Achieving an academically responsive and fiscally responsible budget through collaboration, innovation and transparency is vital to NIU’s continued success. In this spirit, President Freeman has formed the President’s Budget Roundtable, comprised of faculty, staff and students representing a cross-section of the university. This advisory group will provide insight and counsel to inform presidential decisions and recommendations and will be convened regularly to provide diverse perspectives, facilitate information sharing and promote a constructive dialogue on both the budget and budgeting process.
The President’s Budget Roundtable is chaired by Executive Vice President and Provost Laurie Elish-Piper and Vice President for Administration and Finance, Chief Financial Officer George Middlemist.
- Tim Condon
Business/Administrative Associate, Executive Vice President and Provost
- Brad Cripe
Chair, Accountancy
- Karina Diaz
Graduate Student
- Amanda Durik
Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Heidi Frostestad
Associate Dean/Faculty, College of Law
- Gwen Gregory
Associate Dean, University Libraries
- Molly Holmes
Director, Gender and Sexuality Resource Center
- Natasha Johnson
Assistant Athletic Director for Recreation, Intercollegiate Athletics
- Ja’Kobe Jones
President, Student Government Association
- Paul Kassel
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
- Mayra Lagunas
Assistant Vice President, Enrollment Management
- Christine Nguyen
Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
- James 'Jaime' Obermeier
Associate Professor, School of Art and Design
- Mitch Pickerill
Chair/Professor, Political Science
- Lin Shi
Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences
- Dan Streed
Director of Organizational Effectiveness, Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development
- Paul Wright
Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education