Office of Human Resource Services

Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President for Human Resource Services

Paula has more than 29 years of financial and administrative experience in higher education—23 years with the University of Florida.  

As Vice President, Paula oversees HRS areas including employee and labor relations, faculty and staff training, compensation and benefits, recruitment, employment, classification, retirement, complaints, transfers, leaves, workers' compensation, and the HRS Service Center.

The Vice President's Office also manages Institutional Equity & Diversity at the university, BabyGator childcare services, the Privacy Office, and the HR Forum—a monthly meeting to keep HR staff throughout campus informed of relevant news and developments.

Paula holds an MBA from Nova University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida.