As Research Administration Lead for the d3center, Dawn directs the submission of complex proposals to various federal and non-federal sponsors and provides post-award accounting and financial oversight for all awards received by the center. She also serves as the primary point of contact for staff human resources actions such as staffing and effort planning, classifications, compensation, hiring and training, onboarding, performance planning, and evaluations. In addition, Dawn leads continuous process improvement efforts including enhanced tools and best practice processes and procedures, representing d3c and the Survey Research Center to the Institute for Social Research, the University, sponsors, and the research community.