Officers | Mid-IL Communications

Meet Our Officers

If you are interested in becoming a chapter leader or serving on a committee, please contact our president or a board member.

President

Blake Wood

Director of Media Strategy

University of Illinois Springfield

Past President

Michelle Eccles

Public Relations Manager, Horace Mann

Anchor/Reporter, NPR Illinois

Treasurer

Communications & Marketing Director
Illinois Principals Association

Co-VP Membership
Sarah Kinkade
Marketing and Communications Director
OSF Healthcare
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Co-VP Communications

Adriana Colindres

Press Secretary

Illinois State Treasurer’s Office

Co-VP Communications

Heath Bruce

Assistant Director of Marketing & Adjunct Instructor

University of Illinois Springfield

Co-VP Programs

Julie Kaiser

Marketing Comms Specialist

Memorial Health

Co-VP Programs

Lynn Whalen
Lynn Whalen Communications

Webmaster

Jenny Rich

Marketing and Communications
Freelance

Historian

Nancy Severa Zimmers
Retired Director of Public Affairs
SIU School of Medicine
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Jobs Chair
Angela Try

Communications Manager

Lincoln Land Community College
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Secretary

Nathan Piper
Marketing Communications and Experience Specialist
Springfield Clinic

Scholarship Chair
Ashley Earnest

Assistant Director of Media Strategy

University of Illinois Springfield
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