
Anne Marie Adams
Alumni, Faculty, and Staff
Adams is the Associate Director for Academic Affairs and teaches Perspectives on Human Communication and is the Capstone Instructor.
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Paul Arntson
Faculty
Arntson is one of the MSC program co-founders and teaches Leadership and Decision-Making.
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Gretchen Baker
Alumni
CLP
Gretchen Baker is an Executive Development Advisor for Executive Education for the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Michelle Buck
Faculty
Michelle Buck teaches Leadership as a Mode of Releasing Creativity.
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Susan D Carver
Faculty
Carver teaches the in residence seminar Cultural Intelligence and Managing Inclusion.
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Noshir Contractor
Faculty
Contractor teaches Understanding and Leveraging Networks.
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Andy Crestodina
Guest Lecturer
Crestodina teaches Content and Influencer Marketing.
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Leslie DeChurch
Faculty
DeChurch teaches Leading Collaboration.
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Jason DeSanto
Faculty
DeSanto teaches Public Persuasion and in the in residence seminar on Crisis Communication Management.
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Dilip Gaonkar
Faculty
Gaonkar teaches Strategy in the Global Economy.
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Jacob Goldstein
Alumni
CLP
Jacob currently works as the Leadership and Organizational Development Consultant for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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Amy J. Hauenstein
Faculty and Staff
Hauenstein is the Director of Curriculum and Non-Degree Programs and teaches Workplace Learning and Communities of Practice, the Communication Skills Practicum, and is the HLP Capstone Instructor.
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Randall Iden
Faculty
Iden teaches Communication, Management, and Ethics; and the in-residence seminar Collaboration and Negotiation.
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Holly Jones
Alumni
CLP
Holly Jones is the Director of Alumni & Parent Relations at Iowa Wesleyan University, where she is responsible for engagement, development, and communication.
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Olga Kamenchuk
Faculty
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Elizabeth Kole
Faculty
Kole teaches Creative Branding and Design.
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Pat Messina
Staff
Associate Director, Career Management
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Rick G. Morris
Faculty
Morris teaches Current Issues in Law, Technology, and Strategy.
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Erik C. Nisbet
Faculty and Staff
Dr. Nisbet is the Director fo the MSC Program. He is an Endowed Professor of Policy Analysis & Communication and director of the Center for Communication & Public Policy in the School of Communication.
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Brandon Oelling
Alumni
CLP
Brandon is the founder and CEO of Woobot.io. He previously spent 6 years at Appirio.com in the sales and technology industry.
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Eric Patrick
Faculty
Patrick teaches Visual Communication and Information Design.
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Ashley Polk
Alumni
CLP
Ashley Polk currently works for Northwestern Memorial Hospital as a purchasing agent in charge of cardiology and radiology.
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Faiz Razi
Faculty
Razi teaches Creative Branding and Design.
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Irving Rein
Faculty
Rein is a program co-founder and teaches in the in residence seminar on Crisis Communication Management.
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Michael Roloff
Faculty
Roloff teaches Change Management and in the in residence seminar on Negotiation and Collaboration.
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Bob Rowley
Alumni
CLP
Prof. Rowley teaches Content and Influencer Marketing.
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Storer H. (Bob) Rowley
Faculty
Rowley teaches Content and Influencer Marketing.
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Michelle Shumate
Faculty
Shumate teaches Foundations of Strategic Communication Management and Nonprofit Leadership.
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Jeanne Sparrow
Alumni
CLP
Jeanne was most recently a host of a television morning news talk show in Chicago for nearly 8 years and has had a 30-year career in radio and television.
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Jeanne Sparrow
Faculty
Sparrow teaches media training in the in residence seminars on Crisis Communication Management, and Refining Your Executive Presence: Defining a Professional Identity.
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Sonny Sultani
Alumni
CLP
Sonny is the CEO of design communications agency SONNY+ASH in Chicago, which he co-founded in 2011 in the middle of his time in the MSC program.
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Michelle Villagomez
Staff
Michelle Villagomez is the Associate Director of Marketing & Enrollment Management at the School of Communication.
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Jeffrey Walker
Alumni
CLP
Jeff is the CEO of CIMC Capital, the finance partner for China International Marine Containers, the largest container and trailer manufacturer in the world. Jeff was recently invited to the join the Wall Street Journal CEO Council as its 143rd member.
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