Senior Leadership

Lisa Freeman
President

Laurie Elish-Piper
Executive Vice President and Provost

Yvonne Harris
Vice President for Research and Innovation Partnerships

George Middlemist
Vice President for Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Rena Cotsones
Vice President for Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development and Chief Engagement Officer

Carol Sumner
Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer

Clint-Michael Reneau
Vice President for Student Affairs

Sean Frazier
Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation

John Acardo
Chief Human Resource Officer

Sol Jensen
Vice President for Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications

Lisa Miner 
Associate Vice President of Institutional Communications
Chief Communications Strategist

Matt Parks
Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Bryan Perry
Vice President and General Counsel

Catherine Squires
Vice President for University Advancement

Matt Streb
Chief Strategy Officer,
Liaison to the Board of Trustees

Fred Barnhart
Dean, University Libraries

Kerry Wilks
Dean, Graduate School

Kelly Fiala
Dean, College of Health and Human Sciences

Cassandra Hill
Dean, College of Law

Robert Brinkmann
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

William A. Pitney, III
Interim Dean, College of Education

Paul Kassel
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts

David Grewell
Dean, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology

Denise Schoenbachler
Interim Dean, College of Business

Liz Wright
Executive Assistant to the President
ewright1@niu.edu