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Staff Members


Contact Information

Illinois Board of Higher Education
1 North Old State Capitol Plaza, Suite 333
Springfield, Illinois 62701-1377

Phone: (217) 782-2551
Fax: (217) 782-8548
TTY:  (888) 261-2881

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Link to the Online Complaint System

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Staff Members

Executive
Name Job Title Phone Number
Ginger Ostro Executive Director 872/310-3780
Valerie Lynch Senior Managing Director 217/318-2491
Dave Kelm Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel 217/866-1428
Rachel Bolinger Managing Director, Human Resources 217/318-0379
Melissa Bealon Board Secretary/Executive Assistant 217/866-1436
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Legal
Name Job Title Phone Number
Dave Kelm Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel 217/866-1428
Eric Villarreal Associate General Counsel 217/318-2476
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Academic Affairs
Name Job Title Phone Number
Donna Logan Office Support Associate 217/689-0017
Tyler Baskett Office Support Associate 217/866-1427
Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity
Christi Chadwick Early Childhood Consortium Project Director 872/895-7517
Yinna Zhang Early Childhood Consortium Assistant Project Director 708/943-7348
Academic Affairs, Degree Granting
Nkechi Onwuameze Interim Director, Academic Affairs 217/866-1429
Justin Bradley Assistant Director 217/689-5197
Keva Gaston Assistant Director 708/967-6175
Jill Gebke Assistant Director 217/866-1435
VACANT Assistant Director
Private Business and Vocational Schools
Nina Tangman Director of Private Business and Vocational Schools 217/866-1426
Blase Romence Program Coordinator 217/866-1438
Michelle Shaver Program Coordinator 217/866-1437
Keith Rogers Program Coordinator 217/866-1469
Chelsea Day-Wilson Program Coordinator 217/866-1444
Erica Muchow Program Coordinator 217/866-1446
Michael Ward Program Coordinator 217/318-5233
Talent and Workforce Development
VACANT Director, Talent & Workforce Development
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Diversity and Outreach
Name Job Title Phone Number
Brook Stewart Grants Program Manager 217/866-1473
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External Relations
Name Job Title Phone Number
Jose Garcia Director of Strategic Communications 872/895-7727
Emily Chase Marketing Associate 217/866-1465
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Financial Operations
Name Job Title Phone Number
VACANT Chief Financial Officer
Tracy Rembusch Payroll Manager 217/866-1448
Sirena Covington Assistant Director of Budget and Grants 708/967-3414
Rebecca Heath Assistant Chief Accountant 217/366-1477
VACANT Assistant Chief Accountant
Peyton Conner Accountant I 217/689-2628
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Fiscal Policy and Analysis
Name Job Title Phone Number
VACANT Director of Fiscal Planning & Analysis
Jerry Lazzara Fiscal Analyst 217/866-1443
Matt Murphy Assistant Director of Budget and Grants 217/866-0361
VACANT Capital Analyst
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Research, Analytics & Reporting
Name Job Title Phone Number
David Smalley Interim Director, Research,
Analytics & Reporting
217/866-1450
Karen Benavente Senior Associate Director Accountability & Research 708/831-0072
Corey Hankins Institutional Research Analyst 217/866-1451
Jennifer B. Barnett Associate Director of Workforce Analytics. 217/689-5199
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Information Technology & Systems
Name Job Title Phone Number
John Frazier Interim Director,
Information Technology & Systems
217/866-1441
David Antonacci IT Systems Manager 217/866-1456
Harry Weaver Enterprise Systems Manager 217/866-1459
Angel R Medina Web Content Specialist 217/866-1460
Bonnie Gaul Information Technology
Technical Associate
217/689-4953
Zack Heiner IT Helpdesk Technician 217/866-1425
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Legislative Affairs
Name Job Title Phone Number
Jenna Rossi Director of Intergovernmental Relations 217/318-2492
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Policy Division
Name Job Title Phone Number
Ashley Musser Lewis Assistant Director of Policy Research 217/689-2544
Melissa Van Policy Research Associate 217/689-5735
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