Erikson Directory

Executive Leadership

Geoffrey A. Nagle, PhD, MSW, MPH
President & CEO; Irving and Neison Harris President’s Chair

Jie-Qi Chen, PhD
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Faculty, Professor & Founder, Early Math Collaborative

Charles Chang, MA
Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

Maura Daly
Vice President of Institutional Advancement & Chief Marketing Officer

Patricia Lawson
Vice President for Finance and Operations & Chief Financial Officer

Academics

+ Academic Leadership

Colette Davison, PhD
Dean of Students,
Coordinator of Disability Services

Samina Hadi-Tabassum, EdD
Clinical Professor, Director,
Online Early Education Program

Jon Korfmacher, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, Doctoral Program

Cassandra McKay-Jackson, PhD
Associate Professor, Director,
Social Work Program

Gillian Dowley McNamee, PhD
Professor, Director, Teacher Education Program

Amanda Moreno, PhD
Associate Professor, Director,
Child Development Program

Andy Safyer
Senior Advisor for Academic Initiatives

+ Academic Program Managers

Rhonda Gillis
Manager of Academic Affairs

Chris Simons
Faculty Coordinator

+ Academic Success Center

Stripe Gandara, PhD
Director, Academic Success Center

+ Distance Learning

Karishma Bhatt
Instructional Designer

Jason Elewski
Manager of Video
and Digital Media

Tina Hansen
Instructional Designer

Dorothy Jagonase
Instructional Designer

+ Enrollment Management

David Behrs, PhD, MS
Senior Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management

Stacy Branch
Associate Director, Registration and Student Records

Monique Foster
Associate Director, Financial Aid and Enrollment Services

David Saenz
Director of Enrollment Management

Candace Williams, MS, MSW
Associate Director of Admission

Valerie Williams
Associate Director, Admission and Multicultural Student Affairs

+ Field Education/Career Services

Erika Avila
Assistant Director,
Field Placement

Maggie Brett, AM, LCSW
Director of Field Education
and Career Counseling

+ Full-time Faculty

Jeanette Banashak, MAT, EdD, PhD
Senior Instructor

Jennifer Kemp Berchtold, MS
Infant Studies Certificate
Program Manager

Tonya Bibbs, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor

Barbara Bowman, MA
Professor, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development, Co-Founder of Erikson Institute

Ashley Curry, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Pamela Epley, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor

Linda Gilkerson, PhD
Professor

Samina Hadi-Tabassum, EdD
Clinical Professor, Director, Online Early Education Program

Mary Hynes-Berry, PhD
Senior Instructor

Nucha Isarowong, PhD
Assistant Professor

Rebeca Itzkowich, MA
Senior Instructor

Florence Kimondo, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor

Jon Korfmacher, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, Doctoral Program

Alexis Lauricella, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, TEC Center

Sarah Martinez, MEd, MA, LCPC
Senior Instructor

Luisiana Meléndez, PhD
Professor

Cassandra McKay-Jackson, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, Social Work Program

Gillian Dowley McNamee, PhD
Professor, Director, Teacher Education Program

Amanda Moreno, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, Child Development Program

Mary Quest, MA
Senior Instructor

Jennifer Rosinia, PhD
Senior Instructor

Liz Tertell, MEd
Senior Instructor

+ Library

Karen Janke
Director, Edward Neisser Library

Brittany Poku
Access Services Librarian

Lindsey Sturch
Public Services Librarian

+ Part-time Faculty

Bessie Alcantara
Part-Time Faculty

Theresa Atchley
Part-Time Faculty

Thomas Barrett
Part-Time Faculty

Annie Behrns
Part-Time Faculty

Susan Budde
Part-Time Faculty

Tiffany Burkhardt
Part-Time Faculty

Nicole Cesario
Part-Time Faculty

Patricia Chamberlain
Part-Time Faculty

Nina Wener Coletta
Part-Time Faculty

Chandi Edmonds
Part-Time Faculty

Nancy Forde
Part-Time Faculty

Ilana Friedman
Part-Time Faculty

Kimberly Garner
Part-Time Faculty

Katie Gleason
Part-Time Faculty

Fernando Gonzalez
Part-Time Faculty

Saskia Gorospe-Rombouts
Part-Time Faculty

Laura Grandau, PhD
Part-Time Faculty

Melissa Grosvenor
Part-Time Faculty

Sabrina Hallongren
Part-Time Faculty

Colleen Harris
Part-Time Faculty

Ilona Helin
Part-Time Faculty

Carri Hill, PhD
Part-Time Faculty

Andrea Hohf
Part-Time Faculty

Grazyna Jakubowska
Part-Time Faculty

Aimee Karas
Part-Time Faculty

Sherry Kaufman, JD
Part-Time Faculty

Joanna Kegler
Part-Time Faculty

Jeffrey Keiser
Part-Time Faculty

Katherine Kretzmann
Part-Time Faculty

Margaret Lane, MEd
Part-Time Faculty

Vanessa Lee
Part-Time Faculty

Jessica Levine
Part-Time Faculty

Alli Lowe-Fotos
Part-Time Faculty

Isabela Marchi, MEd, MSEd
Part-Time Faculty

Mary Marovich, MEd
Part-Time Faculty

Ann McNally
Part-Time Faculty

Rebecca Mermelstein, PhD
Part-Time Faculty

Amelia Miller
Part-Time Faculty

Christine Morrison, MS
Part-Time Faculty

Catherine Murray
Part-Time Faculty

Megan O’Connell
Part-Time Faculty

Jennie Ott
Part-Time Faculty

Linda Owens
Part-Time Faculty

Patricia Perez
Part-Time Faculty

Sara Pletcher Robles
Part-Time Faculty

Susan Pryor
Part-Time Faculty

Delreen Schmidt-Lenz
Part-Time Faculty

Angela Searcy, EdD
Part-Time Faculty

Thanh Shanahan
Part-Time Faculty

Cynthia Simpson
Part-Time Faculty

Charlene Slezak, PsyD
Part-Time Faculty

Katherine Varey
Part-Time Faculty

Danielle Weaver
Part-Time Faculty

Joanne Wilken
Part-Time Faculty

Academic Initiatives and Research Projects

+ Academic Research Projects

Jennifer Baquedano
Program Monitor

Jenna Bolser
Program Monitor

Charles Chang, MA
VP for Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

Mary Frese
Program Monitor

Rebecca Harles
Program Monitor

Helen Jacobsen
MIECHV Project Coordinator

Maggie Reardon
ISBE Administrative Coordinator

Emily Reznicek
Program Monitor

+ Early Math Collaborative

Jeanine O’Nan Brownell, MS
Assistant Director of Programming

Suzanne Budak
Research Coordinator

Lisa Ginet, EdD
Director, Early Math Project

Donna Johnson, MS
Assistant Director of School Support Services

Nora Kane
Media Coordinator & Strategist

Melissa Kirk
Administrative Coordinator

Jennifer McCray, PhD
Principal Investigator

Cody Meirick, MA
Program Manager

Claudia Melgar
Research Analyst

Jessica Petertil
Early Math Coach

Erin Reid
Assistant Director for Research

Joanna Skourletos
Doctoral Research Fellow Assistant

+ Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN)

Linda Gilkerson, PhD
Professor

Tori Torrence-Graham
Field Trainer

Nancy Mork-Bakker, LCSW
Senior Infant Mental Health Specialist

Colton Mullinix
Administrative Manager

Nat Vikitsreth
FAN Trainer / Curriculum Specialist

Christine Wulbecker
FAN Trainer / Curriculum Specialist

+ Family Child Care

Juliet Bromer, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist

Patricia Molloy
Project Manager

Marina Ragonese-Barnes
Program Monitor

+ Illinois Child-Parent Psychotherapy Learning Collaborative (ILCPPLC)

Michelle Saulnier
Research Assistant

Colleen Wilson
Doctoral Research Assistant

+ International Initiative

Yinna Zhang, PhD
Project Director

+ Language and Literacy Partners

Valencia Burney, MEd
Professional Development Facilitator

Atena Danner, MS
Professional Development Facilitator

Linda Hamburg, MS
Professional Development Facilitator

Gillian Dowley McNamee, PhD
Professor, Director, Teacher Education Program

Sue Mitra, PhD
Associate Director of Professional Development

Laura Mudd, MEd
Professional Development Facilitator

Carly Stacy
Program Manager

+ Research and Planning

Leanne Beaudoin-Ryan
Associate Director of Research

+ Technology in Early Childhood

Jennifer Herdzina
Program Manager

Alexis Lauricella, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, TEC Center

+ Town Square

Mary Quest, MA
Senior Instructor

Liz Tertell, MEd
Senior Instructor

Stephanie Salinas
Project Manager

Administration

+ Finance

Jonathan Cabildo
Senior Grants & Contracts Accountant

David Dawodu
Associate Director of Finance & Compliance

Christine Frankhauser
Controller

Patricia Lawson
Vice President of Finance and Operations & Chief Financial Officer

Sarah Matz
Accounts Payable Coordinator

Bruce Myers
Financial Analyst

+ Human Resources

Patricia Lawson
Vice President for Finance and Operations & Chief Financial Officer

David Wilson
Chief of Human Resources & Facilities Officer

+ Information Technology and Security

Charles Chang, MA
Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

Jonathan Frank
Chief Information Security Officer

+ Institutional Advancement

Anna Akers-Pecht
Manager, Annual Fund and Alumni Relations & Institutional Advancement

Rebecca Beno
Grant Writer and Prospect Research Coordinator

Maura Daly
Vice President of Institutional Advancement & Chief Marketing Officer

Madeleine Holdsworth
Assistant Director, Data Systems & Donor Services

Patty Offer
Director of Development and Alumni Relations

Allison Rickard
Associate Director of Development

Michelle Smith
Development Associate

Anne Volz
Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations and Grants Management

+ Institutional Planning and Research

Charles Chang, MA
VP for Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

+ Marketing/Communications

Sheila Black Haennicke
Director of Marketing & Communications

Maura Daly
Vice President of Institutional Advancement & Chief Marketing Officer

Amy Mikel, MBA
Associate Director, Digital Marketing

Kamaria Morris
Assistant Director, Communications & PR

Michelle Ptack
Project Manager

+ President’s Office

Michelle Jackson
Manager of Executive Affairs

Clinical and Community Services

+ Center for Children and Families

Maggie Abreu
Administrative Assistant

Ilse Acevedo, LCSW
Staff Clinician

Jazman Allen, PsD
Clinical Psychology Post Doctoral Fellow, Staff Clinician

Sara Anderson, LCSW
Supervisor, Staff Clinician

Stacey Austin, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist, Staff Clinician

Angelica Barnett
Receptionist, Administrative Assistant

Michele Belanski, MSW, LCSW
Staff Clinician

Susan Chen, LCSW
Staff Clinician

Michelle Costello, LCSW
Staff Clinician

Monica Dirr, MSW, LCSW
Staff Clinician

Eunique Drinkard, MS DT
Inclusion Consultant

Meredith Glass
Administration, Project Support

Yvette Gonzalez, PhD
Program Coordinator, Neurodevelopmental Clinic

Ruchira Hantman, MA, MS, MSW, LCSW
Supervisor, Staff Clinician

Jessica Hurtado, MSW
Staff Clinician

Zak Kulhan
Administrative Coordinator

Geneice Lofton, MS DT
Inclusion Consultant

Alyssa Maestre, LCSW
Staff Clinician

Nicole Neishapouri, MA
Program Coordinator, Infant Toddler Inclusion Project

Anne Powers, MEd
Program Coordinator of Early Intervention Services

Jessica Price
Office Assistant

Emma Retzlaff
Billing Coordinator

Onelia Rios, MA
Inclusion Consultant

Jean Rounds, MA, MSW, LCSW
Supervisor, Staff Clinician

Marcy Safyer, PhD, LCSW
Director, Center for Children & Family

Elizabeth Stoltenberg, MS, MSW, LCSW
Coordinator Saturday Clinic, Staff Clinician

Erika Velasco, LPC
Staff Clinician

Jessica Ventura-Ewing, LCPC, ATR-BC, IMH-E (III)
Supervisor, Staff Clinician

+ Early Childhood Project with DCFS

Kelsey Badger
Administrative Assistant

Jill Barbre, MSW, MSEd, LCSW
Clinical Supervisor & DCFS Early Childhood Project

Jennifer Barron, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Supervisor

Pfeffer Eisin, MA, LCPC
Associate Program Director

Erika Flores, MS, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Supervisor

Andria Goss, MS, MSW
Program Director Erikson, DCFS Early Childhood Project

Brianne Spayer
Program Assistant

Tia Staggers, MS
Home Visiting Specialist

Angel Williams, MSPH, MSW
Clinical Supervisor

+ Fussy Baby Network

Linda Gilkerson, PhD
Professor

Tori Torrence-Graham
Field Trainer

Linda Horwitz MSEd, I/ECMH-C
Outreach Coordinator

Nancy Mork-Bakker, LCSW, CEIM, I-ECMH-C
Senior Infant Mental Health Specialist

Colton Mullinix
Administrative Manager

Siemone Smith LPC, MA
Infant Mental Health Specialist

Nat Vikitsreth DT, EdM, CEIM, MSW
FAN Trainer / Curriculum Specialist

Christine Wulbecker
FAN Trainer / Curriculum Specialist

Policy and Leadership

+ Policy and Leadership

Luke Bandyk
Content and Special Projects Coordinator

Cristina Pacione-Zayas, PhD
Associate Vice President of Policy

Veronica Vidal
Associate Director, Content Strategy

+ Community Data Lab

Christy Cashman
Program Coordinator, Early Development Instrument

Rebecca Halperin, MS
Knowledge Manager, Early Development Instrument

Jaclyn Vasquez
Associate Director, Early Development Instrument

+ Early Childhood Leadership Academy

Hannah Kaare
Program Coordinator, Early Childhood Leadership Academy

Penny Smith, CPLP
Associate Director, Early Childhood Leadership Academy

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