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

Bill Merchantz BS ’79, Chair

Chris Cali BS ’05, JD ’09, Vice Chair Membership

Ed Cohen BS ’75, Alumni Board Chair Elect

Peter Skosey MUPP ’93, Alumni Advocacy Committee Chair

Kerl LaJeune BARCH ’92, Awards & Nominations Committee Chair

Jim Dorociak BS ’81, PHARMD ’83, Outreach Committee Chair

Julio Nolasco BS ’02, Student & Recent Graduate Alumni Engagement Committee Chair

Deb Brock-Jones Venable BFA ’93, MBA ’97, Alumni Career Services 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

Peter Skosey MUPP ’93, *Committee Chair

Judy Erwin, ABD

Robin Ficke JD ’09

Vittorio Gomez BA ’97

Josh Hahn MUPP ’16

Jessica Jones MUPP ’19

Mary Maryland PhD ’94

Anne –Marie St. Germaine (CUPPA)

Emily Tapia-Lopez MUPP ’07

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

Deb Brock-Jones Venable BFA ’93, MBA ’97, *Committee Chair

Patricia Ballesteros BS ’97

Robert Bodura BS ’15

Darrell Cole BS ’95

Nadia Hill BA ‘16

Tracey Harris BSEE ’92, MBA ’07

Rob Homa BS ’96

Gary Kenzer MSW ’84

Farid Peiravain PhD ’14

Kaveri Shah BS ’20

Gina Walton MD ’04

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

Kerl LaJeune BARCH ’92, *Committee Chair

Booma S. Balasubramani PhD ’20

Michael Batis BA ’02

Tiffany Victor Castleberry DNP ’20

Lee LoBue BA ’04

Patricia Martinez BS ’09, MEd ’13

Joanne Meyerhoff BA ’71

Uche Onwuta MPH ’97

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

Jim Dorociak BS ’81, PHARMD ’83, *Committee Chair

Ebony Campbell BA ’00

Cecelia Blue BS ’94, MBA ’07

Carrie Butt BA ’02

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

Jessica Cybulski BA ’09

Chris Domain BS ’17

Joseph Dusek JD ’20

Debra Evans MS ’85

Shelley Fulla BA ’94, MPA ’00

Lajuana Murphy BA ’94

Eugene Sadhu BS ’00, MD ’07

Joe Scott BS ’04

Raven Temple BS ’16

Kevin Young JD ’86

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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

Julio Nolasco BS ’02, *Committee Chair

Mirjana Antonic BA ’12, MED ’15

Nick Czajczyk BS ’15

Brian Havel BS ’15, DMD ’19

Evaristo Herrera BA ’12

Nida Husain BS ’16

David Klawitter BS ’15

CJ Kaskadden BS ’13

Annie Li BS ’15

Brennan Nichols BS ’09

Indira Reinert BS ’20

Qusai Shikari BS ’08, MENGR ’16

Joanna Skourletos BA ’12

Abhinav Subramaniam BS ’18

Adrian Villarreal BA’17, MEd ’21

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

a. Serving as the official alumni volunteer leadership voice representing the collective UIC alumni body

b. Fostering synergy to enhance and advance relationships between UIC alumni, the UIC campus and the university at large

c. Advocating for UIC at the city, county, state and federal levels

d. Mentoring students and alumni

e. Promoting life-long learning and connections

f. Recruiting, nurturing and encouraging UIC alumni volunteerism

g. Building, promoting and strengthening alumni outreach and relationship building

h. Supporting alumni relations strategies consistent and complementary with the UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Advancement and university goals at large

All alumni (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) 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.

Members of the UIC Alumni Board serve two-year terms. These terms can be renewed up to three consecutive terms, totaling six consecutive years of service. All members of the UIC Alumni Board are expected to:

a) Attend and participate in scheduled meetings

b) Represent the UIC Alumni Board by attending and participating in various UIC campus related activities

c) Make a gift or get a gift to UIC that is meaningful each year

d) Recommend potential alumni to get involved with UIC

e) Actively serve on an UIC Alumni Board committee

f) Vote on new board members and elect current board members to serve on the Leadership Committee