Emerging Women Leaders Forum
Call for Nominations
Deadline: August 11, 2021
The Emerging Women Leaders Forum provides leadership development for early career professional women at Illinois who aspire to become organizational leaders. The women are nominated to participate in this 9-month program by senior administrators.
The focus of this program is to equip participants with leadership skills and strategies that will positively impact their departments and the communities in which they live and serve. The selected women attend monthly seminars where campus and community senior women leaders will share their insight and experience on topics ranging from networking to identifying individual strengths to navigating organizational politics.
2020–2021 Participants
Marissa Barlaz, Affirmative Action Data Analyst, Office for Access & Equity
Wendy Bartlo, Assistant Director for Strategic Initiatives and Research Relations, College of Applied Health Sciences
Kalina Borkiewicz, Senior Research Programmer, Advanced Visualization Lab, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Haruka Brown, Research Administration Manager, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Rachel Chlebanowski, Director of Degrees, Gies College of Business
Katherine Darr, Corporate Relations Coordinator, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ulyssia Dennis, Associate Director of Engineering Career Services, Grainger College of Engineering
Margaret Edwards, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the School of Information Sciences
Lin Fan, Lead Specialist, Grainger Engineering Information Technology
Madeline Farrell, Advocacy and Wellness Coordinator, Women’s Resources Center
Akua Forkuo-Sekyere, Advocacy and Wellness Coordinator, Women’s Resources Center
Kelly Foster, Program Coordinator, IQUIST Grainger College of Engineering
Kate Gardiner, Visiting Extension Outreach Associate, Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources
Ilalee Harrison James, Associate Director of The Hoeft Technology & Management Program
Oulay Harvey, Administrative Aide, Illinois Business Consulting, Gies College of Business
Eden Haycraft, Associate Director, Online Graduate Programs, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Lauren Karplus, Academic Advisor/Experiential Learning Coordinator, College of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Debra Larson, Coordinator of Communications & Alumni Relations, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Jill Moore-Reynen, Senior Coordinator eLearning, Gies College of Business
Jessica Perez, Associate Director of Education and Inclusivity for an Engineering Research Center, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Danielle Runyon, Director of External Engagement, College of Applied Health Sciences
Deborah Seiler, Extension and Public Engagement Connection Center Coordinator, Illinois Extension
Allison Sivers, Coordinator Fiscal Planning and Budget, University of Illinois System
Rashimi Tenneti, Assistant Director, Marketing and Communications, Office of Corporate Relations
Talisa Thompson, Director of HR at Gies College of Business
Lissette Venable, Student Records Coordinator, College of Media
Kelli Wendt, Director of Budget and Resource Planning, Beckman Institute
Jeanice Wiard, Charge Auditor, Veterinary Teaching Hospital