Conference 2020
April 22-24, 2020
Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, IL
Future Conferences
April 21-23, 2021 – Westin Chicago Northwest, Itasca, Illinois
April 27-29, 2022 – Westin Chicago Northwest, Itasca, Illinois
Conference Chair
2019-2020
Megan O’Rourke, President-elect
Providence College
(401) 865-1077
meganorourke@providence.edu
Conference Event Coordinator
Donna Epton
Retired – Schaumburg High School
(847) 991-7295
drepton@gmail.com
Oversight Committee
Megan O’Rourke, President-elect
Providence College
(401) 865-1077
meganorourke@providence.edu
Amy Thompson, President
York Community High School
(630) 617-2472
athompson@elmhurst205.org
Patrick Walsh, Past President
Illinois State University
(309) 438-2191
pjwalsh2@ilstu.edu
Erin Updegraff, Treasurer
DePaul University
(312) 362-8184
eupdegra@depaul.edu
Eric Ruiz, Treasurer-elect
University of St. Francis
(815) 740-5070
ERuiz@stfrancis.edu
Linda Haffner, Executive Assistant
IACAC
(847) 577-2953
lhaffner@iacac.org
Erin Hoover, Communication Specialist
IACAC
(630) 632-5449
ehoover@iacac.org
Branding Committee
Jim Pierson
University College Dublin
jim.pierson@ucd.ie
Christian Brown
Augustana College
christianbrown@augustana.edu
Sarah Daugherty
Bradley University
sarah@fsmail.bradley.edu
Fundraising Team
Oversees Exhibitors, Sponsorship & Advertising, Project Reach and Raffle Committees
Sylvia Hernandez
Michigan State University
herna100@msu.edu
Annabelle Vinson
University of Iowa
annabelle-vinson@uiowa.edu
Brian Hodges
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
bshodges@illinois.edu
Exhibitors, Sponsorship & Advertising
Mike Ford
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart
mford@woodlandsacademy.org
Drew Small
Bowling Green State University
dsmall@bgsu.edu
Andrea Rusk
Mundelein High School
arusk@d120.org
Project Reach
Jessica Avila-Cuevas
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
jacuevas@illinois.edu
Sarah Goldman
Albion College
sgoldman@albion.edu
Ashley Brown
University of Vermont
ashley.brown@uvm.edu
Raffle
Angie Cooksy
Bradley University
acooksy@fsmail.bradley.edu
Chelsea Woodward
Arizona State University
Chelsea.Woodard@asu.edu
April Lynch
Syracuse University
aplynch@syracuse.edu
Logistics Team
Oversees Entertainment, Evaluations & Tellers, First Timers, On-site, Program, Registration & Hospitality
Donna Epton
IACAC Event Coordinator
Retired – Schaumburg High School
(847) 991-7295
drepton@gmail.com
Megan O’Rourke, President-elect
Providence College
(401) 865-1077
meganorourke@providence.edu
Joe Freeman
Beacon Academy
jfreeman@beaconacademychicago.org
Jen Sloan
University of Cincinnati
jennifer.sloan@uc.edu
Lindsey Lindberg
Bradley University
lcheney@fsmail.bradley.edu
Entertainment
Zak George
StriveScan
zachary@strivescan.com
Margaret Jones
Columbia College Chicago
mjones@colum.edu
Evaluations & Tellers
Cindy Kasten
Hinsdale Central High School
ckasten@hinsdale86.org
Shawn Wochner
Western Illinois University
SM-Wochner2@wiu.edu
Julie Nelson
Xavier University
nelsonj4@xavier.edu
First Timers
Scott Hillman
University of Oklahoma
scott.hillman@ou.edu
Rosa Reiber
Marquette University
rosa.reiber@marquette.edu
On-Site
Mike Melinder
University of Iowa
mike-melinder@uiowa.edu
Rachel O’Connell
Augustana College
racheloconnell@augustana.edu
Program
Kathryn Hankamp
St. Norbert College
kathryn.hankamp@snc.edu
Courtney Wallace
Augustana College
courtneywallace@augustana.edu
Betsy Stevens
University of Pittsburgh
betsy.stevens@pitt.edu
Registration & Hospitality
Linda Haffner
IACAC
(800) 829-0176
lhaffner@iacac.org
Kathy Major
Joliet Catholic Academy
kmajor@jca-online.org
Mike Dunker
Retired
mdunker55@gmail.com