Administrative Directory

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Senior Administrative Staff

Bruce P. Smith

Dean
Professor
Guy Raymond Jones Faculty Scholar

Margareth Etienne

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor 
Nancy Snowden Research Scholar in Law

Daniel W. Hamilton

Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Professor of Law and History

John Rossi

Executive Assistant Dean

Greg Miarecki

Executive Assistant Dean for Career Planning and Professional Development

Virginia Vermillion Assistant Dean for Academic Administration and Dean of Students
Charlotte Ku

Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Legal Studies
Co-Director, Center on Law and Globalization

Carolyn Turner

Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives

Chris Higgins

Assistant Dean for Advancement

Rebecca Ray

Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid

Randy Elkins

Assistant Dean for Finance and Human Resources

Heather Ball

Director of Events

Jenny Carroll

Director of Alumni Relations

Melissa Englund

Director of Communications

Brad Foster

Director of Advancement

Chris Grant

Director of Human Resources

Mindy Heaton

Director of Annual Giving

Janis Johnston

Director of the Law Library

Kelly Salefski Director of Academic Administration and Student Records
Doyle Slifer

Director of Data Services

Dan Vander Ploeg Director of Information Services

Academic Affairs - (217) 333-0930

Margareth Etienne Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Administration - (217) 333-0930

John Rossi

Executive Assistant Dean

Admissions and Financial Aid - (217) 244-6415

Rebecca Ray

Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid

Suzanne Rogers

Associate Director of Admissions

Julie Griffin

Assistant Director of Financial Aid

Patricia Camp Admissions Assistant
Patricia Carlson Admissions Coordinator

Advancement - (217) 333-2628

Chris Higgins

Assistant Dean for Advancement

Jenny Carroll

Director of Alumni Relations

Brad Foster

Director of Advancement

Mindy Heaton

Director of Annual Giving

Avon Morgan

Associate Director of Advancement

Cassi Wildman

Associate Director of Alumni Relations and Stewardship

Bookstore - (217) 333-2406

Lisa Cripe Bookstore Manager

Business Office - (217) 244-9923

Jennifer Daly Business Manager I
Becky Millikan Account Tech I
Tiffany Burnsmier Accounting Clerk

Career Planning and Professional Development - (217) 333-2961

Greg Miarecki

Executive Assistant Dean for Career Planning and Professional Development

Jolynn Caroline

Interim Director of Career Planning and Professional Development

Rebecca Myhr Szajna

Associate Director of Career Planning and Professional Development

Maria Saez Tatman

Associate Director of Career Planning and Professional Development

Kristin Roset

Assistant Director of Career Planning and Professional Development

Clinics - (217) 244-9494

Nina W. Tarr Director of Clinical Education
George Bell Civil Litigation Clinic
Matthew Andres Elder Financial Justice Clinic
J. Steven Beckett Federal Civil Rights Clinic
Andrew Bequette

Federal Civil Rights Clinic

Karla Fischer Domestic Violence Clinic
Melissa Frydman Family Advocacy Clinic
Stacey L. Tutt Community Preservation Clinic
Komal Vaidya

Equal Justice Works Foreclosure Fellow

Jen Schiaretti

Office Manager

Sandra Sosa

Clerk

Data Services - (217) 333-0930

Doyle Slifer

Director of Data Services

Casey Myers Database/Web Programmer

Dean's Suite - (217) 333-0930

Carolyn Brown

Room Reservations and Rental

Sandy Fretty

Assistant to Advancement and Strategic Initiatives

Colleen Hammel Assistant to Student Services
Angela Martin

Assistant to the Associate Dean

Dean's Office - (217) 333-9857

Cheryl Long Assistant to the Dean

Faculty Appointments Coordinator - (217) 333-0930

Sally Cook

Faculty Appointments Coordinator and Faculty Assistant

Graduate and International Programs - (217) 333-6066

Charlotte Ku

Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Legal Studies
Co-Director, Center on Law and Globalization

Christine Renshaw

Assistant Director of Graduate and International Legal Studies

Laura Owen Assistant to Graduate and International Legal Studies

Human Resources - (217) 333-0930

Chris Grant

Director of Human Resources

Information Services - (217) 265-5004

Dan Vander Ploeg Director of Information Services
Tyler Hunter PC and Media Specialist

Law Library - (217) 333-2914

Janis Johnston

Director of the Law Library

Stephanie Davidson

Associate Professor of Library Administration
Associate Director, Law Library

Paul D. Healey

Senior Instructional Services Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Administration

Barbara Henigman

Head of Technical Services and Associate Professor of Library Administration

Michelle Hook Dewey

Reference Librarian

Travis McDade

Rare Books

Ann Ribstein

Assistant Law Reference Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration

Anne Robbins

Law Library Acquisitions Manager

Heather Simmons

Assistant Professor of Library Service
Reference Librarian

Jane Williams

Foreign Comparative and International Law Librarian and Associate Professor of Librarian Administration

Harold Southern Circulation Manager
Talisa Bracy Business and Human Resource Coordinator

Research Associates -

Jessica Bregant

Research Associate

Student Records Office - (217) 333-9854

Kelly Salefski Director of Academic Administration and Student Records
Ron Hausman Office Support Associate

Special Events - (217) 244-0689; (217) 333-0138

Heather Ball

Director of Events

Carrie May-Borich

Events Coordinator

Strategic Initiatives - (217) 244-0001

Carolyn Turner

Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives

Student Services - (217) 333-1097

Virginia Vermillion Assistant Dean for Academic Administration and Dean of Students
Megan Pickens Assistant Director for Academic Administration