The Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Jewish and Campus Life is charged by the chancellor to help to identify opportunities to improve and sustain the campus environment and to provide guidance on how we as a university can advance our commitment to an inclusive community where all feel welcome.
Members of the Advisory Council serve for terms of two years and is composed of undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty and alumni, as well as representatives from the Jewish community. The Advisory Council meets periodically throughout the academic year and is administratively supported and staffed by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Access, Civil Rights & Community.
Current Members (2025–26)
- Shayna Andrews, Sophomore, Community Health and Nursing
- Lauren Aronson, Clinical Professor of Law, Immigration Law Clinic Director
- Erez Cohen, Community Member – Executive Director, Illini Hillel
- Richard Herman, former University of Illinois Chancellor
- Marc Hertzman, Professor; Director of Graduate Studies & Associate Chair, Department of History
- Brett Kaplan, Professor, Comparative and World Literature
- Robert Markley, Department Head, English
- Lizy Mostowski, Doctoral Candidate, Comparative & World Literature
- Marisa Natale, PhD Candidate, Department of History
- A. Mark Neuman, University of Illinois Alumnus
- Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel, Community Member – Executive Director, Chabad Center for Jewish Living
- Ma’ayan Weinberg, Community Member – Executive Director, Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation
- Medra Robets-Southerland, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Access, Civil Rights & Community (ex officio)
Past Members
2022–23
- Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel, Director, Chabad Center, Co-Chair
- Richard Herman, Former Chancellor, U of I, Co-Chair
- Erez Cohen, Executive Director of Hillel at the University of Illinois
- Jared London, Student
- Steve Miller, U of I Business Graduate
- Lizy Mostowski, Student
- Dana Rabin, Professor, History
- Lorelei Rosenthal, Community Member
- Richard Ross, Professor, Law, History
- Chelsea Birchmier, Psychology Graduate Student
- Jonathan Druker, Community Member
- Mark Neuman, Graduate, LAS
- Harriet Murav, Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures
- Karen Kramer, Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
2021–22
- Erez Cohen, Executive Director of Hillel at the University of Illinois, Co-Chair
- Steven Miller, Alum, Gies College of Business, 1987
- Lorelei Rosenthal, Community Member, Rosenthal Manufacturing
- Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel, Director, Chabad Center for Jewish Life
- Lizy Mostowski, PhD Student, Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2023
- Tyeese Braslavsky, Student, Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2021
- Jared M. London, Student, Grainger College of Engineering, 2023
- Dana Rabin, Professor, Interim Chair of Department of History
- Eugene Avrutin, Professor, Department of History
- Michael Parrish, Assistant Director, Academic and Student Services, Gies College of Business