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c1f5aa79c95b7098ecbe504ab6a9dfd5f465fa69d2775aac5079d46ee294888e 2015/MagerJesse.pdf 2015 Jesse Mager 2015 08     UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS INTERNATIVE OF MASS 1863 AMHERST RECEIVED OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR STATE ETHICS COMMISSION 374 Whitmore Administration Building voice: 413.545.2211 AMHERST 181 Presidents Drive 2015 AUG 3 AM 08 fax: 413.545.2328 Amherst, MA 01003-9313 www.umass.edu July 27, 2015 Legal Division State Ethics Commission One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 RE: Disclosure under M.G.L. Chapter 268A, Section 6 Dear Sir/Madam: Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 268A, Section 6, I enclose the following documents for filing with the Ethics Commission as required under the statute: 1. Disclosure of Financial Interest form, dated June 10, 2015, and Memorandum, dated June 12, 2015, from Dr. Jesse Mager, Associate Professor, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, relative to his request for permission to employ his spouse, Dr. Kimberly Tremblay, as a participant and collaborator on his grant. 2. My letter of determination, dated July 27, 2015, which permits Dr. Jesse Mager to employ his spouse, Dr. Kimberly Tremblay, as a participant and collaborator. Very truly yours, Kumble R. Subbaswamy Chancellor Enclosures The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution + Printed on Recycled Paper DISCLOSURE BY NON-ELECTED STATE EMPLOYEE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST AND DETERMINATION BY APPOINTING AUTHORITY AS REQUIRED BY G. L. C. 268A, § 6 RECEIVED STATE ETHICS COMMISSION STATE EMPLOYEE INFORMATION Name: Jesse Mager 2015 AUG 3 AM II: 08 Title or Position: Associate Professor State Agency: University of Massachusetts Agency Address: 661 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01003 Office Phone: 413 545 7368 Office E-mail: jmager@vasci.umass.edu My duties require me to participate in a particular matter, and I may not participate because of a financial interest that I am disclosing here. I request a determination from my appointing authority about how I should proceed. PARTICULAR MATTER Particular matter I have received an NIH grant in which my wife, Dr, Kimberly Tremblay is a participant as a collaborator in the proposed work. The grant is to assess many newly generated knock-out mouse E.g., a judicial or other lines that exhibit embryonic lethality during early gestation. I have enlisted Dr. Tremblay for her proceeding, application, expertise during organogenesis stages (embryonic days 7-9), which perfectly complement my own submission, request area of expertise (embryonic days 1-7). Our combined expertise allow for the thorough analysis for a ruling or other required to accomplish the work. Dr. Tremblay is the only qualified scientist on our campus with the determination, contract, claim, controversy, required expertise. Conducting a search outside the area for a person with her expertise would be charge, accusation, impractical because of the short period of the work. arrest, decision, Your required To accomplish the proposed experimental analysis, I will be Dr, Tremblay's "supervisor" since I am participation in the the sole Principal Investigator (PI) on the proposal and she is a collaborator. Additionally Dr. particular matter: Tremblay will receive summer compensation for her effort on the project; PI's are responsible for E.g., approval, approving all expenses incurred under the grant. disapproval, decision, recommendation, rendering advice, investigation, other. FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE PARTICULAR MATTER Write an X by all that apply. _X_ I have a financial interest in the matter. _X_ My immediate family member has a financial interest in the matter. My business partner has a financial interest in the matter. I am an officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of a business organization, and the business organization has a financial interest in the matter. I am negotiating or have made an arrangement concerning future employment with a person or organization, and the person or organization has a financial interest in the matter. Financial interest Dr. Tremblay is my spouse. As such we share our financial resource, meaning I have an interest in in the matter increasing her pay. Dr. Tremblay will receive one month summer salary in years 1-5 of the grant ($10,311 per year). Professor Tremblay's current salary is $94,614.26, so the summer salary request would represent 10.8979% of her current academic year (9 month) salary. Employee signature: Jan Date: 06/10/15 DETERMINATION BY APPOINTING OFFICIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY INFORMATION Name of Appointing Kumble R. Subbaswamy Authority: Title or Position: Chancellor Agency/Department: Chancellor's Office Agency Address: University of Massachusetts Amherst 374 Whitmore Administration Building 181 President's Drive Amherst, MA. 01003 Office Phone: 413-545-2211 Office E-mail chancellor@umass.edu DETERMINATION Determination by As appointing official, as required by G.L. C. 268A, § 6, I have reviewed the particular matter and the appointing authority: financial interest identified above by a state employee. Write an X I am assigning the particular matter to another employee, or by your selection. I am assuming responsibility for the particular matter, or I have determined that the financial interest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services which the Commonwealth may expect from the employee. Appointing Authority signature: Date: 07/27/2015 Comment: Attach additional pages if necessary. File copy with: State Ethics Commission, One Ashburton Place, Room 619, Boston, MA 02108 Form Revised February, 2012 2015/MagerJesse.pdf