Allow me to introduce myself – I am your new IAP president for 2024-25, Teresa Spence. I have been a
member of IAP since February 2020 (just before pandemic times) and have been a member of the Programs & Events committee. I look forward to leading this great organization in the next year. If you have not done so already, please be sure to renew your membership for this upcoming year. This year I hope to engage our many members, old and new, to be active members of IAP. Please help me encourage individuals to attend a Career Connections meeting, a social event or participate in any one of our many committees and the work they do.
Thank you to Dimitria Johnson, our past president, for all of her contributions during last year’s term. We appreciated the work you did, specifically the 75th anniversary celebration.
Please join me in congratulating Hannah Stites, who was selected as our Member of the Year for 2023-2024. She has been an essential part of IAP by serving on the Membership & Mentoring and Social committees. Congratulations Hannah!
Drumroll please…. I present to you this year’s committee chairs. If you are interested in learning more about a committee, please contact the chair using the email address below. Note that our Communications and Philanthropy committees are specifically looking for additional members.
- Bylaws-Parliamentarian – Hannah Stites, hstites2@illinois.edu
- Communications – Sarah Wells, slwells@illinois.edu
- Membership & Mentoring – Hannah Stites, hstites2@illinois.edu; Dimitria Johnson, dimij@illinois.edu
- Nominations & Elections – Darlene Dallas, drdallas@illinois.edu
- Philanthropy – Deb Flessner, dflessne@illinois.edu; Jill Odom, jillodom@illinois.edu
- Programs & Events – Suzi Stadel, sgs@uillinois.edu; Marie Tan-Jones, marietan@illinois.edu
- Scholarship – Helen Agans, hagans@illinois.edu
- Social – Dimitria Johnson, dimij@illinois.edu
Finally, I hope that you can enjoy some down time during the summer months. I am reminiscing about my summer trip last year when my daughter and I visited Prince Edward Island, Canada. I have been a fan of the books and mini-series of Anne of Green Gables since I was a kid. It was exciting to be able to see it all in person (see picture). I look forward to working with each of you over the course of the next year. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns, tcspence@illinois.edu.