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 Chancellor 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: Karen Yeager

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

Penny Nigh
Assistant Director of Administrative Operations & Communications

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

Kortney Jones
AREES Director

501 Swanlund Administration Building
601 East John Street, MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-300-8413

Breaden Belcher
Campus-Community Compact Director

504 Swanlund Administration Building
601 East John Street, MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-300-1647

Adam Murray
Program Coordinator

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

Katie Shumway
 Public Engagement Fellow

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

Malaika McKee, Ph.D.
Chancellor Fellow for Public Engagement

355 Education Building
1310 S. 6th Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-244 5257

Jared Dunn
Technology Community Educator
Campus-Community Compatct

1515 N. Market Street,
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-294-1102

Karen Yeager
Assistant to the Director for Public Engagement

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

Kinzi Duncan
 Events Coordinator

504 Swanlund Administration Building
601 East John Street, MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Telephone: 217-333-3380

Office of Public Engagement
504 Swanlund Administration Building
601 E. John St., MC-304
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 333-3378
Email: publicengagement@illinois.edu