Meet Our Staff

Division Leadership Team

Sol Jensen
Vice President
for Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications
Altgeld Hall 300
815-753-8366
sjensen1@niu.edu

Lisa Miner
Senior Associate Vice President of Institutional Communications/
Chief Communications Strategist
Still Hall 110
815-753-6069
lminer@niu.edu

Anne Hardy
Assistant Vice President, Student Financial Assistance
Peters Campus Life Building 260
815-753-0143
ahardy@niu.edu

Mayra Lagunas
Assistant Vice President, Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Williston Hall 100
815-753-8301
mlagunas@niu.edu

Jennice O'Brien
Assistant Vice President,
University Marketing and Internal Communications
Still Hall 104
jennice@niu.edu

Jenna Pracht
Director of Orientation and First Year Programs
jkrumpos1@niu.edu

Marketing and Communications Departmental Staff

Institutional Communications
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Lisa Miner	Senior Associate Vice President for Institutional Communications and Chief Communications Strategist	815-753-6069	lminer@niu.edu
Janice Steinkellner	Administrative Assistant	815-753-1063	jsteinkellner@niu.edu

Media Relations and Editorial Content
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Jami Kunzer	Editorial Writer	815-753-7113	jkunzer@niu.edu
Tom Parisi	Associate Director	815-753-3635	tparisi@niu.edu
Wester Wuori	Associate Director of Strategic Communications	N/A	wwuori@niu.edu

Digital Content
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Wade Duerkes	Photography Manager	815-753-6669	wduerkes@niu.edu
Patrick Kunzer	Multimedia Communications Associate	N/A	pkunzer@niu.edu
Allison Maurer	Associate Director of Social Media	N/A	amaurer@niu.edu
Nicole Montiel	Social Media Manager	N/A	nmontiel@niu.edu
Jon Sall	Multimedia Producer Specialist	815-753-6413	jsall@niu.edu
Suzanne Tennant	Senior Photographer	815-753-6909	stennant@niu.edu

University Marketing and Internal Communications
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Jennice O'Brien	Assistant Vice President for University Marketing and Internal Communications	N/A	jennice@niu.edu

Brand Management, Creative Services and University Marketing
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Robin Boyko	Director of University Marketing and Brand Management	716-464-0759	rboyko@niu.edu
Kendal Harvell	Assistant Director, Advertising	N/A	kharvell@niu.edu
Tony Wedick	Senior Graphic Designer	N/A	awedick1@niu.edu
Vitaliy Koen	Graphic Designer	N/A	vkoen@niu.edu
Diane Layng	Graphic Designer	N/A	dlayng@niu.edu

Campus Promotions
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Mariano Spizzirri	Assistant Director, Campus Promotions	815-753-6672	mspizzirri@niu.edu

CRM Operations
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Ted Campbell	Associate Director, CRM Operations	N/A	tcampbell9@niu.edu
Michael Tweed	Senior CRM Analyst	N/A	mtweed@niu.edu
Brett McCullough	CRM Coordinator	N/A	bmccullough1@niu.edu

Division IT
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Oliver Korioth	Information Technology Lead	815-753-6668	okorioth@niu.edu
Cindy Oleson	Information Technology Associate	815-753-6866	coleson@niu.edu

Internal Communications and Clearinghouse
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Andy Pemberton	Assistant Director, Internal Communications and Clearinghouse	N/A	apemberton1@niu.edu
Michael J. Mackey	Marketing Associate	N/A	mmackey@niu.edu
Andrew Board	Clearinghouse Associate	N/A	aboard@niu.edu

Recruitment Communications
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Amanda DeSimon	Assistant Director of Strategic Recruitment Communications	N/A	ahuisman@niu.edu
Kyle McCord	CRM Communications Associate	N/A	kmccord2@niu.edu

Web Strategy and Support

Support requests must be made through our web update request form. To ensure a faster response, please don’t directly contact members of the web team for web updates.
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Rachel Xidis	Director of Digital Strategy	N/A	rachelx@niu.edu
Brian Walk	Senior Web Developer	N/A	bwalk@niu.edu
Matthew Braasch	Web Analytics Project Manager	N/A	mbraasch@niu.edu
Donnie Forti	Web Project Manager	N/A	dforti@niu.edu
Neil Colwell	Web Design Lead	N/A	neil@niu.edu
Jory Keller	Web Design Lead	N/A	jkeller5@niu.edu
Lori Propheter	Web Strategy Lead	N/A	lpropheter@niu.edu
Jessica Webb	Web Support Lead	815-753-6032	jewebb@niu.edu
Brandon Dai	Web Support Lead	N/A	bdai@niu.edu