UIC Alumni Board

Leadership Committee

The Leadership Committee (LC) comprises alumni who serve in various leadership capacities across the Alumni Board. The LC will set UIC Alumni Board agendas, overall direction and emphasis for the UIC Alumni Board and conduct the business of the UIC Alumni Board in the intervals between UIC Alumni Board meetings. The LC members are visible key stakeholders and provide leadership and vision. ​

Members

Patricia Ballesteros BS ’97, Alumni Career Services Committee Chair

Ed Cohen BS ’75, Alumni Board President

Jim Dorociak BS ’81, PHARMD ’83, Special Project Liaison

Debra Evans MS ’85, Outreach Committee Chair

David Klawitter BS ’15, Student and Recent Alumni Engagement Committee Chair

Kerl LaJeune BArch ’92, Alumni Board President Elect

Bill Merchantz BS ’79, Alumni Board Immediate Past President

Julio Nolasco BS ’02, Awards and Nominations Committee Chair

John Ochoa BArch ’78, Alumni Loyalty and Benefits Committee Chair

Peter Skosey MUPP ’93, Alumni Advocacy Committee Chair

Caryn Schultz Korman, Executive Director, UICAA, Ex-Officio Member

Alumni Advocacy Committee

The Alumni Advocacy Committee (AAC) comprises alumni who help with advocacy and represent UIC priorities. The AAC coordinates the recommendations for nominations to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and works closely with UIC Government Affairs to advance UIC legislative priorities. ​

Members

Josué Barba JD ’12

Robin Ficke JD ’09

Vittorio Gomez BA ’97

Josh Hahn MUPP ’16

Mary Maryland PhD ’94

David McEllis BA ’04, JD ’12

Peter Skosey MUPP ’93, *Committee Chair

Marvin Slaughter, Jr. BA ’19

Anne–Marie St. Germaine (CUPPA)

Emily Tapia-Lopez MUPP ’07

Hugo Teruel (LAS)

Angelo Tzivas BA ’14, JD ’17

Heather Winter MPA ’16

Alumni Career Services Committee

The Alumni Career Services Committee (ACSC) advances traditional and web-based engagement pathways to career services for UIC alumni. This includes the Alumni Coaching Network, mentoring and networking programming and recommending life-long learning opportunities to be offered to UIC alumni.  ​

Members

Patricia Ballesteros BS ’97, *Committee Chair

Naderh Elrabadi JD ’02

Fatos Gojani BS ’07

Farrah Haque BA ’12, MS ’13

Nadia Hill BA ’16, Vice Chair

Gary Kenzer MSW ’84

Abigail Milloy MBA ’17, MPH ’17

Carmen Outlaw BSCHE ’99

Farid Peiravain PhD ’14

Angelo Poulikakos BS ’04

Jordan Tegtmeyer MBA ’03

Alumni Loyalty and Benefits Committee

The Alumni Loyalty and Benefits Committee works to advise on alumni loyalty programs/opportunities and reviews the value of benefits offered to Alumni.

Members

David Klawitter BS ’15

Paulina Martinez MUPP ’16

Mary Maryland PhD ’94, Vice Chair

David Mayer BS ’78, MD ’82

John Ochoa BArch ’78, *Committee Chair

Uche Onwuta MPH ’97

Ayesha Patel JD ’14

J. Bradley Sargent BS ’99

Courtney Washington BA ’22, BA ’22

Awards & Nominations Committee

The Awards & Nominations Committee (ANC) has two specific areas of focus:  ​

1. Identifying and selecting UIC alumni awards recipients ​
2. Work with the Vice Chair – Membership to understand the qualifications for open positions and needs of the various committees to inform new and rotating alumni volunteers

The ANC reviews applications/nominations to serve on the Alumni Board and will make recommendations for new members. The ANC will also annually present a slate of candidates to fill leadership positions. ​

Members

Booma S. Balasubramani PhD ’20

Michael Batis BA ’02

Lee LoBue BA ’04

Patricia Martinez BS ’09, MEd ’13

Joanne Meyerhoff BA ’71

Julio Nolasco BS ’02, *Committee Chair

Uche Onwuta MPH ’97, Vice Chair

Tiffany Victor-Castleberry DNP ’20

Outreach Committee

The Outreach Committee (OC) connects alumni with their closest affinity to UIC. Affinity is defined as a group that alumni are most closely linked to by common interest or purpose. Affinities can include, but are not limited to, geography, college, athletic team, Greek life, ethnic, veterans, etc. The OC also works to identify opportunities for alumni to connect through outreach efforts in the lifecycle of UIC Alumni Admissions Volunteer Program. ​

Members

Cecelia Blue BS ’94, MBA ’07

Nicholas Crite BSEE ‘03, MUPP ’07, MPA ’12

Jessica Cybulski BA ’09

Jim Dorociak BS ’81, PHARMD ’83

Debra Evans MS ’85, *Committee Chair

Karen Keesing BS ’96

Vera Mandilovitch BA ’01

Lajuana Murphy BA ’94

Vi-An Nguyen MHA ’20

Eugene Sadhu BS ’00, MD ’07

Joe Scott BS ’04

Kelly Anne Smith MSW ’08

Matthew Steward BS ’01, JD ’07

Raven Temple BS ’16

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Student and Recent Alumni Engagement Committee

The Student and Recent Alumni Engagement Committee (SRAEC) advises on programming specifically designed for students to engage them in the UIC alumni network from convocation to graduation. They also focus on programming to keep recent alumni connected and engaged with UIC.  The SRAEC supports efforts of the University Ambassadors program by providing training and resources to help ensure student success.  

Members

Jocelyn Bravo BA ’21

John Donners BS ’22

Peter Fraser BS ’17

Brian Havel BS ’15, DMD ’19

Evaristo Herrera BA ’12

Nida Husain BS ’16

David Klawitter BS ’15, *Committee Chair

Brennan Nichols BS ’09

Indira Reinert BS ’20

Qusai Shikari BS ’08, MENGR ’16

Abhinav Subramaniam BS ’18

Tikia Travis BA ’17, MA ’20

Adrian Villarreal BA ’17, MEd ’21

Melvin Woolfolk BA ’18, MEd ’19

All members of the UIC Alumni Board are expected to:

• Read and understand the Alumni Board’s Operating Guidelines and review Board materials in advance of each meeting.
• Prepare, attend and actively participate in two scheduled full Alumni Board meetings.
• Actively serve and contribute on one of the UIC Alumni Board standing committees.
• Make a meaningful gift to UIC each year.
• Serve as an advocate for UIC out in the field and with your alumni community (regional/class/degree cohorts) by staying informed of news and issues affecting UIC.
• Represent the UIC Alumni Board by attending and participating in various UIC campus related activities (e.g. UIC Connected, Alumni Admission Program, Undergraduate Research Forum, Homecoming, Alumni Awards).
• Promote Alumni Association events to your personal networks and encourage alumni to attend.
• Vote on new Board members and elect current Board members to serve on the Leadership committee.
• Help identify/recommend alumni in your personal network to get involved with UIC.
• Recommend prospective students and share job or internship opportunities for current students when available.
• Support the professional staff of the Alumni Association.

The general duties of the UIC Alumni Board include, but are not limited to:

• Serving as the official alumni volunteer leadership voice representing the collective UIC alumni body.
• Supporting and working to advance the mission of UIC.
• Fostering synergies to enhance and advance relationships between UIC alumni, the UIC campus and the university at large.
• Mentoring students and alumni.
• Promoting life-long learning and connections.
• Recruiting, nurturing and encouraging UIC alumni volunteerism.
• Building, promoting and strengthening alumni outreach and relationship building.
• Supporting alumni relations strategies consistent and complimentary with the UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Advancement and university goals at large.

Members of the UIC Alumni Board serve a two-year term. Terms can be renewed up to two consecutive terms, totaling six (6) consecutive years of service. Average time commitment is 3-7 hours per month.

All alumni* are eligible to become a member of the UIC Alumni Board. Applications are accepted on a yearly basis. The application period is open January 1–March 31 of each year. Applications received after that date will be placed in the pool for the following year. For more information, please email uicalumni@uic.edu.

Applications are currently closed. 

*Alumni are defined as individuals who have completed coursework toward or who have been granted a postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma including an associate, baccalaureate, masters, doctoral, or first professional degree, as well as post-baccalaureate or first professional certificate.