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Kankakee Community College Organization Chart

Kankakee Community College Organization Chart

Effective Date: July 1, 2025

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Governance Hierarchy

State of Illinois

District Residents
Board of Trustees
  • Claire Chaplinski, Legal Counsel

Office of the President

Dr. Michael Boyd, President

  • Staff Support: Karen Slager, Executive Assistant to the President & Board of Trustees
  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Chief Executive Officer
    • Professional Advisor to the Board
    • External Relations

Direct Reporting Departments

Academic Affairs

Dr. Quincy Rose Sewell, Vice President

  • Staff Support: Dawn Travis, Senior Administrative Specialist
  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Instructional Services
    • Faculty Development & Instructional Technology
    • Miner Memorial Library
    • Tutoring Services
    • Perkins Grant Management
    • Adult Education
    • Continuing Education & Business Partnerships
    • MITC Oversight

Reporting Divisions

Continuing Education & Business Partnerships

Dr. Melanie Whitelow, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Business Partnerships
    • Continuing Education
    • External Reservations
    • Welcome Center
Adult & Community Education

Shannan Carrell, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Adult Education: Literacy, ABE/GED, ESL
Liberal Arts & Sciences

Jennifer Huggins, Dean

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Student Success Center
    • Chief Chemical Hygiene Officer
  • Reporting Divisions:
    • Library & Academic Support: Tracy Conner, Director
Health Careers

Brad Wood, Dean

  • Reporting Divisions:
    • Nursing: Jennifer Rogers, Director
Business, Technology & Human Services

Paul Carlson, Dean

  • Reporting Divisions:
    • Katelynn Ohrt, Asst. Dean
      • Core Responsibilities:
        • Perkins
        • Agriculture/Horticulture
Instructional Technology

Craig Keigher, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Faculty Development
    • Learning Management System

Business Affairs

Beth Nunley, Vice President

  • Staff Support: Kylie Orvis, Senior Administrative Specialist
  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Board Treasurer
    • Financial Affairs
    • Facilities
    • Human Resources
    • Information Technology Services & Environmental Sustainability
    • Bookstore & Contract Services
    • Purchasing
    • Freedom of Information

Reporting Divisions

Financial Affairs

Sarah Peters, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Accounting
    • Cash Management
    • Financial Reporting
    • Student Accounts
    • Internal Controls
    • Liaison with External Auditors
Facilities

Rob Kenney, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Maintenance of College's Physical Plant
    • Custodial Services
    • Grounds Services
    • Capital Projects
    • Emergency Planning & Operations
    • Environmental Sustainability
Human Resources

David Cagle, Senior Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Human Resources
    • Payroll
    • Employee Benefits
    • Affirmative Action
Information Technology Services

Michael O'Connor, Senior Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Campus-wide Network Infrastructure
    • Telecommunication Systems
    • Technology Support/Help Desk
    • Administrative and Instructional Computing Systems
    • Internet-Based Services
    • Cybersecurity
    • Information Tech Compliance
Business Affairs & Auxiliary Services

Michelle Weishaar, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Purchasing
    • Food Service
    • Freedom of Information Officer
    • Bookstore
    • Risk Management
  • Reporting Divisions:
    • Bookstore: Alison Sublett, Coordinator

Student Affairs

Meredith Purcell, Vice President

  • Staff Support: Jamie Posing, Senior Administrative Specialist
  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Financial Aid & Student Engagement
    • Student Support Services
    • Athletics
    • Enrollment Management
    • Title IX Coordination
    • Commencement
    • Enrollment Services
    • Student Success
    • Workforce Services
    • Career Services
    • NEC Oversight

Reporting Divisions

Enrollment Services

Michelle Hasik, Director/Registrar

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Registrar
    • Admissions & Registration
    • Recruitment
    • Testing
    • Colleague Systems
    • Hispanic Engagement
Financial Aid & Student Engagement

Kendra Souligne, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Financial Aid
    • Student Loan Program
    • Student Pell Program
    • Student Employment
    • Emergency Funding
    • Veterans Resource Center
    • Financial Literacy Services
    • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Services
    • Student Life
Student Success

Monica Quinlan, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Advising Services
    • Career Services
    • Transfer Services
    • Code of Conduct Compliance
    • Behavior Intervention Team
    • Counseling
    • Study Abroad
    • Success Navigators
Student Support Services

Kim Jeffreys, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Disability Services
    • TRIO Student Support Services
    • TRIO Talent Search/ Upward Bound
    • Dual Credit & Early College Initiatives
Athletics

Bryce Shafer, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Basketball – Men’s/Women’s
    • Baseball/Softball
    • Volleyball
    • Soccer – Men’s/Women’s
    • Fitness Center
    • Athletic Facilities
    • Athletic Student Success Programs
Workforce Services

Keisha Smith, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • WIOA Grant Funding
    • Paid Work Experience (Internship)
    • Job Board
    • Employment Assistance Workshops
    • Layoff Assistance
    • One-Stop Operator

Advancement, Marketing & Public Relations

Kari Nugent, Vice President

  • Staff Support: Stephanie Pizzoferrato, Senior Administrative Specialist
  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Image & Brand Strategy
    • KCC Foundation
    • Marketing
    • Web Services
    • Media Services
    • SEC Oversight

Reporting Divisions

Marketing

Ellen Schmidt, Director; Nancy Schunke, Director (South Extension Oversight and Alumni Relations); Katie Henry, Senior Coordinator

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Advertising
    • Media relations
    • Photography and video
    • Graphic design
    • Writing, editing and proofreading
    • Social media
    • Events planning
    • Print publication management
Web Services

Roger Ehmpke, Senior Coordinator; Wesley Zajicek, Senior Specialist

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Web design
    • Web content management
    • Digital media development
    • E-communications
Media Services

Tyler Wheeler, Senior Specialist

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Digital press management
    • Printing
    • Project finishing
    • Audio-visual technology
    • Copier fleet management
    • Paper management
South Extension Center

Nancy Schunke, Director

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Student Support
    • Alumni Relations
    • Advertising
    • Media relations
    • Social media
    • Events planning
KCC Foundation

Nancy Schunke, Director (South Extension Oversight and Alumni Relations); Dawn Graveline, Senior Coordinator; Katie Henry, Senior Coordinator

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Fundraising: Annual Appeals, Major Gifts and Planned Gifts
    • Donor Relations & Stewardship
    • Alumni Relations
    • Foundation Board Relations & Oversight

Strategy & Institutional Effectiveness

Dr. Lesley Cooper, Vice President

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Strategic Planning
    • Institutional Accreditation
    • Institutional Research
    • Assessment & Quality Improvement
    • Curriculum Development
    • Grants Development
    • Institutional Review Board
    • Legislation Liaison
    • HLC Accreditation Liaison Officer

Reporting Divisions

Institutional Research

Rylee Mann, Coordinator

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Institutional Research
    • Assessment
    • Reporting
    • Surveys
Institutional Effectiveness

Jamyce Cleggett, Coordinator

  • Core Responsibilities:
    • Grants Management
    • Program Review
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