Office of Public Engagement
Staff Directory

Wanda E. Ward, Ph.D.
Executive Associate Chancellor
for Public Engagement

508 Swanlund
Administration Building
601 East John Street, MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-265-0451

Assistant: Penny Nigh

Steven Anderson, Ph.D.
School of Social Work Emeritus Dean and Senior Advisor for Public Engagement

110 West Nevada Street, MC-304
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Telephone: 217-300-6364

Robert Flider
Senior Director of Community and Government Relations

506 Swanlund
Administration Building
601 East John Street, MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-300-5348

Assistant: Helen Agans

Kandace Turner
Director for Public Engagement

502 Swanlund
Administration Building
601 East John Street,
MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-300-2042

Assistant: Karen Yeager

Michelle Gonzales
Special Assistant for Strategic Initiatives
in Public Engagement

501 Swanlund Administration Building
601 East John Street, MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-300-6361

Assistant: Karen Yeager

Jancie Harris, DMA
Program Coordinator

509 Swanlund Administration Building
601 East John Street,
MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-300-9970

Adam Murray
Program Coordinator

505 Swanlund
Administration Building
601 East John Street, MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-244-1809

Shumway

Katie Shumway
 Public Engagement Fellow

1010 West Nevada Street,
MC-082 Urbana, Illinois 61801
Telephone: 217-300-3106

Penny Nigh
Public Engagement Administration and Communications Manager

504 Swanlund
Administration Building
601 East John Street, MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-265-0451

Karen Yeager
Office Administrator

504 Swanlund
Administration Building
601 East John Street,
MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-300-8506

Helen Agans
 Office Manager

504 Swanlund
Administration Building
601 East John Street,
MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-265-8758