Our Staff

Office for Access & Equity Leadership

Nizam Arain

Nizam Arain, J.D.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Access & Equity
narain@illinois.edu

Heidi Johnson

Heidi Johnson, M.A.

Director,
Workforce Equity
johnso19@illinois.edu

Claire Brooks

Claire Sharples Brooks, J.D.

Director,
EEO Compliance
csharpl2@illinois.edu

Kathleen Chmielewski

Kathleen Chmielewski, J.D.

Associate Director,
EEO Compliance
chmlwsk2@illinois.edu

Angie Vandeventer

Angie Vandeventer, J.D.

Associate Director,
EEO Compliance
avandeve@illinois.edu

Office for Access & Equity Staff

Julie Chen

Brandon Araujo

Data Analyst
baraujo@illinois.edu 

Julie Chen

Julie Sheehy Chen, J.D.

Senior EEO Associate
jschen@illinois.edu

Studio Portrait of Zaheeda Darvesh

Zaheeda Darvesh

Data Analyst
darvesh2@illinois.edu

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William Epperson, J.D.

EEO Associate
wae2@illinois.edu 

Kristen Frank

Kristen Frank

Senior Compliance Coordinator
klmcclur@illinois.edu

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Chandra Hall

Case Manager
chandrah@illinois.edu

M.T. Hudson

M.T. Hudson

Senior Accommodation Specialist
mthdsn@illinois.edu

Susan Layton

Terra Larsen

Process Manager
ttlarsen@illinois.edu

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Doug Maxey

Accommodation Specialist
dmaxey@illinois.edu

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Heather Mihaly

Accommodation Specialist
hmihal2@illinois.edu

Kari Peacock

Kari Peacock

Process Manager
kpeacock@illinois.edu

Oksana Popova portrait

Oksana Popova

Case Manager
oksana92@illinois.edu

Andrew Stutz portrait

Andrew Stutz, J.D.

EEO Associate
ajstutz@illinois.edu 

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Buffy Vance

Case Manager
vance@illinois.edu