Finance and Administration Staff

EVP & CFO | Budget Office | Business Diversity | Commercial Real Estate

Facilities Services | Financial ServicesInformation Technology Services

Risk Management & Audit | Safety and Security

 

Office of the Executive Vice President & CFO

Nim Chinniah
Executive Vice President for Administration & Chief Financial Officer
Email: nim.chinniah@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-4114

Lorraine J. Arvin
Associate Vice President for Finance & Administration and Treasurer
Email: ljarvin@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-1940
Executive Assistant: Suzanne Mitchell; suzannem@uchicago.edu; 773-702-3830

Sepi Sepasi
Executive Director for Administrative Initiatives and Chief of Staff
Email: sepi@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-4132

Mandy Distel
Executive Director, Finance & Administration
Email: akrause@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-5933                     

Megan (Burris) Harris
Director of Communications
Email: mburris@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-8570

Lesley Sweeney
Executive Assistant to Nim Chinniah
Email: lsweeney@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-6067

 

Budget Office

David Murphy
Director
Email: dlm@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-9466
Executive Assistant: Kelly Camp, kcamp@uchicago.edu; (773) 795-5432

 

Business Diversity

Nadia Quarles, Esq.
Assistant Vice President for Business Diversity
Email: nquarles@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-2553

 

Commercial Real Estate Operations

James Hennessy
Associate Vice President for Commercial Real Estate Operations
Email: jhennessy@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-0898
Executive Assistant: Mary Plasman; mplasman@uchicago.edu; 773-702-0895

Jonathan Dennis
Commercial Development Project Manager
Email: jonathand@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-1421

Guy Mason
Commercial Development Project Manager
Email: gmason@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-0892

Alexis Zhao
Financial Analyst, Commercial Real Estate Operations
Email: lanzhao@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-5947

Mary Plasman
Administrative Assistant
Email: mplasman@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-0895

 

Facilities Services

Steve Wiesenthal
Associate Vice President & University Architect
Email: swiesenthal@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-3529
Office Administrator: Michelle Thomas; michellet@uchicago.edu; 773-834-1406
Executive Assistant: Damien Rodriguez; damienr@uchicago.edu; 773-834-0236

Boyd Black
Assistant Vice President for Capital Project Delivery
Email: boydb@uchicago.edu  
Phone: 773-834-4791
Executive Assistant: Janine Wilkosz; jwilkosz@uchicago.edu; 773-795-3097

Ilsa Flanagan
Executive Director, Sustainability
Email: iflanagan@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-8508

Erin Mulrooney
Executive Director, Management Services
Email: emulrooney@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-0773
Executive Project Administrator: Leslie Kittles; lkittles@uchicago.edu; 773-834-3396

Alicia Murasaki
Executive Director, Planning and Design
Email: amurasaki@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-4798
Executive Assistant II: Kimberly Santor; ksantor@uchicago.edu; 773-834-8366

Joel Schriever
Executive Director of Operations
Email: joelschriever@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-7720
Operations Administrator: Bethany Minton; bethanym@uchicago.edu; 773-834-0236

 

Financial Services

John Kroll
Associate Vice President for Finance
Email: j-kroll@uchicago.edu  
Phone: 773-702-1941
Executive Assistant: Marvie Rodgers; mrodgers2@uchicago.edu; 773-702-3830

Mark Fehlberg
Executive Director, Procurement, Payroll and Payment Services
Email: mafehl@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-3321

James Ribikawskis
Executive Director, Accounting & Financial Reporting
Email: jribikaw@uchicago.edu  
Phone: 773-702-3690

MaryBeth Rudofski
Executive Director, Sponsored Award Accounting
Email: mbr1@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-2398

 

Information Technology Services

Klara Jelinkova
Associate Vice President and Chief Information Technology Officer
Email: klaraj@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-2828
Executive Assistant: Debbie Saucedo; dsaucedo@uchicago.edu; 773-702-5305

Thomas Barton
Senior Director, IT Architecture & Integration
Email: tbarton@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-1700

Paul Bergen
Senior Director, Academic Technologies
Email: pbergen@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-3027

N. Steve Keane
Director, IT Project Delivery
Email: nskeane@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-0091

Maureen Mikulski
Senior Consultant for Service Delivery Infrastructure
Email: Mikulski@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-2562

Byron Nash
Executive Director, Enterprise Applications and Systems
Email: bnash@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-7595

Oren Sreebny
Senior Director, Emerging Technologies and Communications
Email: orens@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-7920

 

Risk Management & Internal Audit

Lorraine J. Arvin
Associate Vice President for Finance & Administration and Treasurer
Email: ljarvin@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-1940
Executive Assistant: Suzanne Mitchell; suzannem@uchicago.edu; 773-702-3830

Luke Figora
Director, Risk Management
E-mail: lfigora@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-2265

Candace Walters
Risk Management Analyst
E-mail: cwalters@uchicago.edu  
Phone: 773-702-1951

 

Safety and Security

Marlon Lynch
Associate Vice President and Chief of Police
Email: mclynch@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-8144
Executive Assistant: Tiffany Wisowaty; twisowaty@uchicago.edu; 773-702-0992

Gloria Graham
Assistant Vice President for Police Services and Assistant Chief of Police
Email: ggraham@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-7416
Executive Assistant: Tiffany Wisowaty; twisowaty@uchicago.edu; 773-702-0992

Steven Beaudoin
Executive Director of Environmental Health, Safety and Emergency Management
Email: sbeaudoi@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-1131
Administrative Assistant: Jill Singleton; jsinglet@uchicago.edu; 773-834-1132

John Matherson
Director, Emergency Communications and Security Systems
Email: jmatherson@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-5451

Angela Williams Walker
Office of the Associate Vice President
Executive Director for Planning and Chief of Staff
Email: aswalker@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-3731

Diane Ziarno
Executive Director of Management Operations and Chief Operating Officer
Email: dziarno@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-8657