Staff Directory

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Vice Chancellor’s Office Administrative Staff

614 E. Daniel Street, Third Floor
MC-311
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 300-9580 | diversity@illinois.edu

Sonya Chambers
Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives
Email: slc@illinois.edu
Assistant: Amanda McGuire (amcguire@illinois.edu)

Gioconda Guerra Pérez
Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity
Email: gguerra@illinois.edu
Assistant: Alina Jackson (anj@illinois.edu)

Claire Hettinger
Communications Coordinator
Email: hettngr2@illinois.edu

Alina Jackson
Administrative Aide
Assistant to Vice Chancellor Garrick and Executive Associate Vice Chancellor Guerra
Email: anj@illinois.edu

Kyle Loyd
Assistant Director for Finance and Budget
Email: kyleloyd@illinois.edu

Amanda McGuire
Office Manager
Assistant to Executive Directive of Finance & Administration Adam VanDuyne, Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives Sonya Chambers, and Associate Director for Communications Elizabeth Tsukahara.
Email: amcguire@illinois.edu

Joya Murphy
Human Resource Associate
Email: joyam@illinois.edu

Jacki Thompson Rand
Associate Vice Chancellor for Native Affairs
Special Adviser to the Chancellor on Native Affairs Issues
Email: jacki@illinois.edu
Assistant: Celeste Richardson (richrdsn@illinois.edu)

Elizabeth K. Tsukahara
Associate Director for Communications
Email: etsukaha@illinois.edu
Assistant: Amanda McGuire (amcguire@illinois.edu)

Adam VanDuyne
Executive Director of Finance and Administration
Email: vanduyne@illinois.edu
Assistant: Amanda McGuire (amcguire@illinois.edu)

Jenna Wombles-Jagodzinski
Native Affairs Program Coordinator
Email: womski@illinois.edu

Office for Access & Equity

614 E. Daniel Street, Suite 303
MC-311
(217) 333-0885 | accessandequity@illinois.edu
Website: oae.illinois.edu

Nizam Arain, JD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Access and Equity
Email: narain@illinois.edu
Assistant: Celeste Richardson (richrdsn@illinois.edu)

Heidi Johnson
Director, Affirmative Action Analytics and Planning Division
Email: johnso19@illinois.edu

Claire Sharples Brooks, JD
Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Division
Email: csharpl2@illinois.edu

Brandon Araujo
Affirmative Action Data Analyst
Email: baraujo@illinois.edu

Kathleen Chmielewski, JD
Senior EEO Associate
Email: chmlwsk2@illinois.edu

Julie Sheehy Chen, JD
EEO Associate
Email: jschen@illinois.edu

Zaheeda Darvesh
Affirmative Action Data Analyst
Email: darvesh2@illinois.edu

Kristen Frank
Senior Affirmative Action Coordinator
Email: klmcclur@illinois.edu

Chandra Hall
EEO Case Manager
Email: chandrah@illinois.edu

Keith Hays
ADA IT Coordinator
Email: khays@illinois.edu

M.T. Hudson
Senior Accessibility Specialist
Email: mthdsn@illinois.edu

Terra Larsen
Affirmative Action Process Specialist
Email: ttlarsen@illinois.edu

Susan Layton
Case Manager, EEO Division
Email: stlayton@illinois.edu

Douglas Maxey
Accessibility Specialist
Email: dmaxey@illinois.edu

Kari Peacock
Office Manager
Email: kpeacock@illinois.edu

Eric Peters
EEO Associate
Email: elpeter2@illinois.edu

Buffy Vance
Office Manager
Email: vance@illinois.edu

Angie Vandeventer, JD
Senior EEO Associate
Email: avandeve@illinois.edu

Title IX Office

614 E. Daniel Street, Suite 303
MC-311
Champaign, IL 61820
(844) 616-7978 | titleixcoordinator@illinois.edu

Danielle Fleenor, JD/PhD
Title IX Coordinator
Director, Title IX Office
Email: daniemor@illinois.edu

Jenna Cler
Associate Director
Email: jcler@illinois.edu

Felina Kelly
Resource and Support Coordinator
Email: felinak@illinois.edu

Michael Fukuda
Office Support Specialist
Email: fukuda98@illinois.edu

Office of Academic Inclusive Excellence

614 E. Daniel Street, Suite 302
MC-311
Champaign, IL 61820
diversity@illinois.edu

Gioconda Guerra Pérez
Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity
Email: gguerra@illinois.edu
Assistant: Alina Jackson (anj@illinois.edu)

Kaamilyah Abdullah-Span, JD
Director of Campus Culture and Climate
Email: kabdulla@illinois.edu

Ross Wantland
Director of Curriculum Development and Education
Email: wantland@illinois.edu

Medra Roberts-Southerland
Associate Director for Diversity Initiatives
Email: mrs@illinois.edu

Datia L. Flowers
Assistant Director of Bias Response Initiatives
Email: dlf3@illinois.edu

Kellye Smith
Office Support Specialist
Email: kesmith4@illinois.edu

Office for Business, Community & Economic Development

614 E. Daniel Street, Suite 302
MC-311
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-2907 | bced@illinois.edu