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: Buffy Vance (vance@illinois.edu)
Holly Clingan
Assistant to Vice Chancellor Garrick
Email: clingan@illinois.edu
Hope Farney
Assistant Director of Business Operations
Email: hfarney@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
Office Administrator
Assistant to Executive Associate Vice Chancellor Guerra, and Associate Vice Chancellors Arain and Rand
Email: anj@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: Alina Jackson (anj@illinois.edu)
Elizabeth K. Tsukahara
Associate Director for Communications
Email: etsukaha@illinois.edu
Buffy Vance
Office Manager
Email: vance@illinois.edu
Adam VanDuyne
Executive Director of Finance and Administration
Email: vanduyne@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: Alina Jackson (anj@illinois.edu)
Heidi Johnson
Director, Affirmative Action Analytics and Planning Division
Email: johnso19@illinois.edu
Allison Kushner, JD
ADA Coordinator
Director, Accessibility and Accommodations Division
Email: akushner@illinois.edu
Claire Sharples Brooks, JD
Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Division
Email: csharpl2@illinois.edu
CJ Archer
Case Manager, EEO Division
carcher@illinois.edu
Marissa Suzanne Barlaz
Affirmative Action Data Analyst
goldrch2@illinois.edu
Kathleen Chmielewski, JD
EEO Associate
Email: chmlwsk2@illinois.edu
Julie Sheehy Chen, JD
EEO Associate
Email: jschen@illinois.edu
Datia L. Flowers
Accessibility Specialist
Email: dwillms@illinois.edu
Kristen Frank
HR Specialist
Email: klmcclur@illinois.edu
Angela Gruendl
Case Manager, Accessbility and Accommodations Division
Email: agruendl@illinois.edu
Keith Hays
ADA IT Coordinator
Email: khays@illinois.edu
M.T. Hudson
Senior Accessibility Specialist
Email: mthdsn@illinois.edu
Susan Layton
Case Manager, EEO Division
Email: stlayton@illinois.edu
Erin Metz
Accessibility and Data Specialist
Email: emetz@illinois.edu
Kari Peacock
Office Manager
Email: kpeacock@illinois.edu
Angie Vandeventer, JD
EEO Associate
Email: avandeve@illinois.edu
Steve Wehling, JD
EEO Associate
Email: swehling@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
Hope Vancamp
Office Support Specialist
Email: hvancamp@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
Linden E. Reid
Office Manager
Email: lereid@illinois.edu
Medra Roberts-Southerland
Associate Director for Diversity Initiatives
Email: mrs@illinois.edu
Ross Wantland
Director of Curriculum Development and Education
Email: wantland@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