Dear colleagues:
I am delighted to announce the 2022-23 President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) Fellows. The selection process this year was very competitive; we received nearly 60 nominations from across the University of Illinois System and our three universities for the limited number of slots available. Diversity of background and experiences, as well as a balanced university representation were factors in the selection process.
PELP is a unique professional development program designed to broaden participants’ understanding of higher education issues and to strengthen their leadership skills related to overseeing a public institution at the university or system level. The program consists of four multi-day seminars that take place in Chicago, Urbana-Champaign, Springfield and Washington, D.C.
Please join me in congratulating the following individuals who were selected for the 2022-23 program:
Chicago
- Susan Bleasdale, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Quality and Patient Safety and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Medical Director
- Nicole Boothe-Perry, Dean of the School of Law
- Kathryn Chval, Dean of the College of Education
- Miquel Gonzalez-Meler, Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Elizabeth Hamilton, Associate Provost and Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- David Hofman, Professor and Department Head of Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Anand Kumar, Professor and Department Head of Psychiatry, College of Medicine
Springfield
- Lan Dong, Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Melissa Mlynski, Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources
Urbana-Champaign
- Robin Kar, Professor, College of Law
- Andrew Leakey, Professor and Department Head of Plant Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Venetria Patton, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Eva Pomerantz, Interim Director, Center for Social and Behavioral Science
- Rosa Milagros “Amy” Santos, Acting Executive Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
- Eunice Santos, Dean of the School of Information Sciences
- Andrew Singer, Associate Dean for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Grainger College of Engineering
- Christopher Span, Chief of Staff and Associate Chancellor for Administration and Pre-K-12 Education Initiatives
University Senates Conference
- Celest Weuve, Associate Professor and Director, Master of Athletic Training Program, School of Health Sciences, University of Illinois Springfield
U of I System Offices
- Donna McNeely, Executive Director of Ethics and Compliance
- Jami Painter, Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources
Thank you to all who participated in the process, either as nominators or as candidates. We are fortunate to be part of a community with so many dedicated leaders who are interested in furthering their skills as well as enhancing our institution. We plan to continue to host the PELP program annually, and I strongly encourage the many talented individuals who were not selected this year to apply again in the future.
Sincerely,
Tim
