Staff Directory

TELEPHONE AND E-MAIL DIRECTORY

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND LIBRARIAN

David Spadafora, President and Librarian
Katherine Silvey, Campaign and Institutional Planning Coordinator
Rosemarie White, Assistant to the President and Librarian

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Heather Malec, Director of Public Relations and Communications
Dakota Brown, Graphic Designer
Ed Bailey, Part-TimeVisitor Assistant

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Paul Saenger, George A. Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Collection Development Librarian
John Brady, Bibliographer of Americana
Paul F. Gehl, Custodian, John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing
Jenny Schwartzberg, Collection Development Assistant & Gift Specialist

LIBRARY SERVICES

Hjordis Halvorson, Vice President for Library Services
Open Position, Program Assistant

Reader Services Department

John Brady, Director of Reader Services

Reference and Genealogy Services Section

Matthew Rutherford, Curator of Genealogy and Local History
Katie McMahon, Reference Services Librarian
John S. Aubrey, Ayer Librarian
Jill Gage, Reference Librarian
Autumn Mather, Reference Librarian
Ginger Frere, Part-Time Reference Librarian
Grace Dumelle, Part-Time Local and Family History Library Assistant

Photoduplication Section

John Powell, Photoduplication Manager
Catherine Gass, Photographer
John Montes, Part-Time Proquest Microfilmer

General Reading Room Section

Lisa Schoblasky, Access Services Librarian
Julia Reed, Senior Library Assistant 
Emily Clark, General Collections Library Assistant
Kevin Dyke, General Collections Library Assistant

Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections

Robert W. Karrow, Jr., Curator of Special Collections and Curator of Maps
Martha Briggs, Lloyd Lewis Curator of Midwest Manuscripts
Alison Hinderliter, Manuscripts and Archives Librarian
Lisa Janssen, Senior Project Archivist
Kelly Kress, Project Archivist
JoEllen Dickie, Special Collections Public Services Librarian
Andrew Steadham, Special Collections Senior Library Assistant
Dan Fink, Special Collections Library Assistant
Joy Austria, Special Collections Library Assistant
Patrick A. Morris, Map Cataloger and Reference Librarian

Conservation Department

Giselle Simon, Director of Conservation Services
Barbara Korbel, Collections Conservator
Linda Kinnaman, Part-time Conservation Technician
Virginia Meredith, Part-Time Conservation Assistant
Elizabeth Zurawski, Part-time Senior Book Conservator

Collection Services Department

Alan Leopold, Director of Collection Services
Linda Ballinger, Principal Cataloging Librarian
Mary O'Dea, Acquisitions Librarian
Linda M. Chan, Serials Librarian
Cheryl Wegner, Cataloging Librarian
Jennifer Thom, Cataloging Projects Manager
Eric Nygren, Cataloging Librarian
Patricia J. Wiberley, Serials Assistant
Jessica Grzegorski, Cataloging Projects Librarian
Megan Winiecki, Cataloging Projects Librarian
Iliana Perea, Part-Time Collection Services Library Assistant

RESEARCH & EDUCATION

James R. Grossman, Vice President for Research and Education
Diane Dillon, Assistant Director of Research and Education
Douglas Knox, Director of Publication and Digital Initiatives
Leslie Kan, Program Assistant

Center for Renaissance Studies

Carla Zecher, Director
Karen Christianson, Assistant Director
Max Barry, Program Assistant

Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography

James R. Akerman, Director
W. Laura McDowell,  Part-Time Program Assistant 

D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History

Scott Stevens, Director
Brian Mornar, Part-Time Research Assistant
Celine Swicegood, Part-Time Program Assistant

Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture

Daniel Greene, Director
Heather Radke, Program Assistant

Scholl Center Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Project

Emily Kelley, Research Associate

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Rachel Rooney, Director
Brodie Austin, Program Coordinator
Victor Benitez, Program Assistant

Public Programs Department

Rachel Bohlmann, Director
David Douglass, Musician-in-Residence and Director, Newberry Consort
Thomas Popelka, Seminars Manager
Stephanie Blue, Part-Time Program Assistant

DEVELOPMENT

Michelle Miller Burns, Vice President for Development
Sarah Alger, Director of Annual Giving
Wendy Buta, Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Development
Dan Crawford, Book Fair Manager
Frances Lai, Director of Gift Planning
Veneese Mollison, Associate Director of Development for Donor Services
Jo Anne Moore, Associate Director of Development Events
Katherine Silvey, Campaign and Institutional Planning Coordinator

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

James P. Burke, Jr., Vice President for Finance and Administration

Business Office

Ron Kniss, Controller
Cheryl L. Tunstill, Staff Accountant
Juanita Detterbeck, Part-Time Accounts Payable Clerk

Information Technology

Drin Gyuk, Director of Information Technology
John Tallon, IT Application Support Administrator

Facilities Management

Lonnie R. Williams, Facilities Manager and Chief Security Officer
Verkista Burruss, Facilities Coordinator

Human Resources

Jo Ann Paszczyk, Part-Time Human Resources Manager
Nancy Claar, Part-Time Human Resources Assistant Manager

Internal Services

Jason Ulane, Internal Services Coordinator

Office of Events and Volunteers

Karen A. Skubish, Director of Events, Tours and Volunteer Programs
Karen Aubrey, Associate Director of Events, Tours and Volunteer Programs

TELEPHONE AND E-MAIL DIRECTORY

Akerman, James (312) 255-3523 akermanj
Alger, Sarah (312) 255-3544 algers
Aubrey, John (312) 255-3693 aubreyj
Aubrey, Karen (312) 255-3605 aubreyk
Austin, Brodie (312) 255-3672 austinb
Austria, Joy (312) 255-3540 austriaj
Ballinger, Linda (312) 255-3562 ballingerl
Barry, Max (312) 255-3514 barrym
Benitez, Victor (312) 255-3714 benitezv
Blue, Stephanie (312) 255-3700 blues
Bohlmann, Rachel (312) 255-3665 bohlmannr
Brady, John (312) 255-3527 bradyj
Briggs, Martha (312) 255-3606 briggsm
Brown, Dakota (312) 255-3548 brownd
Brown, Richard (312) 255-3594 brownr
Burke, James (312) 255-3567 burkej
Burns, Michelle Miller (312) 255-3560 burnsm
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Buta, Wendy (312) 255-3581 butaw
Chan, Linda (312) 255-3561 chanl
Christianson, Karen (312) 255-3539 christiansonk
Claar, Nancy (312) 255-3574 claarn
Clark, Emily (312) 255-3703 clarke
Cohen, Joshua   staff2@chicagohistoryfair.org
Crawford, Dan (312) 255-3501 crawfordd
Cullen,Charles (312) 255-3600 ctcullen
Detterbeck, Juanita (312) 255-3504 detterbeckj
Dickie, JoEllen (312) 255-3522 dickiej
Dillon, Diane (312) 255-3662 dillond
Douglass, David (312) 255-3582 douglassd@newberry.org
Dumelle, Grace (312) 255-3530 dumelleg
Dyke, Kevin (312) 255-3732 dykek
Fink, Dan (312) 255-3731 finkd
Frere, Ginger (312) 255-3721 frereg
Gage, Jill (312) 255-3635 gagej
Gass, Catherine (312) 255-3643 gassc
Gehl, Paul (312) 255-3645 gehlp
Greene, Daniel (312) 255-3681 greened
Grossman, James (312) 255-3535 grossmanj
Grzegorski, Jessica (312) 255-3719 grzegorskij
Gyuk, Drin (312) 255-3664 gyukd
Halvorson, Hjordis (312) 255-3590 halvorsonh
Hinderliter, Alison (312) 255-3694 hinderlitera
Hosmer, Brian (312) 255-3563 hosmerb
Janssen, Lisa (312) 255-3728 janssenl
Johnson, Crystal   cjohnson@chicagohistoryfair.org
Kan, Leslie (312) 255-3666 kanl
Karrow, Robert (312) 255-3554 karrowr
Kelley, Emily (312) 255-3670 kelleye
Kinnaman, Linda (312) 255-3551 kinnamanl
Kniss, Ron (312) 255-3572 knissr
Knox, Doug (312) 255-3642 knoxd
Kochanski, Pauline   pkochanski@chicagohistoryfair.org
Korbel, Barbara (312) 255-3667 korbelb
Kress, Kelly (312) 255-3632 kressk
Lai, Frances (312) 255-3545 laif
Leopold, Alan (312) 255-3629 leopolda
Long, John (312) 255-3602 longj
Malec, Heather (312) 255-3625 malech
Mather, Autumn (312) 255-3679 mathera
McDowell, W. Laura (312)255-3659 mcdowelll
McMahon, Kathleen (312) 255-3675 mcmahonk
Meredith, Virginia (312) 255-3633 meredithv
Mollison, Veneese (312) 255-3616 mollisonv
Montes, John (312) 255-3644 montesj
Mornar, Brian   mornarb
Moore, Jo Anne (312) 255-3556 moorej
Morris, Patrick (312) 255-3674 morrisp
Nygren, Eric (312) 255-3650 nygrene
O'Dea, Mary (312) 255-3559 odeam
Oppenheim, Lisa (312) 255-3652 loppenheim@chicagohistoryfair.org
Paszczyk, Jo Ann (312) 255-3660 paszczykj
Perea, Iliana (312) 255-3649 pereai
Popelka, Thomas (312) 255-3592 popelkat
Powell, John (312) 255-3566 powellj
Radke, Heather (312) 255-3524 radkeh
Reed, Julia (312) 255-3585 reedj
Reno, Lauren (312) 255-3534 renol
Rooney, Rachel (312) 255-3569 rooneyr
Rutherford, Matthew (312) 255-3671 rutherfordm
Saenger, Paul (312) 255-3533 saengerp
Schoblasky, Lisa (312) 255-3641 schoblaskyl
Schwartzberg, Jenny (312) 255-3666 schwartzbergj
Silvey, Katherine (312) 255-3687 silveyk
Simon, Giselle (312) 255-3549 simong
Skubish, Karen (312) 255-3555 skubishk
Spadafora, David (312) 255-3600 spadaforad
Steadham, Andrew (312) 255-3779 steadhama
Stevens, Scott (312) 255-3563 stevenss
Swicegood, Celine (312) 255-3564 swicegoodc
Tallon, John (312) 255-3517 tallonj
Tanner, Helen (312) 255-3537 tannerh
Thom, Jennifer (312) 255-3688 thomj
Tunstill, Cheryl (312) 255-3573 tunstillc
Ulane, Jason (312) 255-3695 ulanej
Wegner, Cheryl (312) 255-3726 wegnerc
White, Rosemarie (312) 255-3676 whiter
Wiberley, Jean (312) 255-3561 wiberleyj
Williams, Lonnie (312) 255-3546 williamsl
Winiecki, Megan (312) 255-3628 winieckim
Zecher, Carla (312) 255-3565 zecherc
Zurawski, Elizabeth (312) 255-3653 zurawskie
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Business Office (312) 255-3504  
Reference (312) 255-3506 reference