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.

Paul Arntson

Faculty

Arntson is one of the MSC program co-founders and teaches Leadership and Decision-Making.

Gretchen Baker

Alumni
CLP

Gretchen Baker is an Executive Development Advisor for Executive Education for the  Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Michelle Buck

Faculty

Michelle Buck teaches Leadership as a Mode of Releasing Creativity.

Susan D Carver

Faculty

Carver teaches the in residence seminar Cultural Intelligence and Managing Inclusion.

Sarah Cleveland

Staff

Sarah Cleveland is the Associate Director of Career Management at the School of Communication

Noshir Contractor

Faculty

Contractor teaches Understanding and Leveraging Networks.

Andy Crestodina

Guest Lecturer

Crestodina teaches Content and Influencer Marketing.

Leslie DeChurch

Faculty

DeChurch teaches Leading Collaboration.

Monica Degenhardt

Staff

Monica Degenhardt is the Marketing and Enrollment Manager at the School of Communication

Jason DeSanto

Faculty

DeSanto teaches Public Persuasion and in the in residence seminar on Crisis Communication Management.

Dilip Gaonkar

Faculty

Gaonkar teaches Strategy in the Global Economy.

Jacob Goldstein

Alumni
CLP

Jacob currently works as the Leadership and Organizational Development Consultant for  Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

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 OLP Capstone Instructor.

Randall Iden

Faculty

Iden teaches Communication, Management, and Ethics; and the in-residence seminar Collaboration and Negotiation.

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.

Olga Kamenchuk

Faculty

Elizabeth Kole

Faculty

Kole teaches Creative Branding and Design.

Pat Messina

Staff

Associate Director, Career Management

Rick G. Morris

Faculty

Morris teaches Current Issues in Law, Technology, and Strategy.

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.

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.

Eric Patrick

Faculty

Patrick teaches Visual Communication and Information Design.

Ashley Polk

Alumni
CLP

Ashley Polk currently works for Northwestern Memorial Hospital as a purchasing agent in charge of cardiology and radiology.

Faiz Razi

Faculty

Razi teaches Creative Branding and Design.

Irving Rein

Faculty

Rein is a program co-founder and teaches in the in residence seminar on Crisis Communication Management.

Michael Roloff

Faculty

Roloff teaches Change Management and in the in residence seminar on Negotiation and Collaboration.

Bob Rowley

Alumni
CLP

Prof. Rowley teaches Content and Influencer Marketing.

Storer H. (Bob) Rowley

Faculty

Rowley teaches Content and Influencer Marketing.

Michelle Shumate

Faculty

Shumate teaches Foundations of Strategic Communication Management and Nonprofit Leadership.

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.

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.

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.

Michelle Villagomez

Staff

Michelle Villagomez is the Associate Director of Marketing & Enrollment Management at the School of Communication

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.