EIU Office of Belonging, Access & Engagement

End Student Housing Insecurity

An IBHE Initiative

Project Leadership

• Suzie Park
  Principal Investigator
  Assistant VP of Academic Affairs
• John Blue
  Co-Principal Investigator
  Undocumented Students Liaison
  Executive Director, Belonging, Access & Engagement 
• Mandi Starwalt
  Co-Principal Investigator, HOUSE Liaison
  Director of Financial Aid
• Anne Flaherty
  Co-Principal Investigator
  VP for Student Affairs
• Jay D. Gatrell
  Co-Principal Investigator
  President

Senior Personnel at Eastern Illinois University

• Crystal Brown
  Campus Food Pantry
  EIU Associate Director of Office of Leadership & Engagement
• Maggie Burkhead
  Director, TRIO Support Services
• Melissa Coleman
  Higher Education Navigator, Outreach Coordinator/Data Specialist
  EIU Child Care Resource and Referral
• Mona Davenport
  Dean of Student Success, Academic Affairs
• Lindsay Partlow
  Assistant Director for Administration, EIU Housing
• Jennifer Stout
  Veteran Coordinator
  Associate Director, EIU Veteran Services & Athletics

Community Partners

• Teresa Metzger
  McKinney-Vento Lead Liaison
  Regional Office of Education #11
• Kristen Holly
  McKinney-Vento Coordinator and Youth-in-Care Coordinator
  Charleston CUSD #1, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services