Using the Directory

The Directory is meant as a tool to raise visibility of the FLI community on campus and help you connect to other FLI members. Faculty, administrators, alumni, and ally who are willing to be contacted by Network members are listed (students are not for privacy purposes)! We encourage you to connect with each other.

Biological Sciences Division

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

 FLI
Anne McCall Faculty Ally
Daniel Rice Administrator/Staff Ally
Don Hedeker Faculty First-Generation
Elena Rizzo Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Elise Wachspress Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Ethan Israelsohn Administrator/Staff Ally
Greg Dwyer Faculty Ally
Hae Kyung Im Faculty First-Generation
Janice Lodato Administrator/Staff Ally
Jennifer Oh Administrator/Staff Ally
Lisa Hinton  Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Mark Sheffield Faculty First-Generation
Marvin Makinen Faculty First-Generation
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

 FLI 
Andre Villatoro Administrator/Staff Ally, Low-Income
Anya Kleymenova Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Brandon Allen Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Carolyn Ou Administrator/Staff Ally, First-Generation
Christopher Bryan Faculty Ally
Grisel Hernandez Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Hannah Kohut Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Ally
Jason Heltzer Faculty Ally
Joe Bernstein Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Ally
Kateland Haas LaVigne Alum First-Generation, Low-Income
Katherine Knight Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Ally 
Kathleen Fitzgerald Faculty Ally
Kristen  Robinson Administrator/Staff Ally
Linda Ginzel Faculty First-Generation
Marcus Wordlaw Administrator/Staff Ally
Marissa Love Administrator/Staff Ally
Mary Zhu Administrator/Staff Immigrant
Meena Wehrs Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Oleg Urminsky Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Richard Leftwich Faculty First-Generation, Immigrant
Shelby Williford Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income 
Stacey Kole Alum Ally
Michelle Skinner Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
The College
First name Last name University Affiliation FLI
Aaron Tugendhaft Faculty First-Generation
Akila Ally Alum First-Generation, Immigrant, Low-Income
Alex Shaw Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income
Brent Fergusson Administrator/Staff Ally
Christian Castro Alum First-Generation, Immigrant, Low-Income
Christian Wedemeyer Faculty Ally
Colleen Belak Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Daniel Urbina-McCarthy Administrator/Staff Ally
Dmitry Kondrashov Faculty Immigrant
Elana Kranz Administrator/Staff Ally
Elise Covic Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Immigrant, Low-Income
Elizabeth Galka Alum First-Generation, Low-Income
Emily Benoit Administrator/Staff Ally
Erin Snow Administrator/Staff Ally
Ernest Ng Alum First-Generation, Low-Income
Isabelle Rivers-McCue Administrator/Staff Ally
Jesse Landstrom Administrator/Staff Ally
Kathryn Melendez Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Kathryn Burns-Howard Administrator/Staff Ally
Katie Britton Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
Larry McEnerney Faculty Ally
Linda Smith-Brecheisen Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Ally
Madeleine Jacobs Administrator/Staff Ally
Christa Mercado Administrator/Staff Ally
Neeti Jain Alum Immigrant
Omandra Zamora Alum First-Generation, Low-Income
Régine Desruisseaux Enuson Administrator/Staff Immigrant
Safiya Johnson Administrator/Staff Low-Income
Sally Blechschmidt Administrator/Staff Low-Income
samantha fenno Faculty Ally
Sandra Zupan Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Immigrant
Shawn Hawk Administrator/Staff Low-Income
Simon Nascimento Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Immigrant, Low-Income
Stephanie Friedman Administrator/Staff Ally
Swapna Chinniah Administrator/Staff Immigrant
Valerie Levan Faculty Ally
Yaneth Bello Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
Shevy

Booze

 Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
Jo

Falk

 Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Divinity School

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

FLI

Americia

Huckabee

Administrator/Staff

First-Generation
Christian Wedemeyer Faculty Ally
Curtis Evans Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income
Josh Feigelson Administrator/Staff Ally
Laurie Zoloth Faculty Ally
Maurice Charles Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
Sarah Hammerschlag Faculty Ally
Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

FLI

Andriana

Scaramella

Administrator/Staff

First-Generation
Pamela Daum Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

FLI

Beckee

Birger

Administrator/Staff

Ally
Daniel Diermeier Administrator/Staff Ally
Emily Derr Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Immigrant
Jen Lombardo Administrator/Staff Ally
Sadia Sindhu Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Immigrant
Starsky Espino Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
Yana Gallen Faculty First-Generation, Immigrant, Low-Income
Humanities Division

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

FLI

Adrienne

Brown

Faculty

Low-Income
Ana Lima Faculty Immigrant
Anastasia Giannakidou Faculty Immigrant
Bart Schultz Faculty First-Generation
Cecile Fromont Faculty Immigrant, Ally
Christine Mehring Faculty First-Generation, Immigrant
Claudia Brittenham Faculty Ally
Courtney Guerra Administrator/Staff Ally
Daisy Delogu Faculty Ally
David Levin Faculty Ally
Edgar Garcia Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Elaine Hadley Faculty Ally
Ghenwa Hayek Faculty Immigrant
Jason  Merchant Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Ally
Jennfier Wild Faculty Low-Income
Jennifer Scappettone Faculty First-Generation
Jennifer Iverson Faculty First-Generation
Julie Orlemanski Faculty Ally
Lawrence Zbikowski Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income
Lucy Alford Faculty Ally
Michael Bourdaghs Faculty Low-Income
Rachel Galvin Faculty Ally
Richard Strier Faculty Low-Income
Salikoko S. Mufwene Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Stephanie Soileau Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income
Tim Harrison Faculty Low-Income, Immigrant
Tyler Williams Faculty Ally
Valerie Levan Faculty Ally
Vu Tran Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
The University of Chicago Law School

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

 FLI
Mary-Anne Case Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income 
Shannon Bartlett Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Oriental Institute
Other
First name Last name University Affiliation FLI Office
Adia Gooden Administrator/Staff Ally Student Counseling Service
Alicia Sams Administrator/Staff Ally Institute of Politics
Amar Parikh Administrator/Staff Immigrant Office of Civic Engagement
Anne Knafl Administrator/Staff Ally Library
Anne Dodge Administrator/Staff Ally Mansueto Institute
Bethany Pacheco Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income Career Advancement
Cheryl Richardson Administrator/Staff Ally Provost’s office
Christa Mercado Administrator/Staff Ally Staff for NSP/Alum of The College
Claudia Macias-Retson Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant Career Advancement
Crystal Tousana Administrator/Staff First-Generation Office of the Bursar
Danielle Reynolds Administrator/Staff Low-Income Career Advancement
David Woken Administrator/Staff Ally University of Chicago Library
Edgar Roman Administrator/Staff First-Generation University of Wisconsin – Madison
Erin Williams Administrator/Staff Ally Court Theatre
Garrettt Kiely Administrator/Staff Ally Press
Heidi Lee Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant Mansueto Institute
Holly Bland Administrator/Staff Ally UChicagoGRAD
ingrid gould Administrator/Staff Immigrant provost’s office
Jaime Hermosillo Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Immigrant CI+I
Janine Franklin Administrator/Staff First-Generation Provost
Jen Kennedy Administrator/Staff First-Generation Campus and Student Life
Jessica Velazquez Administrator/Staff Low-Income, Ally Provost Office, Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
Joanie Friedan Administrator/Staff Ally Civic Engagement
Julie Edwards Administrator/Staff First-Generation Health Promotion and Wellness
Kate Meredith Administrator/Staff Ally Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kate Kelly Administrator/Staff Ally Smart Museum
Kiara Harahap Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Immigrant Central Human Resources
Kimberley Smith Administrator/Staff Ally University of Chicago Urban Labs
Laura Trejo Administrator/Staff Ally, Immigrant Office of Civic Engagement
Lindsey Weglarz Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income UChicagoGRAD
Lori Smedley Administrator/Staff Ally Alumni Relations and Development
Luis Bettencourt Faculty Immigrant Mansueto Institute Urban Innovation / Ecology & Evolution
Lynda Daher Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income CSL
Margot Dewey Administrator/Staff Ally Dean of Students Office
Mario Polizzi Administrator/Staff First-Generation Admin: Campus and Student Life
Mauricio Tenorio Faculty Ally DSS
Megan Cordes Administrator/Staff First-Generation Urban Labs
Mercedes Sahagun Zavala Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant RINL – Globus
Michael O’Toole Administrator/Staff Ally UChicagoGRAD
Michelle Trimpe Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income Enrollment & Student Advancement (ESA)
Mischa Kasperan Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant The Office of International Affairs
Nelida Garcia Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income Career Advancement
R. Erika Schafer Administrator/Staff Ally F&A
Raja Bhattar Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant CI+I
Rebecca Starkey Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income University of Chicago Library
Regina Kinyui Administrator/Staff Immigrant ITM
Regina Dixon-Reeves Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income Provost
Ryan Priester Administrator/Staff First-Generation OCE
Samantha Loo Administrator/Staff Ally Center for Health and the Social Sciences
Samantha Carney Administrator/Staff Low-Income Provost’s Office
Sarah Abella Faculty Ally Lab School
Sarah Wenzel Administrator/Staff Ally Library
Sarah Lopez Administrator/Staff Ally Summer Session
Sean Lee Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Immigrant Housing & Residence Life
Sena Agawu Administrator/Staff Ally UChicagoGRAD
Shannon Perkins Administrator/Staff Ally ARD
Somaiyya Ahmad Administrator/Staff Ally Office of the Provost
Steven Quispe Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Ally Urban Education Institute / Consortium on School Research
Susan Gzesh Faculty Ally Pozen Family Center for Human Rights
Suzanne Baker Administrator/Staff Ally Alumni Relations & Development
TyReese Britt-Foreman Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income Talent and Rewards
Vazquez Belinda Administrator/Staff First-Generation Central administration
Victor Alvarez Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant Procurement
Nima Merchant Administrator/Staff First-Generation,Ally Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Sandrene

 Cassells Alum First-Generation, Low-Income Alum

Cassidy 

 Wade  Administrator/Staff Ally  Health and Wellness 
Physical Sciences Division
First name Last name University Affiliation FLI
Emily Easton Administrator/Staff Ally
Ian Foster Faculty Immigrant
Karin LeClair Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Leslie Rogers Faculty Immigrant
Yanjing Li Faculty Immigrant
Yau Wah Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Jesse Liu Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income

Aleisha

 Johnson  Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
Pritzker School of Medicine

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

FLI

Cristina

Corrigan

Administrator/Staff

Ally
Elise Wachspress Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
Jennifer Oh Administrator/Staff Ally
Kichul Ko Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Paul Maurizio Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Sara Roser-Jones Administrator/Staff Ally
Wei Wei Lee Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

FLI

Laura

Rico-Beck

Administrator/Staff

First-Generation, Immigrant
Sally Wolcott Administrator/Staff Ally
Tierra Kilpatrick Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
School of Social Service Administration

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

 FLI
Alexandra Laguna Administrator/Staff Low-Income, Ally
Alida Bouris Faculty Low-Income, Immigrant, Ally
Eric Brown Alum First-Generation
Kelli Chavez Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Kristen Reid Salomon Administrator/Staff Ally
Marci Ybarra Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income
Michael Jogerst Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Pamela Daum Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
Sara Furr Administrator/Staff First-Generation, Low-Income
Social Sciences Division

First name

Last name

University Affiliation

 FLI
Adom Getachew Faculty Low-Income, Immigrant
Alice Goff Faculty Ally
Amanda Woodward Faculty Ally
Austin Carson Faculty Ally
Brodie Fischer Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income
Geertrui Spaepen Administrator/Staff Ally
Jim Wilson Faculty Ally
Kateland Haas Alum First-Generation, Low-Income
Kimberly Hoang Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income, Immigrant
Leora Auslander Faculty Ally
Lisa Rosen Administrator/Staff First-Generation
Mark Hansen Faculty Ally
Martin Madera Alum First-Generation, Immigrant
Ramon Gutierrez Faculty First-Generation, Low-Income
Robert Vargas Faculty First-Generation
Shannon Lee Dawdy Faculty Low-Income 
Tara Zahra Faculty First-Generation
Victor Lima Faculty Immigrant
Brittany  McGhee Alum  First-Generation