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MEET THE DPI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Deba Dutta
Interim Executive DPI Director
Ruben Abarca
Associate Director, Sales
abarca3@uillinois.edu
Adriann Anderson
Senior Coordinator, Business Operations
aander5@uillinois.edu
312-575-7837
Rukmini Avadhanam
Sr. Research Associate
rukminia@uillinois.edu
Mariana Barragan Torres
Research Specialist, IWERC
marianab@uillinois.edu
312-668-9026
Meg Bates
Director, Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC)
megbates@illinois.edu
Shereen Beilstein
Research Specialist, IWERC
beilste2@uillinois.edu
312-668-9025
Jonathon Berlin
Visiting Sr. Multimedia Designer
jsberlin@uillinois.edu
Raisa Blazquez
Visiting Research Associate
blazquez@uillinois.edu
Brent Brewer
Events Coordinator
brentb@uillinois.edu
Jaclyn Carmichael
Assistant Director, K-9 Student Programming, Community Education, Pritzker Tech Talent Labs
jaclync@uillinois.edu
Sarah Cashdollar
Associate Director, IWERC Research
secash@uillinois.edu
312-668-9067
Jaime Chavez
Web Specialist
jchavez6@illinois.edu
Ying Chen
Research Associate, IWERC
ychen406@uic.edu
Joe Cheng
DPI Partnerships
jlcheng@illinois.edu
Alvin Chin
Research Scientist
alvinc@uillinois.edu
Laura Clements
Senior Project Manager, R&D
ljclem@uillinois.edu
312-668-9016
Karen Colat
Administrative Assistant
kcolat@uillinois.edu
Stephanie DeCicco
Associate Director, Community College Pathways, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labs
decicco@uillinois.edu
Morgan Diamond
Associate Director, Workforce Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labs
diamondm@uillinois.edu
Sugyan Mani Dixit
Senior Research Associate
sugy@uillinois.edu
Danna Dotson
Associate Director of Teacher Training
ddotson@uillinois.edu
Rashen Fernando
Postdoctoral
pferna20@uic.edu
Mike Flavin
DPI Corporate Relations
mtflavin@uillinois.edu
Reginald Gaudino
Director, Cannabis Research Institute
Carolyn Geck
Grants Coordinator
carolyng@uillinois.edu
Dolores Sanchez Gonzalez
Visiting Lab Manager
dsanch52@uillinois.edu
Gina Grant
Associate Director, K-9 Student Programming, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labs
glgrant@uillinois.edu
312-575-7926
Mark Harris
Director, Pritzker Tech Talent Labs
markh3@uillinois.edu
312-585-9159
Atif Hasan
Senior Business Coordinator
hasana@uillinois.edu
Ian Heraty
Software Development Educator
ihera2@uillinois.edu
Adam Horton
Visiting Lab Manager
adam47@uillinois.edu
Sanjuana Jaime-Nix
Director, Product
sjaime@uillinois.edu
Modou Jarju
Visiting Lab Technician
mljarju@uillinois.edu
Karan Jogi
Research Software Dev Engineer
kjogi2@uillinois.edu
Darral Johnson-McMahan
Program Assistant
djohn84@uillinois.edu
Gerry Joseph
Budget Lead
Ranjan Karri
Director, Academic Affairs
rkarr2@uis.edu
Nilofar Khanbhai
Venture Creation Lead
nilofar@uillinois.edu
Pradeep Khanna
DPI International Relations
pkhanna@illinois.edu
Sebastián Kiguel
Research Associate, IWERC
skiguel@uic.edu
Kumar Kintala
Innovation Hub Director
kintala@uillinois.edu
Matthew Klein
Director, Sales & Talent Programs
mklein46@uillinois.edu
Tula Kuechenmeister
Sr. Workforce Advisor and Salesforce Admin
tula@uillinois.edu
Renu Kulkarni
Visiting Corporate Engagement Lead
renuk@uillinois.edu
Quetzalli Laidley
Assistant Director of Outreach, IWERC
qcastr2@uillinois.edu
Marcia Lampela
DPI Site Management
mlampela@uillinois.edu
217-300-7457
Karen Larson
Associate Director of External Relations- Pritzker Tech Talent Labs
kplarson@uillinois.edu
312-585-9193
Peiyuan Li
Postdoctoral Research Associate
peiyuanl@uillinois.edu
Eva Lozano-Staton
Administrative Assistant
evalozan@uillinois.edu
Chi-Yu Lin
Visiting Research Scholar
clin213@uillinois.edu
Yuanye Ma
Sr. Research Associate
yuanyem@uillinois.edu
Todd McFarlin
Assistant Director, Teacher Training, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labs
tmcfar1@uillinois.edu
312-413-5700
Sam Miller
Corporate Relationship Manager, R&D Industry Program
Kay Monelle
Associate Director, High School Programming
kaym@uillinois.edu
Aisha Motlani
Research Associate, IWERC
amotlani@uillinois.edu
Rajeeyah Muhammad
Visiting Assistant Director, Internal Engagement and Culture
rajeeyah@uillinois.edu
Luis Navarrete
Business Coordinator
luisn@uillinois.edu
Gary Nixon
Recruiter and Student Engagement- Pritzker Tech Talent Labs
gnixon1@uillinois.edu
Bob Okabe
Director, New Business Ventures
rmokabe@uillinois.edu
Haneen Omar
Program Assistant
Homar4@uillinois.edu
312-668-9019
Jacob Parrott
Venture Creation Lead
parrott4@uillinois.edu
Javier Pena
Program Assistant
jpena9@uillinois.edu
Kassandra Perez
Events Manager
kgperez@uillinois.edu
Karl Putz
Associate Director, R&D Programs
karlputz@uillinois.edu
John Ramirez
Visiting Entrepreneur In Residence
Jpramire@uillinois.edu
Sudhansu Rath
Postdoctoral Research Associate
sudhansu@illinois.edu
Christina Sansone
Visiting Community Engagement Manager
csanso2@uillinois.edu
Larry Schor
Visiting Entrepreneur in Residence
lschor@uillinois.edu
Lauryn Scott
Associate Director, Marketing & Communication
lauryn@uillinois.edu
Sohan Sethi
Visiting Sr. Market Analyst
ssethi22@uillinois.edu
Robert Sfarzo
Software Development Educator
sfarzo@uillinois.edu
Ashish Sharma
Climate and Urban Sustainability Lead
sharmaa@illinois.edu
Meenu Sharma
Business Coordinator
meenus@uillinois.edu
Marcia Silva
Associate Director, R&D
msilva@ullinois.edu
Alan Solow
Special Advisor, External Relations
asolow@uic.edu
Deepak Somaya
Don and Anne Edwards Scholar
dsomaya@illinois.edu
Anuj Tiwari
Senior Research Associate
anujt@uic.edu
Sumit Tokkar
Software Engineering Lead
stokkar@uillinois.edu
Tony Torres
Assistant Director of Recruitment
ttorres3@uillinois.edu
Jen Uner
Director, Marketing & Communication
juner@uillinois.edu
Carolina Veiga
Postdoctoral Research Associate
carolvfs@uillinois.edu
Venkat Venkatakrishnan
Director, Research
venkat@uillinois.edu
Lindsey Vetvick
Assistant Director, HS Programs
jsmit97@uillinois.edu
Stephanie Werner
Research Specialist, IWERC
swerne3@uillinois.edu
312-668-9026
Camryn Woodworth
Grants Coordinator, R&D
camrynw@uillinois.edu
Dominique Wilson
Associate Director of External Relations - Pritzker Tech Talent Labs
dwils5@uillinois.edu
Abhinav Wadhwa
Postdoctoral
awadhwa@uillinois.edu
Winston Wu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
sichengw@uillinois.edu
Jaggi Yedetore
Visiting Business Development and Digital Solutions Architect
ynj@uillinois.edu
DPI Executive Committee
Nancy Amato
Head of the Department of Computer Science and Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, UIUC
namato@illinois.edu
Jennifer Bernhard
Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, UIUC
jbernhar@illinois.edu
Sybil Derrible
Professor
derrible@uic.edu
312-996-2429
Lan Dong
Louise Hartman Schewe and Karl Schewe Endowed Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of English, UIS
ldong4@uis.edu
Deba Dutta
Interim Executive DPI Director
ddutta@uillinois.edu
Betsy Goulet
Clinical Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the UIS Child Advocacy Studies Program (CAST), UIS
bgoul2@uis.edu
Jeffrey Eric Jenkins
Professor, College of Fine & Applied Arts, UIUC
jej@illinois.edu
Harley Johnson
Associate Dean for Research in the Grainger College of Engineering, UIUC
htj@illinois.edu
Karl Kochendorfer
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs; Chief Health Information Officer, UIC
kkoche1@uic.edu
Jessica Li
Education & Workforce Development Theme Lead; College of Education, UIUC
jli2011@illinois.edu
Rachel Poretsky
Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIC
microbe@uic.edu
Aria Razfar
Professor, College of Education, UIC
arazfar@uic.edu
Venugopal Veeravalli
Professor, ECE, Grainger
Donald Wink
Professor; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIC
dwink@uic.edu