Conference 2021
April 21-23, 2021
Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, IL
Future Conferences
April 27-29, 2022 – Westin Chicago Northwest, Itasca, Illinois
April 26-28, 2023 – Crowne Plaza, Springfield, Illinois
Conference Chair
2020-2021
Tony Minestra
DePaul College Prep
president-elect@iacac.org
Conference Event Coordinator
Donna Epton
Retired – Schaumburg High School
(847) 991-7295
drepton@gmail.com
Oversight Committee
Tony Minestra, President-elect
DePaul College Prep
president-elect@iacac.org
Megan O’Rourke, President
Providence College
president@iacac.org
Amy Thompson, Past President
York Community High School
past-president@iacac.org
Eric Ruiz, Treasurer
University of St. Francis
treasurer@iacac.org
Mike Ford, Treasurer-elect
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart
treasurer-elect@iacac.org
Linda Haffner, Manager of Operations
IACAC
(847) 577-2953
lhaffner@iacac.org
Erin Hoover, Manager of Digital Services
IACAC
ehoover@iacac.org
Branding Committee
Jim Pierson
University College Dublin
jim.pierson@ucd.ie
Wallace Holder
Grand Valley State University
holderw@gvsu.edu
Brian Albertsen
Illinois State University
bcalber@ilstu.edu
Fundraising Team
Oversees Exhibitors, Sponsorship & Advertising, Project Reach and Raffle Committees
Annabelle Vinson
University of Iowa
annabelle-vinson@uiowa.edu
Brian Hodges
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
bshodges@illinois.edu
Chrissy Grotzke
Michigan Technological University
cmlitobo@mtu.edu
Exhibitors, Sponsorship & Advertising
Drew Small
Bowling Green State University
dsmall@bgsu.edu
Andrea Rusk
Mundelein High School
arusk@d120.org
Rebeca Hernandez
DePaul University
rherna41@depaul.edu
Project Reach
Jessica Avila-Cuevas
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
jacuevas@illinois.edu
DeVone Eurales
Knox College
deurales@knox.edu
Sanober Kanjee
Soto High School
skanjee@aceroschools.org
Raffle
Chelsea Pflug
Arizona State University
chelsea.pflug@asu.edu
April Lynch
Syracuse University
aplynch@syracuse.edu
Derek Brinkley
Columbia College Chicago
dbrinkley@colum.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
Tony Minestra, President-elect
DePaul College Prep
president-elect@iacac.org
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
Sarah Goldman
University of Oregon
sgoldman@uoregon.edu
Evaluations & Tellers
Shawn Wochner
Western Illinois University
SM-Wochner2@wiu.edu
Julie Nelson
Xavier University
nelsonj4@xavier.edu
Kevin Coy
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
kcoy@hf233.org
First Timers
Scott Hillman
University of Oklahoma
scott.hillman@ou.edu
Rosa Reiber
Marquette University
rosa.reiber@marquette.edu
Christian Brown
Augustana College
christianbrown@augustana.edu
On-Site
Scott Carlson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
acarls9@illinois.edu
Melissa Ramirez-Osorio
Illinois State University
mramir12@ilstu.edu
Rob Walton
Ohio Wesleyan University
rewalton@owu.edu
Program
Kathryn Hankamp
St. Norbert College
kathryn.hankamp@snc.edu
Betsy Stevens
University of Pittsburgh
betsy.stevens@pitt.edu
Keisha Heard
Carver Military Academy
kheard6@cps.edu
Registration & Hospitality
Linda Haffner
IACAC
(800) 829-0176
lhaffner@iacac.org
Mike Dunker
Retired
mdunker55@gmail.com