Staff Directory

Gioconda Guerra Pérez
Interim Vice Chancellor  
Email: gguerra@illinois.edu 

Vice Chancellor’s Office Administrative Staff 

Alina Jackson
Administrative Aide 
Assistant to Interim Vice Chancellor
Email: anj@illinois.edu 

Sonya Chambers 
Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives 
Email: slc@illinois.edu 

Adam VanDuyne 
Executive Director of Finance and Administration 
Email: vanduyne@illinois.edu 

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

Elizabeth K. Tsukahara 
Associate Director for Communications 
Email: etsukaha@illinois.edu 

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

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

Claire Hettinger-Mott 
Communications Coordinator 
Email: hettngr2@illinois.edu 

Tom Russell 
Office Manager, Communications/Academic Inclusive Excellence 
Email: tommy924@illinois.edu

Office of Academic Inclusive Excellence 

Ross Wantland 
Interim Director, Academic Inclusive Excellence 
Email: wantland@illinois.edu 

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

Norma Garcia 
Illinois Scholars Program Coordinator 
Email: ntellez@illinois.edu 

Jenna Wombles 
Native Affairs Program Coordinator
Email: jwombles@illinois.edu 

Montgomery V. Tufts 
Program Assistant, Title VI and Campus Belonging 
Email: tufts@illinois.edu 

Tom Russell 
Office Manager, Communications/Academic Inclusive Excellence 
Email: tommy924@illinois.edu

Office for Access & Equity 

Nizam Arain, JD 
Associate Vice Chancellor for Access and Equity 
Email: narain@illinois.edu 

Workforce Equity 

Heidi Johnson 
Director, Workforce Equity 
Email: johnso19@illinois.edu 

Kristen Frank 
Senior Compliance Coordinator 
Email: klmcclur@illinois.edu 

Brandon Araujo 
Data Analyst 
Email: baraujo@illinois.edu 

Zaheeda Darvesh 
Data Analyst 
Email: darvesh2@illinois.edu 

Kari Peacock 
Office Administrator
Email: kpeacock@illinois.edu 

Terra Larsen 
Office Manager
Email: ttlarsen@illinois.edu 

EEO Compliance 

Claire Sharples Brooks, JD 
Director, EEO Compliance 
Email: csharpl2@illinois.edu 

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

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

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

Abdelaziz (Aziz) Elabaseery 
EEO Associate 
Email: abaseer@illinois.edu 

Andrew Stutz 
EEO Associate 
Email:  ajstutz@illinois.edu

Chandra Hall 
Office Manager
Email: chandrah@illinois.edu 

Oksana Popova 
Office Manager 
Email: oksana92@illinois.edu 

Employee Accommodations 

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

Douglas Maxey 
Accommodations Specialist 
Email: dmaxey@illinois.edu 

Heather Mihaly 
Accommodations Specialist 
Email: hmihal2@illinois.edu 

Buffy Vance 
Office Manager 
Email: vance@illinois.edu 

Civil Rights Coordinators 

ADA Coordinator Office 

Kiara N. Drake, JD 
ADA Coordinator 
Director, ADA Coordinator’s Office 
Email: kndrake@illinois.edu 

Nicholas Baumgartner 
Deputy ADA Coordinator for IT Accessibility 
Email: nb52@illinois.edu 

Title VI Office 

David C. Long 
Title VI Coordinator 
Director, Title VI Office 
Email: davidl26@illinois.edu 

Abisola Smith 
Resolution Specialist 
Email: afsmith3@illinois.edu 

Devin Wilder 
Resolution Specialist 
Email: dander@illinois.edu 

Montgomery V. Tufts 
Program Assistant, Title VI and Campus Belonging 
Email: tufts@illinois.edu 

Title IX Office 

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 

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

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Access, Civil Rights & Community
614 E. Daniel Street, Third Floor
MC-311
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 300-9580