | maa298@pitt.edu | (412) 383-0108 | |
School of Medicine | (35) | Miller, Sharon Rose | millers@pitt.edu | (412) 383-5993 | See the School of Medicine's website for your appropriate departmental contact. |
School of Medicine | (35) | Mumma, Andrew | andrew.mumma@pitt.edu | (412) 648-2222 | See the School of Medicine's website for your appropriate departmental contact.. |
School of Medicine | (35) | Prestileo, Patrizia | pap33@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2222 | See the School of Medicine's website for your appropriate departmental contact. |
Sch Hlth and Rehab Scs | (39) | Denardis, Mark Edward | denardis@pitt.edu | (412) 383-6657 | |
Sch Hlth and Rehab Scs | (39) | Ruefle, Francis J | kruefle@pitt.edu | (412) 383-6553 | |
Univ of Pgh at Johnstown | (41) | Eckenrod, Robert A | eckenrod@pitt.edu | (814) 269-7105 | |
Univ of Pgh at Johnstown | (41) | Miller, Ralph Michael | rmmiller@pitt.edu | (814) 269-7194 | |
Univ of Pgh at Greensburg | (42) | Turkovich, James | turk@pitt.edu | (724) 836-9890 | |
Univ of Pgh at Greensburg | (42) | Blair, Matthew | mjb203@pitt.edu | (724) 836-7795 | |
Univ of Pgh at Titusville | (43) | Kline, William | kline@pitt.edu | (814) 362-7667 | |
Univ of Pgh at Titusville | (43) | Straub, Marjorie Ann | mstraub@pitt.edu | (814) 827-4419 | |
Univ of Pgh at Bradford | (44) | Ellison, Robert J | ellison@pitt.edu | (814) 362-7666 | |
Univ of Pgh at Bradford | (44) | Kline, William | kline@pitt.edu | (814) 362-7667 | |
Univ Center for Int'l Studies | (51) | Weixel, Mark | weixel@pitt.edu | (412) 383-7550 | |
General Counsel | (54) | Labuda, John | jlabuda@pitt.edu | (412) 648-2841 | |
General Counsel | (54) | Mccarthy, Susan Kay | skm8@pitt.edu | (412) 624-5860 | |
Pittsburgh Cancer Institute | (55) | Lithgow, Alison Paige | alm60@pitt.edu | (412) 647-6412 | |
Pittsburgh Cancer Institute | (55) | Massucci, Evan Liberty | evn2@pitt.edu | (412) 623-3349 | |
VC Institutional Advancement | (56) | Milliren, Jon | mjon@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2727 | |
VC Institutional Advancement | (56) | Pyle, Lester | pyledrvr@pitt.edu | (412) 624-6193 | |
Education-Univ Serv Programs | (57) | Bassett, Karen | kbassett@pitt.edu | (412) 624-4116 | |
Education-Univ Serv Programs | (57) | Do, Nam Hoang | nhd6@pitt.edu | (412) 648-1843 | |
Education-Univ Serv Programs | (57) | Seels, Fiona Loraine | fseels@pitt.edu | (412)624-7250 | |
University Library System | (60) | Brown, Daniel Lee | danbrown@pitt.edu | (412) 648-8147 | |
University Library System | (60) | Milodin, Leliana | lmilodin@pitt.edu | (412) 648-3324 | |
Pitt IT | (61) | Dubbs, Jennifer Lynn | jld2@pitt.edu | (412) 383-7029 | |
Pitt IT | (61) | Graham, Joseph William | jwg@pitt.edu | (412) 624-5244 | |
Pitt IT | (61) | Wertz, Cindy L | clw@pitt.edu | (412) 383-7800 | |
Facilities Management | (67) | Contis, Nicholas T | ntcfm1@pitt.edu | (412) 383-2254 | |
Facilities Management | (67) | Eidenmiller, Justin Neil | jne11@pitt.edu | (412) 624-5572 | |
Facilities Management | (67) | Lee, Julia | jul86@pitt.edu | ||
Learning Res and Dev Cntr | (78) | Kubitz, Shari D | skubitz@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2881 | |
Learning Res and Dev Cntr | (78) | Taliani, Anthony M | taliani@pitt.edu | (412) 624-7474 | |
Business Affairs | (79) | Doswell, Denise | doswell@pitt.edu | (412) 624-0029 | |
Athletics | (80) | Fulkerson, Ian Nicholas | inf4@pitt.edu | (412) 648-9330 | |
Athletics | (80) | Graham, Seth Thomas | stg34@pitt.edu | ||
Unv Ctr Social and Urban Res | (81) | Keene, Robert M | rkeene@pitt.edu | (412) 624-3780 | |
Unv Ctr Social and Urban Res | (81) | Wolfe, Eric J | ewolfe@pitt.edu | (412) 624-1117 | |
SOM Division Administration | (85) | Mateleska, Travis L | tlm111@pitt.edu | (412) 648-4169 | CTSI Only |
SOM Division Administration | (85) | Miller, Sharon Rose | millers@pitt.edu | (412) 383-5993 | |
SOM Division Administration | (85) | Mumma, Andrew | agm47@pitt.edu | ||
Executive Vice Chancellor | (86) | Doswell, Denise | doswell@pitt.edu | (412) 624-0029 | |
Chief Financial Officer | (87) | Flemm, Andrew | aflemm@cfo.pitt.edu | (412) 624-6661 | Please call the main number: 412-624-FIS1 (x43471) |
Chief Financial Officer | (87) | Koch, Stephen C | skoch@cfo.pitt.edu | (412) 624-9767 | Please call the main number: 412-624-FIS1 (x43471) |
Chief Financial Officer | (87) | Mahaven, Daniel M | dmahaven@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2835 | Please call the main number: 412-624-FIS1 (x43471) |
Assoc VC Human Resources | (89) | Constantino, Leo | lmc75@pitt.edu | (412) 624-6464 | |
Assoc VC Human Resources | (89) | Kiley, Michael J | pauak5@pitt.edu | (412) 648-9045 | |
Business Operations | (92) | Koch, Stephen C | skoch@cfo.pitt.edu | (412) 624-9767 | Please call the main number: 412-624-FIS1 (x43471) |
Business Operations | (92) | Flemm, Andrew | aflemm@cfo.pitt.edu | (412) 624-6661 | Please call the main number: 412-624-FIS1 (x43471) |
Business Operations | (92) | Mahaven, Daniel M | dmahaven@pitt.edu | (412) 624-2835 | Please call the main number: 412-624-FIS1 (x43471) |
School of Information Sciences | (94) | Steggert, Mark A | mittens@pitt.edu | (412) 624-5168 |