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DPI Team

MEET THE DPI MEMBERS

MEET THE DPI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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Bill Jackson

Executive DPI Directorbilljack@uillinois.edu217-300-1645

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Meg Bates

Director, Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC)megbates@illinois.edu

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Omowale Casselle

Director, Pritzker Tech Talent Labscasselle@uillinois.edu312-585-9028

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Annabelle Clarke

Director, Administrationaclarke@uillinois.edu312-585-9101

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Brenna Conway

Director, City Scholars Programconwaybw@illinois.edu

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Mark Harris

Director, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labsmarkh3@uillinois.edu312-585-9159

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Sanjuana Jaime-Nix

Director, Productsjaime@uillinois.edu

Ranjan Karri

Director, Academic Affairsrkarr2@uis.edu

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Kumar Kintala

Innovation Hub Directorkintala@uillinois.edu

Matthew Klein

Director, Sales & Talent Programsmklein46@uillinois.edu

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Bob Okabe

Director, New Business Venturesrmokabe@uillinois.edu

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Suzanne Schoeneweiss

Director, Developmentsuzannes@uif.uillinois.edu

Maji Tharpe

Director, Immersion Programsmtharpe@uillinois.edu

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Venkat Venkatakrishnan

Director, Researchvenkat@uillinois.edu

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Sarah Cashdollar

Associate Director, IWERC Researchsecash@uillinois.edu312-668-9067

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Danielle Clark

Associate Director, Pritzker Tech Talent Labsdkclark@uillinois.edu

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Stephanie DeCicco

Associate Director, Community College Pathways, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labsdecicco@uillinois.edu

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Morgan Diamond

Associate Director, Workforce Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labsdiamondm@uillinois.edu

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Gina Grant

Associate Director, K-9 Student Programming, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labsglgrant@uillinois.edu312-575-7926

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Karen Larson

Associate Director of External Relations- Pritzker Tech Talent Labskplarson@uillinois.edu312-585-9193

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Kay Monelle

Associate Director, High School Programmingkaym@uillinois.edu

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Karl Putz

Associate Director, R&D Programskarlputz@uillinois.edu

Marcia Renata Quadros da Silva

Associate Director, R&Dmsilva@ullinois.edu

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Lauryn Scott

Associate Director, Marketing & Communicationlauryn@uillinois.edu

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Dominique Wilson

Associate Director of External Relations - Pritzker Tech Talent Labsdwils5@uillinois.edu

Quetzalli Castro

Assistant Director of Outreach, IWERCqcastr2@uillinois.edu

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Todd McFarlin

Assistant Director, Teacher Training, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labstmcfar1@uillinois.edu312-413-5700

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Tony Torres

Assistant Director of Recruitmentttorres3@uillinois.edu

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Lindsey Vetvick

Assistant Director, HS Programsjsmit97@uillinois.edu

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Adriann Anderson

Senior Coordinator, Business Operationsaander5@uillinois.edu312-575-7837

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Joe Cheng

DPI Partnershipsjlcheng@illinois.edu

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Laura Clements

Senior Project Manager, R&Dljclem@uillinois.edu312-668-9016

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Mike Flavin

DPI Corporate Relationsmtflavin@uillinois.edu

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Sandra Gesing

Scientific Outreach and DEI Leadsgesing@uillinois.edu312-668-9041

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Pradeep Khanna

DPI International Relationspkhanna@illinois.edu

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Alan Solow

Special Advisor, External Relationsasolow@uic.edu

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Lupita Ramos-Lopez

Events and Social Media Coordinatorllopez62@uillinois.edu

Sam Miller

Corporate Relationship Manager, R&D Industry Program

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Gary Nixon

Recruiter and Student Engagement- Pritzker Tech Talent Labsgnixon1@uillinois.edu

Camryn Woodworth

Program Assistant, R&D

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Jonathon Berlin

Visiting Sr. Multimedia Designerjsberlin@uillinois.edu

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Ryan M. Corey

Visiting Research Scientistcorey1@uillinois.edu

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Adam Horton

Visiting Lab Manageradam47@uillinois.edu

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Modou Jarju

Visiting Lab Technicianmljarju@uillinois.edu

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Renu Kulkarni

Visiting Corporate Engagement Leadrenuk@uillinois.edu

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Chi-Yu Lin

Visiting Research Scholarclin213@uillinois.edu

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Melissa Pierce

Senior Data Science Engineer mlp16@uillinois.edu

Paige Ponder

Visiting Sr. Advisorpponder@uillinois.edu

Dolores Sanchez Gonzalez

Visiting Lab Managerdsanch52@uillinois.edu

Krystal White

Visiting Project Managerkwhite38@uillinois.edu

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Jaggi Yedetore

Visiting Business Development and Digital Solutions Architectyn@illinois.edu

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Mariana Barragan Torres

Research Specialist, IWERCmarianab@uillinois.edu312-668-9026

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Shereen Beilstein

Research Specialist, IWERCbeilste2@uillinois.edu312-668-9025

Ying Chen

Research Associate, IWERCychen406@uic.edu

Rigel Gjomemo

Research Scientistrgjome1@uic.edu

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Hamed Ibrahim

Postdoctoral Research Associatehibrahim@illinois.edu

Sebastián Kiguel

Research Associate, IWERCskiguel@uic.edu

Peiyuan Li

Postdoctoral Research Associatepeiyuanl@uillinois.edu

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Yuanye Ma

Sr. Research Associateyuanyem@uillinois.edu

Ashish Sharma

Climate and Urban Sustainability Leadsharmaa@illinois.edu

Charles Suggs

Research Software Development Engineercsuggs@uillinois.edu

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Anuj Tiwari

Senior Research Associateanujt@uic.edu

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Stephanie Werner

Research Specialist, IWERCswerne3@uillinois.edu312-668-9026

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Jaime Chavez

Web Specialistjchavez6@illinois.edu

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Karen Colat

Administrative Assistantkcolat@uillinois.edu

Tula Georgopoulos

Sr. Workforce Advisortula@uillinois.edu

Marc Goodman

Relations Manager, R&D Industry Program

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Darral Johnson-McMahan

Program Assistantdjohn84@uillinois.edu

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Marcia Lampela

DPI Site Managementmlampela@uillinois.edu217-300-7457

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Eva Lozano

Office Administratorevalozan@uillinois.edu

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Luis Navarrete

Program Assistantluisn@uillinois.edu

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Haneen Omar

Program AssistantHomar4@uillinois.edu312-668-9019

Jacob Parrott

Venture Creation Leadparrott4@uillinois.edu

Deepak Somaya

Don and Anne Edwards Scholardsomaya@illinois.edu

DPI Executive Committee

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Nancy Amato

Head of the Department of Computer Science and Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, UIUCnamato@illinois.edu

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Jennifer Bernhard

Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, UIUCjbernhar@illinois.edu

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Betsy Goulet

Clinical Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the UIS Child Advocacy Studies Program (CAST), UISbgoul2@uis.edu

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Bill Jackson

DPI Executive Directorbilljack@uillinois.edu

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Anne-Marie Hanson

Associate Professor, UISahans4@uis.edu

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Rodney Hopson

Professor, College of Education, UIUChopson@illinois.edu

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Marie Tejero Hughes

Director, Graduate Studies, College of Education, UIC marieth@uic.edu

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Jeffrey Eric Jenkins

Professor, College of Fine & Applied Arts, UIUCjej@illinois.edu

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Harley Johnson

Associate Dean for Research in the Grainger College of Engineering, UIUChtj@illinois.edu

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Karl Kochendorfer

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs; Chief Health Information Officer, UICkkoche1@uic.edu

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Rachel Poretsky

Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UICmicrobe@uic.edu

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Aria Razfar

Professor, College of Education, UICarazfar@uic.edu

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Donald Wink

Professor; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UICdwink@uic.edu

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Jessica Li

Education & Workforce Development Theme Lead; College of Education, UIUCjli2011@illinois.edu