ADLER - Key Persons


Adler Student

Job Titles:
  • Government

Alaina Hanke

Alaina Hanke is a current master's student at Adler University getting two master's degrees, one in clinical mental health counseling and one in forensic mental health leadership. She completed her undergraduate degree at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana in psychology and criminology. At ILCHEP, she is responsible for maintaining consistent communication channels with incarcerated people through the GTL system. In addition, Alaina is a leader of IL-CHEP's Student Leaders of Criminal Justice Reform Committee, which strives to advance student involvement in criminal justice reform through education, relationship building, and direct involvement in advocacy. Through IL-CHEP, she has created several resource materials, including guides on college scholarships, trade schools, and technology usage in this technologically advanced world.

Alfred Adler

Alfred Adler began community psychology by articulating the constructs of gemeinschaftsgefühl (social interest or the connection between individual and community well being) and systemic / structural community intervention (such as preventative public health measures). Adler University, as a higher education institution, continues his work today through the production of three outcomes which are specified in the mission:

Angel Pantoja

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Art Johnston

Job Titles:
  • Business Owners

Asabi Dean

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Council Chair, Chicago Campus

Bradley O'Hara

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Executive Dean, Vancouver Campus

Chelci Oliver

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Student

Chris Toft

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Institutional Advancement

Christina Cox

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Chairman, Department of Psychology

Danielle Nesi

Job Titles:
  • Community Data Manager

Eddie Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Trustee

Elena Quintana

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Executive Director, Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice

Em Chamberlain

Job Titles:
  • Project Assistant

Falona Joy

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Flor Esquivel

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director IL Coalition for Higher Education in Prison

Ginny Dennehy

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Irfan Merrani

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Finance & Operations

Jeannine Diddle Uzzi

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Academic Affairs

Jomar McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President, Technology

Joseph Troiani

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Adler University, Offers Insight to FOX News about Concerns Related to the Use of the Mind - Altering Drug Ayahuasca
Joseph Troiani, Ph.D., associate professor of clinical psychology at Adler University, offers insight to FOX News about concerns related to the use of the mind-altering drug ayahuasca.

Joshua Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Restorative Justice Hubs Coordinator

Julian Morris

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Julie Proscia

Job Titles:
  • University Counsel

Kathleen St. Louis Caliento

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Kevin Hauswirth

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Kevin Osten-Garner

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Adler Community Health Services

Kristina Wilkerson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Department of Counseling
We welcome recommendations for potential candidates who embody the values of Adler University. If you know someone who possesses the qualities described in the position specification, please contact adler@russellreynolds.com with your suggestions.

Kyra Lobbins

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff

Laura Daly

Job Titles:
  • Staff Council Chair

Lerry James Knox

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Maléka Ingram

Job Titles:
  • Executive Dean, Online Campus

Manal Guirguis-Younger

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Council Chair, Vancouver Campus

Maria del Socorro Pesqueira

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Marina Bluvshtein

Job Titles:
  • Interim Executive Dean, Chicago Campus

Mark Branson

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Enrollment & Communications

Mark Heckler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Trustee

Matt Barrington

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager

Matt Floyd

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, People & Culture

Melody Sousa

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice - President, Operations & Finance

Michelle Tiwade

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Senior Director of Admissions, Online Campus

Monica F. Boyd-Layne

Job Titles:
  • Black Caucus Chair

Nicola Halsall Idehen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Trustee
  • Vice Chair of the Board
  • Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Raymond E. Crossman - President

Job Titles:
  • PRESIDENT
  • Trustee
Adler University President Raymond E. Crossman, Ph.D., applauds the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions that promote diversity, inclusion, and social justice in a message to students, faculty, and staff.

Ron Grais

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Sharon Jones

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Trustee

Stephanie Oliver

Job Titles:
  • Project Assistant

Susan L. MacLaurin

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Susan McLaurin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Search Committee
  • Trustee

Tara Romanella Patrick

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact
  • Associate Vice President of Communications

Thomas O'Shaughnessy

Job Titles:
  • Trustee