Conference 2022
April 27-29, 2022
Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, IL
Future Conferences
April 26-28, 2023 – Crowne Plaza, Springfield, Illinois
Conference Chair
2021-2022
Brian Hodges
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
president-elect@iacac.org
Conference Event Coordinator
Donna Epton
Retired – Schaumburg High School
(847) 991-7295
drepton@gmail.com
Oversight Committee
Brian Hodges, President-elect
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
president-elect@iacac.org
Tony Minestra, President
DePaul College Prep
president@iacac.org
Megan O’Rourke, Past President
Providence College
past-president@iacac.org
Eric Ruiz, Treasurer
University of St. Francis
treasurer@iacac.org
Josie Blasdel, Treasurer-elect
McKendree University
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
Rejeannda Robinson
University of South Carolina
rejeannda@sc.edu
Kyle Vowell
Wabash College
vowellk@wabash.edu
Jeanette VonHaden
Marquette University
jeanette.vonhaden@marquette.edu
Fundraising Team
Oversees Exhibitors, Sponsorship & Advertising, Project Reach and Raffle Committees
Chrissy Grotzke
Michigan Technological University
cmlitobo@mtu.edu
Veronica McLaughlin
Drake University
veronica.mclaughlin@drake.edu
Josephine West
Ohio State University
west.804@osu.edu
Exhibitors, Sponsorship & Advertising
Andrea Rusk
Mundelein High School
arusk@d120.org
Rebeca Hernandez
DePaul University
rherna41@depaul.edu
Alex Campos
University of St. Francis
ACampos1@stfrancis.edu
Project Reach
Jessica Avila-Cuevas
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
javila@cristorey.net
Sanober Kanjee
Soto High School
skanjee@aceroschools.org
Dana Fairchild
Phoenix Military Academy
dlfairchild@cps.edu
Raffle
April Lynch
Syracuse University
aplynch@syracuse.edu
Derek Brinkley
Columbia College Chicago
dbrinkley@colum.edu
Josie Blasdel
McKendree University
jlblasdel@mckendree.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
Brian Hodges, President-elect
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
president-elect@iacac.org
Jen Sloan
University of Cincinnati
jennifer.sloan@uc.edu
Lindsey Lindberg
Bradley University
lcheney@fsmail.bradley.edu
April Ponte
Oswego High School
aponte@sd308.org
Entertainment
Alex Salas
Marquette University
alexandra.salas@marquette.edu
M. Faye Ikner
Chicago State University
mikner@csu.edu
Latisha Williams
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
lwilli43@illinois.edu
Evaluations & Tellers
Julie Nelson
Xavier University
nelsonj4@xavier.edu
Kevin Coy
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
kcoy@hf233.org
Kathy Fields
Lockport Township High School
kfields@lths.org
First Timers
Scott Hillman
University of Oklahoma
scott.hillman@ou.edu
Rosa Reiber
Marquette University
rosa.reiber@marquette.edu
Christian Brown
Beacon Academy
cbrown@beaconacademychicago.org
On-Site
Scott Carlson
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
acarls9@illinois.edu
Melissa Ramirez-Osorio
Illinois State University
mramir12@ilstu.edu
Rob Walton
Ohio Wesleyan University
rewalton@owu.edu
Program
Betsy Stevens
University of Pittsburgh
betsy.stevens@pitt.edu
Keisha Heard
Carver Military Academy
kheard6@cps.edu
Keena Griffin
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
griffi11@illinois.edu
Sylvia Hernandez
Michigan State University
herna100@msu.edu
Registration & Hospitality
Linda Haffner
IACAC
(800) 829-0176
lhaffner@iacac.org
Kathryn Hankamp
St. Norbert College
kathryn.hankamp@snc.edu
Annette Braden
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School
abraden@ncoeschools.org