Campus Ops Finance
Lisa Wise
University Business Officer
(208) 282-2694
lisawise@isu.edu
Facilities Services | Building 18 - Office 113
- Budget preparation and development
- Actual-to-budget financial analysis and reporting
- Facilities project cost tracking and monitoring
- Financial documentation, review, and reporting
- Processing approvals and workflow management
- Purchase requests (PR) and Electronic Personnel Action Forms (EPAF) processing
- Lisa is a graduate of Â鶹´«Ã½AV, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting (CPA). She has been married for 40 years and is the proud mother of three adult children and grandmother to five grandchildren—they are the “best gift ever.”
- Lisa enjoys spending time with family and friends, whether talking, sharing meals, or playing games. She loves to travel, especially to beach destinations, and is also an avid reader.
- Clifton Strengths: Achiever | Relator | Responsibility | Learner | Futuristic
Michele Runyan-Paige
Senior Accountant
(208) 282-2747
michelerunyan@isu.edu
Facilities Services | Building 18 - Office 114
- Financial tracking and reporting
- Monthly Facilities passes management
- Journal Vouchers (JVs) processing and reconciliation
- Budget transfers and adjustments
- Budget preparation and development
- Data analysis and reporting support
- Cost report analysis and review
- FAST report generation and interpretation
- FM Works/Archibus - Facilities management system utilization
- Facilities Services work request (FS WR) billable processing
- Michele earned her Bachelor of Arts from Â鶹´«Ã½AV. After graduation, she served as an AmeriCorps VISTA, where she engaged in educational programs and assisted young students across the state of Idaho. During her time there, she passionately worked to improve the lives of youth and combating poverty through educational experiences and public outreach.
- In her personal time, Michele enjoys camping, playing board games, coffee, gardening, cooking, reading suspense thrillers, and going on adventures with her husband and their two English Cream Golden Retrievers.
- Clifton Strengths: Context | Achiever | Includer | Strategic | Learner
Toni O'Brien
Senior Financial Technician
(208) 282-4002
toniobrien@isu.edu
Facilities Services | Building 18 - Office 114
- Requisition preparation and processing
- Purchase order creation and management
- Invoice review and processing
- Receiving report documentation and verification
- P-card transactions and reconciliation
- Jaggaer purchasing system transactions and support
- Cost reporting and financial tracking
- Toni has been with Â鶹´«Ã½AV since September 2022 and is currently completing her degree in Finance. She also holds certificates in Massage Therapy, Scandinavian Mobilization Therapy, and Travel Education. Toni brings a diverse background in customer service, auto parts, bookkeeping, accounts receivable and payable, sales, and inventory management.
- A native of Idaho, Toni is the proud mother of two sons and grandmother to one grandchild. She is passionate about dogs and animal rescue, and in her free time enjoys reading—particularly works by Dean Koontz—traveling, and spending time on or near the water.
- Clifton Strengths: Belief | Responsibility | Individualization | Input | Relator
Cheryl Larson
Financial Technician
(208) 282-4484
cheryllarson@isu.edu
Red Hill | Building 40
- P-card purchases and reconciliation
- Requisitions and purchase order processing
- Jaggaer purchasing system transactions
- Direct pay processing
- Journal vouchers (JVs) preparation and entry
- FAST report generation and analysis
- Travel arrangements and reimbursements
- Electronic Personnel Action Forms (EPAFs) processing
- New hire onboarding process support
- Personal reimbursement processing
- Cheryl has worked at Â鶹´«Ã½AV for six years full-time and two years part-time. She enjoys collaborating with the diverse teams across the departments she supports.
- Cheryl is a mother of seven—five sons and two daughters—and grandmother to seventeen and a half grandchildren. She has been married to her high school sweetheart for 42 years. Born and raised in Idaho, she continues to enjoy and cherish the state’s natural beauty.
- She loves photography, capturing nearly every aspect of her family’s activities. She also enjoys gardening, including dehydrating her harvest. Cheryl has a passion for family genealogy and history, and her strong faith is central to her life.
- Clifton Strengths: Relator | Responsibility | Consistency | Harmony | Maximizer
About the Campus Operations Finance Team
The Campus Operations Finance Team values its critical role in supporting their six units:
Campus Operations Administration, Environmental Health Safety and Sustainability, Human Resources, Public Safety-Transportation-Parking, Events, and Facilities.
- Responsible for tracking and processing payment of all campus utility expenses
- Leads budget preparation for six departmental units
- Maintains and monitors more than 100 cost indexes to ensure financial accuracy and reporting integrity
- Produces the majority of campus requisitions, supporting timely procurement and purchasing processes
- Manages financial operations for nearly 100 buildings across three Idaho locations: Pocatello, Idaho Falls, and Meridian
- Conducts campus project cost tracking and financial data analysis to support planning and decision-making
- Oversees Facilities billing and financial processing related to work orders
- Processes more than 6,000 work requests annually through the FMWorks cost tracking system
- Performs annual reconciliation of more than 3,800 P-card transactions across 50+ cardholders